| Saturday, July 28, 2012 |
Sunday, July 29, 2012 |
Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| Oral Presentations | Oral Presentations | Oral Presentations |
| Poster Sessions | Poster Sessions | Poster Sessions |
Sunday, July 29, 2012
| 08:30-10:45 | HALL A | |
PL07 Plenary
Session: Chairs: |
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| 08:30 | CAN VULNERABLE PLAQUE BE IDENTIFIED AND TREATED TO
PREVENT FUTURE ADVERSE CV EVENTS? (Invited Lecture) J. Ambrose, UCSF, Fresno, CA, USA |
181 |
| 08:45 | WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE OPTIMAL TREATMENT FOR STABLE
ANGINA IN THE YEAR 2012? (Invited Lecture) U. Thadani, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
182 |
| 09:00 | EFFICIENT CHEST PAIN EVALUATION IN THE ED: ADDITIONAL VALUE OF
HIGH SENSITIVITY TROPONIN (Invited Lecture) J.H. Chesebro, UMASS Memorial Medical School and Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA |
183 |
| 09:15 | ROBOTIC ASSISTED PCI: RESULTS OF THE PRECISE TRIAL USING THE
CORPATH, REMOTE DELIVERY SYSTEM (Invited Lecture) G.W. Vetrovec, VCU Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, VA, USA |
184 |
| 09:30 | FILLING IN THE GAPS IN THE TREATMENT OF LEFT MAIN DISEASE (Invited Lecture) B. Uretsky, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA |
185 |
| 09:45 | ATHEROSCLEROSIS AS A CAUSE OF VERY LATE STENT THROMBOSIS (Invited Lecture) Y. Ueda, Osaka Police Hospital, Tennoj-ku, Osaka, Japan |
186 |
| 10:00 | EMBOLIC PROTECTION IN STEMI: WHEN AND HOW? (Invited Lecture) E. Kaluski, NJ Medical School & University Hospital, Newark, NJ, USA |
188 |
| 10:15 | A NOVEL APPLICATION OF EXERCISE TREADMILL TESTING IN A
CARDIOLOGY PRACTICE (Invited Lecture) Y. Charuzi, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
189 |
| 10:30 | OUTCOMES OF ANTI-PLATELET THERAPY DIRECTED BY POST PCI
PLATELET FUNCTION TESTING IN A REAL WORLD SETTING
E. Asher, M. Mayuga, M. Bradley, P. Anarado, G. Stefano, D.I. Simon, T. Lassar Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, Case Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, USA |
190 |
| 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 08:30-11:00 | HALL B | |
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PL08 Plenary Session: PLATELETS AND INFLAMMATION IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE Chairs: L.C. Becker, Baltimore, MD, USA J.G. Filep, Montreal, QC, Canada |
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| 08:30 | C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND CORONARY VASOMOTOR REGULATION (Invited Lecture) L. Kuo, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, TX, USA |
191 |
| 08:45 | CIGARETTE SMOKE INDUCES FRACTALKINE-DEPENDENT
MONONUCLEAR CELL ARREST TO THE ARTERIAL ENDOTHELIUM:
POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES IN COPD (Invited Lecture) M.J. Sanz, Universidad de Valencia, Spain |
192 |
| 09:00 | PLATELET FUNCTION AND CLINICAL ISCHEMIC OUTCOMES (Invited Lecture) L.C. Becker, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA |
193 |
| 09:15 | C-REACTIVE PROTEIN-MEDIATED ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AND ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture) J.G. Filep, University of Montreal, QC, Canada |
194 |
| 09:30 | MEASUREMENT AND MANIPULATION OF LOX-1 LIGAND LEVEL TO PREDICT AND TO PREVENT CVD (Invited Lecture) T. Sawamura, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan |
195 |
| 09:45 | CARBAMYLATION VERSUS OXIDATION OF LDL: COMPETITION, MECHANISMS AND ROLE IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (Invited Lecture) A.G. Basnakian, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA |
196 |
| 10:00 | SMALL INTESTINE APPEARS TO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture) |
197 |
| 10:15 | IMMUNIZATIONS AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES: IS THERE A ROLE? (Invited Lecture) M. Zahid, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
198 |
| 10:30 | CORONARY PLAQUE EROSION AND MYELOPEROXIDASE: INSIGHT
FROM A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY (Invited Lecture) G. Niccoli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy |
199 |
| 10:45 | DEFINING THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF M-T7, A MYXOMAVIRAL CHEMOKINE MODULATOR THROUGH MUTAGENESIS M.Y. Bartee, H. Chen, E. Dai, L. Liu, J.A. Davids, A.R. Lucas, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA |
200 |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 08:30 - 10:45 | HALL C | |
| S26 Session: NEW DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES / ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Chairs: T. Akasaka, Wakayama, Japan N.J. Angomachalelis, Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| 08:30 | ACCURATE, NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
BASED ON ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY RATHER THAN INVASIVE
HEMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT A. Najafi, K. Ghafourian, A. Paixao, M. Aljaabari, M. Iantorno, J. Panza, F. Asch, H Cooper, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA |
201 |
| 08:45 | PAIRED PACING IDENTIFIES VIABLE LEFT VENTRICULAR SEGMENTS WITHOUT CONTRACTILE RESPONSE TO DOBUTAMINE IN PATIENTS
WITH ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY M. Chandra, J.A. Strom, J. Shirani, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA |
202 |
| 09:00 | DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAM UNDERESTIMATES PULMONARY
ARTERY PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH INSUFFICIENT TRICUSPID REGURGITANT JET
M. Aldeiri, A. Khanfar, P. Nalabothu, M. Morsy, W.I. Khalife, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA |
203 |
| 09:15 | NOVEL TISSUE DOPPLER PARAMETERS IN STAGING OF DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION N. Nair, S. John, D. Jupiter, E. Gongora, P. Lammert, C. Tong, TAMHSC College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA |
204 |
| 09:30 | ECHO AND TISULAR DOPPLER ASSESSMENT OF SYSTOLIC AND
DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN SCLERODERMA C.S. Berensztein, A.K. Saad, O. Grosso, E. Bresan, H. Laborde, M. Vazquez, Blanco Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
205 |
| 09:45 | ROLE OF MITRAL INFLOW AND TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING IN DETECTING MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY BY DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY O.A. Rifaie, Z.F. Abdelsalam, M.A. Abdallah, H.A. Ismail, AinShams University Cairo, Egypt |
206 |
| 10:00 | LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
M. Henein, G. Bajraktari, S. Soderberg, M. Y Henein, P. Lindqvist, Umea University, Umea, Sweden |
207 |
| 10:15 | DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN EVALUATION OF PEDAL EDEMA
J. Kahan, F. Bajwa, H. Makani, A. Supariwala, A. Shah, N. Htyte, F. Chaudhry, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA |
486 |
| 10:30 | CHARACTERIZING DIFFERENCES IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC
PARAMETERS OF DIASTOLIC FUNCTION BETWEEN ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION AND SINUS RHYTHM AMONG PATIENTS WITH HFPEF
IN A REAL WORLD COHORT M.S. Sidhu, A.M. Robert, J.R. Brown, J.N. Gigliotti, J. Zipursky, S.P. Costa, R.T. Palac, D.J. Malenka, M.L. Greenberg, A.T. Kono, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA |
208 |
| 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 08:30 - 10:30 | HALL D | |
| S27
Session: HYPERTENSION, BASIC AND CLINICAL Chairs: C. Desouza, Boulder, CO, USA |
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| 08:30 | INFLUENCE OF SLEEP-TIME BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE
PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF ISOLATED-OFFICE AND MASKED
HYPERTENSION
R.C. Hermida, D.E. Ayala, A. Mojon, J.R. Fernandez, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain |
209 |
| 08:45 | ROLE OF TIME-OF-DAY OF HYPERTENSION TREATMENT ON THE
J-SHAPED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD PRESSURE AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
R.C. Hermida, D.E. Ayala, A. Mojon, J.R. Fernandez University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain |
210 |
| 09:00 | AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE PATTERN OF RESISTANT
HYPERTENSION: DEPENDENCE ON TREATMENT-TIME REGIMEN OF HYPERTENSION MEDICATIONS: THE HYGIA PROJECT
M.T. Rios, J.J. Crespo, M. Dominguez, J. Boveda, C. Duran, A. Ferreras, A. Otero, M.J. Fontao, D.E. Ayala, R.C. Hermida, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain |
211 |
| 09:15 | EFFECTS OF VALSARTAN, EPROSARTAN OR LOSARTAN ON DIASTOLIC
FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION L. Popescu, A. Caraush, Institute of Cardiology, Republic of Moldova |
212 |
| 09:30 | EFFECTS OF HYPERTENSION TREATMENT-TIME ON AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC
KIDNEY DISEASE: THE HYGIA PROJECT
D.E. Ayala, L. Pineiro, A. Moya, J.J. Crespo, A. Otero, E. Sineiro, S. Hernaiz, E. Marquez, A. Mojon, R.C. Hermida University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain |
213 |
| 09:45 | BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN A STUDENT POPULATION FROM THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF CAMPINAS, BRAZIL D.J.B. Saraiva, A. Timerman, J.F.K. Saraiva, A. Avezum, J.R.Z. Mendes Sao Paulo State Cardiology Society, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil |
214 |
| 10:00 | INTER-ARM SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE DIFFERENCE OF 15MM HG OR MORE IN TREATED HYPERTENSIVES
N.K. Agarwal, S.K. Agarwal, Agarwal Health Center, East Orange, NJ, USA |
215 |
| 10:15 | ADVERSE IMPACT OF HYPERTENSION ON MORTALITY IN ELDERLY WOMEN AND MEN PRESENTING WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION V.N. Singh, N.N. Singh, J. Levine, N.N. Singh, M. Nelson, L. Marlow University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA |
216 |
| 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| 11:15-14:00 | HALL A | |
PL09 Plenary
Session: Chairs: |
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| 11:15 | THE ROLE OF LRP5 IN CALCIFIC AORTIC VALVE DISEASE: LDL-DENSITY-PRESSURE THEORY (Invited Lecture) N. Rajamannan, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
217 |
| 11:30 | THE IMPACT OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS TREATMENT IN HEART VALVE DISEASE (Invited Lecture) J .S. Borer, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, New York, NY, USA |
218 |
| 11:45 | PCI AND TAVR PERFORMANCE MEASURES: ONSITE VERSUS OFFSITE MONITORING (Invited Lecture) W.J. Bommer, University of California Davis, Medical Center, CA, USA |
219 |
| 12:00 | INTERVENTION IN ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE – STENTING IN COARCTATION OF THE AORTA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE
ROLE OF COVERED STENTS (Invited Lecture) M. Sadiq, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, Pakistan |
220 |
| 12:15 | ADVANCES IN MANAGEMENT OF VALVULAR HEART DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY (Invited Lecture) I. Mikati, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA |
221 |
| 12:30 | PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS: UNDERSTANDING THE GUIDELINES (Invited Lecture) S. Pislaru, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA |
222 |
| 12:45 | SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PREDICTS OUTCOMES
IN CHRONIC AORTIC REGURGITATION (Invited Lecture) N.T. Olsen, Roskilde Hospital, Denmark |
223 |
| 13:00 | ANTICOAGULATION IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH POSTHETIC VALVES (Invited Lecture) S. Goland, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel |
224 |
| 13:15 | A LUMPED-PARAMETER MODEL OF MITRAL VALVE BLOOD FLOW FOR ASSESSMENT OF DIASTOLIC LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING G. Szabo, J. Fine, G. Veres, M. Karck, L. Waite, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany |
225 |
| 13:30 | ARE PATENT FORAMEN OVALE INHERITED? A MONOZYGOTIC TWIN STUDY R. Gurtu, S.G. Ray, W. Newman, F. MK Williams, C.N. McCollum, Manchester Health Academic Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
226 |
| 13:45 | CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL M.J.T. Reyes, L. Macapugay, K. Tumabiene, M. Alferez, F.R. Punzalan, UP-Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines |
227 |
| 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 11:15-13:45 | HALL B | |
|
PL10 Plenary Session: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION – NEW RISK FACTORS AND THERAPIES Chairs: A. Bollmann, Leipzig, Germany A. Martinez-Rubio, Barcelona, Spain |
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| 11:15 | METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DYSLIPIDEMIA AS RISK FACTORS FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (Invited Lecture) H. Watanabe, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical & Dental, Japan |
228 |
| 11:30 | GENOTYPE-BASED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION THERAPIES (Invited Lecture) D. Husser, Heart Center Leipzig, Germany |
229 |
| 11:45 | CRYOABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: IS IT READY FOR PRIMETIME? (Invited Lecture) K. Srivathsan, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA |
230 |
| 12:00 | ANTICOAGULATION AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: ANTITHROMBOTICS STATE OF THE ART (Invited Lecture) K. Seidl, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany |
231 |
| 12:15 | NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MONITORING AND CATHETER ABLATION (Invited Lecture) A. Bollmann, D. Husser, Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany |
232 |
| 12:30 | NEW ANTICOAGULANTS IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: ARE ALL THE SAME? (Invited Lecture) A. Martinez-Rubio, Hospital de Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain |
233 |
| 12:45 | ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION USING ANATOMICALLY DESIGNED CATHETERS AND UNDER DIRECT VISION (Invited Lecture) T. Deneke, A. Schade, Heart Center Bad Neustadt, Bad Neustadt, Germany |
234 |
| 13:00 | DISMAL RATES OF ANTICOAGULATION IN ELDERLY WOMEN FOR STROKE PREVENTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION V.N. Singh, N.N. Singh, J. Levine, N.N. Singh, M. Nelson, L. Marlow University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA |
235 |
| 13:15 | LONG TERM OUTCOME OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION THERAPIES: AN ACAP-RACE REGISTRY ANALYSIS E.F. Aziz, B. Pratap, C.K. Pamidimukala, T. Park, S. Qadir, H. Muafa, P. Gnanaprakasam, R. Reddy, U. Pai, E. Herzog, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA |
236 |
| 13:30 | RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM GENE POLYMORPHISMS AND THE RISK OF STROKE IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION:
A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATION STUDY C-T. Tsai, J.L. Lin, J.J. Hwang, L.P. Lai, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan |
237 |
| 13:45 | LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 11:15 - 13:15 | HALL C | |
| S28 Session: RECENT ADVANCES IN CARDIAC IMAGING / RISK PREDICTION Chairs: M-R. Movahed, Tucson, AZ, USA T. Tomaru, Chiba, Japan |
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| 11:15 | ASSESSMENT OF VIABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS: A CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY D.J. Shah, H.W. Kim, R.J. Kim, Methodist Debakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX and Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Durham, NC, USA |
238 |
| 11:30 | CORKSCREW CORONARY ARTERIES: INNOCENT BYSTANDER OR SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTOR?
D. Godkar, N. Gupta, S. Jain, A. Hamdan, V. De Bari, F. Shamoon, M. Bikkina Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, USA |
239 |
| 11:45 | ANATOMY OF MAIN CORONARY ARTERY LOCATION: RADIAL POSITION AROUND THE AORTIC ROOT CIRCUMFERENCE
Z. Almuwaqqat, M. Tranquilli, J.A. Elefterides, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
240 |
| 12:00 | A PATH TO SAFE MRI SCANNING OF CARDIAC PACEMAKER PATIENTS: A ROLE FOR COMPUTER MODELING S-M. Park, M. Lazebnik, J.J. Hunt, S.J. Fraasch, J.H. Harrison, Medtronic, Inc., Mounds View, MN, USA |
241 |
| 12:15 | MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IS NOT INFERIOR TO REGULAR SINUS RHYTHM FOR SCREENING OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE S. Her, M.W. Park, C.J. Kim, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea |
242 |
| 12:30 | VALIDATION OF SPECKLE TRACKING STRAIN MEASUREMENTS AS AN ACCURATE AND REPRODUCIBLE TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTING GLOBAL
AND SEGMENTAL MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION
A.M. Anwar, Y.F. Nosir, M. Alasnig, M.A. Llemit, A.F. Elhagoly, H. Chamsi-Pasha, King Fahd Armed Force Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
243 |
| 12:45 | LEFT ATRIAL SYSTOLIC STRAIN RATE ESTIMATES PULMONARY CAPILLARY PRESSURE: A SIMULTANEOUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
AND CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION STUDY
M. Henein, S. Soderberg, M. Gonzalez, E. Tossavainen, M.Y. Henein, P. Lindqvist Umea University, Umea, Sweden |
244 |
| 13:00 | THE CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A NORMAL CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAM J.N. Makaryus, P. Ruisi, A.N. Makaryus, S. Desai, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, NY, USA |
245 |
| 13:15 | LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 11:15 - 13:15 | HALL D | |
| S29
Session: VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH Chairs: N.G. Frangogiannis, Bronx, NY, USA S-J. Lin, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| 11:15 | CHRONIC STRESS CONVERTS ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS FROM A STABLE TO A MORE VULNERABLE PHENOTYPE A.H. Najafi, N. Aghili, J.U. Tilan, J.A. Andrews, X. Peng, R. Virmani, Z. Zukowska, S.E. Epstein, M.S. Burnett, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA | 246 |
| 11:30 | CYSTATHIONINE-GAMMA-LYASE: A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGET
IN TREATING SEPTIC SHOCK
G. Sikka, A.K. Mustafa, J. Steppan, S.M. Jung, L. Santhanam, V. Barodka, J. Sevilla, D. Nyhan, S.H. Snyder, D.E. Berkowitz Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
247 |
| 11:45 | INCREASED ANGIOGENESIS IS NOT ABLE TO IMPROVE HEART FUNCTION AFTER CELL THERAPY A. Schuh, A. Curaj, S. Konschalla, A. Kroh, B. Butzbach, A. Schober, E. Liehn, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany |
248 |
| 12:00 | INFLUENCE OF CONTRAST MEDIUM ON THE ENDOTHELIAL CELL LINE HCMEC A. Peleg, Y. Hasin, Poriya, Cardiovascular Research Lab, Tiberias, Israel |
249 |
| 12:15 | ESSENTIAL ROLE OF ROS IN MEDIATING STRETCH-INDUCED LEPTIN SECRETION AND VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY C. Ghantous, L. Dib, M. Al-Hariri, A. Jaffa, A. Zeidan, American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
250 |
| 12:30 | THE OMEGA 3 EPA:DHA 6:1 CAUSES REDOX-SENSITIVE PI3-KINASE/AKT- DEPENDENT ACTIVATION OF ENDOTHELIAL NO SYNTHASE
F. Zgheel, M. Alhosin, C. Auger, V.B. Schini-Kerth, Strasbourg University, Illkirch, France |
251 |
| 12:45 | INTRAVENOUS COCAINE ADMINISTRATION RESULTS IN TRANSIENT DECREASE IN SERUM LEVELS OF INTERLEUKIN-6 (IL-6), SOLUBLE CD40 LIGAND (SCD40L) AND MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT
PROTEIN-1 (MCP-1)
R. Sharma, K.N. Dileepan, K. Grasing, B. Dawn, K. Gupta, Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA |
252 |
| 13:00 | ORAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY PEPTIDE F REDUCES SYSTEMIC
INFLAMMATION AND IMPROVES HDL FUNCTION A. Gapele, O. Elboudwarej, J. Bowers Obioha, S. Vazirian, M. Memarzadeh, G. Hough, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
253 |
| 13:15 | LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 14:00 - 16:30 | HALL A | |
PL11 Plenary Session: |
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| 14:00 | CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION - A GLOBAL PROBLEM (Invited Lecture) U. Keil, University of Muenster, Germany |
288 |
| 14:15 | DIURNAL RHYTHMS AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (Invited Lecture) M.J. Sole, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, USA |
289 |
| 14:30 | RECONSIDERATION OF THE ROLE OF STATINS IN PRIMARY
PREVENTION; POTENTIAL OF ADVERSE EFFECT RELATED TO GENETIC VARIABILITY (Invited Lecture) J.L. Mehta, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA |
290 |
| 14:45 | COFFEE DRINKING AND RISK OF STROKE (Invited Lecture) A.L. Klatsky, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA |
291 |
| 15:00 | ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AS TRIGGERS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS (Invited Lecture) M. Madjid, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA |
292 |
| 15:15 | STATINS FOR THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CVD IN WOMEN (Invited Lecture) S. Mora, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA |
293 |
| 15:30 | LIFESTYLE FACTORS AND THE RISK OF STROKE (Invited Lecture) G. Hu, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
294 |
| 15:45 | DIET AND SECONDARY PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:
THE CURRENT LEVEL OF EVIDENCE (Invited Lecture) D.B. Panagiotakos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece |
295 |
| 16:00 | FROM SURROGATE BIOMARKERS TO DETECTION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS: ARE WE READY FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN
PRIMARY CVD PREVENTION STRATEGIES? (Invited Lecture) K. Nasir, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
296 |
| 16:15 | NOVEL PROBIOTIC FORMULATION FOR MANAGING CHOLESTEROL: CLINICAL INVESTIGATION OF BSH-ACTIVE LACTOBACILLUS
REUTERI NCIMB 30242 YOGURT AND CAPSULE FORMULATIONS IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC ADULTS
M.L. Jones, C.J. Martoni, S. Prakash McGill University, and Micropharma, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
298 |
| 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 14:00 - 16:30 | HALL B | |
| PL12
Plenary Session: PATHOGENESIS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE Chairs: J.A. Elefteriades, New Haven, CT, USA S.D. Gertz, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| 14:00 | ACUTE AORTIC DISEASES: TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF ONSET AND CLINICAL OUTCOME (Invited Lecture) |
300 |
| 14:15 | THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THORACICAORTIC ANEURYSM (Invited Lecture) J.A. Elefteriades, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
299 |
| 14:30 | CORONARY, CEREBRAL, AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: SIMILARITIES IN PATHOGENESIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT (Invited Lecture) S.D. Gertz, L.Y. Gavish, R. Beeri, D. Gilon, C. Rubinstein, Y. Berlatzky, A. Bulut, M. Harlev, P. Reissman, L. Gavish, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel |
301 |
| 14:45 | PREDICTION OF PROGNOSIS BY VACULAR IMAGINGS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE AFTER ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT (Invited Lecture) |
302 |
| 15:00 | ROLE OF IgE IN ANGIOTENSIN II-INDUCED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS IN APOLIPOPROTEIN E-DEFICIENT MICE (Invited Lecture) G-P. Shi, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA |
303 |
| 15:15 | CRYOPLASTY OR CONVENTIONAL BALLOON POST-DILATION OF NITINOL STENTS FOR REVASCULARIZATION OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL SEGMENTS (COBRA TRIAL) (Invited Lecture) S. Banerjee, D. Tran, E.S. Brilakis, VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, TX, USA |
304 |
| 15:30 | DA VINCI ROBOT AND VASCULAR SURGERY |
305 |
| 15:45 | INTRALUMINAL VERSUS SUBINTIMAL APPROACH TO CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
S. Amruthlal Jain, T. Larsen, F. Alcocer, M. Zughaib, P. Alexander, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Southfield, MI, USA |
306 |
| 16:00 | A SIMPLE, FAST AND ACCURATE METHOD TO DETECT PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE IN AN OFFICE SETTING H.J. Semler, G.L. Geary, R. McRae, N. Santos Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR, USA |
307 |
| 16:15 | CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS PROVIDES EVIDENCE THAT ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSM PROTECTS AGAINST SYSTEMIC ATHEROSCLEROSIS A. Hung, M. Zafar, S. Mukherjee, M. Tranquilli, L. Scoutt, J.A. Elefteriades Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
308 |
| 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 14:00 - 16:30 | HALL C | |
| S30 Session: ARRHYTHMIA I: SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH / ADVANCES IN IMPLANTABLE RHYTHM THERAPY Chair: K. Seidl, Ingolstadt, Germany M. Takagi, Osaka, Japan |
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| 14:00 | DOES PHYSICIAN REVIEW IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR DATA REGISTRY (NCDR) ICD REGISTRY DATA SUBMISSION? THE WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
(WFBMC) EXPERIENCE
M. Jain, N. Shah, R. Henderson, B. Rubery, G. Brammer, T. Simmons, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, USA |
309 |
| 14:15 | RESULTS OF THE LEAD EXTRACTION DEVICE EVALUATION AND RESULTS (LEADER) DATABASE C.J. Love, S.P. Kutalek, C. Starck, E.K. Bowser, B.E. Norlander, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA |
310 |
| 14:30 | PACEMAKERS IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH SPINAL INJURY B.R. Porter, H. Jayanthi, A. Money-Kyrle, Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Bucks, UK |
311 |
| 14:45 | USE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR DEVICES IN A POPULATION STUDY P.J. Bradshaw, M.S.T. Hobbs, T.G. Briffa, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia |
312 |
| 15:00 | USING PACEMAKER/IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR MODE SWITCH QUANTIFICATION TO ASSESS CLINICAL PREDICTORS
OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE
P. Ruisi, J.N. Makaryus, J.N. Catanzaro, A. Cedrone, A.N. Makaryus, R. Jadonath, S.J. Belner, S. Desai, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USA |
313 |
| 15:15 | COMMUNITY CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING TO IDENTIFY MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN AT RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH: THE HOUSTON EARLY AGE RISK TESTING AND SCREENING (HEARTS) STUDY
J.P. Higgins, S.T. Laing, J.A. Samuels, A. Rajmane, G. Biliciler-Denktas, D.D. Mcpherson, A. Ali, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
314 |
| 15:30 | LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AND AICD THERAPY IN SURVIVORS OF CARDIAC ARREST TREATED WITH THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA
B. Saour, V. Khurana, J. Yong, T. Waters, M. Liakos, M. Torosoff, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA |
315 |
| 15:45 | CONTRACTILITY-GUIDED VENTRICULAR LEAD IMPLANT OPTIMIZES PACING AMONG PATIENTS WITH STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE P.P. Karpawich, K. Zelin, H. Singh, The Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA |
316 |
| 16:00 | SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF FAILED ATP IN AICD TO ACHIEVE RHYTHM IDENTIFICATION J.C. Caldwell, D.P. Redfearn, A.M. Baranchuk, K.A. Michael, C. Simpson, H. Abdollah, Arrhythmia Service, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada |
317 |
| 16:15 | MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY AND CARDIAC CONDUCTION SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES: HOW AWARENESS AFFECTS THE PATIENT OUTCOME? K. Khalighi, S.B. Thapamagar, N. Singh, Easton Hospital, Easton, PA, USA, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
318 |
| 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 14:00 - 16:15 | HALL D | |
| S31 Session: THE RELEVANCE OF GENETICS IN PROVIDING UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Chairs: J.D. Marsh, Little Rock, AR, USA T. Toyo-Oka, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 14:00 | INTERACTION BETWEEN TELOMERASE AND MYOCARDIN A CRITICAL FOR CARDIOMYOGENIC DEVELOPMENT OF MESENCHYMAL
STEM CELLS: AN IMPLICATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE REPAIR
AND REGENERATION Y-J. Geng, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, USA |
319 |
| 14:15 | DETRIMENTAL IMPACT OF DIABETES ON EPHA2 KNOCKOUT MICE FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M.A. Farooqui, J. Virag, S. Kent, W. O'Neal, F. Faiz, J. Vuncannon, J Hodges, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA |
320 |
| 14:30 | GENETIC VARIANTS REDUCING MTR GENE EXPRESSION INCREASE RISK OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN HAN CHINESE POPULATION H.Y. Wang, J.Y. Zhao, X.H. Gong, G.Y. Huang, B. Qiao, W.Y. Duan, H.B. Shen, L Jin, Fudan University, China |
321 |
| 14:45 | THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA: ASSESSMENT IN A LARGE COHORT OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC CHILDREN A. van der Graaf, H.J. Avis, D.M. Kusters, M.N. Vissers, B.A. Hutten, J.C. Defesche, S.W. Fouchier, F.A. Wijburg, J.J.P. Kastelein, A. Wiegman, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
322 |
| 15:00 | HISTOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN PLACENTAL STEM CELLS IN A MYOCARDIAL RAT INFARCTION G. Makhoul, Y.T. Ma, M. Duong, R. Chiu, R. Cecere McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada |
323 |
| 15:15 | APICAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH A RARE MYBPC3
GENE MUTATION VARIANT
P.T. Bhattacharya, T.A. Ahmad, M.A. Bataineh, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
324 |
| 15:30 | INFLAMMATION FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS AND CARDIAC
REMODELLING
A. Curaj, S Simsekyilmaz, I. Kanzler, A. Schuh, E. Liehn, Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany |
325 |
| 15:45 | A MISSENSE MUTATION IN THE CHRM2 GENE IS ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILIAL DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY L. Zhang, A. Hu, H. Yuan, L. Cui, G. Miao, X. Yang, L. Wang, J. Liu, X. Liu, S. Wang Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital affiliated Capital Medical University, Beijing, China |
326 |
| 16:00 | GLUCOCORTICOID AMELIORATED EARLY CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION AFTER CORONARY MICROEMBOLIZATION BY SUPPRESSING TGF-BETA1/SMAD3 AND CTGF EXPRESSION Z.W. Chen, J.Y. Qian, J.Y. Ma, S.F. Chang, Y.Z. Zou, J.B. Ge, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
327 |
| 16:15 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 16:45-19:00 | HALL A | |
| PL13
Plenary Session: EMERGING MOLECULAR PARADIGMS IN MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA, INFARCTION AND REMODELING Chairs: L.A. Kirshenbaum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada C.S. Long, Denver, CO, USA |
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| 16:45 | LINEAGE MARKERS IN TRACKING CARDIAC FIBROBLAST FATE IN VIVO AND IN VITRO (Invited Speaker) C.S. Long, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA |
328 |
| 17:00 | p90RSK REGULATES CHIP UB LIGASE ACTIVITY VIA ERK5 AND PROMOTES CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION (Invited Speaker) J-I. Abe, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA |
329 |
| 17:15 | NEGATIVE REGULATION OF TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR (TLR)/INTERLEUKIN-1 (IL-1) SIGNALING IN CARDIAC REPAIR (Invited Speaker) N.G. Frangogiannis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA |
330 |
| 17:30 | CROSS-TALK BETWEEN MITOCHONDRIAL AND ER DEATH PATHWAYS IN THE HEART (Invited Speaker) L.A. Kirshenbaum, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
331 |
| 17:45 | STEM CELLS FOR CARDIAC REGENERATION IN THE DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC HEART (Invited Speaker) D.K. Singla, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA |
332 |
| 18:00 | ROLE OF AUTOPHAGY IN THE HUMAN HEART EXPOSED TO IATROGENIC ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY (Invited Speaker) T.M. Scarabelli, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA |
333 |
| 18:15 | HABITUAL SHORT SLEEP DURATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOTHELIAL FIBRINOLYTIC DYSFUNCTION B.R. Weil, K.J. Diehl, J. Greiner, B.L. Stauffer, C.A. DeSouza, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA |
334 |
| 18:30 | THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF GALECTIN-3-STIMULATED CARDIAC FIBROBLAST PROLIFERATION
W-R. Hao, J.C. Liu, T.H. Cheng, J-J. Chen, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan |
335 |
| 18:45 | MICRORNA-328 CONTRIBUTES TO ADVERSE REMODELING IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Y.J. Lv, H.L. Shan, W.F. Chu, D-L. Dong, B.F. Yang, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China |
336 |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 16:45 - 18:45 | HALL B | |
| PL14 Plenary
Session: HYPERTENSION: FROM GENETICS TO RECENT ADVANCES IN THERAPY Chairs: W.S. Aronow, Valhalla, NY, USA E. Bossone, Amalfi Coast, Italy |
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| 16:45 | ROLE OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO PROGNOSIS (Invited Speaker) E. Bossone, Cava de Tirreni & Amalfi Coast Hospital, Italy |
337 |
| 17:00 | HYPERTENSION IN ELDERLY (Invited Lecture) W.S. Aronow, Cardiology Division, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA |
338 |
| 17:15 | BLOOD PRESSURE TARGETS FOR PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: IS LOWER BETTER? (Invited Lecture) C. Rosendorff, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY and James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA |
339 |
| 17:30 | SLEEP -TIME BLOOD PRESSURE AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REDUCTION (Invited Lecture) R.C. Hermida, Campus Universitario, Vigo, Spain |
340 |
| 17:45 | RENAL DENERVATION - STATE OF THE ART (Invited Lecture) S.C. Bertog, Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, Germany |
341 |
| 18:00 | PREHYPERTENSION: NOT A BENIGN VASCULAR CONDITION (Invited Lecture) C. DeSouza, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA |
342 |
| 18:15 | EMERGING MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: ARE WE CLOSER TO A CURE? (Invited Lecture) D.J. Stewart, Ottawa Health Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, ON, Canada |
343 |
| 18:30 | HOW IMPORTANT IS WHITE-COAT HYPERTENSION FOR THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OF HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION? (Invited Lecture) S.S. Franklin, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA |
344 |
| SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 | ||
| 16:45 - 19:15 | HALL C | |
| S32 Session: ARRHYTHMIA II: DIAGNOSIS, DRUG THERAPY, ABLATION Chairs: K.A. Adarsh, Amritsar, Punjab, India A. Schade, Bad Neustadt, Germany |
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| 16:45 | COMPARATIVE EFFICACY, COST AND RADIATION EXPOSURE DURING TACHYCARDIA ABLATION IN CHILDREN WITH AND
WITHOUT FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING
Y. Sanil, H. Singh, P.P. Karpawich, The Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA |
345 |
| 17:00 | CHROMOSOME 4Q25 VARIANTS AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE AFTER CATHETER ABLATION
D. Husser, V. Adams, A. Arya, G. Hindricks, A. Bollmann, Heart Center Leipzig, Germany |
346 |
| 17:15 | NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF DRONEDARONE EFFECTS ON ATRIAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY DURING SINUS RHYTHM AND ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION
S. John, J. Salmas, S. Lobe, M. Stridh, D. Husser, A. Bollmann, Heart Center Leipzig, Germany |
347 |
| 17:30 | DIMINISHED VALUE OF ADENOSINE REVEALING TRANSIENT PULMONARY VEIN CONDUCTION WHEN PRECEEDED BY
RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION GUIDED BY HIGH OUTPUT PACING
INDUCED EXIT CONDUCTION S.J. Pollak, G. Monir, Arrhythmia and Ablation Center, Florida Heart Institute, Orlando, FL, USA |
348 |
| 17:45 | PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MINOR TROPONIN ELEVATION IN PATIENTS WITH NEW ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
S.K. Mathias, A.G. DeNazareth, J.A. Fernandes, P. Gangi, A. Smer, V.M. Alla, D.J. Esterbrooks, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA |
349 |
| 18:00 | HYBRID APPROACH WITH RADIOFREQUENCY AND CRYOBALLOON ABLATION FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION M. Ahmed, J.S. Sussman, T.H. Mahoney, J.H. Curwin, R.F. Coyne, K. Quinlan, S.L. Winters, Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ, USA |
350 |
| 18:15 | INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIORAPHY DOES NOT INCREASE ABLATION PROCEDURE TIME
J.E. Banchs, G.E. Smith, S.M. Samii, E.D. Penny-Peterson, D.L. Wolbrette, G.V. Naccarelli, M.D. Gonzalez, Penn State Hershey Heart & Vascular Institute, Hershey, PA, USA |
351 |
| 18:30 | EFFECT OF RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION ON ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR
SYNCHRONY IN PATIENTS WITH PRE-EXCITATION DUE TO WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME G.H. Davoodi, H. Ashraf, A, Kazemisaeid, S. Sadeghian, A. Vasheghani-Farahani, M. Sahebjam, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
352 |
| 18:45 | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND COMPLICATIONS IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS UNDERGOING CATHETER ABLATION N. Sawaya, N. Abi Hatem, R. Sunna, S.L. Winters, T.H. Mahoney, R.F. Coyne, J.H. Curwin, J.S. Sussman, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ, USA |
353 |
| 19:00 | MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BY CANADIAN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTS AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF THE
PALLAS STUDY K. Mohajer, B. Fregeau, V. Garg, A. Skanes, C.S. Simpson, D.P. Redfearn, K.A. Michael, A. Baranchuk, Heart Rhythm Service, Kingston General Hospital, Queen’s University Kingston, ON, Canada |
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