Abstract No.

P301    Poster Session
ADVANCES IN CARDIAC SURGERY

LONG TERM SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF CARDIAC PARAGANGLIOMAS
M. Khan, M-R. Movahed, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA

CONCURRENT THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS IN INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM PATIENTS
G.A. Kuzmik, M. Gunel, K.R. Bulsara, M. Tranquilli, J.A. Elefteriades, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

P302    Poster Session
HEART FAILURE – EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND THERAPIES

BETA BLOCKER USAGE AND OUTCOMES ACCORDING TO PATIENT RISK IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION
A. Verma, A.M. Lewin, P.D. Galbraith, M.L. Knudtson, J.G. Howlett, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

ACUTE AND CHRONIC IMPACTS OF ASV THERAPY ON LEFT CHAMBER GEOMETRY AND FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
N. Haruki, S. Ando, M. Takeuchi, Y. Otsuji, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan

ACE INHIBITORS AND ANGIOTENSIN-II BLOCKERS FOR CHF AT DISCHARGE IN AN INNER-CITY HOSPITAL IN MINORITY POPULATION
M. Bhandari, H. Patel, U. Khan, C. McCaleb, R. Alvi, N.C. Balodkar, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Affiliated with Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY, USA

STUDY THE EFFECT OF SPIRONOLACTON IN AIRWAY RESISTANCE WITH IMPULSE OSCILLOMETRY IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF)
M. Hassan Adel, M. Nourizadeh, M. Adel, Y. Gholampour, S. Majidi, S. Asadmoghadam, N. Asadinia, Imam Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran

TREATMENT WITH CAPTOPRIL DECREASED SERUM C REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH MILD CHAGASIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
R.A. Bonfante-Cabarcas, Y. Al Atrache Gatrif, M. Silva Falcon, A. Docimo, H. Hernandez, Y. Delgado, J.L. Concepcion, C.C. Rodriguez-Bonfante Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela

P304    Poster Session
MISCELLANEOUS

PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH STATUS AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
A. Kanwar, R.J. Lennon, M. Singh, V.L. Roger University of Madison, Wisconsin, WI, USA

EFFECT OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY ON CARDIAC AUTONOMIC FUNCTION IN HIGH-LEVEL MALE ATHLETES
J.M. Sztajzel, K. Sievert, A. Bayes de Luna, Cardiology Service, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SECOND HEART SOUND: INSIGHTS FROM DIGITAL PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY
S.R. Thadani, B. Doyle, R.E. Shaw, R.R. Yee, N.B. Schiller, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA

IMPACT OF METHANOL INTOXICATION ON THE HUMAN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
Z.H. Jaff, W.F. McIntyre, P.Y. Ashoori, A.M. Baranchuk, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

EARLY REPOLARIZATION SEEN ON ECG IS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN RACE, AGE <30, BMI >25 AND HEART RATE < 70 BPM
M-R. Movahed, S. Bates, Caremore and University of Arizina Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA

CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS
Y. Temtanakitpaisan, N. Methachittiphan, F.B. Barbosa, T.L. Treadwell, D.G. Love, MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham, MA, USA

SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION: A CASE SERIES EMPHASIZING THE POTENTIAL FOR UNDERESTIMATION
M. Pfeiffer, G.A. Baquero, T. Fugate, M. Kozak, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

P305    Poster Session
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND OUTCOMES

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND HOSPITAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA FOR CARDIOVASCULAR AND NEUROLOGICAL INDICATIONS
Y. Ji, V. Khurana, T. Waters, M. Torosoff, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

CHEST PAIN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EVALUATION IN WOMEN, LESS THAN AGE 40 YEARS: CAN WE CHANGE PRACTICE HABITS?
A.L.A. Teleron, J.S. Samuel, N. Raja, W.H. Carter, West Virginia University - Charleston Division, Charleston, WV, USA

HADS SCORE IN CHEST PAIN PATIENTS REFERRED TO A CARDIOVASCULAR CLINIC
A. Rohani, V. Akbari, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Iran

TELECARDIOLOGY AS A SCREENING TOOL IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: EKG IN PHARMACIES
A. Durante, A. Laricchia, G. Peretto, F. Ancona, M. Spartera, A. Mason, A. Stefani, A. Baro, N. Cristell, D. Cianflone, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milan, Italy  

CHEST PAIN READMISSION PREDICTORS - A CLINICAL EXPERIENCE FROM INPATIENT CHEST PAIN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
M. Singh, M.R. Bajwa, V.H.Bolla, P. Mills UCSF MEP FRESNO, Fresno, CA, USA  

PREDICTORS OF 30 DAY READMISSION IN ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE PATIENTS TREATED WITH ULTRAFILTRATION
M. Aradhya, S. Silparshetty, H. Polimera, D. Gajanana, E. Amedeo, P. Sugathan St Lukes Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, USA  

P306    Poster Session
BIOMARKERS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

BIOMARKER REFERENCE VALUES AMONG CHEST PAIN UNIT PATIENTS
F. Yazigi, M. Tucciarone, R. Bess, S. Szpunar, G. Cohen, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA  

INFLAMMATION PERSISTS AFTER AN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME?
E.M. Macin, M. Onocko, M. Arevalo, R. Zoni, E.R. Perna, L. Reyes, J.M. Lange, B. Gonzalez Arjol, L. Peña, M. Brizuela, Instituto de Cardiologia JFCabral, Corrientes, Argentina  

P307    Poster Session
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH

THE CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ISOSTEVIOL ON ENDOTHELIN-1-INDUCED HYPERTROPHY OF CULTURED NEONATAL RAT CARDIOMYOCYTES
K.L. Wong, C.C. Chao, C.W. Cheung, P. Chan, T.H. Cheng,
Y-M. Leung, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan  

INDUCTION OF IL-17 SIGNALLING IN THE RAT HEART EXPOSED TO IN VIVO ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY PROMOTES NECROTIC AND APOPTOTIC CELL DEATH
L.I.I. Saravolatz, C. Scarabelli, L. Saravolatz, T.M. Scarabelli, St John Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA  

UROCORTIN CAN MEDIATE CARDIOPROTECTION BY ACTIVATION OF THE SRC TYROSINE KINASE- STAT3 PATHWAY
C. Scarabelli, L.I.I. Saravolatz, L. Saravolatz, T.M. Scarabelli, St John Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

UROCORTIN-MEDIATED STAT-3 ACTIVATION IS INDUCED BY EXPRESSION AND RELEASE OF IL-6
C. Scarabelli, L.I.I. Saravolatz, L. Saravolatz, T.M. Scarabelli, St John Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF TERMINALIA ARJUNA BARK IN ADRENALINE INDUCED MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE IN RATS
M. Rahaman, Z. Begum, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

EFFECT OF MELATONIN ON THE HEART OF MICE TREATED WITH ISOPROTERENOL
B. Nieto-Lima, R. Bautista-Pérez, A. Cano-Martínez, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”, Mexico City, Mexico  

PROAPOPTOTIC PROTEINS BAX AND BAK IN A MYOCARDIUM DAMAGE MODEL MEDIATED THROUGH DIGITALIS INTOXICATION
M.C. Ramirez-Ortega, I. Cuevas-Escobar, J.F. Carrillo-Hernandez, M.L. Ibarra-Lara, G. Pastelin-Hernandez, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia "Ignacio Chavez", Mexico D. F., Mexico  

P308    Poster Session
LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING AFTER MI

PREDICTIVE FACTOR FOR CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA AND EFFECTS OF CSA ON LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
H. Nakashima, T. Henmi, Y. Uchida, Y. Shiraishi, S. Suzuki, K. Maemura Nagasaki Citizens Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan  

LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME IS A PREDICTOR OF LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S. Fukuzawa, M. Inagaki, J. Sugioka, A. Ikeda, S. Okino, Funabashi Municipal Medical Center, Funabashi, Japan  

P309    Poster Session
LIPIDS, LIPOPROTEIN DISORDERS AND CAD / TREATMENT OF DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA

COMPARISON OF POSTPRANDIAL LIPEMIA IN SEDENTARY AND ACTIVE WOMEN USING ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE
A.D. Borges, D.M.L. Vieira, C.K.C. Sa, J. Petto, L.M.R. Vasques, R.L.S. Pinheiro, B.A. Giesta, A.M.T. Ladeia, FTC, Brazil  

PREVENTIVE EFFECT OF EZETIMIBE FOR PROGRESSION OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
E. Matsubara, T. Matsubara, T. Tomaru, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan  

LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTIONS & LIPID PEROXIDATION IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
N. Nand, PGIMS, Rohtak, India  

 POSTER HALL

P401    Poster Session
DIABETES MELLITUS, OBESITY, THE METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: BASIC AND CLINICAL

OBESITY, INFLAMMATORY ADIPOKINES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
M.J. Hosseinzadeh-Attar, A. Golpaie, M. Talebpour, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran  

ADJACENT QTC DISPERSION IN WELL CONTROLLED TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS
S. Khosropanah, M. Bahtoee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran  

AGREEMENT BETWEEN DIFFERENT MARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY
D.M.L. Vieira; A.D. Borges; M.C.C. Tenório; C.K.C. Sá FTC, Salvador - Ba, Brazil  

P402   Poster Session
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME

ROLE OF BLOOD UREA NITROGEN TO CREATININE RATIO IN THE PREDICTION OF INTRAVASCULAR VOLUME STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE
M. Aldeiri, W.I. Khalife, M. Morsy, P. Nalabothu, A. Khanfar University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA

VALUE OF THE ECG IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
M. Morsy, W.I. Khalife, P. Nalabothu, A. Khan, H. Van, S. Mutnuri, S. Hussein, S. Onguti University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA

ANEMIA IS A MARKER OF DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN MEN
M. Morsy, W.I. Khalife, P. Nalabothu, A. Khan, V. Hoang, S. Onguti University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA  

EFFECTS OF EARLY STAGE DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION ON FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
W.I. Khalife, M. Morsy, P. Nalabothu, A. Khan, H. Van, S. Mutnuri University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA  

PREDICTORS OF RECOVERY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE
W.I. Khalife, R. Al-Najjar, A. Al-Emam, A. Khanfar University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA

THE CARDIOVASCULAR CAPACITY RESERVE CONTROL IS THE NAME OF THE GAME: A NOVEL HYPOTHESIS COMPREHENSIVELY EXPLAINS SHOCK AND HEART FAILURE
U. Gabbay, B.Z. Bobrovsky, Cardio Scale Ltd., Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel  

CORRELATION BETWEEN DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND BODY MASS INDEX WITH ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION TEST (LFT)
A.R. Al Emam, W.I. Khalife, M. Morsy, P. Nalabothu, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA  

DOES AGE AND SEX PREDICT MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE?
W.I. Khalife, P. Nalabothu, A. Al Emam, M. Morsy University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA  

P403    Poster Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY / CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

T-WAVE REVERSION DURING EXERCISE STRESS TESTING IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
W. Hoyt, B.C. Cannon, C.S. Snyder, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA  

LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC ADOLESCENTS: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS
C. Esis, M. Bracho, A. Gonzalez, E. Silva, G. Bermudez, J. Villasmil, S. Briceno, G. Calmon, E. Clavell, Instituto de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares de la Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

GERBODE TYPE DEFECT IN ADULTS AFTER REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
S. Yalonetsky, A. Lorber, R. Wald, E. Oechslin, Rambam Hospital, Haifa, Israel  

TREATMENT AND SEVEN YEAR FOLLOW UP OF A FETUS WITH SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AND HYDROPS: A CASE REPORT
R.M. Atkins, S. Baker, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA  

CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOMES OF PREGNANT PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL (UP-PGH)
M.J.T. Reyes, R.B. Capito, F.R. Punzalan, U- Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines

P404    Poster Session
NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES

INCREMENTAL DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF DYNAMIC CT-BASED MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING FOR THE DETECTION OF HEMODYNAMIC RELEVANT CORONARY ARTERY STENOSIS AS DETERMINED BY FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE
M. Greif, F. von Ziegler, J. Tittus, C. Becker, F. Bamberg, A. Becker University of Munich, Department of Cardiology, Munich, Germany

NON-INVASIVE RESPIRATORY MONITORING IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS UNDERGOING INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
A. Panasyuk, M.J. Lalli, N. Yocum, S. Panasyuk, R. Lew,
E.P. Messana, S.C. Morss, C.J. Voscopoulos, J.E. Freeman, Respiratory Motion, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM LACKS SENSITIVITY FOR THE DETECTION OF MYOCARDITIS
S. Jhamnani, A. Fuisz, J. Lindsay, Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, USA

P405    Poster Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY II

COMPARISON OF INTERVENTION WITH DRUG ELUTING STENT AND MEDICAL TREATMENT IN PATIENT WITH CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION
H. Kim, E.H. Choo, Y.S. Ko, W.S. Chung, K.B. Seung The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

COMPARISON OF CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROTOXICITY OF IODIXANOL AND IOPROMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL INSUFFICIENCY UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
T. J. Youn, K.J. Ahn, D.H. Shin, I.H. Chae, D.J. Choi, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

NON RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING SAME-DAY DISCHARGE WITH OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAY AFTER CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
J.M. Telayna, C. Garcia, R.A. Costantini, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina

CORONARY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH BIFURCATION LESIONS
T. Gil-Jimenez, L.A. Inigo-Garcia, A. Ramirez-Moreno, J.R. Siles-Rubio, C. Medina-Palomo, L. Fernandez-Lopez, O. Sanz-Vazquez, J.F. Munoz-Bellido, M. Pombo-Jimenez, F. Ruiz-Mateas, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain  

EXCELLENT OUTCOMES WITH PERCLOSE IN A LARGE NUMBER OF UNSELECTED PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES
G.S. Kang, UPMC Hamot Hospital, Erie, PA, USA  

GRADUAL DECLINE IN IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN DIABETES AND NON-DIABETES PATIENTS
M-R. Movahed, M. Hashemzadeh, M. Hashemzadeh The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, AZ, USA  

P406   Poster Session
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES: BASIC AND CLINICAL

ESTABLISHMENT OF CORONARY MICROEMBOLI VOLUME CAUSING VISIBLE MYOCARDIAL MICROINFARCTS ON MDCT AND MRI
M. Saeed, S.W. Hetts, L. Do, S.M. Sullivan, M.W. Wilson University of California San Francisco, CA, USA  

A RE-AUDIT ON THE USE AND PRESCRIPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN THE CORONARY CARE UNIT K. Ghoorah, J. Cam, D.P. Ripley, N. Swanson, M.A. de Belder, A. Harper, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK  

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, INJURY BIOMARKERS AND MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY IN VARIOUS TYPES OF ISCHEMIC INSULTS
M. Saeed, S.W. Hetts, L. Do, M.W. Wilson, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA  

P407   Poster Session
ANTIPLATELET AND ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPIES IN PCI

BLACK RACE A PREDICTOR OF HYPORESPONSIVENESS TO CLOPIDOGREL BY PLATELET FUNCTION TESTING IN EMERGENCY ROOM
R.K. Sharma, H.K. Reddy, S.W. Erickson, R.K. Sharma, D.J. Voelker, H. Dod, R. Legaspi, V.N. Singh, J.D. Marsh University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA  

A STUDY ON THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF A LOW DOSE CLOPIDOGREL USAGE IN CHINESE PEOPLE AFTER DRUG ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION FOR 3 YEARS
W. Fang, W.Z. Han, H. Chen, X.B. Qiu, X.M. Hou, Y.J. Xu, S.F. Guan, R.G. Li, Shanghai Chest Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China