Abstract No.

P501    Poster Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH

CURCUMIN TRINICOTINATE REGULATE THE PROLIFERATION OF VSMCS VIA CAVEOLIN-1/ERK1/2 SIGNALING PATHWAY
W. Yang, T.P. Li, Q.H. Tuo, X. Zheng, Z.F. Guo, D.F. Liao
Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
J.N. Barbisan, S.M. Zanella, E. Saba-Schujfi, L.S. Vieira, P.S. Sant’Anna, B.H. Suzigan, I.A. Dossin, V.B. Pedrozo University Foundation of Cardiology, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

P502    Poster Session
ANTIPLATELET AND ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPIES IN PCI

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND LA-SIZE ARE INDEPENDENTLY CORRELATED WITH THE AMOUNT OF PERICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE
M. Greif, F. von Ziegler, R. Wakili, S. Helbig, R.P. Laubender,
M. D´Anastasi, A.W. Leber, A. Becker, Klinikum Grosshadern, Bayern, Germany

DOES THE EXTENT OF CALCIFIED PLAQUE AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY?
M. Gupta, B. Jug, J. Papazian, Y. Hacioglu, D. Li, H. Bhatia, R. Karlsberg, M. Budoff, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Pontiac, MI, USA

RISK STRATIFICATION WITH CALCIUM SCORING IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
F. von Ziegler, M. Greif, C.R. Becker, M. Fischereder,
S. Massberg, A. Becker, University of Munich, Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS AND APICAL MYOCARDIAL SCAR IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOMYOPATHY
T. Boonyasirinant, R. Krittayaphong, Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

COMPARISON OF DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF MULTISLICE CT ANGIOGRAPHY WITH CONVENTIONAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN BYPASS GRAFT STENOSIS AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
S.M.H Adel, M. Noorizadeh, S.H. Majidi, F. Ahmadi, M. Davoodi,
M. Esapour Moghadam, S.F.A Tahmasebi, H. Hybar
Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Atherosclerosis Research Center, Ahvaz, Iran

SINGLE SITE MAXIMUM CORONARY STENOSIS ON CTANGIOGRAPHY PREDICTS TOTAL CORONARY PLAQUE BURDEN
N. Gottam, S. Chakilam, R. Aboufakher, J. Frank, R. Bess,
N. Mesiha, H. Rosman, S. Szpunar, G. Cohen
St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA

THE INCREMENTAL PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF A NEGATIVE CARDIAC CT SCAN ON MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC OUTCOMES: A SAUDI EXPERIENCE
M.M. AlQaseer, T. Chachar, A.K. AlQarni, A.D. Jelani, B.I. Jugdutt
King AbdulAziz Hospital, National Guard Health Affairs, AlAhsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

OPTIMIZATION OF LIVER IRON LOAD ASSESSMENT BY PIXEL-BASED T2* MRI IN THALASSEMIC PATIENTS
A. Shamsakhtari, N Gholizadeh, S. Akhlaghpoor, H. Soltanianzadeh, M.R. Fatemizadeh, E. Ainaghizadeh, M. Nourizadeh, F. Daeenejad
Science and Research Branch of Azad University, Tehran, Iran

IMPROVING THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF CHEST PAIN CENTERS
L.A. Bucklew, J. Naumvoski, E.A. Bucklew, J. Apitsch
UPMC/St. Margaret, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

TO EVALUATE WHETHER A MILD, ISOLATED INFERIOR WALL DEFECT ON MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING WITH OTHERWISE NORMAL CORONARIES ON A LEFT HEART CATHETERIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A NON-DOMINANT RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY
M.A. Afiniwala, H.A. Ranganath, R.E. Heidel, D.C. Wortham,
R.M. Baljepally, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

P503    Poster Session
PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE / RISK FACTORS FOR ATHEROTHROMBOTIC DISEASE

SEDENTARISM AS A STRESS GENERATOR IN A YOUNG POPULATION OF CAMPINAS, SP -BRAZIL
D.J.B Saraiva, A. Avezum, A. Timerman, L.A.M. Cesar,
J.H.Z. Mendes, C.C. Magalhaes, J.F.K. Saraiva
Sociedade de Cardiologia do Estado de Sao Paulo, Secretaria Municipal de Saude de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

ANTIDEPRESSANT USE AND RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: A META-ANALYSIS
J. Kim, S.W. Oh, S.K. Myung, J.Y. Park, D.H. Yoon
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA 

DEPRESSION AND 16 YEARS RISK OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN FEMALE POPULATION IN RUSSIA
V.V. Gafarov, D.O. Panov, E.A. Gromova, I.V. Gagulin,
A.V. Gafarova
FSBI Collaborative Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases Epidemiology SB RAMS, Novosibirsk, Russia  

SCREENING RATES OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA IN AT-RISK URBAN PEDIATRIC POPULATIONS
G. Montano, A. Mar, S. Szpunar, R. Witherell, P. Anne
St. John Providence Children’s Hospital, Pediatrics, Detroit, MI, USA

HDLC LEVELS AND RELATION TO FISH CONSUMTION IN A YOUNG POPULATION OF CAMPINAS, SP -BRAZIL
J.F.K. Saraiva, L.A.M. Cesar, A. Timerman, J.R.Z. Menes,
C.C. Magalhaes, A. Avezum, D.J.B. Saraiva
Sociedade de Cardiologia do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil  

OUTCOMES OF CARDIAC REHABILITATION IN OBESE PATIENTS
V. Mundra, S. Henquinet, G. Moudry
St John Medical Center, Tulsa, OK, USA

COMPARISON OF VO2MAX., ENERGY BALANCE AND ANTHROPOMETRY IN PATIENTS OF A CHECK-UP PROGRAM
S.L. Alabarse, A. Silva, D.R. Silva, P.S.B. Silva, R.M. Ciconelli,
T.P. Rodrigues, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil  

P504    Poster Session
SUDDEN DEATH AND NOVEL APPROACHES TO ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT

ABNORMAL INTRACELLULAR CA2+ HOMEOSTASIS, CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES AND ARRHYTHMIA IN RYR-P2328S ATRIA
J.H. King, C. Wickramarachchi, K. Kua, Y. Du, K. Jeevaratnam, H.R. Matthews, A.A. Grace, C.L.H. Huang, J.A. Fraser
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK  

INCIDENCE OF ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY REPOLARIZATION SYNDROME AND BRUGADA SYNDROME: ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS
K.J. Choi, K.W. Hwang, G.B. Nam, Y.H. Kim, J.H. Zo
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

INCIDENCE, CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND OUTCOME IN TAIWANESE PATIENTS WITH LONG ASYSTOLE INDUCED BY HEAD-UP TILT TEST
M.T. Chou, C.C. Cheng, W.S. Wu, T.Y. Huang Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT REGIMENS OF DIALYSATE POTASSIUM CONCENTRATION ON CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA
M. Nourizadeh, F. Daeinejad, A. ShamsAkhtari, S. Beladi,
M. Shakeri, M. Alasti Cardiovascular Disease Research, Jondishaour University, Ahvaz, Iran 

P505    Poster Session
BIOMARKERS IN HEART FAILURE

USING NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE ASSAY TO GUIDE HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT
T. Kern, I. Kedan, A. Kimchi
David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA 

DIAGNOSTIC VALUES OF URINE AND PLASMA NT-proBNP IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
M. Toufan, H. Namdar, M. Abbasnezhad, S. Yaraghi
Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 

ULTRAFILTRATION DOES NOT IMPROVE NEUROHORMONAL ACTIVATION IN ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE
N. Maroz, A. Kazory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 

P506    Poster Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE / AORTIC DISEASE / SURGICAL AND TRANSCATHETER INTERVENTIONS

AN INFLUENCE OF PREOPERATIVE LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION ON MITRAL VALVE REPAIR FOR ISOLATED MITRAL REGURGITATION
D.H. Lee, T.E. Jung, J.T. Kwon
Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea 

PREVALENCE AND HEMODYNAMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
K.E. Williams, H.P. Chaliki, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA 

CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF MEDICALLY TREATED ACUTE AORTIC INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA
J.S. Park, S.H. Lee, U. Kim, D.G. Shin, Y.J. Kim, Y.K. Cho,
C.W. Nam, S.H. Hur, B.R. Lee, B. C. Jeong, J. B. Lee, J. K. Reu,
J. Y. Choi Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, Korea

CHRONOBIOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION; AN IRANIAN EXPERIENCE
H. Namdar, K. Ghabili, M. Abbasnezhad, M. Mahmoudpour
Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

DEVICE COMPLICATION AMONG TRANSFEMORAL AND TRANSAPICAL ACCESS FOR TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A META-ANALYSIS
D. Garcia, A. Benjo, R. Cardoso, F.Y. Macedo, E. Aziz, E. Herzog, E. De Marchena
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital – Miami, FL, USA

COMORBIDITIES AMONG TRANSFEMORAL AND TRANSAPICAL ACCESS FOR TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: META-ANALYSIS
D. Garcia, A. Benjo, R. Cardoso, F.Y. Macedo, E. Aziz, E. Herzog, E. De Marchena
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital – Miami, FL, USA

RHEUMATIC MITRAL STENOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH LEFT LUNG AGENESIS AND PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON MITRAL VALVOTOMY AS A CHOICE
V.C. Borra, S.T. Sadagopan, V. Bala Krishnan, R. Sharma,
L.S. Borra, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 

P507    Poster Session
SURGERY FOR LV DYSFUNCTION / CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION / MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

NOREPINEPHRINE VS. DOPAMINE PRETREATMENT OF POTENTIAL HEART DONORS - IMPACT ON LONG-TERM OUTCOME
F. von Ziegler, S. Helbig, N. Kreissl, B.N. Meiser, A. Becker,
I. Kaczmarek University of Munich, Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany 

PERIOPERATIVE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP AND ASSOCIATION WITH IN-HOSPITAL 30-DAY MORTALITY AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
C. Chen-Scarabelli, G. Faggian, G. Petrilli, L. Saravolatz, J. Narula, T.M. Scarabelli, VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, University of Michigan, MI, USA 

EXPLORATION OF THE HEART AREAS BY TC-99M MIBI SCINTIGRAPHY AFTER INTRACORONARY INFUSION OF AUTOLOGOUS CD133+ CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
A. Dustov, A. Bratov, M. Kidirov, G. Mirajov, U. Kurbanov,
M. Rakhmatov, J. Irgasheva, T. Gulmuradov, S. Rakhmonov,
M. Mirshahi, Institute of Gastroenterology, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 

P508    Poster Session
CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND OUTCOMES

VALUE OF ROUTINE TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN RISK STRATIFICATION OF SYNCOPE
Y.R. Acharya, L.H. Chebrolu, J. Stoltzfus, J. Shirani
St Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA 

THE UTILIZATION OF THE “ROSE RULE” IN IDENTIFYING HIGH RISK SYNCOPE PATIENTS
A.A. Isbitan, Y. Alnahar, H. Habib, V. Debari, F. Shamoon,
M. Romero, Seton Hall University, NJ, USA 

VALUE OF POINT-OF-CARE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY USING A POCKET-SIZED DEVICE IN A COMMUNITY CLINIC
L.H. Chebrolu, Y.R. Acharya, J. Shirani
St Luke’s University Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, USA 

EFFECT OF YOGA ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY- CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
M. Murugesan, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA 

FEASIBILITY OF INTEGRATING CLINICAL RESEARCH INTO CLINICAL CARE IN THE HEART CENTRE AT ST PAUL’S HOSPITAL
F. Khoshkhou, R.H. Boone, A. Kaan, C. Taylor, J. Grewal,
A. Ignaszewski
St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

APPLICATION OF A SUSTAINABLE PATIENT AND STAFF ENGAGEMENT METHOD IN TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
F. Khoshkhou, R.H. Boone
St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

TO ANTICOAGULATE OR TO NOT ANTICOAGULATE- THAT IS THE QUESTION
E. Leung, K. W. Murdock, R.W. Lustig, H.G. Wilt
University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA