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(updated July 1, 2014)

 

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Monday, July 28, 2014

 

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2013

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08:30 – 11:00                                                                                                            Hall A
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PL09    Plenary Session
PATHOGENESIS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AORTIC ANEURYSM AND PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE

TEMPORAL VARIATION IN ACUTE AORTIC DISEASES: ONLY A RANDOM PHENOMENON? (Invited Lecture)
R. Manfredini, University of Ferrara, Italy

SUCCESSFUL EVAR PROGRAM FOR AAA IN A RURAL HOSPITAL (Invited Lecture)
S.M. Butman, J. Schor
Verde Valley Medical Center, Cottonwood, AZ, USA

REGULATORY T CELLS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (Invited Lecture)
Y. Zhou, J.S. Lindholt, W. Wu, P. Libby, G.P. Shi
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

GUILT BY ASSOCIATION: A PARADIGM FOR DETECTING A SILENT KILLER (THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM)  (Invited Lecture)
J.A. Elefteriades, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

CONTRADICTORY EFFECTS OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND DIABETES MELLITUS ON PROGRESSION OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM: PATHOBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS (Invited Lecture)
S.D. Gertz, Y. Mintz, R. Beeri, C. Rubinstein, D. Gilon, L.Y. Gavish, Y. Berlatzky, L. Appelbaum, L. Gavish
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

MOLECULAR DRIVERS OF VASCULAR REMODELING (Invited Lecture)
Z. Galis, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

POLYVASCULAR DISEASE:VASCULAR FUNCTION, IMAGING AND TREATMENT (Invited Lecture)
T. Tomaru, T. Matsubara, E. Mastubara, Toho University Sakura Hospital, Japan

USE OF FRACTION FLOW RESERVE TO PREDICT CHANGES OVER TIME IN MANAGEMENT OF SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY (Invited Lecture)
A.S. Lotfi, S.K. Sivalingam, G.R. Giugliano, J. Ashraf, P. Visintainer
Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA

PERIPHERAL BLOOD- BUT NOT BONE MARROW-DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL THERAPY LIMITS EXPERIMENTAL ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM DEVELOPMENT
G. Franck, J. Dai, E. Allaire, M. Gervais
CNRS EAC 7054, Paris-Est Creteil University, Creteil, France.

RAPAMYCIN INHIBITS THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM FORMATION THROUGH SUPPRESSION OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS
J.M. Cao, Q.H. Wu, L. Geng, X.N. Chen, F. Wu, Y. Chen
Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China

IS CILOSTAZOL A GOOD CHOICE TO REDUCE RESTENOSIS AFTER PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE STENTING? A META-ANALYSIS
D. Garcia, M. Ansari, R. Nascimento, A. Benjo, C. Kwarteng, A. Ferreira, C. Alfonso, C. Mendoza
University Of Miami, Miller School of Medicine/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, FL, USA

11:00    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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08:30 – 11:00                                                                                                            Hall B
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PL10    Plenary Session
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CARDIOPROTECTION, CARDIAC REGENERATION AND REMODELING

REGULATION OF ENOS MRNA DESTABILIZATION VIA ROCK2-MEDIATED EEF1A1 PHOSPHORYLATION (Invited Lecture)
K. Noma, Y. Higashi, Y. Kihara, J.K. Liao
RIRBM, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

INFLAMMATION INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN THE INJURED MYOCARDIUM (Invited Lecture)
D.K. Singla, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

PRIMING THE PROTEASOME BY PKG: A NOVEL CARDIOPROTECTIVE MECHANISM OF SILDENAFIL (Invited Lecture)
X. Wang, M.J. Ranek, E.J. Terpstra
Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA

THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF L-ARGININE IN THE ISCHEMIC HEART PRECONDITIONING - A NANOMEDICAL APPROACH (Invited Lecture)
T. Malinski, S. Hollstrom, A. Jakubowski, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA

DIABETES AND FAILED REGENERATIVE STRATEGIES (Invited Lecture)
F.W. Sellke, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

THE EFFECT OF BENDAVIA ON ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY, LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING AND DYSFUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
R.A. Kloner, W. Dai, S.L. Hale, J. Shi, D. Brown
Good Samaritan Hospital/USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

TICAGRELOR LIMITS MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE- AN ADENOSINE AND COX2 DEPENDENT EFFECT (Invited Lecture)
M.K. Nanhwan, S. Lin, M. Kodakandla, S. Nylander, Y. Ye, Y. Birnbaum
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA

ROLE OF microRNA IN CARDIOPROTECTION (Invited Lecture)
R.C. Kukreja, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, USA

ROLE OF MINOCYCLINE IN MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY: AN OLD DRUG WITH NEW IMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
T.M. Scarabelli, St John Hospital & Medical Center/Wayne State University SOM, USA

PROLYLHYDROXYLASES IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
N. Maulik, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

11:00    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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08:30 – 11:00                                                                                                            Hall C
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S25      Session
CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING MODALITIES FOR EVALUATION OF CORONARY CIRCULATION, CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

A NEW CARDIAC MARKER DURING FIRST TRIMESTER SCREENING? DETECTION OF FETAL PULMONARY VEINS BY DOPPLER B MODE AND X FLOW BETWEEN 12-15 WEEKS OF GESTATION
A.L. Schenone, G. Giugni, M.H. Schenone, D. Majdalany
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

THE IMPACT OF CAROTID ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS ON THE RISK OF ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS IS DEPENDENT ON THE PRESENCE OF PRE-EXISTENT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
A. Steinvil, B. Sadeh, N.M. Borenstein, O. Havakuk, S. Greenberg, Y. Arbel,
M. Konigstein, A. Finkelstein, S. Banai, A. Halkin
Tel Aviv Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

CARDIAC MRI AS A SENSITIVE SCREENING TOOL IN MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY
S.J. Campbell, J.T. Kissel, S.V. Raman
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

VALUE OF THORACIC AORTIC CALCIUM IN PREDICTION OF OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
M. Mohammadi, J. Shirani
St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

REAL TIME THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN VALVULAR PULMONARY STENOSIS AMONG PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP
S.S. Sheta, A.A. Abou Zeid, F.F. Shaltout, B.M. Moustafa, H.A. Abou Zekri, H.H. Barakat
Cairo University Children Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt

A MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO IMAGE INFLAMMATORY LIPID-RICH ATHEROMATA USING AN INTEGRATED HIGH-SPEED INTRAVASCULAR OCT/NIRF CATHETER WITH A FDA-APPROVED INDOCYANINE GREEN
S.K. Lee, M.W. Lee, H.S. Cho, J.W. Song, H.S. Nam, D.J. Oh, K.S. Park, W.Y. Oh,
H.K. Yoo, J.W. Kim
Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING AND LATE-ONSET ANTHRACYCLINE-INDUCED SUB-CLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN LONG TERM SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER 
R. Prakadeshwari, A. Lorenzana, A. Prabhu, S. Szpunar, P. Anne
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA

THE RATIO OF VELOCITY TIME INTEGRAL OF LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT TO THE DESCENDING AORTA IS FIXED AND USEFUL FOR INTERNAL VALIDATION
R. Ranjan, E. Velez, A. Haldipur, N.B. Schiller
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN ASYMPTOMATIC MALE ATHLETES AGED 45 YEARS OR OLDER WITH A LOW ESC SCORE RISK: THE EMERGING ROLE OF CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY
T.L. Braber, A. Mosterd, N.H.J. Prakken, P.A.F.M. Doevendans, W.P.T.M. Mali,
F.J.G. Backx, R. Rienks, H.M. Nathoe, D.E. Grobbee, B.K. Velthuis
University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PREVALENCE IN PATIENTS ON HEMODIALYSIS
T.A. Ahmad, P. Bhattacharya, V.K. Narasimha, A. Bhardwaj
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

 

11:00    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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08:30 – 11:00                                                                                                            Hall D
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S26      Session
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES:  DETECTION, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

ASSOCIATION OF VITAMIN D LEVELS TO SHORT AND LONG TERM MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS AMONG ACS AND NON-ACS PATIENTS
F. Sy, H.T. May, A. Tandar, D.L. Lappé, J.L. Anderson, V.T. Le, J.B Muhlestein
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

THE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ELEVATED TROPONINS IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS: A META-ANALYSIS
O. Sheyin, W. Duan, O. Davies, X. Perez
Harlem Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CORONARY ARTERY ANATOMY IN STRESS INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY
P. Krumenacher, A. Chau, D. Matel-Anderson, A. Ashine, R. Siegel, K. Ahn,
Y. Muirhead, S. Park, H. Kim, B. Choi
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

DOES SYNTAX SCORE PREDICT THE DEGREE OF PEAK TROPONIN ELEVATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES?
H.A. Bhatt, D.R. Sanghani, M.B. Perini, G.A. Fernaine
Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

INTER-RATER AGREEMENT FOR CHEST PAIN EVALUATION BETWEEN TRAINED ABSTRACTORS AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIANS AT AN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER
R.E. Davies, A. Foy
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

INDUCTION OF AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW STEM CELLS BY LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY HAS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON THE INFARCTED PORCINE HEART FOLLOWING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
G.A. Elbaz-Greener, U. Oron, Z. Vered, A. Blatt
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

DESCRIPTION OF IN-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN VENEZUELA AND LATIN AMERICA (EPICOR STUDY)
K. Arai, N. Antepara, C. Delgado, M.L. Fariña, R. Uzcátegui, S. Beluche
Ascardio, Barquisimeto, Venezuela

INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS ON IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
I. Ahmed, S.J. Voyce, I. Pallekonda, J. Snedeker
The Wright Center of Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA

BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN PATIENTS WITH BLEEDING DURING ACUTE ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY 
D.A. Munawar, W. Aditya, M. Munawar
Binawaluya Cardiac Center, Jakarta, Indonesia

THE EFFECT OF SHORTENING FMC-DEVICE TIME (<90 MINUTES) IN ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) PATIENTS TRANSFERED FROM NON-PCI CAPABLE HOSPITALS FOR PRIMARY PCI
Y. Nawaz, A. Qureshi, N. Subrayappa, N. Patel
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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11:15 – 13:45                                                                                                            Hall A
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PL11    Plenary Session
VALVULAR/CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, CARDIAC SURGERY

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN THE XXI CENTURY: IMPACT IN MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES (Invited Lecture)
A.J. Marelli
Mc Gill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING ANALYSIS OF FAMILIES WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
N.E. Bowles, S.B. Bleyl, M.F. Leppert, C.B. Arrington
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

CARDIAC SURGERY IN THE ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE PATIENT: A SPECTRUM OF LESIONS (Invited Lecture)
B.N. Mora, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

AORTIC REGURGITATION: IMPACT OF PREOPERATIVE SYMPTOMS FOR POST-VALVE REPLACEMENT SURVIVAL ON PROGNOSTICATION FROM MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY (Invited Lecture)
J.S. Borer, P.G. Supino, E.M. Herrold, C. Hochreiter, O.W. Isom, K.H. Krieger,
L.N. Girardi, N. Khan, D. Santarsieri
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

LOW GRADIENT SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT (Invited Lecture)
H.P. Chaliki, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, USA

ATORVASTATIN ATTENUATES ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN THE VALVES AND FEMURS FROM HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC LDLR-/- MICE AS=OP (Invited Lecture)
N.M. Rajamannan, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

A TALE OF TWO HEARTS: ANY NEW ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TRICKS IN VALVULAR HEART DISEASE? (Invited Lecture)
S. Pislaru, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

TEMPORAL TRENDS IN VALVULAR HEART DISEASE IN NEW YORK STATE: THE LAST 30 YEARS (Invited Lecture)
P.G. Supino, O.Y. Hai, J.S. Borer
State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, NY, USA

MECHANISMS OF HYPERTROPHY IN VALVULAR HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
N.T. Olsen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

DEVICE CLOSURE OF COMPLEX ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT IN ADULTS- ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS (Invited Lecture)
M. Sadiq, The Children's Hospital/The Institute of Child Health, Lahore. Pakistan

 

13:45    LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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11:00 – 13:30                                                                                                            Hall B
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PL12    Plenary Session
ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS:  TREATMENT AND SEQUELAE

PREVENTION OF STROKE IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: ARE ALL ORAL DRUGS THE SAME? (Invited Lecture)
A. Martinez Rubio, University Hospital of Sabadell (Univ Autonoma de Barcelona), Sabadell, Spain

LEFT ATRIAL SIZE AND FUNCTION: ROLE IN PROGNOSIS (Invited Lecture)
B.D. Hoit, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

SILENT CEREBRAL LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION (Invited Lecture)
T. Deneke, P. Müller, K. Nentwich, J. Krug, R. Schmitt, M. Roos, A. Schade
Heart Center Bad Neustadt, Bad Neustadt, Germany

ALDOSTERONE, COPEPTINE AND OTHER NEUROENDOCRINE MARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE (Invited Lecture)
D. Jezova, L. Krizova, B. Kollar, P. Siarnik, N. Hlavacova, A. Penesova,
P. Turcani, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

THROMBOEMBOLISM OR ATHERO-THROMBOEMBOLISM IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION? (Invited Lecture)
F. Violi,I Clinica Medica, University Sapienza, Roma, Italy

THE MOST COST EFFICIENT WAY TO CARDIOVERT A NEWBORN IN ATRIAL FLUTTER (Invited Lecture)
C. Snyder, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA

MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL FLUTTER (Invited Lecture)
H. Paydak, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND ITS ROLE IN COGNITIVE DECLINE (Invited Lecture)
K. Alagiakrishnan, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

DISCOVERY OF A NEW INDEX OF DUAL PATHWAY ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE CONDUCTION (Invited Lecture)
Y. Zhang, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, USA

13:15    LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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11:00 – 13:30                                                                                                            Hall C
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S27      Session
ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK / MODIFICATION OF LIPOPROTEINS

RESIDUAL RISK FROM ELEVATED LIPOPROTEIN A BUT NOT APOLIPOPROTEIN B OR NON-HDL CHOLESTEROL AT HEART CENTERS FOR WOMEN
B.T. Costello, K. Lara, G. Lundberg, R. Doukky, L. Braun, A. Volgman
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; USA

IMPACT OF CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC FACTORS ON INCIDENT CARDIO-CEREBROVASCULAR EVENTS IN A POPULATION-BASED COHORT OF HIV-INFECTED AND NON-HIV-INFECTED ADULTS
A. Tripathi, A.D. Liese, M.D. Winniford, A.A. Rizvi, J.M. Jerrell, J. Zhang
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, USA

CERTAIN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS ARE SIGNIFICANT DETERMINANTS OF LONGEVITY IN INITIALLY HEALTHY WOMEN
S. Cheng, E. McCabe, M.A. Albert, I. Lee, J.E. Buring, R.J. Glynn, S. Mora
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

OPTIMIZING CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY PREDICTION IN RENAL DISEASE WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
O. Sandu, I. Nastac, J. Uribarri
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

CHANGES IN TOTAL CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN THE ICELANDIC POPULATION ARE NOT RELATED TO STATIN, BUT RATHER DIETARY FACTORS 
V. Gudnason, B. Thorsson, L. Steingrimsdottir, K. Andersen, G. Sigurdsson, T. Aspelund
Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland

NIASPIRIN: COMBINATIONS OF NIACIN WITH ASPIRIN TO REDUCE NIACIN INDUCED FLUSH
R. Thachil, P.S. Carson, S.S. Banka
Hahnemann University Hospital/Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

OMENTIN SIGNIFICANTLY PREDICTS CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS INDEPENDENTLY FROM BASELINE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
C.H. Saely, A. Leiherer, A. Muendlein, A. Vonbank, P. Rein, K. Geiger, H. Drexel
Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria

DESPERATELY NEEDED CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT OUTCOME STUDIES IN SOUTH ASIANS
H.N. Patel, N.T. Aggarwal, A. Khandelwal, A.S. Volgman
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

JOB STRESS AND 16-TH YEAR’S RISK OF ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN FEMALE POPULATION AGED 25-64 YEARS 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, Russia

EFFECTS OF HDL-C AND CO-MORBIDITIES ON LONG-TERM OUTCOMES IN OPTIMALLY TREATED REVASCULARIZED CAD PATIENTS 
S.K. Padala, M.T. Torosoff, M.S. Sidhu, E. Granina, A.E. Seedhom, W.E. Boden
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

The Effect of Sirolimus on Cholesterol Crystal Volume Expansion: Implications for Plaque Stabilization
I. Baig, A. Janoudi, R. Huang, G.S. Abela
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

HIGHER HEART RATE IS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY
M.R. Movahed, C. Manrique, M. Hashemzadeh
CareMore Health Care Arizona, AZ, USA

13:45    LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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11:15 – 13:45                                                                                                            Hall D
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S28      Session
            MECHANISMS OF VASCULAR DISEASES

THE NOVEL SMALL LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEIN PODOCAN INHIBITS SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL ACTIVATION AND NEOINTIMA FORMATION VIA MODULATION OF THE CANONICAL WNT-PATHWAY AND IS DIFFERENTLY EXPRESSED IN HUMAN PRIMARY VERSUS RESTENOTIC CORONARY LESIONS
R. Hutter, W. Speidl, L. Huang, C. Gianarelli, J.J.J. Badimon, P. Klotman
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

MICRORNA-146A INDUCES ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL APOPTOSIS AND SENESCENCE BY TARGETING PLK2 EXPRESSION
S. Zhu, S. Deng, C. Jia, D. Zhuo, Q. Ma, S. Ji, H. Wang, P.J .Goldschmidt-Clermont,
S. Ma, C. Dong
University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

CD137 SIGNALING INCLUDING FACTORS FROM T CELLS AND MACROPHAGES ACCELERATE UNSTABLE ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE
I.H. Jung, J. Jin, D.Y. Kim, G.T. Oh
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

MODULATION OF CYSTEINE-RICH PROTEIN 2 EXPRESSION IN VASCULAR INJURY AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
C.H. Chen, H.H. Ho, M.L. Wu, M.D. Layne, S.F. Yet
National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

LINCRNA-P21 REGULATES NEOINTIMA FORMATION AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY ENHANCING P53 ACTIVITY
G.Z. Wu, Y. Han, C.Y. Chen, Z.P. Huang, J.H. Chen, X.Y. Hu, D.Z. Wang, C.Y. Zeng
Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China,

PRO-ATHEROGENIC ACTIONS OF INTERFERON-GAMMA ON MACROPHAGES IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS
T.S. Davies, N. Li, J.E. McLaren, T.R. Hughes, D.P. Ramji
School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

HISTOMORPHOMETRIC CHANGES IN THE AORTA OF MICE WITH CHRONIC CHAGAS DISEASE UNDERGOING MILD EXERCISE
L. Brianezi, N.E.A. Lima, F.L.A. Fonseca, L.B.M. Maifrino
Adventist College Hortolandia, Hortolândia, SP, Brazil

URIC ACID PROMOTES CHEMOKINES AND ADHESION MOLECULES PRODUCTION IN VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND INCREASES THE MIGRATION AND ADHESION CAPACITIES VIA NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B SIGNALING PATHWAY
W.Y. Liang, X.Y. Zhu, X.R. Feng, Y.C. Wang, M.L. Liu
Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China

 

13:45    LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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08:00 – 13:00                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P301     VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH

CRIF1 DEFICIENCY INDUCES P66SHC-MEDIATED OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ENDOTHELIAL ACTIVATION
N. Nagar, S.B. Jung, S.K. Kwon, J.B. Park, M. Shong, H.J. Song, B.H. Jeon, K. Irani, C.S. Kim
Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea

 

P302     PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION OF VASCULAR-ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION

EFFECTS OF CHRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY ON LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN STROKE PATIENTS
L. Du, J. Arora, A. Murthy, M. Torosoff
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF RESVERATROL IN HUMAN CORONARY ARTERIAL ENDOTHELIAL CELLS VIA AUTOPHAGY: IMPLICATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF KAWASAKI DISEASE
F.C. Huang, H.C. Kuo, H.R Yu
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

 

P303     INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

DIFFERENTIAL ROLE OF OSTEOPONTIN AND TENASCIN-C IN ADVANCED CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS: CORONARY ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY STUDY
H. Akao, M. Kitayama, Y. Kawai, T. Tsuchiya, R. Ishida, A. Motoyama, M. Wakasa,
R. Saito, M. Watanabe, K. Kajinami
Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan

TREATMENT OF CORONARY IN-STENT RESTENOSIS WITH PACLITAXEL-COATED BALLOON CATHETER: 36- MONTH CLINICAL RESULTS
J. Benezet, S. Camacho-Freire, A. Gutierrez-Barrios, A. Agarrado, J. Oneto
Jerez University Hospital, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

DIFFERENT AND SAME PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATION OF LOW PREPROCEDURAL TIMI FLOW BETWEEN STEMI AND NON-STEMI IN THE PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
W.Y. Lee, J.Y. Baek, Y.M. Yang
Saint Mary's Hospital, Cheoung-ju, South Korea

INFLUENCE OF ACCESS AND ANTICOAGULANT ON THE HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY IN DOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: US ACADEMIC CENTER EXPERIENCE
O. Alasad, A. Tayyem, S. Shawar, M. Alghrouz, M. Bheemarasetti, A.R. Alemam,
S. Gilani, W. Khalife
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

INCIDENCE AND PREDICTORS OF STENT THROMBOSIS AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S. Lim, H.Y. Kim, Y.S. Koh, K. Chang, M.H. Jeong, K.B. Seung
Catholic Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

DOES THE SEVERITY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PREDICT THE USE OF CONTRAST VOLUME DURING CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION?
H.A. Bhatt, D.R. Sanghani, M.B. Perini, G.A. Fernaine, A.V. Saxena
Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF POLYMER FREE VS. BASED DRUG-ELUTING STENTS.  A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS
Y. Luo, S. Liu, X. Zhao, L. Huang
Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China

CALCIFIED LESION DOES NOT INFLUENCE OUTCOME AFTER PERCUTANESOUS ANGIOPLASTY WITH STENTING
T. Matsubara, J. Suzuki, T. Kon, T. Kurosu, E. Matsubara3, T. Tomaru2
NTT East Japan Kanto Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

THE COMPLEX CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY TRANSRADIAL
J.M. Telayna, C.S. Garcia, R.A .Costantini
Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

TISULAR IMPACT IN THE CORONARY COMPLETE REVASCULARIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCT AND CARDIAC FAILURE
J.M. Telayna, C.S. Garcia, R.A. Costantini
Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

IN-STENT ANCHORING FACILITATES BALLOON DELIVERY FOR FINAL KISSING
X.H. Zhao, Y.M. Song, J. Jin, L. Huang
Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

 

P304     HYPERTENSION: BASIC, CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL

AUTOMATED PRECLINICAL ENCOUNTER BLOOD PRESSURES VERSUS MANUAL PHYSICIAN BLODD PRESSURES IN CARDIOVASCULAR CLINIC
K. Slicker, B.D. Curtis, O. Oyetayeo, J.P. Erwin III
Scott & White Healthcare Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, TX, USA

HAS OBESITY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AN IMPACT ON CARDIOVASCULAR AND CATECHOLAMINE RESPONSES DURING MENTAL STRESS?
A. Garafova, A. Penesova, E. Cizmarova, A. Marko, M. Vlcek, D. Jezova
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS AND RISK OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
J.W. Lin, C.H. Lin, C.H. Chang, Y.C. Lee, R.M. Wu, M.S. Lai
National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Dou-Liou City, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan

BLUNTED SLEEP-TIME BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) DECLINE INCREASES CARDIOVASCULAR RISK INDEPENDENT OF BP LEVEL
D.E. Ayala, J.J. Crespo, A. Moya, A. Otero, M. Dominguez, L. Pousa, P.A. Callejas2,
E. Sineiro, A. Mojon, R.C. Hermida
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

NIGHTTIME PRESSURE DIP IN WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION
L. Yogendran, A. Abdelqader, M. Mohamed, T. Schuler, D. Bloomfield
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, USA

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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08:00 – 13:00                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P305     ARRHYTHMIAS: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

EFFECT OF CPAP THERAPY ON CARDIAC REPOLARIZATION IN PATIENT POPULATION WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
T.A. Ahmad, A. Patel, U. Majumdar, V. Narasimha
Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA,

OPTIMAL DURATION OF HOLTER RECORDINGS: IS THERE ADDITIONAL YIELD FROM 48 VERSUS 24 HOURS?
A. Trang, B. Pavri
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

ACCURACY OF TACHYARRHYTHMIA DIAGNOSIS ON SURFACE ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS (ECG)
N. Methachittiphan, F. Barbosa, M. Link
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH IMPAIRED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION WITH AND WITHOUT ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE UNDERGOING CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATION FOR LIFE THREATENING VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
T. Papadopoulos, G. Dadous, A. Nikitopoulos, G. Spiromitros, A. Antoniou, N. Katsiki, J. Kanonidis
Hippokration University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

DEADLY GOLYTELY
P.A. Patel, C.E. Daniels
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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08:00 – 13:00                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P306    NEW INSIGHTS INTO PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE

CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF METFORMINE IN DIABETIC PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTHRACYCLINES 
F. Garcia Trobo, G. Pekler, F. Visco
New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA

IMPROVING CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND RECOVERY OF PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY PATIENTS USING BROMOCRIPTINE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
M.A. De Guzman, L.D. Gutierrez
University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines

CARVEDILOL AS SINGLE AGENT TREATMENT FOR TRASTUZUMAB CARDIOTOXICITY USING GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL PEAK STRAIN CHANGES
A.M. Cook, K.J. Babbitt, L.L. Eberhart, R.C. Phillion, D.E. Langholz, H.L. Sherman
Spectrum Health Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

 

P307     COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY

QUALITY AND PHYSICIAN PREFERENCE OF PORTABLE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC DEVICE RHYTHM STRIPS
N. Nazir, D. Mehta, C. Bai, J. Soble, A. Volgman
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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14:00 – 16:30                                                                                                            Hall A
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PL13    Plenary Session
CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN FAILING AND NON-FAILING HEARTS

ADVERSE LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING, INCIDENT HEART FAILURE, AND VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS (Invited Lecture)
W.H. Gaasch, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, USA

AGING AND HEART FAILURE: UPDATE 2014 (Invited Lecture)
B.I. Jugdutt, University of Alberta and Hospitals, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 

HFpEF (HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION)  PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPEUTIC TARGETS (Invited Lecture)
D.M. Kaye, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

REGRESSION OF HYPERTROPHY (AND FIBROSIS?) IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
Y.J. Shimada, J.J. Passeri, A.L. Baggish, C. O'Callaghan, P.A. Lowry,
B.B. Ghoshhajra, C.Y. Ho, J.L. Januzzi, C.E. Seidman, M.A. Fifer
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION: A MISUNDERSTOOD SYNDROME IN SEARCH OF A THERAPY (Invited Lecture)
S.D. Solomon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 

HEART FAILURE RELATED TO CONSTRICTIVE AND RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY: ASSESSMENT BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (Invited Lecture)
A.M. Amanullah, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS INTO DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE (HEART FAILURE [HF] PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION) – WHAT PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE? (Invited Lecture)
F. Sam, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

DYNAMIC LVOT OBSTRUCTION -BEYOND HCM (Invited Lecture)
A. Chockalingam, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC TOTAL OCCULSION OF LAD: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP (Invited Lecture)
M. Prokudina, I. Konstantinov, N. Malinina, E. Bobrova, E. Karev
Federal Center of Heart, Blood and Endocrinology, St. Petersburg, Russia

RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE AFTER IMPLANTATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (Invited Lecture)
A. Kalogeropoulos, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

 

16:30    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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14:00 – 16:30                                                                                                            Hall B
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PL14    Plenary Session
NOVEL APPROACHES FOR VASCULAR THERAPIES

PRECISION MEDICINE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW: TARGETING MOLECULAR PATHWAYS FOR VASCULAR DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
K. Maiese, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA

SERPINS AS THERAPY – FROM VIRUS TO MAN (Invited Lecture)
A. Lucas, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

VASCULAR HEALING & BIORESORBABLE SCAFFOLDS: FROM PLATELETS, LEUKOCYTES TO ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (Invited Lecture)
J-F. Tanguay, Université de Montréal, Canada

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS AND ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
C. Chen, Q. Yao, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

MANAGING ANGINA AND RISK VIA IMPROVED ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION: THE EECP MODEL (Invited Lecture)
G. Barsness, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

INDOXYL SULFATE AND CARDIO-RENAL SYNDROME; THE ROLE OF ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR (Invited Lecture)
 T. Morita, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan

SYNERGISTIC REDUCTION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY THE COMBINED LXR LIGAND AND ERK1/2 INHIBITOR---A MULTIPLE MECHANISMS DEPENDENT PATHWAY (Invited Lecture)
Y. Chen, Y. Duan, X. Yang, L. Sun, J. Han, Nankai University, China

RESCUE OF PHYSIOLOGIC VASCULAR REPAIR BY CASPASE-INHIBITION: A NOVEL APPROACH TO BETTER TREAT ADVANCED ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
R. Hutter, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

TRANSLATION OF GENOMIC DISCOVERIES FOR CAD: FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF ADAMTS7 AS AN EXAMPLE (Invited Lecture)
M.P. Reilly, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

16:30    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

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14:00 – 16:30                                                                                                            Hall C
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S29      Session
          ARRHYTHMIA I:  SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH / ADVANCES IN IMPLANTABLE RHYTHM DEVICE THERAPY

SMOKING STATUS AND SURVIVAL AFTER IN-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST – THE SMOKER’S PARADOX REVISITED
T. Gupta, D. Kolte, S. Khera, W.S. Aronow, C. Palaniswamy, M. Mujib, A. Ahmed,
D. Jain, G.C. Fonarow, S. Iwai, P. Eugenio, S. Lessner, J.A. Panza
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

A NOVEL APPROACH FOR BIVENTRICULAR PACING: UTILIZING TEMPORARY CORONARY SINUS CATHETER GUIDANCE VIA FEMORAL VEIN APPROACH
H. Paydak, S. Pant, H. Dajani, A. Sheikh, J. Aasbo, D. Singh
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

BASELINE PROLONGED T-PEAK TO T-END/QT INTERVAL MAY PREDICT MORTALITY BUT NOT SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
B.M. Saour, J.H. Wang, M.S. Sidhu, R.O. Mathew, D.L. Ernst, J.D. Sacco, W.E. Boden
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

SAFETY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF SYNCOPE EVALUATION UNIT
P.P. Shah, S. Bajaj, N.L. Chang, H. Ng, G. Kurtz, C. Johnson, H. Virk, M. Bikkina, F. Shamoon
Department of Cardiology at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA

ARRHYTHMIC OUTCOMES IN ARRHYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILATOR
J.M. Lopez-Ayala, J.J. Sanchez-Munoz, M. Salar-Alcaraz, P. Penafiel-Verdu,
M.J. Oliva-Sandoval, D. Lopez-Cuenca, I. Gomez-Milanes, M. Valdes, J.R. Gimeno
Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, University of Murcia, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain

CIRCULATING MICRORNA CHANGES IN CRT RESPONDERS
C. Sardu, G. Paolisso, R. Marfella
Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

THORACOSCOPIC PERICARDIAL PATCH INSULATION FOR INTRACTABLE PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION FOLLOWING CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION
B.H. Kirmani, N. Mediratta, C. Toolan, J. McKevith, J. Wright, A. Rao
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, Mersey, UK

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CONDITIONAL PACEMAKER: TREND SETTING TECHNOLOGY – A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
L.H. Chebrolu, A. Abichandani, D. Prutzman, E. Mascanrenhas, G. Ferreti,
M. Averbach, J. Shirani, D. Traub
St Luke's University Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, USA

SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS AFTER DEVICE EXTRACTION
A. Gupta, F. Subzposh, H. Saltzman, S.P. Kutalek
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

LOW-ENERGY DIETS: AN IMPORTANT CAUSE FOR ACQUIRED LONG QT SYNDROME AND UNEXPECTED SUDDEN DEATH
D.B. Petrov, M.H. Milanova
Emergency Hospital Pirigov, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

16:30    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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14:00 – 16:30                                                                                                            Hall D
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S30      Session
           INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY / ANTITHROMBOTIC AND ANTIPLATELET THERAPY FOR PCI

NEW ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER: CURRENT STATE OF EVIDENCE
P. Sardar, S. Chatterjee, E. Herzog, G. Pekler, S. Mushiyev, L.J. Pastori, F. Visco, W.S. Aronow 
New York Medical College, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

THE IMPACT OF THE DISTANCE FROM THE INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST’S HOME TO THE HOSPITAL DURING OFF HOURS. IS THERE A NEED FOR 24/7 IN HOSPITAL STEMI TEAM?
A. Lotfi, G. Alreja, M.A. Kashef, G.R. Giugliano, J. Garb, M. Schweiger
Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, USA

EFFECTS AROUND DRUG-ELUTING STENTS
P.R.S Vijayaratnam, T.J. Barber, J.A. Reizes
University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF DEGRADABLE VS. PERMANENT POLYMER DRUG-ELUTING STENTS.  A META-ANALYSIS OF 18,395 PATIENTS FROM RANDOMIZED TRIALS
Y. Wang, S. Liu, Y. Luo, F. Wang, H. Liu, L.g Li, X. Zhao, L. Huang
Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China

OUTCOMES OF PFTE COVERED STENTS IMPLANTED DURING PCI FOR MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY PERFORATION
B.C. Barnett, G. Berrio, D.S. Gantt
Texas A&M/Baylor-Scott and White Hospital, Temple, TX, USA

MID-TERM OUTCOMES OF HIGH RISK LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION
A.M. Pineda, C.G. Mihos,S. Horvath, F.O. Nascimento, S.K. Kodali, A.J. Kirtane,
N. Beohar, Columbia University Division of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA

LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF PERCUTANEOUS TREATMENT OF LEFT MAIN: DEDICATED STENT VERSUS USUAL TREATMENT WITH DES
F.J. Martinez-Garcia, L.A. Iñigo-Garcia, L. Fernandez-Lopez, O .Sanz-Vazquez,
J.R. Siles-Rubio, A. Ramirez-Moreno, F. Ruiz-Mateas
Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain

OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH DRUG ELUTING STENTS WITH BIODEGRADABLE VERSUS BIOSTABLE POLYMER
L.A. Iñigo-Garcia, L. Fernandez-Lopez, J.R. Siles-Rubio, A. Ramirez-Moreno,
O. Sanz-Vazquez, A. Urbaneja-Salas, P. Chincurreta-Capote1, J. Muñoz-Bellido,
M. Pombo-Jimenez, F. Ruiz-Mateas
Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Malaga, Spain

INTER-PROVIDER VARIATION IN DIAGNOSES AND CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION USE
N. Agarwal, L. Burke, C. Schmalfuss, D.E. Winchester
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

 

16:30    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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16:45 – 19:15                                                                                                            Hall A
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PL15    Plenary Session
            HYPERTENSION – RISK AND MANAGEMENT

2014 UPDATE ON MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture)
W.S. Aronow
Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

OPTIMAL BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS IN THE ELDERLY? RESULTS OF REGARDS STUDY. SHOULD WE CORRECT THE GUIDELINES? (Invited Lecture)
M. Banach, S. Bromfield, G. Howard, V.J. Howard, A. Zanchetti, W.S. Aronow,
A. Ahmed, M.S. Safford, P. Muntner
Medical University of Lodz, Poland

DUAL AT1 RECEPTOR/NEPRILYSIN INHIBITION ('ARNI') IN HYPERTENSION: AN IMPROVEMENT VERSUS AT1 RECEPTOR BLOCKADE?  (Invited Lecture)
A.H.J. Danser, L.C.W. Roksnoer, W.W. Batenburg
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

GI PROTEINS, NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR C AND REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE  (Invited Lecture)
Y. Li, O. Sarkar, M. Brochu, M. Anand-Srivastava
University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFECT OF FLAXSEED (Invited Lecture)
K. Prasad, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

NON PHARMACOLOGICAL AND CATHETER BASED THERAPY OF DIFFICULT TO TREAT (D2T) HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture)
S.K. Koshy, L.K. George, UT Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA

BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AMONG PATIENTSWITH TYPE 2 DIABETES (Invited Lecture)
G. Hu, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

SLEEP-TIME BLOOD PRESSURE AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REDUCTION (Invited Lecture)
R.C. Hermida, D.E. Ayala, A. Mojon, J.R. Fernandez
Campus Universitario, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SLEEP-TIMEHYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture)
D.E. Ayala, R.C. Hermida
Campus Universitario, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

 

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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16:45 – 19:15                                                                                                            Hall B
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PL16    Plenary Session
ADVANCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY / CAROTID AND CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION / HEART TRANSPLANTATION

PERICUTANEOUS HEMODYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR HIGH RISK PCI: INDICATIONS AND RESULTS (Invited Lecture)
G.W. Vetrovec, VCU Medical Center Richmond, VA, USA

THE TREATMENT OF THE CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION (Invited Lecture)
B.F. Uretsky, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

PCI VERSUS CABG IN MULTIPLE VESSEL CAD (Invited Lecture)
A. Kumar, Govt Medical College/GND Hospital, Amritsar, India

UPDATE ON CORONARY BIFURCATION CLASSIFICATION AND TECHNIQUES (Invited Lecture)
M.R. Movahed,The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA

MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF COMBINED SEVERE SYMPTOMATIC CAROTID & CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
M.S. Abu-Fadel, University of Oklahoma HScC, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

BIOMARKERS IN CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
N. Nair, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA, USA

ASSOCIATION OF COAGULOPATHY AND IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AMONG HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS (Invited Lecture)
M. Mujib, W.S. Aronow, G.M. Lanier, D. Kolte, S. Khera, C. Palaniswamy,
P. Harikrishnan, C. Iragavarapu, T. Ahmed, D. Jain, S. Sule, G.C. Fonarow,
A. Ahmed, W.H. Frishman, A.L. Gass, S.D. Prabhu, J.A. Panza
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

SHOULD CILOSTAZOL BE INCLUDED INTO THE TREATMENT POST CAROTID STENTING? : A META-ANALYSIS
D. Garcia, M. Ansari, A. Benjo, R. Nascimento, G. ElHayek, A. Ghatak,
A. Schob, C. Mendoza, A. Ferreira
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital – Miami, FL, USA

DECREASED INCIDENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION FOLLOWING OPEN HEART SURGERY USING MODIFIED DEL NIDO CARDIOPLEGIA
D. Loberman, R.C. Neely, D. Fitsgerald, S. McGurk, T.K. Rajab, I. Gosev,
A. Grewal, L.H. Cohn, M. Leacche, S.F. Aranki
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS RECEIVING HEART TRANSPLANT: ANALYSIS FROM UNOS REGISTRY
S.G. Al-Kindi, M.Y. Qattan, M. Ginwalla, C. ElAmm, G.H. Oliveira
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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16:45 – 19:15                                                                                                            Hall C
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S31      Session
              ARRHYTHMIA II:  DIAGNOSIS, DRUG THERAPY, ABLATION

ASSOCIATION OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
F. Shah, A. Mohamed, D. Doukas, G. Cotseones, K. Machnica, M.G. Rabbat
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA

BRIEF EPISODES OF SILENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PREDICT CLINICAL VASCULAR BRAIN DISEASE IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS
C. Sardu, G. Paolisso, R. Marfella
Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTORS FUNCTION IN VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE
R. Guieu, N. Kipson, F. Franceschi, J. Fromonot, J. Condo, J.C. Deharo, M. Brignole,
E. Fenouillet, J. Ruf
Aix Marseille University and IRBA, Marseille, France

PREGNANCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED DENSITY OF THE PACEMAKER CURRENT I-F IN MURINE SINOATRIAL NODE
N. El Khoury, S. Mathieu, L. Marger, J. Ross, G. El Gebeily, N. Ethier, C. Fiset
Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

ADOPTION OF SMARTPHONES, TABLETS AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS AMONG PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
V. Benvenuto, G. Baquero, D. Scher, S. LaPine, S. Hess, J. Fragin, K. Heron,
L. Douglas, W. Curry, J. Banchs
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

PULMONARY VEIN ANTUM CIRCULAR ABLATION PLUS LONGITUDINAL MAPPING AND ABLATION TO THE RESIDUAL MUSCULATURE FASCICLES OF THE PULMONARY VEINS IMPROVES THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM EFFICACY OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
C. Lu, Y. Zhang, R. Zhang, Q. Xu, Y. Huang, M. Liu
PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

SCREENING FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING A BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR: OMRON VS MICROLIFE
J. Wiesel, B.Z. Arbesfeld, D. Schechter
NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

IMPACT OF CATHETER ABLATION ON P-WAVE PARAMETERS ON 12- LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
A. Maan, M. Mansour, J.N. Ruskin, E.K. Heist
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

TO DESCRIBE OUR EXPERIENCE WITH ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE CRYOBALLOON ABLATION SYSTEM IN THE TREATMENT OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AT A HIGH VOLUME CENTER IN THE U.S.
S. Banga, N. Chalfoun, D. Elmouchi, A. Gauri, M. Dahu, B. Finta
GRMEP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

DOES TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFFECT MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY?
V. Podzolkov, A. Tarzimanova, M. Pisarev, I. Loriya, L. Mohammadi
First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov, Moscow, Russia

COMPARISON OF VARIOUS FATTY ACID ROLES ON THE RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AMONG ADULT TAIWANESE FROM A COMMUNITY-BASED COHORT STUDY
K.L. Chien, H.C. Hsu, P.C. Chen, H.J. Lin, T.C. Su, M.F. Chen, Y.T. Lee
College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA WITHOUT ECG DOCUMENTATION: PREVALENCE OF INDUCIBLE ARRHYTHMIAS AND CLINICAL OUTCOME. A PROSPECTIVE REGISTRY
J. Lauschke, J. Schneider, R. Schneider, C. Nesselmann, T. Tischer, D. Bansch
University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany

 

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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16:45 – 19:15                                                                                                            Hall D
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S32      Session
              MOLECULAR / CELLULAR SURVIVAL AND REGENERATION IN CARDIAC DISEASE

IVABRADINE INHIBITS APOPTOSIS AND NECROSIS IN PRIMARY AND CULTURED CARDIAC MYOCYTES EXPOSED TO HYPOXIA REOXYGENATION INSULT THROUGH ITS HCN CHANNEL BLOCKING ACTIVITY
P.K. Witting, A.C. McMahon, H-B Kim, A-M Maw, S.B. Freedman
The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

RANOLAZINE ADMINISTERED AFTER DOXORUBICIN TREATMENT, PREVENTS CARDIOTOXICITY IN MICE
N. Maurea, C. Coppola, G. Piscopo, D. Rea, C. Maurea, F. Galletta, E. Esposito,
I. Capasso, C. Arra, R.V. Iaffaioli
National Cancer Institute Pascale Foundation IRCCS, Naples, Italy

REMOTE ISCHAEMIC PRECONDITIONING ATTENUATES EGR-1 EXPRESSION FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY THROUGH ACTIVATION OF THE JAK-STAT PATHWAY, NITRIC OXIDE SIGNALLING AND SUPEROXIDE GENERATED BY NADPH OXIDASES
H. Mudaliar, B. Rayner, M. Billah, W. Lay, R. Bhindi
Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

ALPHA LINOLENIC ACID-RICH FLAXSEED REGULATES SURVIVAL IN CARDIOMYOCYTES
F. Carotenuto, M. Minieri, S. Melino, P. Di Nardo
Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACIDS PREVENT HEART FAILURE IN RATS
Y. Tanada, T, Shioi, A. Kawamoto, J. Okuda, T. Kimura
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

DECIPHERING THE SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF MICRORNAS IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
S.Y. Chan
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES AS NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGET AGAINST ACUTE CARDIAC ISCHEMIA
C.F. Cheng, Y.Y. Chen, W.S. Lian, K.H. Khoo, T.C. Meng
Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

OPTICAL MOLECULAR IMAGING OF ATHEROMA INFLAMMATION IN MURINE CAROTID PLAQUES WITH A NOVEL, MANNOSE RECEPTOR TARGETING NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE PROBE
J.B. Kim, K.S. Park, J.H. Ryu, J.W. Song, O.K. Park, D.J. Oh, D.G. Gweon, H.K. Yoo, J.W. Kim
Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

 

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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13:30 – 18:30                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P401     GENETICS OF HEART DISEASE

MYOCARDITIS IS A MARKER OF ACTIVE DISEASE IN ARRYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL FEATURES AND OUTCOMES
J.M. Lopez-Ayala, D. Lopez-Cuenca, J. Gonzalez-Carrillo, J.J. Sanchez-Muñoz,
I. Gomez-Milanes, M.C. Olmo, M.J. Oliva-Sandoval, M. Valdes, J.R. Gimeno
Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, University of Murcia, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain

CYP2C19 GENETIC VARIATION AND INDIVIDUALIZED CLOPIDOGREL PRESCRIPTION IN A CARDIOLOGY CLINIC – A PERSPECTIVE STUDY
Y. Wu, W.Q. Fan, E.J. Mascarenhas, K. Khalighi
Easton Hospital, Drexel University, Easton, PA, USA

GENETIC INFORMATION-GUIDED THROMBOEMBOLISM PRECAUSION AND TREATMENT IN A CARDIOLOGY CLINIC – A PERSPECTIVE STUDY
A. Mirabbasi, R. Thachil, Y. Wu, W. Fan, K. Khalighi
Easton Cardiovascular Associates, Easton Hospital, Drexel University, Easton, PA, USA

 

P402     CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING:  NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY, CARDIAC CT AND MRI

DISTRIBUTION OF CORONARY CALCIFICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED CORONARY HEART DISEASE
F. von Ziegler, M. Greif, J. Schenzle, C. Becker, A. Becker
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany

EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS UNDERESTIMATE TOTAL CARDIAC FAT CONTENT: COMPARISON OF UNIDIMENSIONAL AND VOLUMETRIC METHODS
H. Vefali, J. Shirani
St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

SHARED MEDICAL APPOINTMENT TO PRE-SCREEN CCTA PATIENTS - A NOVEL APPROACH IN ESTABLISHING CARDIAC CT PROGRAM
M.Q. Najib, A. Loli, S. Murarka, D. Tumbiolo, U. Fatima
Banner Goodsamaritan Medical Center/Carl T. Hayden Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA

 

P403     LIPIDS, LIPOPROTEIN DISORDERS AND CAD

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID TO ARACHIDONIC ACID RATIO IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
K. Toyama, A. Isshiki, T. Ando, Y. Inoue, M. Kirimura, T. Kamiyama, O. Sasaki, H. Ito,
T. Nishioka
Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan

EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF TWO DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS OF ATORVASTATIN IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MULTICENTER, PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED TRIAL
S.H. Kim, H.L. Lee, H.L. Kim, J.B. Seo, W.Y. Chung, J.H. Zo, M.A. Kim, K.J. An
Seoul Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea

LIPOPROTEIN FRACTIONS AND SUBFRACTIONS IN A MURINE MODEL OF EARLY ATHEROSCLEROSIS
V.M. Loginova, T.A.Korolenko, T.P. Johnston, F.V. Tuzikov, T.P. Korolenko,
I. N. Maiborodin, V.K.Spiridonov
Institute of Physiology SB RAMS, Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

 

P404     CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: PROGNOSIS, RISK ASSESSMENT

POPULATION-BASED COHORT STUDY
W.C. Tzeng, H.P. Feng, S.M. Cheng, W.C. Chien
Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF INSOMNIA FOLLOWING A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
D. Da Costa, P. Desormeau, E. Libman, A.A. Allman, C. Grover, M. Raptis,
I. Lowensteyn, S. Grover, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

HBA1C AMONG ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS MORE STRONGLY PREDICTS CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN WOMEN THAN IN MEN
C.H. Saely, A. Vonbank, P. Rein, A. Leiherer, D. Zanolin, K. Geiger, H. Drexel
Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria

PROBNP STRONGLY PREDICTS VASCULAR EVENTS INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED CORONARY ARTERY STATE
P. Rein, C.H. Saely, A. Vonbank, D. Zanolin, A. Leiherer, H. Drexel
Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria

ASSOCIATION OF FRIESINGER SCORE AND ELEVATED SERUM TRANSAMINASE LEVELS IN OCTOGENARIANS
S. Madan, D. Singal, C.S. Pitchumoni
Drexel University College of Medicine/Saint Peters University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

CHORONIC AND ACUTE EFFECT OF SMOKING ON RIGHT AND LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION
M. Seiedian, F. Ahmadi, L. Asgharinejad, M. Nourizadeh
Atherosclerosis Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

DETERMINANTS OF THE HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN MALE PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
N. Arat, S. Usalp, O. Demiroz, C. Ciftci
Istanbul Science University, Medical School, Cardiology Department, Istanbul, Turkey

HYPOMAGNESAEMIA IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN; RELATIONSHIPS WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK FACTORS AND LOW LEVEL INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
I.A. Gutiu, A.I. Gutiu, F.S. Radulescu
"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucuresti, Romania

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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13:30 – 18:30                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P405     PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE / RISK FACTORS FOR ATHEROTHROMBOTIC DISEASE

MACRONUTRIENT INTAKE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION IN HEALTHY KOREAN ADULTS
K.C. Sung, S.H. Lee
Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

RISK OF STROKE AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN WOMEN WITH LOW SOCIAL SUPPORT IN RUSSIA OVER 16 YEARS: MONICA-PSYCHOSOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY
D.O. Panov, V.V. Gafarov, E.A. Gromova, I.V. Gagulin, A.V. Gafarova
Research Institute of Internal and Preventive Medicine SB RAMS, Novosibirsk, Russia

CARDIOVASCULAR CLINIC IMPACT ON RISK FACTOR MODIFICATION IN AN INNER-CITY, UNINSURED POPULATION
P.A. Levin, K.I. Khalaf, K. Omidvar, Z. Chen, P.R. Orlander, F. Fuentes
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

 

P406     LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY / HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY / DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION

CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH REDUCED VERSUS PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION IN SAUDI ARABIAN COHORT
W. Al-Shaqua
Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014

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13:30 – 18:30                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P407     ADVANCES IN CARDIAC SURGERY: SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION / MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT / CARDIAC TRANSPLANTION

PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN CARDIAC APEX REMOVED DURING IMPLANTATION OF VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (VAD) ARE NON-SPECIFIC 
T. Strecker, J. Roesch, A. Agaimy, M. Weyand
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Center of Cardiac Surgery, Germany

TRENDS IN INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP USE OVER TIME WITH INDICATION FOR USE
B.W. Ternus, R.J. Lennon, G.W. Barsness
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

DEPRESSION AND DECREASED RISK OF IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AMONG HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: FINDINGS FROM A US NATIONAL STUDY
M. Mujib, D. Kolte, S. Khera, W.S. Aronow, C. Palaniswamy, P. Harikrishnan, T. Ahmed, D. Jain, G.M. Lanier,
S. Sule, G.C. Fonarow, A. Ahmed, W.H. Frishman, A.L. Gass, S.D. Prabhu, J.A. Panza
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

A NEW CLASSIFICATION FOR CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION LESIONS
T. Papadopoulos, A. Nikitopoulos, G. Spiromitros, A. Antoniou, J. Kanonidis
Hippokration University Hospital, Greece

ARE AIRBAGS PROTECTIVE OR DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEART POST MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS?
R.N. Khouzam
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

STUDY THE EFFECT OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG) WITH EXTRA CORPOREAL CIRCULATION (ECC) ON HEARING STATUS: ASSESSING A WIDE RANGE OF FREQUENCIES PRE-AND POST –OPERATIVELY 
H. Habib, A.R. Asareh, S. ShomeilShooshtari, M. Nourizadeh, Z. Mansoori, A. Sattari, N. Asadinia
Atherosclerosis Research Center, Ahwas Jondishapour University, Ahwas, Iran

 

P408     CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND OUTCOMES

PROVIDING EQUITY IN CARE DELIVERY BY RACE, ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGE: TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES’ INITIAL REVIEW
J. Cheirif, A. Gracia, J. Veliz, L. Gerbig, M. Kini, M. Daja, T. Keller, M. Restrepo,
M. Reyna, M. Vecchio, T. Ngueyn, D. Varga
Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX, USA

THE COST AND BENEFITS OF HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INSTEAD OF THE GROUND UNIT IN CHEST TRAUMATIC PATIENTS: A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
A. Shamsakhtari, N. Saadatjafari, H. Kariman, M. Nourizadeh, N. Asadinia3
Atherosclerosis Research Center, Ahwas Jondishapour University, Ahwas, Iran

SERIAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIOTOXICITY IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS TREATED WITH TRASTUZUMAB
F. Shah, D. Silverman, P. Doloto, K.C. Micetich, J.T. Barron
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA

PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH HYPERKALEMIA
J.B. Khanagavi, P.M. Phatak, T. Gupta, W.S. Aronow, J. Garg, S. Sule
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

A SINGLE-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE COMPARISON OF STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY UTILIZATION BETWEEN FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIANS AND INTERNISTS
A. Chaudhry, G.A. Baquero, W.R. Davidson, A.J. Foy
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA