Abstract No.

P501    Poster Session
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

ENHANCED INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF AMIODARONE ON HERG CHANNELS DUE TO A COMPOUND MUTATION L539/FS47-HERG LINKED TO LONG QT SYNDROME TYPE 2
G.L. Li, A.F. Zhang, J.E. Wu, W.Q. Han, S.T. Ma, Y. Lv, C.C. Cui, C.F. Sun
The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

GAB1 IS ESSENTIAL FOR CARDIOPROTECTION AGAINST ISCHEMIC/REPERFUSION INJURY
L. Sun, C. Chen, B. Jiang, X. Yang, R.L. Zhang, Y.Q. Huo, G.S. Feng, Y. Zhang, J.C. Luo
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China

PREVALENCE OF ANTIPLATELET DRUG RESISTANCE IN ASIAN COMMUNITY
A.P. Sadath, G.V. Raghavan
Kims Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF METABOLIC DRUG ELTACIN AND ITS USE IN THERAPY OF AGING PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
E.V. Kalinina, R.M, Zaslavskaya, Y.R. Nartsissov
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, MS, Russia

ESSENTIAL ROLE OF UVRAG IN CARDIAC FUNCTION
L. An, Z. Song, Y. Ye, Y. Zou, L. He, H. Zhu
Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

HIGH-FAT DIET ENHANCED CTRP1 PROTEIN STIMULATES SIGNALING PATHWAY RELATED TO MUSCLE CONTRACTION IN C2C12 MYOCYTES
Y. Yang
Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

P502    Poster Session
PROGRESS IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

IMPORTANT ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN STROKE VOLUME (SV) – BODY SURFACE AREA (BSA) RELATIONS: ECHONORMAL META-ANALYSIS
J.M. Gardin, K.K. Poppe, G.A. Whalley; R. Senior, on behalf of the EchoNoRMAL collaborators
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC INDICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHENOTYPE OF FRAILTY
S.M. Gharacholou, T. Tashiro, S.S. Cha, P.Y. Takahashi
Mayo Clinic Health System, La Crosse, WI, USA

ANALYSIS OF VALVAR AND LEFT VENTRICULAR PARAMETERS IN INFECTIVE AORTIC ENDOCARDITIS AS PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME: A COMBINED ASSESSMENT BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL AND STRAIN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
A. Vitarelli, L. Capotosto, F. Caranci, I. D'Angeli, M. De Maio, R. Ashurov
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

ENHANCEMENT OF PEAK AORTIC VELOCITY SIGNALS BY CONTRAST MICROBUBBLES
J.C. Westerdale, E. McMahon, M. Katayama, H.P. Chaliki, M. Belohlavek
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

ASSESSMENT OF LEFT AND RIGHT ATRIAL FUNCTION BY THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE OF PATENT FORAMEN OVALE
A. Vitarelli, E. Mangieri, G. Tanzilli, L. Capotosto, A. Azzano, K. Mukred,
M. De Maio, R. Ashurov
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AND DYSSYNCHRONY AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT: A THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY
A. Vitarelli, F. Miraldi, I. D'Angeli, L. Capotosto, R. Ashurov, M. De Maio
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE-TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF LEFT AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AFTER MITRACLIP IMPLANTATION IN FUNCTIONAL MITRAL REGURGITATION
A. Vitarelli, E. Mangieri, G. Tanzilli, L. Capotosto, R. Ashurov, M. De Maio
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

CORRELATION OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE (LAA) INFLOW AND OUTFLOW VELOCITIES WITH THE CHADS2 AND CHA2DS2-VASC SCORES
C.B. Clark, N. Telles, C.H. Renner
Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

ROLE OF SIMULATION IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TRAINING IN CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS: A PILOT STUDY
N. Sareen, R. Adams, A. Ojha, K. Patel, W. Smith
St Joseph Mercy Oakland, Wayne State University, Pontiac, MI, USA

A META-ANALYSIS OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE AND DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
P. Agasthi, H.J. Willens, L. Tamariz
University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE AND AORTIC ROOT MORPHOLOGY IN HISPANIC PATIENTS 
S.A. Horvath, C.G. Mihos, H.M. Elmahdy, A.M. Pineda,
J.P. Rodriguez-Escudero, O. Santana
Department of Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA

CHANGES IN LV SYSTOLIC FUNCTION AND DIMENSIONS AFTER AV FISTULA PLACEMENT
S.M. Tariq, J. Anderson, R. Dhignra, M. Gallichio, S.A Fein, M. Torosoff
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY TRUNK IN ASYMPTOMATIC ADOLESCENT ATHLETE. CASE REPORT
E. Vallejo, K. Rojas, C. Cely, D. Maldonado
Universidad Libre-seccional, Cali, Columbia

3D TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IMPROVES LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE EVALUATION PRIOR TO CARDIOVERSION
A. Ali, J. Banchs, A. Haouzi
Penn State University, Hershey, PA, USA

P503    Poster Session
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND STROKE PREVENTION

HOW IS THE QUALITY OF INR CONTROL FOR STROKE PREVENTION IN NON-VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN CLINICAL PRAXIS?
A. Martinez-Rubio, M. Santalo-Corcoy, E. Agut-Busquet, D. Valcarcel-Paz,
M. DiazNuila-Alcazar, M. Bonet-Alvarez, R. Flores-Clotet, J.C. Oliva-Morera
University Hospital of Sabadell (Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona), Sabadell, Spain

AGE AND GENDER COMPARISONS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PREVALENCE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE
O.W. Odunukan, P.A. Rahman, D. Roellinger, S. Cha, J.M. Naessens,
S.J. Taler, M.A. Nyman
Division of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL, USA

ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A SINGLE CENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
W. Xiang, M.L. Liu, F. Liu, X.R. Feng, Y.C. Wang
First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China

ELEVATED SERUM URIC ACID LEVELS AND DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CONVERTED TO SINUS RHYTHM
J.O. Na, S.K. Lee, C.U. Choi, H.E. Lim, J.W. Kim, E.J. Kim, S.W. Rha,
C.G. Park, H.S. Seo, D.J. Oh
Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

ANGIOEDEMA:  AN UNCOMMON BUT POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING DRUG REACTION OF APIXIBAN
A. Khan, T. Aung, R. Bhagat, D. Mascarenhas, Easton Hospital, Pennsylvania, PA, USA  

HEPATITIS C PATIENTS HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
H. Paydak, N.V. Pothineni, S. Vallurupalli, J.L. Mehta
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISITICS AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH A PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Z.S. Brewer, M. Rawala, C. Velarde, M. Hamdan, R. Ali, R. Chahoud,
S. Kemper, W.H. Carter
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV, USA 

SPONTANEOUS SUBDURAL HEMATOMA WHILE ON XARELTO (RIVAROXABAN)
A. Kodali, C.A. Hadadi, F. Elmi
Easton Hospital, Easton, PA, USA

P504    Poster Session
HEART VALVE DISEASE – CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

PREDICTED AND OBSERVED OUTCOMES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY FOR NATIVE AORTIC OR MITRAL VALVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS VIA A RIGHT MINI-THORACOTOMY APPROACH
H.M. Elmahdy, S.I. Gomez, C.G. Mihos, S.A. Horvath, A.M. Pineda,
O. Santana, J. Lamelas
Department of Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA

TRANSCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT UNDER FLUOROSCOPIC GUIDANCE AND LOCAL ANESTHESIA ONLY
M. Greif, P. Lange, C. Schmitz, M. D´Anastasi, C. Kupatt
University of Munich, Department of Cardiology, Bayern, Germany

EFFECTS OF GENDER ON TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT OUTCOMES
S. Dsouza, A. Elkharbotly, A. Delago, M. El-Hajjar, B. Shkolnik, D. Adams, A. White, M. Riordan, M. Torosoff
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

DO EDWARD SAPIENS AND COREVALVE TRANSCATHETER DEVICES HAVE DIFFERENT PROCEDURE COMPLICATIONS FOR AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT?  A META-ANALYSIS
D. Garcia, M. Ansari, R. Nascimento, J. Toussaint, C. Martinez, C. Alfonso, A. Heldman
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

ASSOCIATION OF AORTIC VALVE CALCIFICATION AND EPICARDIAL FAT VOLUME
R. Koos, V. Brandenburg, N. Marx, C. Kuhl, S. Reinartz, T. Dirrichs
Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

IMPACT OF POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS ON LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN ISOLATED AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
J. Rubio Alvarez, A. Granda Bauza, L. Reija Lopez, A. Narvaez,
J.M. Martinez Cereijo, J. Sierra Quiroga, C. Rubio Taboada
University Hospital Santiago de Compostela, Spain

AGE ADJUSTED MORTALITY RATE FROM AORTIC VALVE SURGERY SHOWED PERSISTENT REDUCTION IN THE IN THE UNITED STATE WITH ELIMINATION OF GENDER GAP IN RECENT YEARS
M.R. Movahed, M. Hashemzadeh, M. Hashemzadeh
CareMore Health Care Arizona, USA

OBESITY AND OUTCOMES IN NORTH-AMERICAN PATIENTS TREATED WITH TRANSCATHETER AORTIC-VALVE REPLACEMENT
M. Riordan, A. Elkharbotly, A. Delago, M. El-Hajjar, A. Padala, B. Shkolnik, S. Dsouza, M. Torosoff
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

OUR APPROACH TO SURGERY OF THE AORTIC ROOT ABSCESS: A 15-YEARS EXPERIENCE
Y. Ozen, S. Sarikaya, O. Altas, E. Aksoy, E. Kafali, K. Kirali
Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

INCIDENCE AND PREDICTORS OF PERMANENT PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION AFTER VALVE SURGERY- A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
B. Ayub, Y. Nawaz, H. Saif, J. Guthier, M. Weiss, T. Phillips, J. Wu,
R. Singer, R. Freudenberger, R. Malacoff
Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, USA  

THE OPTIMAL CHOICE OF AVR PROSTHESIS AT AGE 60- WARFARIN OR REOPERATION
S. Aranki, M. Yammine, T. Kaneko
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

NEW LBBB FOLLOWING TRANSCATHETER SAPIEN VALVE:  INSIGHT INTO MECHANISMS
L. Jiang, G. Valania, W. Hiser, A.M. Islam
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University, MA, USA

VALVE SPARING AORTIC ROOT RE-IMPLANTATION (DAVID V PROCEDURE): EARLY AND MIDTERMS RESULTS OF OUR CLINIC
S. Sarikaya, K. Kirali, Y. Ozen, A. Elibol, E. Basaran
Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

VALVULAR MIGRATION AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION: A CASE SERIES
C. Chu
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA

P505    Poster Session
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME

THE DRIER THE BETTER: DOES RISING CREATININE FOLLOWING ULTRAFILTRATION IN ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE PREDICT READMISSION?
S. Desai, S.K. Desai, R. Gerkin, A. Khurana, A. Loli
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA

COMPARISON OF HOSPITAL READMISSION RATES IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH REDUCED VS. PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
I. Abramova, E.S. Shlofmitz, J. Guo, K. Lee, W.S. Malik, K. Zalewski,
C. Weinberg, C. Keane, T.C. Kerwin
New York Hospital Queens, Weill Medical College, Flushing, NY, USA

A TEAM BASED STRATEGY TO MANAGE HIGH RISK HEART FAILURE PATIENTS IN A LARGE URBAN HEALTHCARE DELIVERY MODEL
I. Kedan, R. Khandwalla, K. Birkeland
Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA

INCIDENCE, RISK FACTORS, AND OUTCOME OF ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE (ADHF) SUPERIMPOSED ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (AECOPD)
P. Charoenpong, C. Clarke
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA  

EFFECT OF CARE TRANSITION INTERVENTIONS ON DIFFERENT HEART FAILURE PATIENT SUBGROUPS, DEFINED BY UNDERLYING ETIOLOGY:  ARE THERE IDENTIFIABLE SUBGROUPS MORE LIKELY TO BENEFIT? 
T. Kern, I. Kedan, A. Kimchi
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA

IMPACT OF ECHO-GUIDED MEDICATION OPTIMIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
F. Garcia Trobo, L. Pastori, B. Manduca, G. Pekler, F. Visco
New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA  

FACTORS AFFECTING CARDIO-RENAL SYNDROME AND OUTCOMES IN ACUTE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
S. Samavedam, V. Ravi, I. Pallekonda, C. Reddy, J. Awad, J. Prior
The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA