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P501    Poster Session
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH

MIR-210 SUPPRESSES GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR IN RAT CARDIOMYOCYTES IN RESPONSE TO FETAL HYPOXIA
S.R. Martinez, C. Dasgupta, L. Zhang, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, USA

NEW VIEW OF THE CARDIAC RYANODINE RECEPTOR ARRANGEMENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL CORRELATION
P. Asghari, D.R. Scriven, S. Sanatani, S.K. Gandhi, A.I. Campbell, E.D. Moore, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF THE ALTERATIONS IN EPOXY- AND HYDROXY-ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLITES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY IN RATS
A.A. El-Sherbeni, A.O.S El-Kadi, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

IMPROVEMENT EFFECTS ON CARDIAC FUNCTION AFTER OSTEOPONTIN-DERIVED SVVYGLR PEPTIDE-SECRETING MYOBLAST SHEETS TRANSPLANTATION FOR ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
A. Uchinaka, Y. Hamada, S. Mori, N. Matsuura, N. Kawaguchi, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Suita, Japan

MITOCHONDRIAL CALCIUM REGULATION FOR CARDIOPROTECTION
J. Han, H.K. Kim, S.J. Noh, S.J. Lee, N. Kim, K.S. Ko, B.D. Rhee, Inje University, Busan, Korea

CARDIAC ENDOTHELLIAL CELL-DERIVED EXOSOMES INDUCE SPECIFIC REGULATORY B CELL
J.P. Song, X. Chen, M.Y. Wang, Y. Xing, Z. Zheng, S.S. Hu, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy, China

P502    Poster Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

P66SHC-MEDIATES OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ENDOTHELIAL ACTIVATION INDUCED BY MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION IN HUVECS
S.B. Jung, N. Harsha, J.B. Park, S.J. Choi, C.S. Kim, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FUNCTION OF APE1/REF-1 IN ENDOTHELIAL ACTIVATION
B.H. Jeon, H.K. Joo, S. Choi, Y.R. Lee, G. Kang, C.S. Kim, Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, and College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

HPLC-FLUORESCENCE METHOD FOR THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE ANALYSIS OF PROPRANOLOL IN RAT SERUM USING IMMOBILIZED POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED CHIRAL STATIONARY PHASE
A.K. AL-Suwailem, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

P503    Poster Session
PROGRESS IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS
L. Capotosto, R. Ashurov, F. Massoni, G. Placanica, S. Ricci,
A. Vitarelli, Sapienza University, Cardiology and Medicine Depts, Rome, Italy

ATRIAL FLUTTER HAS LESS SPONTANEOUS ECHO CONTRAST AND HIGHER APPENDAGE EMPTYING VELOCITY THAN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
J.J. Huang, S. Reddy, T.H. Truong, P. Suryanarayana, S. McNitt, J.S. Alpert, University of Arizona Medical Center Tucson, AZ, USA

THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
L. Capotosto, I. D'Angeli, R. Ashurov, F. Miraldi, A. Vitarelli, Sapienza University, Cardiac Dept., Rome, Italy

DOBUTAMINE-INDUCED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DURING DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
A. Sinha, Y. Acharaya, J. Bhattarai, R. Kumar, J. Shirani, Saint Luke’s University Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, USA

CORRELATE OF GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL, RADIAL AND AREA STRAIN IN SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS WITH NORMAL LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION: A THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL MULTILAYER SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
E.J. Cho, S-J. Park, H.L. Yun, H.J. Lim, S.C. Lee, D.J. Choi,
S.W. Park, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea 

PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS OF RACE IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHO
Y. Zheng, S. Siniara, R. Ferguson, Y. Chia, H. Lawson,
S. Bulugahapitiya, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK 

CORRELATION BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR AND LIVER MAGNETIC RESONANCE T2* AND TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY IN THALASSEMIA PATIENTS
M. Parsaee, N. Akiash, A. Azarkeivan, Z. Ojaghi Haghighi, M. Maleki, S.M.H. Adel, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

IS THERE ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN CHA2DS2-VASC SCORE TO LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME INDEX?
H.N. Patel, N.T. Nazir, C.J. Bai, A. Volgman, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA  

MAKING NOT-SO-OBVIOUS OBVIOUS; THE ROLE OF 2D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS OF AORTIC DISSECTION
S. Neupane, H. Othman, G.I. Cohen, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA

RUPTURED CASEOUS MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION PRESENTING AS A MOBILE MASS
R. Manikat, F. Elmi, J. Shirani, Easton Hospital, Easton, PA, USA  

P505    Poster Session
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: DIAGNOSTIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, ABLATION AND STROKE PREVENTION

CONTRIBUTION OF EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE TO ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SUBSTRATE WITH HIGH DOMINANT FREQUENCY IN ABLATION
K. Kumagai, D. Kutsuzawa, K. Minami, Y. Yamaguchi, Y. Sugai,
S. Oshima, Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Japan

EFFECT OF AMIODARONE-WARFARIN INTERACTION ON ANTICOAGULATION QUALITY IN A SINGLE CENTER
R.D. White, K.W. Riggs, E.J. Ege, G.F. Petroski, S.M. Koerber,
G. Flaker, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA

CLINICAL 1 YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH A NOVEL MULTIPOLAR IRRIGATED ABLATION CATHETER IN AF ABLATION PROCEDURES
R. Wakili, J. Siebermair, S. Fichtner, S. Sattler, M.F. Sinner,
E. Klocker, S. Kaab, H.L. Estner, Grosshadern Clinic, University of Munich, Munich, Germany 

IMPACT OF REDUCED ABLATION TIME ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN PAF PATIENTS USING ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE CRYOBALLOON (AFACA)
S. Banga, N. Chalfoun, A. Gauri, D. Elmouchi, M. Dahu, A.T. Davis, B. Finta, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA 

MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE (PRADAXA®)
D.J. O'Dea, S.K. Sanganalmath, J. Schnee, J. Whetteckey, N. Ting, C. Duffy, Hudson Valley Cardiovascular Practice, Poughkeepsie, New York, NY, USA 

USEFULNESS OF DABIGATRAN IN JAPANESE PATIENTS WITH NON VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
T. Ariyama, S. Iwamoto, T. Ishii, T. Tomaru, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan 

P506    Poster Session
MISCELLANEOUS

EVALUATING EJECTION FRACTION AND OBESITY IN A HEART FAILURE PROGRAM PREDOMINANTLY COMPOSED OFA BLACK AND HISPANIC POPULATION
H.S. Lee, G. Pekler, B. Nunez .S. Mushiyev, F. Visco, Metropolitan Hospital, New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA