Abstract No.

P101    Poster Session
GENETICS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

BETA3-ADRENOCEPTOR GENE EXPRESSION IN RAT ADIPOSE TISSUE IN RESPONSE TO REPEATED IMMUNE CHALLENGE
A. Csanova, M. Pokusa, D. Jezova Biomedical Research Center Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

VALIDATED GENETIC BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTION OF INDIVIDUAL RISK OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN RUSSIANS
G.Z. Osmak, D. Lvovs, B.V. Titov, N.A. Matveeva, R.M. Shakhnovich, T.R. Nasibullin, O.E. Mustafina, A.V. Favorov, M. Ya Ruda, O.O. Favorova, Russian Cardiology Scientific and Production Center, Moscow, Russia

P102    Poster Session
PREVENTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE / RISK FACTORS FOR ATHEROTHROMBOTIC DISEASE

ACUTE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
S-W Yang, H-R Guo, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

DEVELOPMENT OF A HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL GUIDED LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME
Q. Wang, S.Y. Chair, E.M.L. Wong, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

KNOWLEDGE OF HEART DISEASE IN FEMALE AND MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS
M. Granieri, C. Bavishi, A. Koulova, J.P. Cordova, J. Tamis-Holland, Mt. Sinai St. Luke's Hospital, New York, NY, USA

PATTERNS OF REFERRAL AND IMMEDIATE CLINICAL IMPACT OF CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING
A. Quddus, A. Smith, M. Mclane, S. Agrawal, A. Sinha,
D. Prutzman, J. Shirani, F. Burt, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

THE B12/CRP INDEX AS A SIMPLE INDICATOR OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN AN ADULT POPULATION
G.D.Spyromitros, I.D. Lagos, E.S. Papadopoulou, G.H. Katerini, Cardiology Department, Katerini, Greece

PREDICTORS OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND ADULTHOOD BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS
S. Singh, J. Kaur, K.K. Thumburu, P. Nieminen, A. Chauhan, N. Jaiswal,
A. Agarwal, M. Singh, N. Paul, S. Sagwal, Advanced Pediatric Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

P103    Poster Session
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME

GROUPING OF PATIENTS ON RELATION TO HOSPITAL READMISSION BY ACUTE HEART FAILURE
J.M. Quintana, A. Anton-Ladislao, S. Garcia-Gutierrez, I. Lafuente,
M.J. Morillas, E. Hernandez, I. Rilo, N. Murga, R. Quiros, Unidad de Investigacion, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain

A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF 30 DAYS DEATH IN ADMITTED PATIENTS BY ACUTE HEART FAILURE
J.M. Quintana, A. Anton, S. Garcia, I. Lafuente, M.J. Morillas,
E. Hernandez, I. Rilo, N. Murga, R. Quiros, A. Lara, Unidad de Investigacion, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Spain

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE CLINICS: HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK IN A COMMUNITY-BASED HOSPITAL SYSTEM
M. Kabach, O. Kreidieh, J. Larned, L. Tamariz, K. Raimondo, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

EVALUATION OF IN-PATIENT CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF GUIDELINE-BASED THERAPY FOR ACUTE HEART FAILURE
K.G. Castillo, R.E. Ramboyong, The Medical City, Pasig, Philippines

P104    Poster Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY / CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

TILT TABLE TESTING TO DIAGNOSE PSEUDOSYNCOPE IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION
J.A. Robinson, J.K. Shivapour, C.S. Snyder, The Congenital Heart Collaborative, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

FIVE HEART CHAMBERS AT 60 YEARS: A RARE PRESENTATION OF COR TRIATRIUM SINISTRUM
A.S. Saggu, A.S. Rajabalan, S.V. Patel, P. Patel, T. Singh, Western Reserve Health Education/NEOMED, Youngstown, OH, USA

LATE COMPLICATIONS OF D-TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES S/P MUSTARD PROCEDURE
K.S. Patel, K. Ramasubbu, B. Subedi, New York Methodist Hospital, NY, USA

HEALTHY CAREGIVERS-HEALTHY CHILDREN: A PRIMARY PREVENTION PROGRAM WITH PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
R.N. Natale, S.E. Messiah, C. Chang, K. Sardinas, J. Fitzgibbons,
S. Peraza, University of Miami School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, Miami, FL, USA

P105    Poster Session
CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND OUTCOMEE

APPROPRIATENESS OF AERO MEDICAL TRANSPORT FOR CARDIAC EMERGENCIES
A. Aggarwal, J. Heslop, S. Banga, S. Mungee, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Illinois; OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois, USA 

DECREASED DUPLICATE TESTING WITH ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS. A STUDY OF 7,400 NUCLEAR MEDICINE STRESS TESTS
A. Avezbadalov, F. Mushtaq, P. Hardigan, J.J. Rozanski, M.A. Chizner, The Heart Center of Excellence, NOVA University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

MAYO REGISTRY FOR TELEMETRY EFFICACY IN ARREST (MR TEA) STUDY: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION DURING INPATIENT CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST RESUSCITATION
D.F. Snipelisky, J.C. Ray, G. Matcha, T. Vadeboncoeur, F. Kusumoto,
A. Roy, A. Dumitrascu, D. Harris, M.C. Burton, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT OF STEMI WITH MULTIVESSEL DISEASE IN A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB
J.B. Halevy, P.B. Gogo, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND IN-HOSPITAL OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: THE WORCESTER HEART ATTACK STUDY
J. Yarzebski, M. Tisminetzky, E. Granillo, R. Charan, R.P. Makam,
D.D. McManus, D. Lessard, J.M. Gore, R. Goldberg, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

 POSTER HALL

P201    Poster Session
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

ASSESSMENT OF ASCENDING AORTIC DIAMETER BY TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: AGE AND SEX SPECIFIC REFERENCE VALUES IN ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
G. Kumar, C. Ayoub, P. Thapa, F.A. Miller, P.C. Spittell, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

LARGE CARDIAC HAMARTOMA: CHARACTERIZATION OF MASS AND MANAGEMENT WITH IMAGING
C. Ayoub, S.A. Luis, J. Maleszewski, P. Pellikka, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

MERCILESS, METASTATIC, MALIGNANCY TO THE HEART: CASE OF PULMONARY SARCOMATOID ADENOCARCINOMA
H. Narayanasamy, T. Naqvi, S.M. Wilansky, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, USA

CORRELATION OF 2D AND 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTIONS AMONG PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
J. Salvanera, I. Bundalian, R. Ramboyong The Medical City, Pasig City, Philippines

A CASE OF INFERIOR VENA CAVA MASS ON ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
A. Quddus, A. Smith, M. Mchlane, S. Agrawal, A. Singh, S. Longo, J. Shirani, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

A GIANT LEFT ATRIAL MASS: NOT A MYXOMA
C. Gallegos, V. Singh, M. Rivera-Maza, R. Colombo, R.C. Hendel, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA

P202   Poster Session
NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES

IMPACT OF DIABETES MELLITUS ON SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS
J.A. Ryu, G.M. Park, D.W. Kim, T.S. Kim, C.J. Kim, J.S. Cho, M.W. Park,
S.H. Her, J.B. Kwon, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

IS NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF CARDIAC OUTPUT USING ELECTRICAL CARDIOMETRY IN PATIENTS WITH AORTIC STENOSIS A RELIABLE METHOD?
P. Teefy, R. Bagur, K. Karimi-Shahri, J. Teefy, R. Sule, C. Phillips,
K. Norozi, Western University, London, ON, Canada

IMPACT OF INITIAL FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION COMPARED WITH INVASIVE ANGIOGRAPHY FOR STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
G.S. Jung, S.Y. Oh, G.M. Park, D.W. Kim, T.S. Kim, C.J. Kim, J.S. Cho,
M.W. Park, S.H. Her, J.B. Kwon, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

THE EFFECT OF NEGATIVE CARDIAC NUCLEAR STRESS ON EMERGENCY-ROOM VISIT AND READMISSION FOR CHEST PAIN
S. Talebi, O. Zaher, H. Reyes, O. Olatunde, F. Visco, G. Pekler, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA

MULTIMODALITY APPROACH IN PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION OF RENAL ARTERY FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA IN AN 80-YEAR OLD FEMALE
N. Katta, P. Velagapudi, M. Mittal, H. Agrawal, A. Kumar, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA

THE PANTYHOSE PROJECT
D.A. Bloomfield, F. Rotatori, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, New York, USA

THE EFFICACY OF SONOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF INFERIOR VENA CAVA DIAMETER AS AN ESTIMATE OF CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE
W. Ciozda, I. Kedan, R. Khandwalla, R. Zimmer, A. Kimchi, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

INCIDENTAL FINDING OF INTERVENTRICULAR MEMBRANOUS SEPTAL ANEURYSM IN A PATIENT WITH SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
F. Elmi, M. Sharma, B. Ganguly, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

P203    Poster Session
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: PROGNOSIS, RISK ASSESSMENT

UTILITY OF SIGNAL-AVERAGED HOLTER ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AFTER PILSICAINIDE PROVOCATION FOR RISK STRATIFICATION IN BRUGADA SYNDROME
J. Kakihara, M. Takagi, Y. Hayashi, H. Tatsumi, A. Doi, K. Sugioka,
M. Yoshiyama, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

THE IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC HEALTH DISPARITIES IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN OUT PATIENT MANAGMENT A CASE SERIES RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSED CASES
R. Patel, A. Patel, M. Singh, M.D. Dao, B. Hussain, K. George, Clinical Trial Network, Houston, TX, USA

P204    Poster Session
NEW INSIGHTS INTO PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE

COMPARABLE LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS AFTER THE CHANGE FROM ANGIOTENSINCONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR TO ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKER IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
H.Y. Kim, S.M. Lim, K.Y. Chang, W.S. Chung, K.B. Seung, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

THE EFFECT OF INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS OF PREGNANCY ON THE EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF PLACENTAL P-GLYCOPROTEIN IN MICE: IMPLICATIONS IN THE INDIVIDUALIZED TRANSPLACENTAL DIGOXIN TREATMENT FOR FETAL HEART FAILURE
C. Wang, Y.M. Hua, Y. Zhang, Y.F. Li, K.Y. Zhou, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

SODIUM TANSHINONE IIA SULFONATE AND SODIUM DANSHENSU OPEN THE PLACENTAL BARRIER THROUGH DOWN-REGULATION OF PLACENTAL P-GLYCOPROTEIN IN MICE: IMPLICATIONS IN THE TRANSPLACENTAL DIGOXIN TREATMENT FOR FETAL HEART FAILURE
C. Wang, K.Y. Zhou, Y.F. Li, Y.F. Zhang, Y.M. Hua, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

P205    Poster Session
MISCELLANEOUS

ASSESSING THE COMPETENCY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS IN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM INTERPRETATION
A. Kodra, T. Rambhatla, S. Patel, N. Coplan, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA

A LARGE MASS OBLITERATING THE RIGHT VENTRICLE: A TUMOR OR A THROMBUS?
S. Patnaik, M. Shah, S. Sharm, H. Seetha Rammohan, A. Rubin, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

ASSESSMENT THE ROLE OF CORONARY CLEARANCE FRAME COUNT IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC SYNDROME
X E. Yildirim, U.C. Yuksel, B. Bugan, M. Celik, M. Koklu, S. Gormel, H.K. Kabul, C. Barcin, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

MULTI-CHAMBER CARDIAC EMBOLUS DETECTED WITH MULTI-MODAL IMAGING
V. Tavakoli, R. Grodman, J. Nfonoyim, A.R. Chaudery, V. Pandian, Richmond University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF FRAILTY IN ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY
C.J. Hsieh, N.F. Miao, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

PSEUDOHYPONATREMIA CAUSED BY LIPOPROTEIN X IN OBSTRUCTIVE BILIARY CHOLESTASIS SECONDARY TO PANCREATIC CANCER
K. Anouti, J. Clark, M. Maalouf, E. Gnall, T. Phiambolis , T. Shapiro, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, USA

CARDIAC TUBERCULOMA PRESENTING AS THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA-HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME
E.A. Christian, R.M. Mehta, R.N. Khouzam, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA

A CASE REPORT OF CELIAC GANGLION BLOCK IN POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME
H.Y. Mistry, S.E. Hamid, A. Suleman, The Heartbeat Clinic, McKinney, Texas, USA

LARGE HEPATIC CYST AND PATENT FORAMEN OVALE: UNUSUAL COMBINATION PRODUCING PLATYPNEA-ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME
B.A. Foreman, J Hansen, Penn State Hershey Medical Center/College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

USE OF HIGH FREQUENCY PERCUSSIVE VENTILATOR AS BRIDGE TO ORGAN PROCUREMENT: LIFE GOES ON
F. Benn, A. Ashwad, I. Gulkarov, B. Fahoum, F. Khusid, M. Majumder, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn NY USA