Abstract No.

P301    Poster Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH

MICRORNA AS KEY TARGETS OF MEF2 TRANSCRIOPTION FACTOR IN THE ENDOTHELIUM: ROLE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
J. Kim, Y. Young, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea

PROCOLLAGEN TYPE I CARBOXY-TERMINAL PROPEPTIDE IS ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD PRESSURE, CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY AND DYSFUNCTION, AND PREDICT CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Y.O. Kim, B.M. Choi, S.J. Shin, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea

IDH2 DEFICIENCY IMPAIRS MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT VASOMOTOR FUNCTION
S. Jung, C. Kim, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

TIME-DEPENDENT RELAXANT EFFECTS OF NITRIC OXIDE AND CARBON MONOXIDE INTERACTION ON ALBINO RATS AORTIC RINGS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ROLES OF K+ AND CA++ CHANNELS
O.A. Al-Habib, S.S. Khalil, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

PROTEASE-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-2 RELAXATION OF RAT AORTAS VASODILATION IN METABOLIC SYNDROME
K. Maruyama, S. Kagota, J.J. McGuire, N. Yoshikawa, K. Nakamura,
K. Shinozuka, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

P302    Poster Session
PHARMACOLOGIC MODULATION OF VASCULAR - ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION

THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF PARTHENOLIDE TREATMENT IN MOUSE CORTICAL MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS INVOLVED CA2+ CLEARANCE SUPPRESSION BY IMPAIRING PLASMALEMMAL CA2+ PUMP ACTIVITIES AND ER STRESS
K.L. Wong, T.Y. Tsai, S.Y. Lou, C.W. Cheung, Y.M. Leung, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

USE OF DEEP SEDATION WITH PROPOFOL TO RELIEVE CATHETER ENTRAPMENT DUE TO SEVERE RADIAL ARTERY SPASM DURING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
E.S. Roberto, T. Aung, A. Agarwal, Wright State University Department of Internal Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA

P303    Poster Session
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION / REPERFUSION THERAPY

CORONARY REPERFUSION MANEUVER IN PRIMARY CORONARY INTERVENTION WITH RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY CULPRIT
J.M. Telayna, J.M.(h) Telayna, R.A. Costantini, Hospital Universitario Austral, Bs As, Argentina

CULPRIT IN A CARDIAC ARREST: RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY OR LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING
O.E Egbuche, P. Agasthi, K. Sivakumar, R. Sachdeva, Morehouse School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

COMPLETE HEART BLOCK FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION OF LEFT MAIN STENOSIS
A.F. Chaudhry, P. Agasthi, D. Hirsh, R. Sachdeva, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

AN OVERLOOKED UNDERRATED SYMPTOM OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN WOMEN
A.C. Grigos, R. Seguritan, D.A. Bloomfield, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY USA

ROLE OF CONTRAST ENHANCED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PROVIDING LIFE SAVING DIAGNOSIS AFTER ACUTE STEMI
J. Kiani, I. Meier, J. Jentzer, R. Daly, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

HYPERACUTE T-WAVES INDICATIVE OF MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA: AN ATYPICAL AND UNDER RECOGNIZED MUST-KNOW PATTERN ON ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
K.A. Samtani, O.M. Ali, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA

HIGH-SENSITIVITY TROPONIN I (HSTNI) LEVEL IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (AMI) PATIENTS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) RISK FACTORS, AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY
K.A. Floren, R.E. Ramboyong, The Medical City, Pasig City, Philippines

P304    Poster Session
CARDIOMYOPATHIES: PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT

QRS COMPLEX FRAGMENTATION AS A PREDICTOR OF MYOCARDIAL SCAR IN PATIENTS WITH TRASTUZAMAB INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY
C.J. Hayes, D.J. Pytlewski, D.S. Jassal, C.M. Seifer, W.F. McIntyre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

DETERMINANTS OF CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION AND LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
S. Agrawal, S. Nanda, S.P. Bhatt, S. Longo, J. Pamula, A. Singh, M. Fegley, J. Shirani, St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

DIFFERENTIAL REVERSIBILITY IN HEART FAILURE DUE TO HYPOTHYROIDISM
E.S. Roberto, T. Aung, A. Agarwal, R.J. Colon, Wright State University Department of Internal Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA

ELECTRO-CARDIOVERSION OF NEW ONSET ATRIAL FLUTTER LEADING TO CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
E.A. Christian, S.R. Kadire, R.N. Khouzam, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY INDUCED BY CHRONIC STARVATION AND SELENIUM DEFICIENCY
S. Dasgupta, A.M. Aly, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

TRIPLE TROUBLE: SINGLE CORONARY ARTERY AND CORONARY ATRERY DISEASE IN THE SETTING OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
S. Patnaik, M. Shah, S. Sharma, N. Codolosa, V.M. Figueredo Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA

LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACK OBSTRUCTION AND MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION IN A PATIENT WITH TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY
Y. Wu, W.Q. Fan, L. Chachula, G. Costacurta, R. Rohatgi, F. Elmi, Easton Hospital, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, USA

PHASIC COMPRESSION OF LEFT CIRCUMFLEX CORONARY ARTERY DURING ATRIAL SYSTOLE
E.S. Roberto, A. Agarwal, T. Aung, Wright State University Department of Internal Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA

CATECHOLAMINE INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY
J.Y. Park, D. Snipelisky, S. Kapa, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

P305    Poster Session
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: SUDDEN DEATH, ARRHYTHMIAS AND DEVICE THERAPY

DELINEATING THE ASSOCIATION OF MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
A. Rafael, E.I. Starobinska, P. Bartko, R.A. Levine, S.A. Lubitz, D.J. Milan, University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA

POST-TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR) AND AV BLOCK – PACING OUTCOMES
A. Mourad, A.F. Chu, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN NON-CARDIAC SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATHS: AN AUTOPSY STUDY OF ASIAN POPULATION
W. Vutthikraivit, P. Putthapiban, W. Sukhumthammarat, K. Jongyotha,
P. Rajsirisongsri, T. Waungpaibulkij, J. Jutakeo, C. Rattanaruangrit,
P. Piancharoen, S. Srisont, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

POSTMORTEM ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
S.B. Chon, S.D. Shin, Y. Cho, H.S. Jeong, J.H. Choi, K.S. Han, T.H. Cho, S.H. Na, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR –WHERE ARE THE CLINICAL GUIDELINES?
M. Agarwal, V. Botta, J. Gardner, R. Khouzam, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICES (CRMD’S) THERAPY AND THEIR FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: A PROSPECTIVE SINGLECENTER TWO YEARS SURVEY
J.A. Fanourgiakis, E.N. Simantirakis, N. Maniadakis, E.M Kanoupakis,
S.J. Chrysostomakis, G. Kourlaba, G.I. Chlouverakis, S.E. Papadakis,
M. Vernardos, P.E. Vardas, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece

PATIENTS FAVOR SHAPE OF MEDTRONIC ICD, BATTERY LIFE OFTEN MORE IMPORTANT
J. Kneller, L. Bird, Yakima Heart Center, Yakima, WA, USA

PACEMAKER COMPLICATION DOCUMENTATION AND THE EFFECT OF A CHANGE IN ANTIBIOTIC GUIDELINES
J. Basu, L. West, S. Firoozan, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK

VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA STORM ON THE SAME DAY OF ICD IMPLANTATION FOR PRIMARY PREVENTION. WHAT HAPPENED?
S. Edla, J. Chandrasekaran, S. Neupane, A. Shakir, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA

 POSTER HALL

P401    Poster Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY FOR HEART VALVE DISEASE

TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IN VALVE REPLACEMENT: EVALUATION OF MEAN AORTIC ECHOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS
R. Radjef, D.D. Wang, B. Fuller, A. Taylor, J. Wyman, J. Borgi, G. Paone,
M. Eng, A. Greenbaum, W.W. O'Neill, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE OF A NEW TAVR SITE: WHAT IS THE DURATION OF THE TAVR LEARNING CURVE?
G.A Rogers, E. Kaluski, S. Sattur, F. Reitknecht, D. Sporn, Guthrie Health Systems, Sayre, PA, USA

IMPACT OF ADVANCES IN TAVR TECHNOLOGY ON PROCEDURAL VOLUME
H. El-Haddad, R. Kafa, M. Davis, A. Vargas, B. Al Khiami, Y. Bayissa,
M. Alqasrawi, C .Ward, F. Zahr, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA

EFFECT OF DAY OF PROCEDURE ON OUTCOMES OF TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION IN THE UNITED STATES: ANALYSIS FROM LARGE NATIONAL REGISTRY
S.V. Patel, P. Patel, M. Patel, A. Rajabalan, A. Saggu, T. Singh,
A. Badheka, Western Reserve Health Education/NEOMED, Youngstown, OH, USA

PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE OF A MITRAL PARAVALVULAR LEAK ANTEGRADELY WITHOUT MAKING A FEMORO-FEMORAL LOOP IN A PATIENT WITH BOTH MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
C. Barcin, O. Baysan, M. Celik, U.C. Yuksel, E. Yildirim, H.K. Kabul,
B. Bugan Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

P402   Poster Session
VASCULAR (PERIPHERAL AND CAROTID) AND AORTIC DISEASES

COMPARISON AORTIC DISSECTION DETECTION RISK SCORE AND D-DIMER IN DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION
S. Kodera, J. Kanda, Asahi General Hospital, Asahi, Chiba, Japan

TAKAYASU ARTERITIS PRESENTING WITH DIFFUSE AORTIC ULCERS
K. Anouti, A. Khaji, M. Maalouf, K. Hawthorne, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, USA

EFFECT OF ANICOAGULANT ON DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS
T. Tomaru, S. Kodera, T. Matsubara, E. Matsubara, T. Kon, J. Suzuki, T. Tsutsumi, T. Nakajima, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Chiba, Japan

PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE CAROTID SCLEROSIS
T. Matsubara, S. Kodera, E. Matsubara, T. Kurosu, J. Suzuki, T. Kon, T. Tomaru, Tokyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

AGGRESSION, IRE, HOSTILITY AND CAROTID THICKNESS MEASURED IN ADOLESCENTS
V. Romero, E. Silva, J. Villasmil, G. Bermudez, M. Bracho, F. Madueño, Instituto de Investigaciones de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares de la Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela

PRESENCE OF AORTIC PLAQUE MAY PREDICT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
T. Tomaru, S. Kodera, E. Mastubara, T. Matsubara, J. Suzuki, T. Tabata, T. Kon, T. Tsustumi, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Chiba, Japan

P403    Poster Session
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA

ELECTROCAUTERY INDUCED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - WHAT IS THE MECHANISM?
N.V.K. Pothineni, J. Payne, S. Kovelamudi, A. Shanbhag, P. Gurram,
A. Deshmukh, H. Paydak, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; USA

LOW ENERGY CARDIOVERSION FOR ATRIAL FLUTTER
V.O. Obi, N. Isber, D. Bloomfield, M. Arulthasan, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, New York NY, USA

NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ASSOCIATED WITH CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE-INDUCED CARDIOTOXICITY: CASE REPORT
A.C. Guta, A.M. Daraban, A. Burducea, D. Bartos, Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital- Foreasca, Romania

EFFECT OF DABIGATRAN ON PLATELET REACTIVITY-A PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY
S.R. Devabhaktuni, A. Annapureddy, A. Namazi, A. Malik, L. Dizon,
C. Miranda, A. Gururaj, C. Ahsan, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA

INTRACARDIAC THROMBUS IN A WARFARIN RESISTANT PATIENT
F. Khan, B.C. Berger, Abington Jefferson Health, Abington, PA, USA

P404    Poster Session
ARRHYTHMIAS: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

THE EFFECT OF FLECAINIDE AND RANOLAZINE ON CALCIUM TRANSIENTS IN RAT CARDIOMYOCYTES
S. Chawla, A. Alvarez-Laviada, K. Macleod, Imperial University, Hammersmith. UK, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

EFFICACY OF CLASS IC VERSUS CLASS III ANTIARRHYTHMICS AFTER CRYOABLATION USING THE ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE CATHETER
A. Avezbadalov, S. Pollack, A.F. Osman, The Heart Center of Excellence, NOVA Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC BRUGADA PATTERN UNMASKED BY CORONARY VASOSPASM IN A COCAINE USER
Y. Manda, S. Nanda, A. Singh, S. Agrawal, W. Samuel Towne, J. Shirani, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

WIDE COMPLEX TACHYCARDIA WITH PROPAFENONE USE - EXPLAIN IT TO MY HEART
S. Neupane, S. Edla, S. Pandey, A. Shakir, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA

IVABRADINE’S POTENT EFFECT ON THE AV NODE: A CASE OF 2ND DEGREE HEART BLOCK
B. Louka, V. Abrich, B. Yeneneh, K. Srivathsan, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, USA

BRUGADA PATTERN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN A PATIENT WITH LITHIUM TOXICITY AND FEVER
N. Mehta, A. Kanthala, M. Schinlever, Rochester Regional Health, Unity Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA

P405    Poster Session
CARDIAC SURGERY / MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

USE OF MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT IN OCTOGENARIANS FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
Y.R. Manda, S. Agrawal, S. Bemalgi, A. Quddus, H. Vefali, A. Singh,
A. Sinha, A. Abichandani, J. Shirani, P. Puleo, St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

LACK OF POST LVAD IMPLANTATION WEIGHT LOSS ASSOCIATED IS WITH VOLUME OVERLOAD DURING INTERMEDIATE FOLLOW UP
F. Fahad, D. Belov, M.A. Norton, E. Philbin, M. Tallman, S. Miller,
M. Torosoff, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

THE HIBERNATING LIMA: A CASE REPORT DESCRIBING IMPROVEMENT IN LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY GRAFT FLOW AFTER PROGRESSION OF NATIVE VESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
S. Desai, B. Louka, F.D. Fortuin, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

THROMBOSIS IN THE HEARTWARE PUMP: CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
M.B. Jayanna, C. Inampudi, R. Kafa, J.L. Franzwa, V. Cotarlan,
J.K. Bhama, K. Light-McGroary, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

TRIPLE CHAMBER MYXOMA (BIATRIAL AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR) IN A 17 YEAR OLD MALE
L.K.M. Evangelista, J.A. See, A.M.A. Javelosa, D.R.K. Salvador, De La Salle University Medical Center, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines

MEDIASTINAL HEMATOMA CAUSING SYNCOPE: AN EXTRA-PERICARDIAL CULPRIT FOR TAMPONADE
S.M. Dhannoon, A.A. Alsaad, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA

INTRAOPERATIVE GRAFT VERIFICATION IN CORONARY SURGERY: WHY, WHEN AND HOW SHOULD WE VERIFY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTS
G. Di Giammarco, D. Marinelli, M. Foschi, M. Di Mauro, M. Di Natale, University "G.D'Annunzio", Chieti, Italy