Abstract No.

P301    Poster Session
NON-INVASIVE CARDIAC IMAGING, NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND IN CARDIAC ARREST: A REVIEW OF THE ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC MOTION IN THE SETTING OF CARDIAC ARREST
W. Ciozda, A. Kimchi, I. Kedan
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF BIVENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION ACQUIRED IN EARLY LIFE
L. Capotosto, G. D'Ettorre, N. Cavallari, C. Ajassa, M. Ciardi, G. Placanica, V. Vullo, C. Gaudio, A. Vitarelli
Sapienza University, Cardiology and Infectious Diseases Depts, Rome, Italy

UTILIZATION OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PULMONARY EMBOLISM: A GROUND REALITY
H. Lodhi, M. Waqas, M. Khan, H. Shafiq, I. Achebe, A. Shafiq
Baptist Memorial Medical Group, Southaven, MS, USA

VASODILATOR STRESS TESTING WITH NUCLEAR PERFUSION IMAGING: A POOR MODALITY FOR EVALUATION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
K. Gu, A. Kaneria, N. Parikh, P. Sharedalal, S. Cho
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

AN UNEXPECTED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDING: RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY TO RIGHT ATRIAL FISTULA
J.R. Martinez-Parachini, M. Khattab, D. Gilada, I. Javed, L. Size, P. Lozano
University of Oklahoma HSC, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

A CASE OF SEVERE ASTHMA EXACERBATION COMPLICATED BY REVERSE TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY IN AN ADULT
S.A. Haidry, H.A. Cooper, W.S. Aronow
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA

LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME AS A RARE CAUSE OF CORONARY ANEURYSMS
O. Aqtash, Y. Jawaid, A. Amro, K. Mansoor, L. Dial
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA

P302    Poster Session
PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF RISK FACTORS, LIFESTYLE CHANGES

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE FACTORS AND RISK OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IN THE PHYSICIANS' HEALTH STUDY
R. Singh, V. Bodar, J. Chen, L. Wang, H.D. Sesso, J.M. Gaziano,
L. Djoussé
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

TARGETED SCREENING OF THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CANDIDATE GENES AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN A HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK POPULATION
O. Coltell, E.M. Asensio, J.V. Sorlí, J.I. Gonzalez, J.B. Ramírez-Sabio,
D. Corella
Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain

COMPARISON BETWEEN STRICT CONTROL OF RISK FACTORS AND STANDARD CONTROL IN PREVENTION OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
T.J. Matsubara, E. Matsubara, J. Suzuki, T. Tomaru
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

IMPROVING THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH OF PRESCHOOLERS IN A CHILDCARE SETTING
R. Natale
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

CAFFEINE INDUCED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
A.C. Atanda, E. Mbey, F. Ogundipe, D. Ugwendum, S. Folaranmi,
V. Mallipeddi, J. Henry, B. Curry
Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

P303   Poster Session
STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

PREDICTORS OF IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AMONG SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOUS PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION RESULTS FROM A LARGE NATIONAL DATABASE
O. Ola, O. Olorunfemi, A. Akinlonu, T.O. Mene-Afejuku, R. Ojo, O. Akinboro
Mayo Clinic Health System, LaCrosse, WI, USA

COLON CANCER LATERALITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
S.C. Wang, J. Schulman-Marcus, J. Fantauzzi, T. Bevington, A. Sayegh,
R. Alreshq, E. Lee, A. Ata, M. Sidhu, M. Kambam, R. Lyubarova
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

RISK FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR PATIENTS WITH SLOW CORONARY FLOW
M. Katsnelson, M. Bhalja, J. Diez
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

PREVALENCE OF CORONARY CALCIFICATION ON CT IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
B.P. Schwartz
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF microRNA SCORE IN DISCRIMINATING VASOSPASTIC ANGINA FROM ATHEROTHROMBOTIC ANGINA OR NON-CORONARY CHEST PAIN
H.-Y. Lee
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

ASIAN-INDIANS: A REVIEW OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN THIS UNDERSTUDIED COHORT IN THE UNITED STATES
A. Sharma, D.R. Ardeshna, T. Bob-Manuel, A. Nanda, U. Ashraf, J. Kelly, R.N. Khouzam
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

INTERVENTIONAL DECISION MAKING WITH FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE FOR CULPRIT LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE
H. Patel, S. Kumar, N.L. Ko Ko, J. John, P. Mathias
University of Central Florida College of Medicine/HCA GME Consortium, Kissimmee, FL, USA

SHOULD SARCOIDOSIS BE CONSIDERED A RISK FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PREMATURE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: A CASE OF 40-YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH CORONARY DISEASE AND SARCOIDOSIS
M. Rodriguez Ziccardi, S. Basharat, O. Maludum
Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

AN UNUSUAL CASE OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH NORMAL CORONARY ARTERIES
S. Khare, E.S. Karreci, J. Aoun, L. Tsao
St. Elizabeth Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Brighton, MA, USA

P304    Poster Session
HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN

SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION, A FATAL DISEASE IN HIDING
A. Sarkar, S. Sennhauser, J. Lee, A. Llanos, M.J. Wood
University of Miami at Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

P305   Poster Session
HEART DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY

ABNORMAL COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
C. Techorueangwiwat, A. Ariyachaipanich
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

EXAMINING VARIATIONS IN STROKE RISK FACTORS AND HOSPITAL COST BY AGE AND GENDER IN CALIFORNIA
B. Husaini
Tennessee state University, Nashville, TN, USA

PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY: RESULTS FROM CHINA HYPERTENSION SURVEY, 2012-2015
Z. Wang, S. Li, X. Wang, Z. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Dong, C. Wang, J. Wang,
Y. Kang, R. Gao
National Center of Cardiovascular Disease, FU WAI Hospital PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, China

P306   Poster Session
MISCELLANEOUS

LOW RISK PULMONARY EMBOLISM PATIENTS CAN BE DISCHARGED FROM EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: A META-ANALYSIS
A.H. Malik
Westchester Medical Center, Harriman, NY, USA

GENERATING BIG DATA OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS THROUGH GEOTAGGED TWITTER MINING
J. Lee, J. Sung
Jackson State University, Madison, MS, USA

ACUTE PANCREATITIS MIMICKING ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN A PATIENT WITH SYNCOPE
A. Agrawal, J. Penalver, N. Sayyida, M. Rodriguez
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

TRANSIENT PULSUS ALTERNANS IN A MINIATURE PINSCHER WITH PULMONIC STENOSIS
W.A. Ware, S. Murphy, A. Cheney
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

Abstract No.

P401    Poster Session
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT

THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE FRACTAL DIMENSION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
R.A. Kabadi, V. Singh, M. Keroles, V. Rajendran, D. Frisch, B. Pavri, B. Sundaram, S. Guo, J. Jacobson, T. Nag
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

AGREEMENT BETWEEN A MEDTRONIC PACEMAKER AND LINQ IN REPORTING PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
J. Kneller
Astria Heart Institute, Yakima, WA, USA

PULMONARY VEIN STENOSIS AFTER RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
G. Li, J. Sun, D. Han, J. Wu, C. Sun, L. Xu
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

P402    Poster Session
SUDDEN DEATH, ARRHYTHMIAS AND DEVICE THERAPY

A REVIEW OF SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED NOCTURNAL DEATH SYNDROME (SUNDS) AND THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL STRESS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN POPULATIONS
K. Lo
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

PHYSICIAN PERCEPTION SURVEY REGARDING ABBOTT (FORMERLY ST. JUDE) CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES AND FIRMWARE UPGRADE FOR PACEMAKERS
T. Dar, B. Yarlagadda, L.D. Berenbom, M. Emert, D. Atkins, M. Reddy,
R. Dendi, R.C. Pimentel, D. Lakkireddy, S.H. Sheldon
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

RUNNING TO A STANDSTILL: CARDIAC ARREST IN A HEALTHY MARATHON RUNNER WITH A MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE
A. Cubberley, C. Ngongang, S. Banka
Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

A HIDDEN CASE OF HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY RELATED SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST UNDER THE GUISE OF ACUTE ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN AN ELDERLY MALE
M. Anderson, M. Rodriguez Ziccardi
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR “THE LIFEVEST”: DEVICE DESIGN, LIMITATIONS, AND AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT
V. Chinta, M. Agarwal, N. Khouzam, A. Nanda, U. Ashraf, J. Kelly,
I. Pour-Ghaz, A. Sharma R. Khouzam
Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, Jonesboro, AR, USA

A RARE CASE OF PACEMAKER-DEFIBRILLATOR DEVICE INFECTION CAUSED BY ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS
S.A. Raza, R. Collazo-Maldonado, L. Hunter
Methodist Health System- Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

TWIDDLER'S SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
S. Shrestha, A.C. Shah, M. Polomsky, S.L. Winters
Morristown Medical Center, New Jersey, NJ, USA

P403   Poster Session
ARRHYTHMIAS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT LVH BY VOLTAGE CRITERIA
R. Zhang, K. Keller, S. Jou, A. Nappi, M. El-Hajjar, A. Delago, M. Torosoff
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES IN SICKLE CELL PATIENTS IN A MAJOR METROPOLITAN CENTER
S.M. Chiadika, A.J. Serauto-Canache, M. Kwak, W. Yang, K.C. Pabba,
M. Idowu
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY BY VOLTAGE CRITERIA IN TAVR RECIPIENTS
R. Zhang, K. Keller, S. Jou, A. Delago, M. El-Hajjar, A. Nappi, M. Torosoff
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF ARRHYTHMIA AFTER TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT
J.L. Penalver, A. Agrawal, P. Ram, M. Rodriguez Ziccardi, D. Brito, F. Aguilar, M. Pitteloud, A. Mora, V. Figueredo
Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

INTRAVENOUS SALINE PROVIDES SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF FOR PATIENTS WITH POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME (POTS)
W. Almardini, M.A. Nasri, H. Mistry, S.B. Alam, N. Joy, K. Munez, S. Alam, A. Suleman
The Heartbeat Clinic, McKinney, TX, USA

HYPOTHYROIDISM IN POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME (POTS) PATIENTS
W. Chaudhary, M.A. Nasri, W. Almardini, N. Chaudhary, S. Alam,
S.B. Alam, H. Mistry, K. Munez, N. Joy, A. Suleman
The Heartbeat Clinic, McKinney, TX, USA

FEVER-INDUCED BRUGADA PATTERN IN A HISPANIC PATIENT
J.M. Stempel, A. Tiu, N. Candelario, A. Mora, D. Brito
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

SLOW VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
M.A. Arif, R. Samannan, U. Bhatti, C.H. May
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

CALMING THE STORM - A CHALLENGING PRESENTATION OF A PATIENT WITH ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY AND RECURRENT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
N.K.O. Onuorah, A. Ekiz, J. Pollock
Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA

FASCICULAR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN A 28-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH FUNGAL INFECTION
J.L. Penalver, M. Zabad, E. Franco, F. Aguilar, S. Basharat, A. Mora,
S. Mainigi, B. Cepeda
Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

BRUGADA PHENOCOPY, NOT A COPY OF BRUGADA SYNDROME
M. Patel, A. Patel, A. Goud, A. Mukherjee, I. Alesh, R. Pai, P. Sethi
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA

REFRACTORY ELECTRICAL STORM IN CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY: IS HEART TRANSPLANT THE LAST OPTION?
I.C. Pinheiro, J.R.F. Rocha, M.C. Caires, P.B. Villela, L.R. Siqueira,
A.T. Alencar, P.A. Sampaio, A.S. Sousa, R.M. Ferreira
Edson Saad Heart Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

LEV’S DISEASE IN A YOUNG ADULT WITH BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE
S. Vallabhaneni, R. Aurshiya, S.J. Meera, S. Pakniyat, D. Traub, J. Shirani
St.Luke's University Health network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

P404    Poster Session
PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION

LONG TERM COMPARISON OF PLATINUM CHROMIUM-BASED EVEROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT VERSUS COBALT CHROMIUM-BASED ZOTAROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT: 3-YEAR OUTCOMES FROM THE HOST-ASSURE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
K. Park, C. Kim, J. Kang, H.-S. Kim
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

RADIAL VS FEMORAL ACCESS IN PATIENTS WITH HISTORY OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (CABG) WHO ARE UNDERGOING DIAGNOSTIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY VS PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI): META-ANALYSIS
A. Amro, M. Kanbour, H. Hirzallah, O. Aqtash, A. El-Hamdani, Y. Numan,
Y. Abdelazeez, K. Mansour, M. El-Hamdani
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA

SIMPLIFIED TECHNIQUE FOR CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DEXTROCARDIA WITH SITUS INVERSUS
J. Crisafi, A. Agarwal
Kettering Medical Center/Dayton VA Medical Center, Dayton, OH, USA

SAME DAY DISCHARGE PCI: HIGH CLINICAL RISK PATIENTS
J. Telayna, Jr., E. Martino, R. Costantini, J. Telayna, Sr.
Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar - Buenos Aires, Argentina

SAME DAY DISCHARGE PCI: HIGH ANGIOGRAPHIC RISK
J. Telayna, Jr., R. Costantini, Sr., E. Martino, Sr., J. Telayna, Sr.
Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar - Buenos Aires, Argentina

IMPELLA VERSUS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK POST PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
N. Shah
Internal Medicine, St Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia, MI, USA

ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY OF A COMPLEX CALCIFIC VENOUS BYPASS GRAFT
I. Baig, S. Ahmed, C. Patel, S. Green
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA

POSSIBLE ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND HYPOTENSION: THE UTILITY OF ECHOGRAM
A. Sayed, W. Aronow, R. Timmermans
Westchester medical center, Valhalla, NY, USA

P405   Poster Session
ANTITHROMBOTIC AND ANTIPLATELET THERAPY

PRASUGREL STILL NEEDS MORE ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!
A. Amro, O. Aqtash, H. Hirzallah, Y. Numan, R. Sayyed
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine., Huntington, WV, USA

USE OF NEW THIENOPYRIDINES IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE TREATED WITH PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS IN ARGENTINA. RESULTS FROM A “REAL WORLD” MULTICENTER REGISTRY
A.M. Rodriguez-Granillo, C. Haiek, M. Larribau, C. Fernandez-Pereira,
J. Mieres, R. Sarmiento, A. Pocoví, W. Pan, Z. Ming, A.E. Rodriguez
Centro de Estudios en Cardiologia Intervencionista (CECI), Buenos Aires, Argentina

RECURRENT PULMONARY EMBOLISM DESPITE BEING ON RIVAROXABAN
M. Ghanim, S. Hegde, A. Vaziri
Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Brighton, MA, USA

HOW SAFE ARE NEWER ANTICOAGULANTS AND THEIR REVERSAL ANTIDOTES: A CASE REPORT ON RISK-BENEFIT DILEMMA
N. Shah
St Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia, MI, USA