SUNDAY,
JULY 7, 2002
MONDAY,
JULY 8, 2002
TUESDAY,
JULY 9, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 10, 2002
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  Young Investigator Posters


TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2002
POSTER SESSION: OBESITY, ADIPOSE TISSUE
THE BENEFIT OF ORLISTAT ON WEIGHT AND LIPID PROFILE IN OVERWEIGHT WOMEN
C. Petrogiannopoulos, S. Kalogeropoulos, G.S. Latsios, G. Hartzoulakis, J. Vroulis,
A. Zaharof, Greece
COMBINED EFFECTS OF AN HMG COA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR AND FISH OIL ON APOLIPOPROTEIN B-100 KINETICS IN VISCERAL OBESITY
D.C. Chan, G.F. Watts, P.H.R. Barrett, T.A. Mori, L.J. Beilin, T.G. Redgrave, Australia
PLASMA LIPID AND APOLIPOPROTEIN CHANGES AFTER WEIGHT LOSS IN OBESE CHILDREN
A.Thaminy , B. Delplanque, B. Le Roy, A. Ruelland, M-F. Rolland-Cachera, H. Thibault,
D. Soulié, P. Carbonel, M. Deheeger, P. Serog, P. Boulos, France
ABDOMINAL OBESITY IS CORRELATED WITH CHYLOMICRON LIPOLYSIS IN NORMOLIPIDEMIC SUBJECTS
C. Vinagre, R.D. Santos, E. Ficker, A. Morikawa, R. Maranhao, Brazil
EFFECT OF THE -3826A/G VARIANT OF THE UNCOUPLING PROTEIN-1 GENE ON
OBESITY-RELATED PHENOTYPES IN A POPULATION-BASED STUDY IN SPAIN

J.V.Sorli , D. Corella, M. Guillen, O. Portoles, A. Sabater, J.I. Gonzalez, S. Ruiz De La Fuente,
D. Godoy, Spain
THE ACUTE EFFECTS OF INSULIN ON CHYLOMICRON METABOLISM IN VISCERALLY OBESE AND LEAN MEN
E.M. Allister, A.P. James, J.C.L. Mamo, P.H.R. Barrett, M. Soares, G.F. Watts, Australia
COMPARISON BETWEEN DIET, ORLISTAT AND FLUVASTATIN IN OBESE PATIENTS WITH MILD HYPERTENSION AND HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
G. Derosa, A. Mugellini, L. Ciccarelli, G. Crescenzi, M. Ghelfi, R. Fogari, Italy
OBESE CHILDREN HAVE HIGH ULTRASENSITIVE C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (HSCRP) LEVELS
G. Holzer, M. Exner, H. Rumpold, K. Widhalm, B. Jilma, O. Wagner, S. Kapiotis, Austria
EVALUATION OF PARAMETERS OF ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN BRACHIAL ARTERIES AND IMT IN CAROTID ARTERIES IN CHILDREN WITH OBESITY AND HYPERTENSION
J. Tolwinska, B. Glowinska, M. Urban, B. Pieciukiewicz, Poland
IS RISK FACTORS DISTRIBUTION DIFFERS, ACCORDING TO OBESITY DEGREES IN PATIENTS WITH ANGIOGRAPHICALLY CONFIRMED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE?
K. Sonmez, M. Akcakoyun, A. Akcay, D. Demir, O. Onat, M. Gencbay, M. Degertekin, F. Turan,
Turkey
COMPARISON OF OBESITY PREVALANCE, BASED ON BODY MASS INDEX, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AND WAIST/HIP RATIO, IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (WHICH METHOD SHOULD BE USED?)
K. Sonmez, M. Akcakoyun, A. Akcay, D. Demir, O.H. Elonu, O. Onat, R.B. Bakal, M. Gencbay,
M. Degertekin, F. Turan, Turkey
POSTPRANDIAL CHANGES IN HDL COMPOSITION AT ABDOMINAL AND GLUTEO-FEMORAL OBESITY
N.V. Perova, I.N. Ozerova, A.M. Olferiev, O.I. Gorbatcheva, G.N. Shchukina, E.I. Sokolov,
Russia
REPRODUCIBILITY OF INTRAPERITONEAL AND RETROPERITONEAL FAT MEASUREMENT BY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
P. Von Hafe, A-M. Perez, P. Pinto, T. Jorge, P. Froufe, M. Tavares, Portugal
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN CONCENTRATION IS DECREASED BY WEIGHT AND VISCERAL FAT REDUCTION
R. Poledne, A. Dvorakova, P. Suchanek, P. Stavek, J. Tintera, Czech Republic
LIPID PROFILE IN OBESE AND NON-OBESE GREEK HYPERTENSIVES
A.D. Efstratopoulos, S.M. Voyaki, S. Sasiakou, A. Baltas, L. Mourgos, V. Lekakis, M. Pagoni, Greece
INFLUENCE OF WAIST TO HIP RATIO (WHR) ON DIURNAL TRIGLYCERIDE (TG) PROFILES AS THE EXPRESSION OF POSTPRANDIAL LIPEMIA IN FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
C. Gonzalez, A. Rodrigo, J.T. Real, M. Castro-Cabezas, J.F. Ascaso, W. Erkelens,
R. Carmena, Spain, The Netherlands
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE EFFECT OF N-3 FATTY ACIDS SUPPLEMENTATION ON APOLIPOPROTEIN B-100 AND CHYLOMICRON REMNANT METABOLISM IN VISCERAL OBESITY
D.C. Chan, G.F. Watts, T.A. Mori, P.H.R. Barrett, T.G. Redgrave, L.J. Beilin, Australia
DEPENDENCE RISK FACTORS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS ON BODY MASS INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2
K. Yafasov, S. Ismailov, N. Sirojiddinova, N. Duyanskaya, A. Averyanova, Uzbekistan
POSTPRANDIAL HYPERLIPIDEMIA IN OBESITY WITH AND WITHOUT TYPE 2 DIABETES IS DETERMINED BY FASTING TRIGLYCERIDES AND CENTRAL OBESITY
J.P.H. Van Wijk, C.J.M. Halkes, D.W. Erkelens, M. Castro Cabezas, The Netherlands
THE TNF-ALPHA GENE NCO I POLYMORPHISM AT POSITION-308 OF THE PROMOTER INFLUENCES INSULIN RESISTANCE, AND INCREASED SERUM TRIGLICERIDES AFTER POSTPRANDIAL LIPAEMIA IN FAMILIAR OBESITY
I. Wybranska, M. Malczewska-Malec, I. Leszynsa-Golabek, A. Dembienska-Kiec, Poland
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ABDOMINAL OBESITY, INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AND LIPID LEVELS, IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: THE ATTICA STUDY
C. Chrysohoou, C. Pitsavos, J. Skoumas, D. Panagiotakos, M.Toutouza, I. Papaioannou,
A. Zeimbekis, C. Stefanadis, P. Toutouzas, Greece
RELATIONSHIPS OF BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION, INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN NONOBESE, NONDIABETIC THAI SUBJECTS
C. Rattarasarn, R. Leelawattana, S. Soonthornpun, W. Setasuban, A. Lim, A. Thamprasit,
W. Chayanunnukul, N. Thammakumpee, Thailand
POSTER SESSION: ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AND POSTPRANDIAL LIPOPROTEINS
F.M. Maggi, S. Raselli, L. Grigore, L. Redaelli, S. Fantappie', A.L. Catapano, Italy
ENDOTHELIN-1 INVOLVED IN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS: EVIDENCE OF ITS SWITCHING IN CYTOKINES AND SOLUBLE CELL ADHESION MOLECULES PROINFLAMMATORY PROGRAMME
A.I. Teplyakov, Belarus
POSTPRANDIAL RECRUITMENT OF NEUTROPHILS IS ASSOCIATED TO ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
A.J.H.H.M. Van Oostrom, E.J.P. De Koning, T.J. Rabelink, M. Castro Cabezas,
The Netherlands
CALCULATED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AND ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
A.S. Wierzbicki, P.J. Chowienczyk, J.R. Cockcroft, S.E. Brett, G.F. Watts, B.S. Jenkins,
J.M. Ritter, UK
FUNCTIONAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CORRELATION BETWEEN ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AND INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS (IMT)
E. Bernal, A. Bajo-Martinez, A. Ugalde-Canitrot, M. Calbacho, J. Haurie, C. Mendieta,
J. Saban, Spain
INDUCTION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS APOPTOSIS THROUGH THE PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
C-H. Chen, T. Jiang, J-H. Yang, W. Jiang, H.J. Pownall, C.M. Ballantyne, J. Lu, P.D. Henry,
C-Y. Yang, USA
OXIDIZED LDL-INDUCED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL APOPTOSIS INVOLVES CERAMIDE-MEDIATED AKT DEPHOSPHORYLATION: PROTECTIVE ROLE OF FGF2 OVEREXPRESSION
J. Lu, S. Suzuki, H.J. Safi, W. Jiang, P.D. Henry, J-H. Yang, J.D. Morrisett, C-H. Chen, USA
THE ANTIAPOPTOTIC EFFECT OF EXOGENOUS VEGF ON SERUM STARVED ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IS MEDIATED VIA VEGFR-1 & VEGFR-2
C.W.M. Chan, C. Imray, A. Ahmed, UK
NITRIC OXIDE RELEASE BY NITRATED LINOLEIC ACID PRODUCTS
E.S. Lima, P. DiMascio, F. Laurindo, H. Rubbo, D.S.P. Abdalla, Brazil, Uruguay
PPE-1-REGULATED ENDOTHELIAL-SPECIFIC GENE THERAPY USING VEGF & PDGF-B INDUCED ANGIOGENESIS AND VESSEL MATURATION IN ISCHEMIC LIMB MODEL
A. Shaish, K. Levanon, N. Vardr-Bloom, S. Greenberger, I. Barshak, A. Orenstein, E. Breitbart,
D. Harats, Israel
P38 MAPK DEPENDENT PATHWAY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR N-LDL AND OX-LDL COX-2 INDUCTION IN HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
G.D. Norata, A. Pirillo, F. Pellegatta, A.L. Catapano, Italy
THE INFLUENCE OF LIPID-LOWERING TREATMENT ON NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHESIS IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
I.V. Korzh, Ukraine
ATORVASTATIN MODULATES VEGF AND VEGFR-2 EXPRESSION IN APOLIPOPROTEIN E DEFICIENT MICE
M. Perez-Ilzarbe, B. Nespereira, P. Fernandez, J.A. Paramo, J.A. Rodriguez, Spain
THE EFFECT OF CAFFEINE ON THE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR RESISTANCE IN REGARD OF THE VASODILATATIVE MECHANISM OF ADENOSINE
M. Brodmann, U. Lischnigg, A. Lueger, E. Pilger, G. Stark, Austria
GENETIC EVALUATION OF THE COMMON VARIANT OF THE ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE (GLU298ASP) IN PATIENTS WITH THROMBANGITIS OBLITERANS
M. Brodmann, W. Renner, G. Seinost, E. Pabst, G. Stark, E. Pilger, Austria
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHESIS AND LOW-GRADE CHRONIC INFLAMMATION
O.M. Korzh, Ukraine
ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN WORKERS EXPOSED TO LEAD
A. Skoczynska, R. Poreba, A. Derkacz, Poland
INFLUENCE OF FIBRINOGEN AND HAEMORHEOLOGICAL FACTORS ON ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN HEALTHY WOMEN
S. Marchesi, A.R. Roscini, D. Siepi, R. Lombardini, M. Pirro, L. Pasqualini, G. Vaudo,
G. Schillaci, G. Lupattelli, G Ciuffetti, E. Mannarino, Italy
MODULATION OF NO PRODUCTION BY OXLDL OF VARIOUS ORIGIN IN HUVEC
A. Larbi, A. Khalil, T. Fulop, M. David-Dufilho, A. Brunet, M-A. Devynck, Canada, France
ELEVATED PLASMA C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND PROTEIN S, BUT NOT VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR, V-CAM NOR P-SELECTIN LEVELS, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED ENDOTHELIUM DEPENDENT VASCULAR REACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
R. Anderson, A. Dart, J.P.F. Chin-Dusting, Australia
INTIMA AS A BIOLOGICAL FILTER TO EXTRACELLULAR POOL OF INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE BODY. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ATHEROMATOSIS
V.N. Titov, Russia
SERUM NON-ESTERIFIED VERY LONG-CHAIN PUFA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MARKERS OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
P.Yli-Jama, I. Seljeflot, H.E. Meyer, E.M. Hjerkinn, H. Arnesen, J.I. Pedersen Norway
ROLE OF VARIOUS ADHESION AND ACTIVATION MOLECULES IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
G.Dwivedi , R. Vijayvergiya, A. Grover, Y.P. Sharma,A. Bhatnagar, S. Majumdar, India
ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN PATIENTS WITH ESTABLISHED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
G.Dwivedi , R. Vijayvergiya, A. Grover, Y.P. Sharma, A. Bhatnagar, S. Majumdar, India
ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION APPEARS EARLIER THAN SUCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN SYSTEM LUPUS ERYTHEMATOUS (SLE)
P. Valdivielso, M. Haro, J.J. Gomez-Doblas, M. Macias, A. Fernandez-Nebro,
P. Gonzalez-Santos, Spain
ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN MEMBERS OF FAMILIES WITH FAMILIAL COMBINED HYPERLIPIDEMIA
D. Karasek, H. Vaverkova, M. Hutyra, M. Halenka, D. Novotny, L. Slavik, M. Budikova, Czech Republic
POSTER SESSION: LDL-APHERESIS
RESULTS OF LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF HOMOZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA (FH) CHILD WITH DEXTRAN SULPHATE ADSORPTION. PORTUGUESE EXPERIENCE
E. Pedro, G. Ribeiro, P. Ramos, Z. Costa, A. Gaddi, R. Fellin, M. Pais, S. Gomes, Portugal, Italy
EFFICACY OF A NEW PROTOCOL OF SELECTIVE APHERESIS IN INDUCING ATHEROSCLEROSIS REGRESSION IN A CHILD WITH HOMOZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
T. Sampietro, M. Tuoni, B. Dal Pino, F. Bigazzi, M. Taddei, A. Ciardi, E. Chella, S. Lusso,
A. Vallini, M.R. Puntoni, A. Bionda, Italy
LONG TERM LIPID-APHERESIS IN TWO PATIENTS WITH MASSIVE ELEVATION OF LIPOPROTEIN(A) AND PROGRESSIVE CORONARY HEART DISEASE
A. Vogt, U. Kassner, H-P. Thomas, C. Schliesser, E. Steinhagen-Thiessen, Germany
H.E.L.P. APHERESIS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
B.R. Jaeger, P. Uberfuhr, A. Knez, M. Oberhoffer, A. Leber, B. Reichart, D. Seidel, Germany
ACUTE EFFECTS OF CHOLESTEROL AND FIBRINOGEN REMOVAL ON MYOCARDIAL VASOREACTIVITY IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
B.R. Jaeger, F. Bengel, K. Odaka, P. Ueberfuhr, E. Kreuzer, M. Schwaiger, B. Reichart,
D. Seidel, Germany
SPECIFIC LP(A)-APHERESIS WITH IMMUNOADSORPTION - NEW TOOL FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE CHD PATIENTS WITH ELEVATED LP(A)
S.N. Pokrovsky, O.I. Afanasieva, I.Y. Adamova, A.V. Sussekov, V.V. Kukharchuk, S.G. Kipor, G.A. Konovalov, Russia
ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE DALI LDL APHERESIS SYSTEM
R. Durst, D. Rund, D. Schurr, O. Eliav, D. Ben-Yehuda, S. Shpizen, L. Ben-Avi, T. Schaap,
F. Pelz, E. Leiterdorf, Israel
CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION AND BIOSYNTHESIS AFTER HYPOLIPIDEMIC INTERVENTION BY LDL-APHERESIS
V. Blaha, R. Hyspler, M. Blaha, D. Solichova, P. Zdansky, E. Havel, P. Vyroubal, Z. Zadak,
J. Maly, Czech Republic
POSTER SESSION: LIPOPROTEIN(a)
THE CHANGE OF COMPOSITION AS WELL AS THE CONCENTRATION OF SERUM LP(A) CAN BE A SIGN FOR END-STAGE RENAL FAILURE
M. Kuboyama, M. Ageta, K. Nishihira, Y. Arimura, T. Shigenaga, T. Ishihara, J-I. Ashitani,
Y. Fujiura, N. Kashio, I. Ikushima, Japan
ACUTE PHASE REDUCTION OF LP(A) PREDICTS RESTENOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PERFORMED PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
A. Fujino, T. Watanabe, K. Taira, K. Ashikawa, Y. Maruyama, Japan
LIPOPROTEIN(A) AND BMI: SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION WITH POSITIVE FAMILY HISTORY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN OBESE, HYPERTENSIVE AND DIABETIC CHILDREN
B. Glowinska, M. Urban, A. Koput, Poland
SIGHT OF A PEAK IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA(A) [LP-(A)]
B.R. Jaeger, D. Seidel, Germany
APOPROTEIN(A) PHENOTYPES AND LIPOPROTEIN(A) CONCENTRATION IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS
D.D. Labudovic, B.B. Todorova, K.N. Toseska, S.B. Alabakovska, Macedonia
LIPOPROTEIN A AS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ANGINA
E. Hatzinikolaou, G. Bobotis, A. Hotidis, I. Apostolou, V. Tsiligaridis, D. Hatseras, Greece
PLASMA LP(A) LEVELS AND URINARY 8-ISOPROSTANE/PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA CONCENTRATIONS IN TRAINING ATHLETES
K. Makino, A. Katayama, I. Watanabe, Japan
PLASMA TFPI AND LP(A) LEVELS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
N. Domanic, D. Bilgen, H. Sonmez, C. Gurel, H. Ekmekci, Z. Ozturk, A.S. Demir, T. Ulutin,
V.A. Vural, E. Kokoglu, Turkey
EVIDENCE THAT A PROTEIN DISULPHIDE ISOMERASE MAY PLAY A ROLE IN LIPOPROTEIN(A) ASSEMBLY
D. Callaghan, S.P.A McCormick, New Zealand
MICROALBUMINURIA AND PLASMA LIPOPROTEIN AND LP (A) LEVEL IN DIABETIC INDIVIDUALS
V.A. Tishchenko, T.B. Saburova, L.N. Kasina, N.V. Gaidukova, Russia
APOLIPOPROTEIN(A) ISOFORMS DISTRIBUTION IN MEN WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND WITH GALLSTONE DISEASE (EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY)
Y.P. Nikitin, A.V. Tikhonov, I.N. Grigorieva, Russia
APO(A) ISOFORMS AND SERUM LIPID LEVELS IN MEN WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND WITH GALLSTONE DISEASE (EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY)
Y.P. Nikitin, A.V. Tikhonov, I.N. Grigorieva, Russia
LIPOPROTEIN(A) IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANGIOGRAPHIC RESTENOSIS AFTER CORONARY STENTING
M.V. Ezhov, Y.G. Matchin, A.P. Savchenko, O.I. Afanasieva, T.Y. Polevaya, V.G. Naumov,
S.N. Pokrovsky, Russia
LIPOPROTEIN(A) LEVELS AND APOLIPOPROTEIN(A) ISOFORM SIZE IN PATIENTS WITH SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM: EFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH L-THYROXINE
H. Milionis, Z. Efstathiadou, A. Tselepis, C. Tzallas, E. Bairaktari, A. Tsatsouli, M. Elisaf, Greece
POSTER SESSION: OXIDATIVE STRESS, ANTIOXIDANTS - SESSION I
ROLE OF NEUTROPHILS IN OXIDIZED LDL MEDIATED INJURY OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
K-J Chun, S-M. Son, I-J. Kim, T-J. Hong, Y-K. Kim, Y-W. Shin, South Korea
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN AND OXIDIZED LIPIDS AS THE MODULATORS OF PLATELET RECEPTOR ACTIVITY
J. Hartwich, M. Motyka, A. Gruca, M. Bzowska, J. Skrzyczynska, G. Schmitz, N. Leitinger,
A. Dembinska-Kiec
, Poland, Germany, Austria
ASSESSMENT OF ANTIOXIDATIVE BARRIER ENZYMES ACTIVITY DURING FLUVASTATIN AND ATORVASTATIN THERAPY USED IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE PRIMARY PROPHYLAXIS
J. Blaszczyk, J. Kowalski, L. Pawlicki, J. Grycewicz, E. Rapacka, P. Kaczmarek, Poland
THE FAVOURABLE EFFECT OF CIPROFIBRATE ON THE OXIDISED LDL CONCENTRATION, PARAOXONASE ACTIVITY AND ON THE LIPID PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME
G. Pados, M. Audikovszky, L. Debreczeni, L. Illyes, I. Seres, G. Paragh, Hungary
FREE RADICAL-INDUCED MODIFICATION OF HUMAN FIBRINOGEN: IMPLICATIONS FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS
B. Lipinski, I. Lipinska, USA
IRON AND FERRITIN LEVELS AND IRON/FERRITIN RATIO IN CORONARY DISEASE PATIENTS
C. Holgado, T. Holgado, J. De La Vega, A. Aznar, F. Fabiani, M.A. Rico, Spain
ALTERATION IN ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE AND HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS: A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE INCREASED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN THESE PATIENTS
Z.G. Stojkova, S.A. Dzhekova-Stojkova, G.L. Bosilkova, M.A. Krstevska, Macedonia
OXYSTEROLS AS MARKERS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS DEVELOPMENT
A.F. Safina, M.I. Dushkin, Y.S. Scwartz, Russia
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS OF OXIDIZED PHOSPHOLIPIDS AFFECT GROWTH OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
A. Moumtzi, A. Hermetter, Austria
INFLUENCE OF AN ANTIOXIDANT PROBUCOL IN A DOSEGE OF 250 MG/DAY ON THE FREQUENCY OF RESTENOSIS AFTER PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA)
A. Kaminniy, V. Kukharchuk, V. Lankin, A. Samko, Russia
BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND CERAMIDE: ROLE IN MMLDL-INDUCED INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
A. Loidl, R. Claus, H.P. Deigner, A. Hermetter, Austria, Germany
THE EFFECT OF A RESVERATROL-RICH WINE ON LDL OXIDATION
A.F. Revell, M. Legge, W.H.F. Sutherland, S.P.A. McCormick, New Zealand
DISTRIBUTION OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST OXIDIZED LDL PLASMA LEVEL IN A WIDE SAMPLE OF HEALTHY SUBJECTS: THE BRISIGHELLA HEART STUDY
A.F.G. Cicero, Z. Sangiorgi, M. Leoni, E. Grandi, A. Dormi, A. Gaddi, Italy
DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF OXIDATIVE AND NON-OXIDATIVE LIPID METABOLISM ON ENDOTHELIN AND PAI-1 SERUM LEVELS IN A POPULATION WITH ELEVATED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
A. Ugalde-Canitrot, M. Calbacho, E. Bernal, A. Bajo-Martinez, L. Gonzalez, R. Fabregate,
J. Saban, Spain
CORRELATION BETWEEN SERUM LEVELS OF FERRITIN AND ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL WITH THE DEGREE OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN A POPULATION WITH ELEVATED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
M. Calbacho, A. Ugalde-Canitrot, A. Bajo-Martinez, E. Bernal, B. Gonzalez, M. Diaz,
L. Gonzalez, R. Fabregate, J. Saban, Spain
INFLUENCE OF EXERCISE TRAINING ON LDL METABOLISM AND LDL OXIDATIVE PROCESS
C.G.C Vinagre, E. Ficker, C.E. Negrao, A.T. Morikawa, M.J. Alves, M.U. Rondon,
R.C. Maranhao, Brazil
ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES ACTIVITIES IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL LCAT DEFICIENCY
B. Idzior Walus, T. Wesolowska, M. Walus, J. Sieradzki, Poland
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF LIPID PEROXIDATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC CORONARY SYNDROMES
E. De Fanti, M. Rugolotto, A. Fasolin, E. Visentin, M. Barbiero, G. Rigatelli, R. Schiavon, Italy
RED WINE POLYPHENOLICS INCREASE THE LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR AND SUPPRESS THE SECRETION OF APOB100 IN HUMAN HEPG2 CELLS
S. Pal, C. Sono, N. Ho, E. Allister, J. Mamo, Australia
NEUTROPHIL SUPEROXIDE ANION GENERATION DURING ATORVASTATIN AND FLIVASTATIN TREATMENT USED IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE PRIMARY PREVENTION
J. Kowalski, J. Kedziora, J. Blaszczyk, L Pawlicki, J. Grycewicz, E. Rapacka, Poland
OXIDATION MARKERS, TRADITIONAL RISK FACTORS AND CARTOID ENLARGEMENT IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN
P.O. Rubba, A. Iannuzzi, M. De Michele, E. Celentano, R. Tang, M.G. Bond, L. Sacchetti,
S. Panico, R. Galasso, M. Mercuri, Italy, USA
STUDIES ON ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF SOME IRANIAN POPULAR SPICES ON LDL OXIDATION
G.H. Naderi, M. Taher, S. Asgary, N. Sarafzadegan, N. Nikkhoo, Iran
ANTIOXIDANT EFFECTS OF SOME AMINO ACID ON LDL OXIDATION
G.H. Naderi, S. Asgary, N. Sarafzadegan, H. Shirvani, Iran
STUDY ON ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF MELISSA OFFICINALIS BY HEPATOCYTS OF RAT
G.H. Naderi, S. Asgary, E. Sajadi, R. Ziyaee, Iran
THE ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF IRANIAN CONIFERS ON RED BLOOD CELL
S. Asgary, M.R. Shams Ardekani, G.H. Naderi, A. Emami, S. Aslani, S.H. Azali, Iran
ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF LRANIAN CONIFERS AND VITAMIN C ON LDL OXIDATION
S. Asgary, G.H. Naderi, A. Emami, M.R. Shams Ardekani, T. Kesher, M. Gharipour, Iran
IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LIPID PEROXIDATION AND ANTI-OXIDANT CAPACITY BETWEENH ADDICT AND NON-ADDICT?
S. Asgary, G.H.A. Naderi, J. Sharezaei, P. Ahmadi, Iran
PEROXYNITRITE AND MYOCARDIAL ADENOSINE PRODUCTION-PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF MELATONIN
G. Kocic, R. Kocic, G. Bjelakovic, T. Jevtovic, R. Pavlovic, D. Pavlovic, Yugoslavia
INTENSIFICATION OF LDL PEROXIDATION DURING THERAPY BY HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS
V. Lankin, A.K. Tikhaze, V.V. Kukharchuk, Russia
CLINICAL USEFULNESS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS, ANTIOXIDATIVE AND LIPID STATUS
N. Vrkic, E. Topic, V. Nikolic-Heitzler, N. Vukelic, N. Zarkovic, H. Pintaric, Croatia
THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LDL TO OXIDATION BY MYELOPEROXIDASE IS RELATED TO THE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT OF MONOCYTES
N. Moguilevsky, K. Zouaoui Boudjeltia, Y. Carpentier, A. Bollen, D. Brohee,
M. Vanhaeverbeek, J. Ducobu, Belgium
ATORVASTATIN INCREASE IN LDL OXIDATION RESISTANCE IS INDEPENDENT OF FAVOURABLE CHANGES IN LDL SIZE
J.M. Mostaza, R. Pena, J. Ordonez, C. Burgues, J.L. Sanchez-Quesada, C. Lahoz, Spain
THE EFFECT OF A LOW DOSE VITAMIN E- VERSUS AN INCREASED DOSE POLYUNSATURATED FAT FROM CONCEPTION ONWARDS ON ATHEROGENESIS IN LDLR-/- MICE
P.N. Demacker, P. Van Heijst, L.J. Van Tits, A.F. Stalenhoef, The Netherlands
FERRITIN, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE
P. Kraml, J. Potockova, H. Koprivova, S. Stipek, J. Crkovska, T. Zima, M. Andel, Czech Republic
THE RELATIONSHIP OF OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPPROTEINS (OX-LDL) TO CAROTID ARTERY INTIMA-MEDIA THCIKNESS (IMT) AND OTHER SELECTED BIOCHEMICAL AND CLINICAL RISK FACTORS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
M. Hutyra, H. Vaverkova, N. Dalibor, K. David, H. Milan, Czech Republic
AUTOANTBODIES AGAINST OXIDIZED LDL AND BIOACTIVE PHOSPHOLIPIDS FORMED DURING OXIDATION IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
E.S. Lourida, A.I. Papathanasiou, L.D. Tsironis, J.A. Goudevenos, M. Elisaf, D.A. Siderls,
A.D. Tselepis, Greece
POSTER SESSION: THROMBOTIC AND HEMOSTATIC RISK FACTORS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS
COMBINED EFFECT OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE-MODIFIED SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE AND CATALASE IN ANTITHROMBOTIC PROTECTION OF VASCULAR WALL
A.V. Maksimenko, V.L. Golubykh, E.G. Tischenko, Russia
POSTOPERATIVE LOWERING OF PLASMA FIBRINOGEN AND LDL BY APHERESIS FOR THE PREVENTION OF EARLY GRAFT CLOSURE AFTER CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING
B.R. Jaeger, M. Oberhoffer, E. Kreuzer, F. Blessing, J. Schirmer, T. Kauke, B. Reichart,
D. Seidel, Germany
PLASMA D-DIMER LEVEL AND RISK OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
N. Domanic, B. Karadag, Turkey
THE INFLUENCE OF TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR ON THE LEVELS OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES AND THEIR INHIBITOR. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PROTEOLYTIC AND FIBRINOLYTIC MECHANISM DURING A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
D. Tziakas, G. Chalikias, E. Hatzinikolaou, E. Papadopoulos, G. Trypsianis,
E. Papadopoulou, D. Floros, I. Tentes, E. Kontoleon-Bakalopoulou, D. Hatseras, Greece
ACTIVATION OF THROMBIN AND FIBRINOLYTIC SYSTEMS AFTER THROMBOLYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
G.S. Latsios, A.T. Anastasopoulou, N.V. Michalopoulos, A. Papanikitas, E. Dimoula,
A.G. Georgoulas, A. Zaharof, Greece
SEVERITY AND EXTENSION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN ASSOCIATION TO PLASMA FIBRINOGEN LEVELS
G.S. Latsios, A.T. Anastasopoulou, N.V. Michalopoulos, A. Papanikitas, G. Svoukas,
A.G. Georgoulas, A. Zaharof, Greece
PLASMA UROKINASE AS PREDICTOR OF RECURRENT ANGINA AFTER CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
I. Alekseeva, Y. Parfyonova, A. Lyakishev, A. Dobrovolsky, Z. Gabbasov, V. Naumov, Russia
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF SIMVASTATIN ON EXTRINSIC COAGULATION PATHWAY, THROMBIN ACTIVATABLE FIBRINOLYSIS INHIBITOR-TAFI AND OTHER HEMOSTATIC PARAMETERS IN CAPD PATIENTS
J. Malyszko, J.S. Malyszko, T. Hryszko, M. Mysliwiec, Poland
STUDY ON POSSIBLE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN COAGULATION-RELATED SINGLE NUCLEOTID POLYMORPHISMS IN PATIENTS WITH VENOUS AND ARTERIAL THROMBOEMBOLISM
L. Mark, J. Marki-Zay, V. Hanyecz, G. Simondan, I. Hajdara, A. Katona, Hungary
PLASMA FIBRINOLYTIC CAPACITY IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN IS RELATED WITH THE DIFFERENTIATION STATE OF BLOOD MONOCYTES
K. Zouaoui Boudjeltia, M. Guillaume, C. Gregoir, C. Remacle, P. Piro, P. Cuchie,
M. Vanhaeverbeek, J. Ducobu, D. Brohee, Belgium
PLATELET AND PLASMINOGEN SYSTEM ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
O.R. Dotsenko, V.Z. Netiazhenko, I.V. Melnik, T.V. Kozmyk, Ukraine
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAJOR HEMOSTASIS PARAMETERS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME COMPONENTS IN MEN WITH MODERATE ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
V.A. Metelskaya, L.A. Ratnikova, M.N. Mamedov, A.M. Olferiev, I.E. Petrichenko, N.V. Perova, Russia
THE EFFECT OF OPIUM ADDICTION ON THE PLASMA LEVELS OF FIBRINOGEN FACTOR VII AND CRP
G.H. Naderi, S. Asgary, A. Dehghani, S.H. Azali, M. Gharipour, Iran
THE FUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM IN TRAUMATOLOGIC AND ORTHOPEDIC PATIENTS WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS
G.V. Korshunov, D.M. Puchinyan, A.G. Korshunov, L.O. Khvichiya, I.V. Matasova,
S.I. Yaroshevskaya, S.G. Shahmartova, Russia
PERICELLULAR PLASMIN INDUCES SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL ANOIKIS
O. Meilhac, B. Ho-Tin-Noe, E. Angles-Cano, M. Philippe, J-B. Michel, France
PLATELET ACTIVATION IN UNSTABLE ANGINA IN HIGH AND LOW CLINICAL RISK OF UNFAVORABLE OUTCOME PATIENT POPULATION
V.Z. Netiazhenk, O.R. Dotsenko, O.M. Plenova, Ukraine

IS THE FACTOR XIII 34VAL/LEU POLYMORPHISM A PROTECTIVE FACTOR FOR CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE?
G. Endler, M. Funk, D. Haering, W. Lalouschek, W. Lang, M. Mirafzal, O. Wagner,
C. Mannhgalter, Austria

EVALUATION OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THROMBOTIC RISK FACTORS DURNG LIPID LOWERING THERAPY WITH ATORVASTATIN
E. Hatzinikolaou, K. Klebetsanis, D. Tziakas, I. Papadopoulos, T. Iosifidis, G. Halikias,
D. Hatseras, Greece
A POSSIBLE PREDICTIVE ROLE FOR VASCULAR EVENTS OF PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR-ACETYLHYDROLAZE (PAF-AH) AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES (APLA) IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS
C. Tanaseanu, E. Moldoveanu, T. Kosaka, S. Tanaseanu, M. Popescu, D. Hanganu,
I. Tamsulea, Romania, Japan
POSTER SESSION: HYPERTENSION
PREVALENCE OF DYSLIPIDAEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
J.A. Papadakis, G. Vrentzos, A. Kalikaki, G. Perisinaki, S. Kois, E.S. Ganotakis, Greece
EFFECT OF BLOOD LIPOPROTEINS ON CONTRACTILE FUNCTION OF VESSELS IN RATS
O.K. Kulchitsky, S.N. Novikova, N.V. Sikalo, Ukraine
CIRCADIAN VARIATION OF SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA IN HYPERTENSIVES AND ITS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN A 24 HOUR HOLTER MONITORING
C.A.T. Ibanez, R.E. Ramboyong, E.S. Caguioa, D.R. Flores Jr., R.V. Anastacio, Philippines
ATTENUATION OF CIRCADIAN BLOOD PRESSURE RHYTHM IS INDEPENDENT DETERMINANT OF DEVELOPMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN HYPERTENSION
T.M. Ripp, S.E. Pekarski, V.F. Mordovin, S.V. Triss, Russia
EFFECTS OF SIMVASTATIN 40 MG ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC PATIENTS
A. Branchi, A.M. Fiorenza, A. Torri, C. Berra, E. Colombo, A. Rovellini, D. Sommariva, Italy
MUTATIONS IN THE ANGIOTENSINOGEN GENE, ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE, AND RISK OF ISCHEMIC HEART- AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE. THE COPENHAGEN CITY HEART STUDY
A.A Sethi, B.G. Nordestgaard, M-L.M. Graenholdt, R. Steffensen, G.B. Jensen,
A. Tybjaerg-Hansen
, Denmark
THE INFLUENCE OF ANALISED HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS ON PULSE PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
A. Miczke, M. Cymerys, W. Bryl, M. Luczak, D. Pupek-Musialik, Poland
BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES, HOW THEY RUN IN AN OUTPATIENT DIABETIC CLINIC
E. Llargues, E. Deig, A. Recasens, I. Castells, V. Yetano, S. Montull, Spain
EFFECTS OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AND HYPOLIPIDEMIC DRUGS ON PLASMA AND HDL-ASSOCIATED PAF-ACETYLHYDROLASE ACTIVITY
E. Rizos, V. Tsimihodimos, A. Tambaki, A. Kakafika, A. Tselepis, J. Goudevenos,
C. Siamopoulos, M. Elisaf, Greece
ALTERED EXPRESSION OF INTERMEDIATE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS INDUCED BY LONG-TERM BLOCKADE OF NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHESIS
H. Hasegawa, T. Saito, Y. Chiba, Y. Fujiwara, A. Shoji, H. Miura, M. Miura, Japan, USA
HYPOLIPIDEMIC EFFECT OF LACIPIL IN HYPERTENSIVES WITH HEART FAILURE
I.G. Alizade, N.T. Karaeva, Azerbaijan
MEMBRANE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF PRESTARIUM IN HYPERTENSIVES WITH HEART FAILURE
I.G. Alizade, N.T. Karaeva, Azerbaijan
PRITOR IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY
I.G. Alizade, N.T. Karaeva, Azerbaijan
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLUENCE ON PULSE PRESSURE IN MILD NON-TREATED HYPERTENSION
J. Freitas, R. Santos, M. Carvalho, A. Falcao De Freitas, Portugal
INFLUENCE OF BETA 2 AND BETA 3 RECEPTORS GENE POLYMORPHISM ON CARDIOVASCULAR RISK: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY
L. Forga, M. Corbalan, M. Palacios, A. Rivero, A. Marti, J.A. Martinez, Spain
CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY TO MENTAL STRESS TEST, AUTONOMIC BALANCE AND BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
L. Guasti, D. Zanotta, L.T. Mainardi, C. Simoni, D. Garganico, C. Crespi, G. Gaudio,
A. Maffiolini, A.M. Grandi, S. Cerutti, A. Venco, Italy
EFFECTIVENESS OF ACTION ON PREVENTION IN THE SOUTHERN POLAND EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY. DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN RELATION TO AGE AND GENDER
K. Kozakiewicz, M. Sosnowski, T. Pawlowski, K. Zaorski, P. Garbocz, M. Tendera, Poland
THE EVALUATION OF THE NO-INDEPENDENT VASODILATATIVE EFFECT OF ILOPROST IN ISOLATED PERFUSED GUINEA PIG HIND LIMBS
M. Brodmann, U. Lischnigg, A. Lueger, E. Pilger, G. Stark, Austria
HYPERTENSION, POSTPRANDIAL LIPEMIA AND GENE POLYMORPHISM IN OBESE FAMILIES
M. Malczewska-Malec, M. Kwasniak, A. Zdzienicka, B. Kiec-Wilk, I. Wybranska, M. Szopa,
A. Dembinska-Kiec, Poland
SUPPRESSION OF RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM (RAS) CAN REDUCE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR-1 (PAI-1) PRODUCTION IN ENDOTHERIAL CELLS STIMULATED BY CHYROMICRON REMNANTS (CR)
S. Morimoto, Y. Fujioka, S. Tsuboi, Y. Naito, D. Kawasaki, T. Okumura, M. Masai, T. Sakoda,
T. Tsujino, T. Iwasaki, H. Hosoai, Japan
GOOD CORRELATION BETWEEN AORTIC FUNCTION INDICES AND TARGET ORGAN DAMAGE IN UNTREATED HYPERTENSION
W-C. Tsai, Y-Y. Huang, T-H. Chao, P-Y. Liu, J-H. Chen, Taiwan
THE INFLUENCE OF ANALISED HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS ON PULSE PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
W. Bryl, A. Miczke, P. Bogdanski, M. Luczak, M. Cymerys, D. Pupek-Musialik, Poland
GROWTH HORMONE COULD HAVE A ROLE IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION. ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CIRCADIAN BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE AND INSULIN RESISTANCE
C.A. Feldstein, D. Garrido, M. Akopian, A. Renauld, A.O. Olivieri, A. Zavala, Argentina
EFFECT OF COMBINED HYPOTENSIVE AND HYPOLIPIDEMIC THERAPY ON CHD METABOLIC RISK FACTORS IN NIDDM PATIENTS
L. Khadipash, M. Mamedov, O. Kosmatova, N. Perova, Russia
THE USEFULNESS OF WEIGHT LOSS IN LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE
P. Marks, UK
HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS. THE INFLUENCE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
I. Moyssakis, N.J. Pantazopoulos, Y. Hallaq, P. Vlachoyannopoulos, V. Vassiliou, V. Votteas, Greece
DIETARY SODIUM CHLORIDE RESTRICTION RAISES THE PLASMA LIPID CONCENTRATION IN MICE KNOCKOUT FOR THE APOE AND FOR THE LDL RECEPTOR GENE
S.Catanozi , J.C. Rocha, M. Passarelli, M.L. Guzzo, C. Alves, L.N.S. Furukawa, T. Brito,
E.R. Nakandakare, J.C. Heimann, E.C.R. Quintao, Brazil
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH LDL AND PERSISTENT HYPERTENSION
D. Gavish, E. Leibovitz, D. Dicker, Y. Yosefi, R.J. Viskoper, Israel
PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY IN IRAN
F. Jalali, Iran
THE ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING-ENZYME INSERTION/DELETION POLYMORPHISM IS NOT A RISK FACTOR FOR PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
W. Renner, E. Pabst, B. Paulweber, L. Malaimare, B. Iglseder, T.C. Wascher, E. Pilger, Austria
POSTER SESSION: STATINS - SESSION II
POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF STATINS ON THE PARAOXONASE ACTIVITY
D. Muacevic-Katanec, V. Bradamante, Z. Reiner, M. Sucic, Z. Metelko, Croatia
INFLUENCE OF ATORVASTATIN ON LDL-SUBTYPES IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA
H.C. Geiss, E. Laubach, P. Schwandt, K.G. Parhofer, Germany
ROSUVASTATIN REDUCES PLASMA TOTAL CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS BY INHIBITION OF VLDL-PRODUCTION IN FEMALE APOE*3-LEIDEN TRANSGENIC MICE
D.J.M. Delsing, S.M. Post, H. Van Der Boom, W. Van Duyvenvoorde, E.C.M. De Wit,
V.W. Bloks, F. Kuipers, L.M. Havekes, H.M.G. Princen, The Netherlands
CONTRIBUTION OF APO CIII REDUCTION TO THE GREATER EFFECT OF MICRONIZED FENOFIBRATE THAN ATORVASTATIN ON TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS AND LDL SIZE IN DYSLIPIDEMIC PATIENTS UNDER TREATMENT FOR 12 WEEKS
I. Lemieux, J-P. Despres, The Study Groups, H. Salomon, Canada, France
NEW INSIGHT INTO NON-STATIN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
I.A. Sobenin, A.N. Orekhov, Russia
SAFETY OF ROSUVASTATIN IN PATIENTS DEVELOPING LDL-C <80 MG/DL AND <50 MG/DL IN CLINICAL TRIALS
J. Shepherd, I. Carbarns, S. Harris, R. Caplan, J. Pears, UK, USA
EVALUATION OF ROSUVASTATIN IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
J. Shepherd, C. Packard, K. Smith, D. Kallend, UK
EFFECT OF ATORVASTATIN ON APOB-48 METABOLISM AND LDL-RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN NORMOLIPIDAEMIC SUBJECTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
C. Dane-Stewart, G.F. Watts, S. Pal, R. Taylor, P. Thompson, J. Hung, J.C. Mamo, Australia
MEASURING EFFECTS ON INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS: AN EVALUATION OF ROSUVASTATIN - THE METEOR STUDY
J.R. Crouse, D.E. Grobbee, D.H. O'Leary, J.J.P. Kastelein, M.L. Bots, G.W. Evans,
M.K. Palmer, J.S. Raichlen, USA, The Netherlands, UK
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF STATINS IN VESSEL DISEASE PROGRESS AFTER CABG REGARDLESS OF CHOLESTEROL LOWERING
P. Kaperneka, J. Malakos, G. Kolovou, G. Hatzigeorgiou, K. Sorontila, A. Michalis,
D. Daskalova, D.V. Cokkinos, Greece
ATORVASTATIN IMPROVES POSTPRANDIAL LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM IN HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA
K.G. Parhofer, E. Laubach, P.H.R. Barrett, Germany, Australia
ATORVASTATIN LIMITS THE PROINFLAMMATORY RESPONSE OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL TO THROMBIN
M. Haloui, O. Meilhac, H. Laouenan, J-B. Michel, France
LEUKOCYTE EXPRESSION OF CELL ADHESION MOLECULES IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA: EFFECTS OF ATORVASTATIN TREATMENT
T. Stulc, M. Vrablik, I. Marinov, Z. Kasalova, R. Ceska, Czech Republic
THE HYPOTRIGLYCERIDEMIC EFFECT OF PRAVASTATIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A DECREASE IN SERUM APO-E CONCENTRATION IN OUR HYPERLIPEMIC POPULATION
M. De Oya, I. Campo, E. Viturro, B. Cano, M. Benavente, R. Rubio, C. Garces, Spain
EFFECTS OF ATORVASTATIN ON MICROVASCULAR REACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
Z. Kasalova ,T. Stulc, M. Vrablik, M. Prazny, J. Skrha, R. Ceska, Czech Republic
SIMVASTATIN REDUCES THE LEVELS OF APO E-CONTAINING TRIGLYCERIDE-RICH LIPOPROTEINS IN MEN WITH PREMATURE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
M. Rizzo, C.M. Barbagallo, V. Pernice, A. Pace, A.B. Cefalu', A. Rubino, D. Pieri, A. Frasheri,
A. Notarbartolo, M.R. Averna, Italy
SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF LONG-TERM COMBINED STATIN-FIBRATE TREATMENT FOR SEVERE MIXED HYPERLIPIDAEMIA
M. Zeman, T. Vareka, S. Romaniv, A. Zak, Czech Republic
ROSUVASTATIN IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ATORVASTATIN IN MODIFYING LIPID PROFILES AND ACHIEVING NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION PROGRAM ADULT TREATMENT PANEL III LDL-CHOLESTEROL GOALS
O. Wiklund, M. Davidson, R. Chitra, H. Hutchinson, A. Raza, Sweden, USA
EFFECT OF LOW DOSE SIMVASTATIN ON CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS PROGRESSION IN NIDDM PATIENTS WITH HYPERLIPIDAEMIA(A)
N.V. Dubyanskaya, K.M. Yafasov, N.Z. Sirojiddinova, Uzbekistan
THE HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS PREVENTS AT1 RECEPTOR GENE OVEREXPRESSION IN HUMAN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS AND ENDOTHELIAL CELLS STIMULATED WITH KAPPA-ELASTIN
T.M. Francuz, E. Kotrys-Puchalska, T. Jurczak, T. Gawlik, J.G. Gminski, Poland
EFFECT OF ATORVASTATIN ON SERUM URIC ACID AND CREATININE LEVELS
V. Tsimihodimos, A. Kakafika, G. Liamis, G. Miltiadous, H. Milionis, E. Bairaktari,
C. Seferiades, M. Elisaf, Greece
GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING IN CLINICAL BLOOD SAMPLES: THE STATIN PILOT STUDY
V. Wibaut-Berlaimont, V. Mandryko, R. Naoumova, D. Haskard, A. Randi, UK
HETEROZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA: COADMINISTRATION OF EZETIMIBE PLUS ATORVASTATIN
W. Vermaak, X. Pinto, D. Ponsonnet, P. Sager, L. Lipka, R. Suresh, E. Veltri, South Africa, USA
ATORVASTATIN REDUCES APOE AND APOC-1 SYNTHESIS AND SECRETION IN THP-1 MACROPHAGES
L. Nassi Castilho, A. Chamberland, L. Boulet, J. Davignon, J.S. Cohn, L. Bernier, Canada
PLAQUE STABILIZATION EFFECTS OF THE ATORVASTATINE
N. Kipshidze, N. Kakauridze, Georgia
POSTER SESSION: VARIA
'QUIT AND WIN' AS MUCH CLOSE, BEST OUTCOMES
E. Llargues, E. Deig, R. Martinez, J. Isidro, T. Rodellar, R. Fito, F. Balaguer, R. Velayos, Spain
IS LIFETIME TOBACCO SMOKING ASSOCIATED WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN 36-YEAR OLD MEN AND WOMEN? THE AMSTERDAM GROWTH AND HEALTH LONGITUDINAL STUDY
E.H.C.M. Bekkering, C.M. Bernaards, J.W.R. Twisk, C.D.A. Stehouwer, W. Van Mechelen,
H.C.G. Kemper, The Netherlands
SMOKING AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Z.A. Velija-Asimi, A. Strika, K. Krijestarac, A. Begovic, Bosnia Herzegovina
GENERATION OF APOE2- AND APOE4-SECRETING CELL LINES BY TARGETING OF WILD-TYPE APOE3 CELLS USING IN-SITU CHIMERAPLASTY
Z. Mohri, A.D. Tagalakis, G. Dickson, J.S. Owen, UK
HUMAN BLOOD PLASMA TRANS-SIALIDASE CAUSES ATHEROGENIC MODIFICATION OF LDL
I.A. Sobenin, I.V. Suprun, T.A. Skalbe, A.N. Orekhov, Russia
A FLOW CYTOMETRIC PROCEDURE TO MEASURE FUNCTIONAL LDL RECEPTORS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF FAMILIAL HYPECHOLESTEROLEMIA
H. Hattori, M. Nagano, K. Kawamura, J. Ishii, M. Tsuji, F. Iwata, T. Yamamura, Y. Miyake,
T. Egashira, T. Okada, N.E. Miller, M. Emi, A. Yamamoto, Japan, UK,
APOLIPOPROTEIN A5 POLYMORPHISMS AND PLASMA LEVELS OF TRIGLYCERIDES
J.A. Hubacek, V. Adamkova, V. Lanska, R. Poledne, Czech Republic
EFFECTS OF THE THYROID RECEPTOR-BETA AGONIST, GC-1, ON CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDE METABOLISM IN INTACT MALE MICE
L. Johansson, B. Angelin, M. Rudling, T. Scanlan, J. Baxter, P. Parini, Sweden, USA
EFFECTS OF MODERATE PHYSICAL TRAINING ON ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT DILATATION IN PATIENTS WITH RECENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M. Vona, A. Rossi, S. Rizzo, G. Pinna, F. Cobelli, Italy
REGULATION OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM BY THE PITUITARY: GROWTH HORMONE SPECIFIC EFFECTS AND RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF PROLACTIN
M. Matasconi, M. Rudling, B. Angelin, Sweden
NUCLEAR 3-PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM AND VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS PROLIFERATION
P. Déléris, D. Bacqueville, B. Perret, M. Breton-Douillon, France
LIPID PROFILE AND PSA IN ADULT MEN
S. Paximadas, S. Pagoni, A. Efstratopoulos, K. Kanellas, P. Nikitopoulou, G. Papageorgiou, Greece
LDL-CHOLESTEROL MODULATES THE MEMBRANE BINDING AND INTRACELLULAR DISTRIBUTION OF ANNEXIN 6 IN CHO CELLS
F. Schwartz, P. Dauterstedt, I. De Diego, J. Heeren, U. Beisiegel, C. Enrich, T. Grewal, Germany, Spain
IS ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES A RISK FACTOR FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS?
T. Reshetnyak, T. Popkova, T. Tichonova, L. Patrushev, T. Kovalenko, E. Match, I. Oserova,
N. Perova, O Fomicheva, E. Alexandrova, V. Nassonova, E. Nassonov, Russia
CIRCULATING CELL ADHESION MOLECULES IN DEPENDENCE ON AGE AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
V. Richter, F. Rassoul, K. Purschwitz, B. Hentschel, W. Reuter, T. Kuntze, B. Kloetzer, Germany
INFLUENCE OF CHRONIC CIGARETTE SMOKING ON THE POSTPRANDIAL CHANGES OF SERUM LIPID PROFILE
I.V. Medvedeva, T.A. Pugacheva, I.F. Sholomov, A.A. Pushnikov, E.F. Odishev, Russia
AORTIC DISTENSIBILTY IN SICKLE CELL THALASSAEMIA
I. Moyssakis, N.J. Pantazopoulos, P. Tsaftaridis, Y. Hallaq, P. Gioldasis, V. Votteas, Greece
BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN IN-SITU CARDIAC MYOCYTES AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING IN RABBIT MODEL
A. Grover, R. Vijayvergiya, D. Sharma, S. Majumdar, V.K. Bhargava, India
THE ACUTE EFFECT OF ETHANOL EXPOSURE ON HDL CHOLESTEROL
Y. Neumark ,Y. Friedlander, R. Durst, D. Jaffe, E. Butbul, E. Leitersdorf, Israel
STEM CELLS AND PATHOGENESIS OF HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROSIS
E.L.Soboleva, O.S. Saburova, R.S. Akchurin, E.I. Chazov, V.N. Smirnov, Russia
TRANSVASCULAR LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN TRANSPORT IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS (TYPE 2): A NON-INVASIVE IN VIVO ISOTOPE TECHNIQUE
K. Kornerup, B.G. Nordestgaard, B. Feldt-Rasmussen, K. Borch-Johnsen, K.S. Jensen,
J.S. Jensen, Denmark

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