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SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAM
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
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09:00-09:30 |
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HALL A |
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OPENING CEREMONY
Chairperson: U. Elkayam, Los Angeles CA, USA |
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GREETINGS
Asher Kimchi, USA
Founder and Chairman
International Society of Heart Failure
7th World Congress of Heart Failure
Pawan K. Singal, Canada
Member Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Basic Research
International Society of Heart Failure
7th World Congress on heart Disease
Mihai Gheorghiade, USA
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Coronary Artery Disease
International Society of Heart Failure
7th World Congress on heart Disease
John A. Elefteriades, USA
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Cardiac Surgery
International Society of Heart Failure
7th World Congress on Heart Failure
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PRESENTATION OF 2000 AWARDS
Uri Elkayam, USA
Chairman, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Awards Committee
Chairman, Section of Clinical Trials
International Society of Heart Failure
7th World Congress on Heart Failure
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
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HALL A |
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OPENING LECTURE
Chairperson: A.J. Tajik, Rochester MN, USA |
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INTRODUCTION
A.J. Tajik, Rochester MN, USA
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
International Society of Heart Failure
7th World Congress on Heart Failure |
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THOMAS W. SMITH MEMORIAL LECTUTE:
THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF HEART FAILURE IN VALVULAR
REGURGITATION: RELATION TO CLINICAL OUTCOME (Opening Lecture)
J.F. Borer, New York NY, USA |
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Coffee Break |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 10:45-12:45 |
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HALL
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Plenary Session:
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETIC STUDIES
Chairpersons: J.S. Borer, New York NY, USA R.A. Trent, Campentown NSW, Australia
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THE GENETICS OF CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
R.J.A. Trent, Sydney NSW, Australia |
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ALTERED PHENOTYPE PATTERN UNDERLYING CONTRACTILE DYSFUNCTION IN FAILING
HUMAN MYOCARDIUM (Invited Lecture)
B. Pieske, Goettingen, Germany
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11:15 |
SUBCELLULAR REMODELING DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
(Invited Lecture)
N.S. Dhalla, Winnipeg MB, Canada
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11:30 |
MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF APOPTOSIS IN HEART (Invited Lecture)
S. Mustapha, O. Zlouzina, D. de Moissac, L.A. Kirshenbaum, Winnipeg MB, Canada
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APOPTOSIS AND HEART FAILURE - MECHANISMS AND NEW THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES
(Invited Lecture)
G.Z. Feuerstein, Wilmington DE, USA |
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G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASES IN THE HEART: ANIMAL MODELS AND
THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
W.J. Koch, Durham NC, USA |
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MODULATION OF ISCHEMIC MYOCARDIAL DYSFUNCTION BY BETA-ONE ADRENOCEPTOR
ANTISENSE (Invited Lecture)
J.L. Mehta, H.J. Chen, D.Y. Li, Gainesville FL, USA |
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| 12:30 |
Lunch Break |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 10:45-13:00 |
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HALL B |
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Plenary Session:
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CARDIAC IMAGING
Chairpersons: A.P. Furnary, Portland OR, USA
R.M. Lang, Chicago IL, USA
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| 10:45 |
SUBSTERNAL EPICARDIAL ECHO: A NEW WINDOW TO THE POSTOPERATIVE HEART
(Invited Lecture)
A.P. Furnary, R.I. Lowe, J.T. Hanlon, D.J. Sahn, Portland OR, USA |
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FEASIBILITY OF USING MODIFIED ACOUSTIC QUANTIFICATION WITH
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST FOR AUTOMATED ENDOCARDIAL BORDER DETECTION AND
EVALUATION OF LV FUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
R.M. Lang, J.E. Bednarz, K.T. Spencer, V. Mor-Avi, Chicago, IL, USA |
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DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: THE NON-INVASIVE PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER
(Invited Lecture)
M.T. Saltzberg, Chicago IL, USA |
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DECREASED HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE RATIOS IN THE MYOCARDIUM OF MEN WITH
DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE I
B. Metzler, M.F.H. Schocke, P. Steinboeck, C. Wolf, M. Lechleitner, P. Lukas, O.
Pachinger, Innsbruck, Austria |
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CARDIAC FATTY ACID METABOLISM IMAGING WITH CONVENTIONAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE
TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTING OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART
FAILURE
A.S. Hambye, A. Dobboleir, A. Vervaet, M. Vaerenberg, J. Vandevivere, P.
Vermeersch, D. Stockman, F. Van den Branden, P. Van den Heuvel, Antwerp, Belgium |
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CORONARY FLOW VELOCITY DISTURBANCES IN PATIENTS WITH SYNDROME X
DEMONSTRATED BY DOPPLER FLOW MEASUREMENT
J. Qian, J. Ge, H. Chen, Shanghai, China |
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NONINVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF CORONARY FLOW RESERVE BY TRANSTHORACIC DOPPLER
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY WITH A HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSDUCER IN PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS HEART
DISEASES
T. Hozumi, T. Akasaka, K. Yoshida, J. Yoshikawa, S. Homma, Kobe, Osaka, Japan,
New York NY, USA |
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PREDICTIVE VALUE OF LOW-DOSE DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR
LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION DYSFUNCTION AFTER HIGH-DOSE CARDIOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY
A. Martinoni, M. Civelli, D. Cardinale, G. Lamantia, E. Borghini, C.M. Cipolla,
C. Fiorentini, Milan, Italy
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COMBINED APPLICATION OF PULSED, TISSUE DOPPLER AND 2-D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
FOR THE DETECTION OF TRANSPLANT REJECTION
J.P. Sun, G. Cheng, J. Xu, J. X. Qin, W.J. Stewart, D. Pelegrin, J.B. Young, M.J.
Garcia, J.D. Thomas, Cleveland OH, USA |
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THE ROLE OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN HEART FAILURE (INVITED LECTURE)
Fausto J. Pinto, Lisbon, Portugal
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Lunch Break
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 10:45-12:30 |
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HALL C |
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Session:
HEART FAILURE IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD, CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Chairpersons: M.L. Epstein, Detroit MI, USA R.D. Ross, Detroit MI, USA
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| 10:45 |
CATHETER CLOSURE OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS WITH THE AMPLATZER OCCLUDER IN
80 ADULTS - AN OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE
H. Sievert, K. Horvath, E.E. Zadan, U. Krumsdorf, R. Schraeder, A. Fach, D.
Scherer, R. Ensslen, H. Merle, H. Spies, H. Zeplin, Frankfurt, Germany |
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LONG TERM EFFECTS OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS WITH A MODERATE LEFT TO
RIGHT SHUNT WITH AND WITHOUT OPERATION
M.D. Talsma, J.P.C. Jaspers, M.T.E. Bink-Boelkens, Groningen, The Netherlands |
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PRE-OPERATIVE ACIDOSIS IN THE NEWBORN PATIENTS PREVENTED BY PRENATAL
DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
P.M. Verheijen, L.A. Lisowski, P. Stoutenbeek, J.F. Hitchcock, G.B.W.E.
Bennink, J.I. Brenner, J.A. Copel, C.S. Kleinman, E.J. Meijboom, Utrecht,
The Netherlands, Baltimore MD, USA |
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STENT IN AORTIC COARCTATION (AoC): IMMEDIATE RESULTS AND MID-TERM
FOLLOW-UP
M. Ledesma, F. David, S. Jimenez, A. Sanchez, A. Diaz, C. Benitez, R. Herrera,
X. Escudero, R. Arguero, Mexico D.F., Mexico |
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INCIDENCE AND TYPES OF VALVE DYSPLASIA IN 170 PULMONARY VALVULOPLASTY
PROCEDURES
J. Simon-Lamuela, J. Sanmarti, J. Casaldaliga, C. Sanchez, M. Murtra, Barcelona,
Spain |
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RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT
ARTERIES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS WITH ACE INHIBITORS
R. Chugh, K. Junge, P. Romero, P. Barger, D. Kelly, P. Ludbrook, St. Louis MO,
USA |
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MULTIPLE CARDIAC VALVE REGURGITATION IN MARFAN SYNDROME
M.C. Porciani, L. Giurlani, B. Giusti, P. Martinucci, T. Brunelli, L.
Evangelisti, R. Abbate, G.F. Gensini, G. Pepe, Florence, Rome, Italy
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Lunch Break |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 10:45-12:45 |
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HALL D |
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S52: Session:
ACE INHIBITORS AND ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
Chairpersons: S. Goldstein, Detroit MI, USA B.N. Singh, Los Angeles CA, USA
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SERUM ERYTHROPOIETIN LEVELS IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS ARE TENDENTIALLY
HIGHER IF THEY ARE TREATED WITH AT1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS COMPARED WITH AN
ACE-INHIBITOR
B. Chatterjee, U.E. Nydegger, P.J. Mohacsi, Bern, Switzerland |
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CHOICE OF ACE INHIBITOR INFLUENCES ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET DOSES IN HEART
FAILURE PATIENTS
A.B. Luzier, L. DiTusa, D.M. Triller, J.L. Izzo, Jr., Buffalo NY, USA
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CARDIOPROTECTION INDUCED BY ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST,
CANDESARTAN, IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED ANGIOTENSIN III TYPE 2 RECEPTOR
PROTEIN BUT NOT APOPTOSIS
R. Moudgil, Y. Xu, S. Musat-Marcu, B.I. Jugdutt, Edmonton AB, Canada
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11:30 |
DISPARITY OF THERAPEUTIC HEART FAILURE GUIDELINES AND STANDARD CLINICAL
PRACTICE
F. Smart, S. Battaglia, L. Tarkington, S. Culler, E. Becker, A. Simon, H.O.
Ventura, New Orleans LA, USA
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11:45 |
THE CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY OF CANDESARTAN IN CHF
E. Erdmann, M. George, B. Voet, G. Belcher, D. Kolb, M. Pietrek, Cologne,
Mannheim, Germany, London, UK
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ACEI THERAPY IN CHF PATIENTS TOO ILL TO QUALIFY FOR EVIDENCE BASED
CLINICAL TRIALS
K.O. Akosah, A.M. Schaper, K. Briggs, R. Sundaram, S. Devine, La Crosse WI, USA
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12:15 |
EFFECTS OF LOSARTAN VERSUS LISINOPRIL ON SYSTOLIC, DIASTOLIC AND
CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION IN HEART FAILURE
A.C. Hunt, P. Manning, C. Denslow, M. Burrows, M.A. James, Somerset, UK
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EFFECTS OF LOSARTAN ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND MORTALITY IN SEVERE
ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY HEART DISEASE
X. Zeng, Y. Lee, X. Zeng, Chengdu, China |
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Lunch Break |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P101: |
Poster
Session:
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION |
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TRANSFECTION OF AN ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED RAS MUTANT ALL EVIATES THE RESTENOTIC
LESIONS OF CORONARY ARTERY INJURY IN PIGS
C.S. Lin, C.H. Wu, C.J. Wu, R.S. Hung, Y.J. Shyy, S. Chien, S.-K. Liu, Miaoli,
Taiwan-R.O.C., San Diego CA, USA |
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FIBRINOLYTIC BALANCE DISORDERS AND ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN ESSENTIAL
HYPERTENSION: THE EFFECT OF ACE GENOTYPE
O. Stavroulakis, A. Hatzizacharias, T. Makris, P. Krespi, G. Anastasiadis, E.
Chronakis, N. Hatzizacharias, M. Kyriakidis, Athens, Greece |
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POTENTIAL ATHEROGENIC EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM HIGH DOSE GROWTH HORMONE TREATMENT
IN THE RAT MODEL
S. Coskun, B. Ersoy, C. Sekuri, K. Ozbilgin, M. Yurtseven, A. Onag, Izmir,
Turkey |
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LIPOPROTEINS ARE TRIGGERS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN PATIENTS WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA
J. Eckes, B. Fink, O. Sommer, H. Weise, K. Winkler, W. Maerz, E. Bassenge,
Freiburg, Germany |
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INCREASED OXIDATIVE STRESS IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE IS NORMALIZED AFTER HELP APHERESIS
J. Eckes, B. Fink, O. Sommer, W. Maerz, E. Bassenge, Freiburg, Germany |
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ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION REPAIR - PREVENTION OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
K. Golba, J. Biernat, K. Widenka, R. Mrozek, M. Deja, R. Bachowski, S. Wos,
Katowice, Poland
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ESTIMATION OF VESSEL WALL CONDITION IN VIVO ACCORDING TO THE SPECTRUM OF TONES
BY KOROTKOV
N.N. Alexandrova, V.N. Bakutsky, P.I. Romanchuk, A.N. Volobuyev, Samara, Russia |
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DIVERGENT VASOMOTOR EFFECT OF CONTRAST MEDIA ON HEALTHY AND DISEASED CORONARY
G. Musumeci, U. Limbruno, A.S. Petronio, R. Baglini, G. Paterni, R. De Caterina,
R. Mariotti, M. Mariani, Pisa, Italy |
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THE EFFECT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY ON FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION OF
THE BRACHIAL ARTERY
M. Zoghi, E. Ercan, C. Gurgun, C. Ceyhan, O. Yavuzgil, F. Ozerkan, A.
Akilli, C. Turkoglu, M. Akin, Izmir, Turkey |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P102: |
Poster Session:
NEUROHORMONAL, IMMUNOLOGIC ASPECTS OF HEART FAILURE
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SEQUENTIAL NEURO-HUMORAL CHANGES IN OVINE MODEL OF SURGICALLY INDUCED HEART
FAILURE
A.K. Hasnat Buckley, H.J. Kemp, M.H. Yacoub, London, UK |
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NEUROHORMONAL CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE AFTER 6 MONTHS
OF CARDIAC REHABILITATION
B. Bacior, A. Kubinyi, W. Szot, I. Guevara, A. Zdzienicka, A. Dembinska-Kiec, K.
Kawecka-Jaszcz, Krakow, Poland |
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DOES ALDOSTERONE "ESCAPE" IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE RELATE TO
FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT?
M. Cicoira, L. Zanolla, L. Franceschini, G. Brighetti, G. Golia, A. Rossi, P.
Zardini, Verona, Italy |
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MODIFIED CIRCADIAN RHYTHM OF THE IMMUNOMODULATING DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE-SULFATE
(DHEAS) IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) AND REDUCED LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV)
FUNCTION
K. Gunther, M. Mueller, S. Kraemer, E. Schulze-Bahr, P. Loh, B. Brisse,
Muenster, Germany |
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INFLUENCE OF ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK AND AGE ON THE RESERVE OF MYOCARDIAL
ISOMETRIC CONTRACTILITY
Z. Senikiene, E. Stankevicius, Kaunas, Lithuania
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ACTIONS OF PROSTAGLANDINS (E1, F2 a) AND CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDES (cAMP, cGMP)
DISTURBANCES ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTIONS DURING PRIMARY AND REPEATED
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
P. Cibas, B. Ruta, J. Ivaskeviciene, R. Obeleniene, S. Rutiene, Kaunas,
Lithuania |
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ROLE OF HISTAMINE H1 AND H2 RECEPTORS IN ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION OF THE
CONTRACTILE MYOCARDIUM
R. Lazauskas, Z. Senikiene, Kaunas, Lithuania |
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IMPORTANCE OF NEUROHUMORAL ACTIVATION FOR THE EXPRESSION OF NA+-CA2+
EXCHANGER IN END-STAGE FAILING HUMAN MYOCARDIUM
W. Schillinger, R. Ferrari, G. Hasenfuss, Goettingen, Germany |
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THE KINETICS OF NEUROHUMORAL FACTORS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
H. Lapp, J.P. Stasch, I. Krakau, H. Guelker, M. Mueller, Wuppertal,
Germany |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P103: |
Poster Session:
HEART FAILURE DUE TO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
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CHF HISTORY IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORE ADVANCED CORONARY DISEASE
A. Simon, F. Smart, S. Battaglia, L. Turkington, S. Culler, E. Becker, H.O.
Ventura, New Orleans LA, USA |
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PLATELET ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES AND CONGESTIVE
HEART FAILURE IN BACKGROUND
V.Z. Netiazhenko, O.R. Dotsenko, O.M. Plenova, T. Malchevska, O.V. Lapshin, Kyev,
Ukraine |
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2 YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF PATIEN ATS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AFTER
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M.G. Glezer, I.V. Persianov-Dubrov, I.N. Sokolova, A.V. Prikhodchenko, K.E.
Sobolev, Moscow, Russia
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A NEW INSIGHT INTO PATHOGENESIS OF HEART FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE (CAD)
N. Mamaev, A. Gudkova, K. Amineva, O. Kovalyeva, T. Gindina, I. Bannikova,
St. Petersburg, Russia
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ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND OTHER THROMBOGENIC FACTORS IN YOUNG PATIENTS
WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
C. Carp, C. Ginghina, V. Uscatescu, D. Colita, D. Chesta, C. Ceck, E. Apetrei,
Bucharest, Romania |
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RISK OF HEART FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH MILD INFARCT-RELATED MITRAL
REGURGITATION AFTER Q-WAVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - LONG TERM FOLLOW UP
M. Zielinska, W. Koniarek, E. Kot, H. Bolinska, Lodz, Poland |
14 |
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CAN HEART RATE IDENTIFY PATIENTS AT RISK FOR VENTRICULAR REMODELING AFTER
SMALL TO MODERATE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION?
G.M. Costa, C. Pizzi, G. Bedetti, R. Bugiardini, Bologna, Italy |
15 |
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MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY INDEPENDENTLY INFLUENCES LV DIASTOLIC FUNCTION AFTER
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M. Cicoira, A. Rossi, G. Golia, M. Anselmi, L. Latina, P. Marino, P.
Zardini, Verona, Italy |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P104: |
Poster Session:
ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY |
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| Board No. |
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Abstract Page |
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FREE PATCH CARDIOMYOPLASTY
S.A. Taheri, H.J. Leonhardt, R. Heffner, M. Wilson, A. Grover, Buffalo NY, USA |
15 |
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LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND SERUM CYTOKINES LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY
HEART DISEASE
T. Mandecki, K. Mizia-Stec, B. Zahorska-Markiewicz, J. Janowska, A. Szulc, E.
Jastrzebska-Maj, L. Szymanski, Katowice, Poland
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15 |
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PREDICTORS OF THE APPEARANS OF REAL HEART FAILURE IN CHRONIC HAEMODIALYSIS
PATIENTS
M.E. Krotin, B. Milovanovic, O. Stojanovic, A. Cavalo, S. Pljesa, D. Lisulov,
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P105: |
Poster
Session:
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY |
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| Board No. |
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RELATION BETWEEN SEQUENTIAL MEASUREMENTS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC
FILLING AND INSTANTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE BY ABPM IN PATIENTS WITH
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
A. Cwetsch, A. Skrobowski, M. Cholewa, G. Kaminski, K. Makowski, L. Kubik,
Warsaw, Poland |
16 |
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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE RANGES AND ECG FINDINGS IN YOUTH PROFESSIONAL
SOCCER PLAYERS
J.D. Somauroo, J.R. Pyatt, M. Jackson, R.A. Perry, D.R. Ramsdale, Liverpool, UK |
16 |
| 32 |
THE INFLUENCE OF THE CORONARY CIRCULATION ON LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC
FUNCTION
M. Zhong, Y. Zhang, W. Zhang, Z. Ge, Jinan, China |
16 |
| 33 |
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARDIAC VOLUME, MUSCLE MASS AND LEFT VENTRICULAR
PRESSURE: A LEFT VENTRICULAR PRESSURE-VOLUME RELATIONSHIP WITH A POSSIBLE
APPLICATION TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VENTRICULAR RESECTION IN CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURE
W. Seitz, San Francisco CA, USA |
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BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED SYSTOLIC
HYPERTENSION: RELATIONSHIP WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND SILENT
CEREBROVASCULAR DAMAGE
C. Moroni, M. Nanetti, C. Affricano, R. Cassone, Rome, Italy |
17 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P105: |
Poster Session:
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY (cont'd) |
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| Board No. |
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Abstract Page
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LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY: THE DILEMMA BETWEEN STRAIN AND ISCHEMIA
A.C.F. De Lara Llarena, J.D. Verzosa, F.G. Dizon, R.E. Ramboyong, Manila,
Philippines |
17 |
| 36 |
EFFICACY OF LERCANEDIPINE VS LOSARTAN ON LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN
HYPERTENSIVE TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS
R. Fogari, A. Mugellini, L. Corradi, P. Preti, A. Zoppi, P. Lazzari, M.
Pasotti, Pavia, Italy |
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THE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
DIASTOLIC LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND CORONARY BLOOD FLOW
W. Zhang, L.-L. Wei, Y. Zhang, M. Zhong, X.-P. Ji, Jinan, China |
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INFLUENCE OF THE NIFEDIPINE ON LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN ESSENTIAL
HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
A. Qawir Khan, Z. Ali, F. Alam, M. Alam Khan, Mingora, Pakistan |
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REACTION OF HYPERTROPHIED MYOCARDIUM IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVE (EHTN)
PATIENTS ON STRESS TEST
A. Qawir Khan, Z. Ali, F. Alam, Mingora, Pakistan |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P106: |
Poster Session:
PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION |
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| Board No. |
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Abstract Page
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| 40 |
IS NON INVASIVE DIFFERENTIATION OF PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND
PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM FEASIBLE USING TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY?
L. Scelsi, S. Ghio, A. Gavazzi, F. Recusani, C. Raineri, A. Repetto, A. Darmini,
M. Vigano, L. Tavazzi, Pavia, Italy |
19 |
| 41 |
THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF THROMBOEMBOLISM OF THE RIGHT ATRIAL
CAVITY DURING PULMONARY EMBOLISM: OUR EXPERIENCE WITH rt-PA AND ONE-YEAR
FOLLOW-UP WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DOPPLER
G. Pierre-Justin, M. Garrique, P. Jeanneaux, R. Beauzile, Fort de France
(Martinique), France |
19 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P106: |
Poster
Session:
PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (cont'd) |
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| Board No. |
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Abstract Page |
| 42 |
PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW DISTRIBUTION AFTER THE TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION
M. Tayama, N. Hirata, T. Matsushita, N. Fukushima, Y. Sawa, H. Matsuda, Osaka,
Japan
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| 43 |
CONTINUOUS EPOPROSTENOL INFUSION IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION; A PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE
C. Campana, A. Gavazzi, L. Scelsi, S. Ghio, A. Repetto, M. Ceresa, A. Fontana,
L. Tavazzi, Pavia, Italy |
19 |
| 44 |
INCIDENCE OF CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF
HEART FAILURE
M. Rossi, M. Contini, P. Moruzzi, Milan, Italy |
20 |
| 45 |
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF RIGHT HEART THROMBOEMBOLI (RHT) WITH IV rtPA:
FOLLOW-UP AT 12 MONTHS
G. Pierre-Justin, M. Garrigue, P. Jeanneaux, R. Beauzile, Fort de France
(Martinique), France |
20 |
| 46 |
S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE IS A PROMISING NITRIC OXIDE DONOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF
EXPERIMENTAL RAT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
J. Kobayashi, M. Sonoda, T. Miyazaki, E. Hirakawa, M. Takezawa, T. Seiya, S.
Masutani, M. Nogaki, H. Senzaki, T. Kobayashi, T. Komoda, Tokyo, Japan |
20 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P107: |
Poster Session:
HEART FAILURE IN SYSTEMIC DISEASE |
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| Board No. |
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Abstract Page |
| 47 |
DIFFERENCES IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH
b-THALASSEMIA MAJOR WITH NORMAL AND ABNORMAL LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC
FUNCTION
I. Moyssakis, E. Voskaridou, P. Voyatzi, D. Drosos, G. Anastasiadis, M.
Kyriakidis, D. Loukopoulos, Athens, Greece |
20 |
| 48 |
BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN ACROMEGALICS: EFFECTS OF TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY
C. Moroni, G. Minniti, M.L. Jaffrain Rea, M. Nanetti, C. Affricano, G.
Tamburrano, R. Cassone, Rome, L'Aquila, Italy |
21 |
| 49 |
MYOCARDIAL INJURY IN ENTERIC FEVERS
M. Sharma, M. Bhutani, V.K. Sharma, H.K. Aggarwal, N. Nand, Rohtak, India |
21 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P107: |
Poster Session:
HEART FAILURE IN SYSTEMIC DISEASE (cont'd) |
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| Board No. |
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Abstract Page |
| 50 |
EVOLUTION OF CARDIAC LESIONS IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS
I. Moyssakis, V. Vasiliou, F. Triposkiadis, G. Anastasiadis, D. Drosos, M.
Kyriakidis, Athens, Greece |
21 |
| 51 |
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF 117 CHILDHOOD CANCER LONG TERM SURVIVORS
G. Bossi, L. Lanzarini, M.L. Laudisa, C. Klersy, A. Ricci, A. Raisaro, M. Arico,
Pavia, Italy |
21 |
| 52 |
CARDIAC MANIFESTATIONS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
I. Moyssakis, E. Batzoglou, V. Vasiliou, F. Triposkiadis, M. Kyriakidis, Athens,
Greece |
22 |
| 53 |
LOW-DOSE DOBUTAMINE ECHO STRESS FOR EVALUATION OF ASYMPTOMATIC LONG-TERM
SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER
G. Bossi, A. Raisaro, C. Klersy, M. Arico, M.L. Laudisa, V.S. Russotto, Pavia,
Italy |
22 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 08:30-13:00 |
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POSTER AREA |
| P108: |
Poster Session:
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME |
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| Board No. |
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Abstract Page |
| 54 |
CHANGES OF CARDIAC TROPONIN T FOLLOWING COMBINATION OF DAUNORUBICIN WITH NEW
ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS
M. Adamcova, V. Gersl, J. Machackova, R. Hrdina, M. Melka, M. Nobilis, V.
Mazurova, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
22 |
| 55 |
FREQUENCY AND PREDICTORS OF IMPROVEMENT OF LV FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH
"PURE" IDIOPATHIC DCM
M. Cicoira, L. Zanolla, L. Latina, A. Rossi, G. Golia, G. Brighetti, P. Zardini,
Verona, Italy
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22 |
| 56 |
COMPARISON OF HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY AND READMISSION RATE BETWEEN PATIENTS
WITH PRESERVED AND DECREASED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
Q. Malki, N.D. Sharma, A. Afzal, K. Ananthsubramaniam, A. Abbas, G. Jacobson, S.
Jafri, Detroit MI, USA |
23 |
| 57 |
FAS SERUM LEVELS ARE NOT INCREASED IN CACHECTIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
G. Filippatos, K. Tsilias, K. Venetsanou, J. Koutras, D. Manolatos, E.
Karambinos, D. Economou, A. Kranidis, N. Sfougaris, F. Kardaras, L. Anthopoulos,
G. Baltopoulos, Athens, Greece |
23 |
| 58 |
PEAK CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT PREDICTS PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART
FAILURE
S.G. Williams, G.A. Cooke, D.J. Wright, W. Parsons, L.B. Tan, Leeds, UK |
23 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 14:00-15:45 |
|
HALL
A |
| PL03: |
Plenary Session:
ARRHYTHMIAS AND CARDIAC PACING
M.E. Cain, St. Louis MO, USA Abstract Page
C.T. Peter, Los Angeles CA, USA
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| 14:00 |
ARRHYTHMIA RELATED HEART FAILURE IN CHILDREN - EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
(Invited Lecture)
M.L. Epstein, Detroit MI, USA |
23 |
| 14:15 |
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - CHALLENGES FOR THE CLINICIAN (Invited Lecture)
C.T. Peter, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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24 |
| 14:30 |
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS UNDERLYING VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS IN
PATIENTS WITH NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
M.E. Cain, S.M. Pogwizd, St. Louis MO, USA |
24 |
| 14:45 |
NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE PHARMACOLOGIC THERAPY OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS IN
HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
B.N. Singh, Los Angeles CA, USA |
24 |
| 15:00 |
BETA BLOCKER THERAPY: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE RECENT CLINICAL TRIALS
(Invited Lecture)
S. Goldstein, Detroit MI, USA |
24 |
| 15:15 |
MECHANISM OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN HEART FAILURE: IMPORTANCE OF THE
UNDERLYING DISEASE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT (Invited Lecture)
J.L. Merino, Madrid, Spain |
25 |
| 15:30 |
IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM CHRONIC VENTRICULAR STIMULATION ON EXERCISE TOLERANCE
AND WELL-BEING IN CHF: RESULTS OF PATH-CHF TRIAL
A. Auricchio, C. Stellbrink, S. Sack, M. Block, J. Vogt, P. Bakker, P.
Mortensen, F. Schondube, U. Wolfhard, D. Boecker, O. Kranefeld, H. Kirkels,
Magdeburg, Germany |
25 |
| 15:45 |
Coffee Break
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 14:00-16:15 |
|
HALL B |
| PL04: |
Plenary Session:
ASSESSMENT OF MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION: CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND PROGNOSTIC
IMPLICATIONS
Chairpersons: R. Shabetai, San Diego CA, USA
A.J. Tajik, Rochester MN, USA
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Abstract Page |
| 14:00 |
DIASTOLOGY 2000: GRADING AND PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS OF DIASTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
A.J. Tajik, Rochester MN, USA
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25 |
| 14:15 |
DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AS A CAUSE OF EXERCISE INTOLERANCE (Invited Lecture)
W.C. Little, D.W. Kitzman, C.-P. Cheng, Winston-Salem NC, USA |
25 |
| 14:30 |
LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING IN HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture)
P.R. Liebson, Chicago IL, USA |
26 |
| 14:35 |
DIFFERENT MECHANISMS UNDERLIE RESPIRATORY VARIATION OF HEMODYNAMICS IN
CONSTRICTION VERSUS TAMPONADE (Invited Lecture)
R. Shabetai, San Diego CA, USA |
26 |
| 15:00 |
LOOKING FOR THE SIGNAL OF LIFE: LOW VERSUS HIGH COST TECHNIQUES IN
PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
P. Marzullo, Pisa, Italy |
26 |
| 15:15 |
VALUE OF NUCLEAR IMAGING IN ASSESSING CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN MYOTONIC
DYSTROPHY (Invited Lecture)
D. Agostini, Caen, France |
26 |
| 15:30 |
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY IN HEART FAILURE DUE TO
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
C.A. Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
27 |
| 15:45 |
NUCLEAR CARDIAC IMAGING IN ASSESSING INITIAL RISK AND GUIDING THERAPEUTICS
OF PATIENTS POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (Invited Lecture)
J.J. Mahmarian, Houston TX, USA
|
27 |
| 16:00 |
IMAGING OF BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY
(PET) FOR THE DETECTION OF VIABLE MYOCARDIUM IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
M. Hernandez Pampaloni, V. Allada, M.C. Fishbein, H.R. Schelbert, Los Angeles
CA, USA |
27 |
| 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
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|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 14:00-16:15 |
|
HALL C |
| S53: |
Session:
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
Chairpersons: H. Schroeder, Halle (Saale), Germany
M. Vanderheyden, Aalst, Belgium |
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Abstract Page |
| 14:00 |
THE PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF NITRIC OXIDE IN TX RECIPIENTS AND IN PATIENTS
WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
M. Vanderheyden, Aalst, Belgium |
27 |
| 14:15 |
MECHANISM OF CALCIUM HANDLING INDUCED BY SIMVASTATIN IN CULTURED BOVINE
AORTIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
M. Alvarez de Sotomayor, E. Marhuenda, R. Andriantsitohaina, Seville, Spain,
Illkirch, France |
28 |
| 14:30 |
IN VIVO PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITION PREVENTS NOS III UNCOUPLING AND
NORMALIZES ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF DIABETES MELLITUS
H. Mollnau, U. Hink, M. Oelze, T. Munzel, Hamburg, Germany |
28 |
| 14:45 |
TISSUE ENDOTHELIN-CONVERTING ENZYME ACTIVITY CORRELATES WITH
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
F.T. Ruschitzka, U. Moehrlen, T. Quaschning, G. Noll, M. Lachat, M. Turina, T.F.
Luescher, Zuerich, Switzerland
|
28 |
|
15:00 |
ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN CARDIAC AND VASCULAR ADAPTIONS FOLLOWING
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN RATS
V. da Cunha, M. da Gloria S. Gomes, I. Stafanos, J.G. Mill, Vitoria, Brazil
|
28 |
|
15:15 |
DOES ASCORBIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVE ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN
CORONARY MICROCIRCULATION IN PATIENTS WITH RISK FACTORS FOR CORONARY ARTERY
DISEASE?
T.H. Schindler, M. Mix, I. Brink, N. Magosaki, E. Nitzsche, Freiburg, Germany
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29 |
|
15:30 |
ROLE OF MACROPHAGE SCAVENGER RECEPTORS IN DIET-INDUCED ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN
MICE
H. Sakaguchi, M. Takeya, S. Horiuchi, K. Takahashi, Makinimato, Kumamoto, Japan
|
29 |
|
15:45 |
AN IN VITRO STUDY ON THE ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF STATINS
F. Franzoni, F. Regoli, F. Galetta, Pisa, Italy
|
29 |
|
16:00 |
PATHOBIOLOGIC ROLE OF HYPERFIBRINOGENEMIA IN CAROTID PLAQUE
DESTABILIZATION
L.G. Spagnoli, G. Sangiorgi, G. Palmieri, R. Virmani, D.R. Holmes, R.S.
Schwartz, S. Fratoni, A. Mauriello, Rome, Italy, Washington DC, Rochester MN,
USA
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29 |
| 16:15 |
Coffee Break
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 14:00-16:00 |
|
HALL D |
|
S54: |
Session:
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF HEART FAILURE
Chairpersons: U. Goldbourt, Maywood Illinois, USA
B. Stanek, Vienna, Austria
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Abstract Page |
| 14:00 |
CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN GENERALISTS AND CARDIOLOGISTS: ASSOCIATION WITH
QUALITY OF CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS HOSPITALIZED WITH HEART FAILURE (HF)
A. Ahmed, R.M. Allman, J.F. DeLong, Birmingham AL, USA |
30 |
| 14:15 |
HEART RATE, PROINSULIN AND FATTY ACIDS ARE PREDICTORS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR
SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN A MALE POPULATION AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP
J.B. Arnlov, L. Lind, B. Zethelius, B. Andren, B. Vessby, Uppsala, Sweden |
30 |
| 14:30 |
INCREASE IN HOSPITAL ADMISSION RATES BUT NOT IN MORTALITY FOR HEART
FAILURE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, 1986-1997
J. Bruthans, J. Holub, D. Dzurova, Prague, Czech Republic |
30 |
| 14:45 |
OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
WITHOUT ST ELEVATION: PROSPECTIVE REGISTRY OF ACUTE ISCHAEMIC SYNDROMES IN
THE UK (PRAIS-UK)
M.C. Shibata, J.R. Collinson, A. Bakhai, M.D. Flather, K.A.A. Fox, London,
UK
|
30 |
| 15:00 |
THE SWISS HEART FAILURE-REGISTRY
S. Zbinden, O.M. Hess, P. Mohacsi, Bern, Switzerland |
31 |
| 15:15 |
IMPACT OF THE CHF CLINIC ON THE DELIVERY OF OPTIMAL PATIENT CARE TO
PATIENTS IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
J.G. Howlett, A. Svenon, D.E. Johnstone, J. Cox, Halifax NS, Canada |
31 |
| 15:30 |
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH VS LOW DOSE ACEi IN CHF: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
OF THE ATLAS STUDY
J.S. Schwartz, Y. Wang, J. Cleland, Philadelphia PA, USA, Hull, UK |
31 |
| 15:45 |
SPECIALITY-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN THE CLINICAL PROFILE AND MANAGEMENT OF
PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE: THE OSCUR STUDY
P. Bellotti, L. Badano, P. Bernabo, N. Acquarone, G. Lo Pinto, C.
Mattiauda, R. Griffo, E. Haupt, Genoa, Italy |
31 |
| 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 16:15-18:30 |
|
HALL A |
| PL05: |
Plenary Session:
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL ASPECTS
Chairpersons: J.S. Forrester, Los Angeles CA, USA M. Gheorghiade, Chicago IL,
USA
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Abstract
Page |
| 16:15 |
CHRONIC HEART FAILURE DUE TO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: EVALUATION AND
MANAGEMENT, UPDATE 2000 (Invited Lecture)
M. Gheorghiade, Chicago IL, USA |
32 |
| 16:30 |
STATINS: EFFICACY, SAFETY AND PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF
CORONARY HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
J.S. Forrester, Los Angeles CA, USA |
32 |
| 16:45 |
MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES
(Invited Lecture)
J. Ge, J. Qian, D. Baumgart, M. Haude, R. Erbel, Shanghai, China, Essen, Germany
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32 |
| 17:00 |
EFFECTS OF VENTRICULAR VOLUME AND MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY ON CORONARY
MICROCIRCULATION (Invited Lecture)
A. L'Abbate, D. Neglia, M.G. Trivella, Pisa, Italy |
32 |
| 17:15 |
AUTOPRECONDITIONING IN EARLY MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (Invited Lecture)
R.N.A. Gasser, Graz, Austria
|
33 |
| 17:30 |
DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HIBERNATING MYOCARDIUM (Invited Lecture)
A. Lahiri, Harrow, Middlesex, UK |
33 |
| 17:45 |
HOW IMPORTANT IS ISCHEMIA IN MORTALITY FROM ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY:
RESULTS FROM THE ATLAS TRIAL (Invited Lecture)
Barry F. Uretsky, Galveston TX, USA
|
33 |
| 18:00 |
THE FACTORS THAT PREDISPOSE PATIENTS WITH CHD AND HEART FAILURE TO THE
INCIDENCE OF STROKE (Invited Lecture)
U. Goldbourt, N. Koren, D. Tanne, Tel-Hashomer, Israel |
33 |
| 18:15 |
THE RATIONALE OF MAGNESIUM AS ANTITHROMBOTIC TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
M. Shechter, Tel Aviv, Israel |
34 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 16:15-19:00 |
|
HALL B |
| S55: |
Session:
MYOCARDITIS AND CARDIOMYOPATHIES
Chairpersons: N.J. Angomachalelis, Thessaloniki Macedonia, Greece
P.P. Liu, Canada Abstract Page
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| 16:15 |
MANIPULATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOST FACTORS IN MYOCARDITIS (Invited
Lecture)
P.P. Liu, Toronto Ontario, Canada |
34 |
| 16:30 |
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TROPONIN I RELEASE AND LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
AFTER HIGH DOSE CHEMOTHERAPY
D. Cardinale, M.T. Sandri, A. Tricca, A. Martinoni, G. Lamantia, M. Civelli, E.
Cocorocchio, G. Martinelli, C.M. Cipolla, C. Fiorentini, Milan, Italy |
34 |
| 16:45 |
NEGATIVE FORCE-FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIP IN IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
BUT NOT IN ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
I.P. Clements, L.J. Olson, W.L. Miller, Rochester MN, USA |
34 |
| 17:00 |
PLASMA FIBRINOGEN AS A RISK FACTOR FOR EMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH
DILATATIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
D. Planinc, I.D. Gabric, V. Erdeljic, K. Starnbuk, B. Raic, B. Starcevic,
Zagreb, Croatia
|
35 |
| 17:15 |
PERMANENT DDD PACING IMPROVES DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN THE SEVERE OBSTRUCTIVE
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
J. Tascon, A. Albarran, R. Gascuena, F. Hernandez, M. Alonso, J. Andreu,
M. Velazquez, R. Dalmau, M. Pombo, Madrid, Spain |
35 |
| 17:30 |
CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF IDIOPATHIC RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
N.M. Ammash, A.J. Tajik, Rochester MN, USA |
35 |
| 17:45 |
GIANT CELL MYOCARDITIS AS A MANIFESTATION OF DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY
P.R. Daniels, G.J. Berry, H.D. Tazelaar, L.T. Cooper, Rochester MN, Stanford CA,
USA |
35 |
| 18:00 |
HEMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MECHANICAL PULSUS ALTERNANS IN PATIENTS
WITH IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
A. Kirashiki, H. Ishihara, H. Kanda, Okazaki, Japan
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36 |
| 18:15 |
DIGITALIS-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN PLASMA ANDMYOCARDIUM OF
PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
T. Hayashi, H. Shimomura, Y. Kitaura, Osaka, Japan |
36 |
| 18:30 |
INDUCTION OF CARDIOMYOPATHY IN SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY MICE BY
TRANSFER OF LYMPHOCYTES FROM PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
E. Omerovic, E. Bollano, V. Kujacic, B. Andersson, F. Waagstein, A. Hjalmarson,
M. Fu, Goteborg, Sweden |
36 |
| 18:45 |
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT
VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA. A COMPARISON WITH HEALTHY SUBJECTS
D. Poci, N. Edvardsson, Goteborg, Sweden |
36 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 16:15-18:45
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|
HALL C |
| S56: |
Session:
NEUROHORMONAL IMUNOLOGIC ASPECTS OF HEART FAILURE, NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES,
ENTOTHELIN
Chairpersons: J.L. Mehta, Gainesville FL, USA I.H. Zucker, Omaha NE, USA |
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Abstract Page |
| 16:15 |
NEW OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE: BRAIN NATRIURETIC
PEPTIDES AND ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
U. Elkayam, Los Angeles CA, USA |
|
| 16:30 |
BIOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND DIASTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS
E. Kazzam, T. Hedner, A. Waldenstrom, Eskilstuna, Goteborg, Umea, Sweden |
37 |
| 16:45 |
DNP - AN ENDOTHELIAL CELL DERIVED MEMBER OF THE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE FAMILY
D.M. Heublein, H. Leskinen, A. Cataliotti, M. Jougasaki, O. Lisy, J.C. Burnett
Jr., Rochester MN, USA |
37 |
| 17:00 |
N-TERMINAL PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
M. Haass, R. Kell, C. Zugck, A. Feist, F. Chwallek, W. Kuebler,
Heidelberg, Germany |
37 |
| 17:15 |
VALUE OF PLASMA BIG ENDOTHELIN AND PRO- ANP TO PREDICT RAPID WORSENING OF
HEART FAILURE IN COMPARISON TO A STANDARD WALK TEST AND HEART FAILURE
QUESTIONNAIRE
J. Bergler-Klein, R. Pacher, B. Frey, A. Bojic, D. Mueller, M. Quittan, B.
Stanek, Vienna, Austria |
37 |
| 17:30 |
EFFECTS OF AN ENDOTHELIN ETA/ETB RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST (ENRASENTAN) ON
CARDIAC REMODELING, HEMODYNAMICS AND SURVIVAL IN THE SHRSP-HSHF MODEL
K.M. Anderson, F.C. Barone, A.H. Nelson, A.R. Olzinski, N. Aiyar, T.
Woods, R. Coatney, E.H. Ohlstein, R.N. Willette, King of Prussia PA, USA |
38 |
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17:45 |
CLINICAL, HEMODYNAMIC AND NEUROHUMORAL EFFECTS OF CHRONIC SELECTIVE ETA
RECEPTOR BLOCKADE IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (HEAT, HEART FAILURE ETA RECEPTOR
BLOCKADE TRIAL)
F.T. Ruschitzka, G. Noll, V. Mitrovic, R. Pacher, M. Schulze, W. Kiowski,
Zuerich, Switzerland
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38 |
|
18:00 |
SHORT TERM EFFECTS OF ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR BLOCKADE IN CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURE UNDER CHRONIC ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM
K. Dohi, K. Onishi, T. Kitamura, N. Isaka, T. Nakano, Tsu, Japan
|
38 |
|
18:15 |
NEUROHORMONAL ACTIVATION CORRELATES WITH CELLULAR AND CLINICAL MARKERS OF
LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
J. Hooper, L. Moran, M. Kemp, D.L. Adamson, I.O. Brookes, S.E. Harding, N. Moat,
London, UK
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38 |
|
18:30 |
HOST VARIABILITY IN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS MEDIATED INDUCTION OF INTERFERON g BY
CD8 T LYMPHOCYTES: A POSSIBLE ROLE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN CONVEYING RESISTANCE
OR SENSITIVITY TO THE EFFECTS OF INFECTION ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
F. Khan, M. Panelli, F. Marincola, S.E. Epstein, Washington DC, USA
|
39 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 16:15-17:30 |
|
HALL D |
|
S57: |
Session:
HYPERTENSION, LVH AND PULMONARY ASPECTS
Chairpersons: P.R. Liebson, Chicago IL, USA
P. Lund-Johansen, Bergen, Norway
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| |
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Abstract Page |
|
16:15 |
IMPROVEMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN
ACROMEGALICS AFTER SUCCESSFUL TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY
C. Moroni, G. Minniti, M.L. Jaffrain Rea, M. Nanetti, C. Affricano, V. Esposito,
G. Tamburrano, R. Cassone, Rome, L'Aquila, Italy
|
39 |
| 16:30 |
RELATIONSHIP OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND LEFT VENTRICULAR
OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION IN DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
A.S.K. Kwong, C.K. Chan, W.L. Chan, L.K. Chan, K.Y. Kan, S.Y. Tse, O.L. Law, H.S.
Chan, Hong Kong, China
|
39 |
| 16:45 |
ADRENOMEDULLIN DELAYS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
P. Vijay, T.G. Sharp, J.W. Brown, Indianapolis IN, USA
|
39 |
| 17:00 |
LATE ONSET OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL MUSTARD SURGERY
FOR TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES
E.S. Ebenroth, R.A. Hurwitz, Indianapolis IN, USA |
40 |
| 17:15 |
SILDENAFIL IS A PULMONARY VASODILATOR WHICH AUGMENTS AND PROLONGS
VASODILATATION BY INHALED NITRIC OXIDE IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION
J.J. Lepore, A. Maroo, L. Ginns, L.M. Bigatello, C.W. Dec, R. Rubin, W.M.
Zapol, K.D. Bloch, M.J. Semigran, Boston MA, USA |
40 |
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 18:45-22:10 |
|
HALL
A |
| SS: |
Satellite
Symposium:
ELECTRICAL MODULATION OF CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY IN HEART FAILURE: THE
IMPULSE DYNAMICS™ SIGNAL
This symposium is organized by Impulse Dynamics, Inc.
Chairpersons: S. Goldstein, Detroit MI, USA
H.N. Sabbah, Detroit MI, USA |
|
| 18:30 |
REGISTRATION AND RECEPTION
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|
| 19:20 |
TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE IN 2000: AN OVERVIEW
S. Goldstein, Detroit MI, USA |
|
| 19:40 |
TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE: THE PACING APPROACH
A. Natale, Cleveland OH, USA |
|
| 20:00 |
MODULATION OF VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILITY WITH THE IMPULSE DYNAMICS™
SIGNAL: THEORY & MECHANISM
D. Burkhoff, New York NY, USA |
|
| 20:30 |
CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION: EFFECTS ON GLOBAL CARDIAC FUNCTION
D.J. Callans, Philadelphia PA, USA |
|
| 20:50 |
APPLICATION OF THE IMPULSE DYNAMICS™ SIGNAL IN-VIVO: PRE-CLINICAL
STUDIES IN ANIMALS WITH HEART FAILURE
H.N. Sabbah, Detroit MI, USA |
|
| 21:20 |
INITIAL HUMAN SAFETY STUDIES WITH THE IMPULSE DYNAMICS™ CARDIAC
CONTRACTILITY MODULATION SIGNAL
C. Pappone, Milan, Italy |
|
| 21:50 |
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Faculty |
|
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER
AREA |
| P201: |
Poster
Session:
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH |
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| Board No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 1 |
ENDOTHELIN-1 PRODUCED AND SECRETED FROM MYOCARDIUM IS MORE AUGMENTED IN
ISCHEMIC THAN IN NONISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
A. Namiki, M. Ishikawa, T. Kubota, M. Fukazawa, M. Moroi, J. Aikawa, K. Ebine,
T. Yamaguchi, Tokyo, Japan |
40 |
| 2 |
DIFFERENTIAL SCREENING CAPTOPRIL RESPONSIVE GENE IN THE HEART OF SPONTANEOUSLY
HYPERTENSIVE RATS
Z. Zhu, Y. Liu, Y. Xu, X. Meng, B. Zhao, S. Zhu, Chongquing, Beijing, China |
40 |
| 3 |
CHANGES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CIRCULATORY ENDOTHELIN LEVEL DURING CORONARY
ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
J.C. Wang, S. Wen, Q. Zhou, Beijing, China |
41 |
| 4 |
EFFECTS OF CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES ON CANINE CARDIAC SR CA RELEASE CHANNELS
T. Sagawa, T. Naka, T. Sato, H. Watanabe, G. Endo, Y. Maruyama, T. Isshiki,
Tokyo, Japan |
41 |
| 5 |
ENTEROVIRAL INFECTION AND RESERVOIR IN PERIPHERAL MUSCLE OF PATIENTS WITH
MYOCARDITIS AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
E. Porcu, M. Grasso, F. Magani, E. Arbustini, Pavia, Italy
|
41 |
| 6 |
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA MUTATION AS A CAUSE OF HEART FAILURE
T. Obayashi, A. Tanaka, M. Hibino, Y. Hayashi, Y. Nishimoto, T. Ishii, Y.
Yamanaka, S. Sumino, Y. Suzuki, Kariya, Japan |
41 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER
AREA |
| P202: |
Poster
Session:
INFLAMATORY MEDIATORS IN HEART FAILURE |
|
| Board No. |
|
|
| 7 |
CYTOKINES IN INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS UNDER ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT - A NEW
DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER?
P. Alter, J. Hoeschen, B. Maisch, Marburg/Lahn, Germany |
42 |
| 8 |
THE TNF-a SYSYEM IN HEART FAILURE AND AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION: PLASMA
PROTEIN LEVELS, mRNA EXPRESSION, SOLUBLE RECEPTORS AND PLASMA BUFFER CAPACITY
C.C. Baan, I.C. van Riemsdijk-van Overbeeke, H.G.M. Niesters, C.J. Hesse, E.H.M.
Loonen, A.P.W.M. Maat, A.H.M.M. Balk, W. Weimar, Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, The
Netherlands |
42 |
| 9 |
LATE DIAGNOSIS OF KAWASAKI DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH HAPTOGLOBIN PHENOTYPE
W.-C. Lee, K.-P. Hwang, Y.-T. King, H.-C. Chen, S.-S. Chiou, R.C. Yang, T.-Y.
Huang, Miaoli, Taiwan-R.O.C.
|
42 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P202: |
Poster Session:
INFLAMATORY MEDIATORS IN HEART FAILURE (cont'd) |
|
| Board No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 10 |
CYTOKINES ACTIVITY AND CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
O. Kovalyova, T. Asheulova, Kharkov, Ukraine
|
42 |
|
11 |
EFFECTS OF ASTRAGALOSIDE IV INJECTION ON SERUM TUMOR NECROS FACTOR a AND
INTERFORO g IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
X. Zeng, Y. Huang, X. Zeng, Chengdu, China |
43 |
| 12 |
USE OF SERUM EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN
(ECP) AS A MARKER OF ACTIVATION IN
EOSINOPHILIC ENDOMYOCARDIAL DISEASE (EMD)
M. Arima, T. Kanoh, Y. Kawano, T. Oigawa, S. Yamagami, S. Matsuda, Urayasu-shi,
Japan |
43 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
|
13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P203: |
Poster Session:
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY |
|
| Board No. |
|
|
| 13 |
IMPROVEMENT IN DIASTOLIC FUNCTION DURING DDD PACING IN HYPERTROPHIC
OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
J. Tascon, A. Albarran, F. Hernandez, R. Gascuena, M. Alonso, J. Andreu, M.
Velazquez, M. Pombo, R. Dalmau, Madrid, Spain |
43 |
| 14 |
LEFT ATRIAL OVERLOAD IN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN PATIENTS WITH DILATED PHASE OF
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
T. Yamano, S. Hirasaki, M. Yokoi, K. Yamamoto, T. Sawada, A. Azuma, M. Nakagawa,
Kyoto, Japan |
43 |
| 15 |
NEW FEATURES OF FAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY BY MEANS OF
TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
M. Yokoi, S. Hirasaki, T. Nakamura, T. Yamano, T. Sawada, A. Azuma, M. Nakagawa,
Kyoto, Japan |
44 |
| 16 |
INHIBITORS OF ACE IN NONOBSTRUCTIVE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (HCM)
V. Tseluiko, O. Kovalevskaya, Y. Gorb, I. Krays, A. Tsigankov, Kharkov, Ukraine |
44 |
| 17 |
HEART FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT ECHOMORPHOLOGIC FORMS OF OBSTRUCTIVE
AND NON OBSTRUCTIVE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
N. Kipshidze, K. Liluashvili, M. Rogava, M. Okujava, L. Jijeishvili, A.
Kochlamazashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia |
44 |
| 18 |
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT IN PIGS WITH SPONTANEOUSLY OCCURRING
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
J.-H. Lin, S.-Y Huang, S.-K. Liu, W.-C. Lee, R. Chu, Miaoli, Taipei, Taiwan-R.O.C., New York NY, USA |
44 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P204: |
Poster Session:
PREVENTIVE ASPECTS OF HEART FAILURE |
|
| Board No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 19 |
EFFECTS OF LIPOPHILIC ANTIOXIDANT TRILINOLEIN ON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE
ACTIVITY AND MRNA IN CULTURED AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS (A7R5)
P. Chan, J.-T. Cheng, Taipei, Tainan, Taiwan-R.O.C. |
45 |
| 20 |
HOME TELEMONITORING FOR PREVENTION OF CHF EXACERBATION
T.M. Nanevicz, D.A. Zipkin, M.C. Serlin, S.C. Ennis, J.D. Piette, San Francisco
CA, USA |
45 |
| 21 |
REDUCED INCIDENCE OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE IN LONG TERM THERAPY WITH
THEOPHYLLINE PLUS NIFIDIPINE GITS IN SICK SINUS SYNDROME
Y. Lee, X. Zeng, J. Ja, Y. Huang, Chengdu, China |
45 |
| 22 |
RESULTS OF CONTROLLED PHYSICAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON PATIENTS WITH POST-ISCHEMIC CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
P. Bara, G. Ndrepepa, B. Pocesta, F. Shatri, Tirana, Albania |
45 |
| 23 |
SOME MECHANISMS OF PREVENTION OF DEVELOPMENT REFRACTORY HEART FAILURE BY
NITRATE WITH LOSARTAN + HEPTRAL FROM NEUROHUMORAL POINT OF VIEW
A.O. Shushlyapin, O.V. Mysnytchenko, O.I. Shushlyapin, Kharkov, Ukraine |
46 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P205: |
Poster Session:
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE |
|
| Board No. |
|
Abstract Page
|
| 24 |
PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE IN PORTUGAL. A COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY:
EPICA study
F. Ceia, C. Fonseca, T. Mota, F. Matias, H. Morais, A. Sousa, G. Oliveira,
Lisbon, Portugal |
46 |
| 25 |
DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE IN A GENERAL HOSPITAL: A GROWING PROBLEM
J.S. Espinosa-Caliani, J.J. Gomez-Doblas, L. Lopez, A. Montijano, J.M. Garcia-Pinilla, J.
Robledo, F. Cabrera, M. Ruiz, M.F. Jimenez, F.J. Perez-Lanzac, E. de Teresa, Malaga, Spain |
46 |
| 26 |
SCREENING FOR HEART FAILURE IN THE COMMUNITY BY THE ECG AND THE CHEST X-RAY
T. Mota, C. Fonseca, F. Matias, H. Morais, A. Sousa, G. Oliveira, F. Ceia,
Lisbon, Portugal |
46 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P205: |
Poster Session:
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE (cont'd) |
|
| Board No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 27 |
PREVALENCE AND AETIOLOGY OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE CASES ADMITTED TO
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
S.M. Wong, B.T. Teh, A. Robiah, W. Azman, S. Thuraisingham, A.M. Choy, K.H. Tan,
P. Jesudason, K.S. Chua, R.B. Herman, C.C. Lang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
47 |
| 28 |
VALIDATION AND PERFORMANCE OF QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEART
FAILURE IN THE PORTUGUESE POPULATION
C. Fonseca, T. Mota, F. Matias, H. Morais, A. Sousa, G. Oliveira, F. Ceia,
Lisbon, Portugal |
47 |
| 29 |
MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE IN PORTUGUESE PRIMARY CARE
F. Ceia, T. Mota, C. Fonseca, F. Matias, H. Morais, A. Sousa, G. Oliveira,
Lisbon, Portugal |
47 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P206: |
Poster Session:
RENAL ASPECTS, DIURETICS
|
|
| Board
No |
|
Abstract Page |
| 30 |
SPIRONOLACTONE AS ADDITIONAL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH AORTO-CORONARY
BYPASS SURGERY AND SEVERE HEART FAILURE
L. Georgievska-Ismail, V. Borozanov, S. Jovanova, S. Georgievski, T. Caparoska,
Skopje, Macedonia
|
47 |
| 31 |
LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTIONS AND LIPID PEROXIDATION IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
N. Nand, M. Sharma, S. Suri, Rohtak, India |
48 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P207: |
Poster Session:
DIGOXIN AND OTHER NEW INOTROPIC AGENTS IN HEART FAILURE |
|
| Board No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 32 |
DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDES AS INDUCERS OF PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH
M. Ramirez, J. Melendez, V. Maldonado, J. Suarez, G. Pastelio, Mexico D.F.,
Mexico 48 |
|
| 33 |
OUTPATIENT INFUSION OF POSITIVE INOTROPES: ROLE OF BIOIMPEDANCE, NONINVASIVE
HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING - (BioZ)
C. Kumbar, G. Choudhary, R. Vrushab, E. Fayn, C. Antonio, V. Just, W.A. Clark,
M.A. Papp, Chicago IL, USA 48 |
|
| 34 |
THE ROLE OF CARNITINE IN THE TREATMENT OF VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
L. Iliuta, V. Candea, A. Vasilescu, D. Gherghiceanu, H. Moldovan, B. Radulescu,
R. Vasile, C. Macarie, Bucharest, Romania |
48 |
| 35 |
DOBUTAMINE AMBULATORY THERAPY IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE; EFFICACY AND SAFETY
OF CONTINUOUS INFUSION MODE
C. Campana, A. Giusti, L. Scelsi, A. Fontana, S. Ghio, A. Gavazzi, L. Tavazzi,
Pavia, Italy |
49 |
| 36 |
THE TREATMENT OF PERIOPERATIVE HEART FAILURE IN CARDIAC SURGERY WITH CREATINE
PHOSPHATE
V. Candea, I. Tintoiu, A. Popa, V. Rosu, V. Murgu, D. Arhire, O. Lazar, D. Lachy, I.
Iliuta, T. Somacescu, Bucharest, Romania |
49 |
| 37 |
PLASMA LEVELS AND URINARY EXCRETION OF OUABAIN LIKE COMPOUND IN
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
F. Horkay, M. Toth, M. Beck, I. Szokodi, P. Turbucz, K. Szalay, J. Leppaluoto,
R. DeChatel, Budapest, Hungary |
49 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P208: |
Poster Session:
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS IN HEART FAILURE |
|
| Board No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 38 |
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF LERCANIDIPINE
P. Bara, G. Ndrepepa, F. Shatri, B. Pocesta, E. Shota, Tirana, Albania |
49 |
| 39 |
CALCIUM ANTAGONISTS IN DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION OF PATIENTS WITH RESIDUAL
ISCHEMIA IN LATE POSTINFARCTION PERIOD
V. Bobrov, M. Dolzhenko, Y. Bobrova, Kiev, Ukraine |
50 |
| 40 |
EFFECTS OF AMLODIPINE ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND QT DISPERSION IN PATIENTS
WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
I. Zarkos, G. Livieratos, P. Sinnis, E.A. Thireos, Athens, Crete, Greece |
50 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
| 13:30- 18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
| P209: |
Poster Session:
APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH SYNCOPE |
|
| Board
No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 41 |
CLINICAL NEUROMEDIATED SYNCOPE: RISK FACTORS FOR SYNCOPE RECURRENCE AFTER
TILT-TABLE TESTING IN UNTREATED PATIENTS
G. Foglia Manzillo, M. Comelli, G. Corrado, G. Tadeo, L.M. Tagliagambe, M. Spata, M.
Santarone, Como, Pavia, Italy |
50 |
| 42 |
EFFECTS OF ETILEFRINE IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT VASOVAGAL
SYNCOPE
F. Giada, A. Raviele, A. Corrado, M. Brignole, R. Sutton, P. Alboni, P. Giani,
C. Menozzi, A. Moya, Mestre-Venezia, Italy |
50 |
| 43 |
LONG TERM SERTRALINE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROCARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE
A. Pinar, M. Yesil, M.H. Dinckal, U.A. Turk, S. Bayata, N. Postaci, Izmir,
Turkey |
51 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
|
13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
|
P210: |
Poster Session:
ADVANCES IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
|
|
|
Board No. |
|
|
| 44 |
EARLY RESULTS OF THE ROSS PROCEDURE IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL LEFT
VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION
J.W. Brown, M. Ruzmetov, Y. Okada, M.W. Turrentine, Indianapolis IN, USA |
51 |
|
45 |
TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE OF THE PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS (PDA) WITH THE
AMPLATZER OCCLUDER IN ADULTS
H. Sievert, E. Maus, H. Spies, A. Fach, D. Scherer, H. Zeplin, Frankfurt,
Germany |
51 |
|
46 |
MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY OF BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE
C. Ward, M. Hall, UK |
51 |
|
47 |
PREVALENCE OF BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE IN CHILDREN: A POPULATION STUDY
M. Boschello, C. Perone, A. Cera, A. Mecenaro, C. Marchiori, E. De Dominicis, G.
Thiene, Vicenza, Italy |
52 |
|
48 |
OWN EXPERIENCES WITH THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY WITH RT- PA IN CHILDREN WITH
PERIPHERAL VESSELS THROMBOSES AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM
G. Kowalik, E. Wiatrowska, K. Kubicka, W. Kawalec, G. Brzezinska, J. Ksiazyk, M.
Tomyn, B. Maruszewski, P. Burczynski, H. Lukasiewicz, Warsaw, Poland |
52 |
| 49 |
PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND CONSEQUENCES OF HEART FAILURE AFTER FONTAN
PROCEDURE
S.B. Zaets, I. Yurlov, M. Zelenikin, N. Katsadze, M. Ruzmetov, Moscow, Russia,
Indianapolis IN, USA |
52 |
|
50 |
IMPACT OF PREGNANCY IN PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE. MATERNAL AND FETAL
OUTCOMES
W.S. Avila, M. Grinberg, E.G. Rossi, A.A. Lopes, P.L. da Luz, J.A.F. Ramires,
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
52 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
|
13:30-18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
|
P211: |
Poster Session:
SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION |
|
|
Board No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 51 |
ROUTINE MINIMAL INVASIVE VEIN HARVESTING REDUCES POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY
IN CARDIAC BYPASS PROCEDURES. CLINICAL REPORT OF 2000 PATIENTS
R. Coppoolse, W. Rees, H. Warnecke, Bad Rothenfelde, Germany |
53 |
|
52 |
ASSESSMENT OF SPLANCHNIC PERFUSION IN OPEN HEART SURGERY BY
"ONLINE" MEASUREMENT OF ISCHEMIA-RELATED PARAMETER
H.-G. Wollert, H. Grubitzsch, T. Wenzel, L. Eckel, M. Wendt, Karlsburg, Germany |
53 |
|
53 |
CHANGES IN LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC PERFORMANCE DURING
CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY
M. Satsuki, I. Hitoshi, K. Hirofumi, K. Makoto, S. Akira, Okazaki, Japan |
53 |
|
54 |
EFFECT OF POSTERIOR PERICARDIOTOMY ON POSTOPERATIVE SUPRAVENTRICULAR
ARRHYTHMIAS AND LATE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION (POSTERIOR PERICARDIOTOMY)
E. Kuralay, E. Ozal, U. Demirkilic, H. Tatar, Ankara, Turkey |
53 |
|
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 |
|
13:30- 18:00 |
|
POSTER AREA |
|
P212: |
Poster Session:
ISSUES SURROUNDING HEART VALVE SURGERY
|
|
|
Board No. |
|
Abstract Page |
| 55 |
IS MITRAL VALVE REPAIR ALWAYS NEEDED IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE
SECONDARY MITRAL REGURGITATION MODERING AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT?
L. Iliuta, C. Macarie, D. Gherghiceanu, H. Moldovan, B. Radulescu, A. Vasilescu,
A. Carp, M. Rotareasa, V. Candea, Bucharest, Romania |
54 |
|
56 |
EFFECT OF SURGICAL THERAPY ON AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS (AS) IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
(>70 YEARS OLD): COMPARISON WITH MEDICAL THERAPY
A. Hashimoto, Y. Nishimura, Y. Ohtsubo, K. Kido, K. Yoshida, T. Ogata, S. Tsuji,
T.M. Natsuaki, T. Ito, Saga, Japan
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