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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 8:30 - 11:00 |
| COLUMBIA B |
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PL06 Plenary Session:
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY |
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Chairpersons: M.S. Gotsman, Jerusalem, Israel
G.W. Vetrovec, Richmond, VA, USA
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| 08:30 |
THE TRAJECTORY
OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE 2002 (INVITED LECTURE)
M.S. Gotsman, I. Gotsman, D. Admon, A. Pollak, M. Mosseri,
C. Lotan, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| 08:45 |
INTRACORONARY BRACHYTHERAPY
IN COMPLEX CORONARY LESIONS (INVITED LECTURE)
R. Beyar, E. Nikolsky, E. Rosenblatt, E. Grenadier, M.
Boulos, L. Gruberg, Haifa, Israel |
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| 09:00 |
TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE
OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH THE AMPLATZER
ASD OCCLUDER - ACUTE AND FOLLOW-UP RESULTS IN 45 CONSECUTIVE
PATIENTS (INVITED LECTURE)
H. Sievert, T. Trepels, Frankfurt, Germany |
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| 09:15 |
RECRUITMENT OF
MYOCARDIAL VASCULAR UNITS FOLLOWING PTCA (INVITED LECTURE)
A. L'Abbate, G. Sambuceti, M. Marzilli, C. Marini,
Pisa, Italy |
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| 09:30 |
APPLICATIONS OF
CORONARY INTERVENTION AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ISCHEMIC LEFT VENTRICULAR
DYSFUNCTION (INVITED LECTURE)
G.W. Vetrovec, Richmond, VA, USA |
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| 09:45 |
MICROVASCULAR VASCULAR
DYSFUNCTION DURING CORONARY STENTING (INVITED LECTURE)
J. Ge, J. Qian, R. Erbel, Shanghai, China, Essen,
Germany |
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| 10:00 |
THE ROLE OF CORONARY INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE
LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION (INVITED LECTURE)
F. Shawl, Takoma Park, MD, USA |
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| 10:15 |
DRUG ELUTING STENTS
TO ENCOURAGE RE-ENDOTHELIALISATION (INVITED LECTURE)
A.H. Gershlick, Leicester, UK |
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| 10:30 |
CATHETER BASED
CLOSURE OF PFO WITH HISTORY OF NEUROLOGICAL EVENTS
S. Kar, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| 10:45 |
DIRECT STENTING
OF CORONARY ARTERIES: EARLY AND MIDTERM
FOLLOW-UP (INVITED LECTURE)
D.G.Iosseliani , I.E. Chernisheva, A.V. Arablinsky, S.
Semitko, Moscow, Russia |
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| 11:00 |
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION |
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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 8:30 - 11:15 |
| COLUMBIA A |
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PL07 Plenary Session:
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES |
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Chairpersons: U. Elkayam, Los Angeles, CA, USA
H.-P. Schultheiss, Berlin, Germany |
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| 08:30 |
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
ASSOCIATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN CHILDREN (INVITED LECTURE)
M.L. Epstein, Detroit, MI, USA |
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| 08:45 |
MATERNAL AND FETAL
OUTCOMES OF SUBSEQUENT PREGNANCIES IN WOMEN WITH PERIPARTUM
CARDIOMYOPATHY (INVITED LECTURE)
U. Elkayam, P.P. Tummala, K. Rao, M.W. Akhter, I.S. Karaalp, O.R.
Wani,
A. Hameed, I. Gviazda, A. Shotan, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| 09:00 |
SARCOMERIC AND
NON-SARCOMERIC CAUSES OF FAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOATHY
(INVITED LECTURE)
L. Fananapazir, Bethesda, MD, USA |
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| 09:15 |
INFLAMMATION AND
VIRAL INFECTION IN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY - PATHOGENESIS AND
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS (INVITED LECTURE)
H.-P. Schultheiss, Berlin, Germany |
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| 09:30 |
ROLE OF CORONARY
MICROCIRCULATION IN IDIOPATHIC LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
(INVITED LECTURE)
D. Neglia, Pisa, Italy |
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| 09:45 |
RELEVANCE OF MYOCARDIAL
INFLAMMATION ON REMODELING OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (INVITED
LECTURE)
M. Pauschinger, J. Li, H.-P. Schultheiss, Berlin,
Germany |
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| 10:00 |
OXIDATIVE STRESS
IN ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (INVITED LECTURE)
C.Y. Lui, Tucson, AZ, USA |
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| 10:15 |
THE PATHOLOGY OF
LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION. A RARE CAUSE OF HEART FAILURE
(INVITED LECTURE)
S.E. Hughes, S. Yen Ho, P. Kilner, D.R. Morgan, London,
Scarborough, UK |
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| 10:30 |
THE CYTOSKELETON
AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (INVITED LECTURE)
N.E. Bowles, Houston, TX, USA |
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| 10:45 |
DIASTOLIC RIGHT
VENTRICULAR FAILURE IN CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE. FACT OR FICTION?
(INVITED LECTURE)
N. Angomachalelis, E. Serasli, A. Hourzamanis, N. Salem,
V. Tsafaridou, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece |
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| 11:00 |
CARDIAC CACHEXIA:
MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT (INVITED LECTURE)
G.S. Filippatos, Athens, Greece |
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| 11:15 |
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION
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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 11:15 - 13:15 |
| COLUMBIA B |
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PL08 Plenary Session:
ARRHYTHMIAS AND HEART FAILURE |
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Chairpersons: M.E. Cain, St. Louis, MO, USA
J.A. Reiffel, New York, NY, USA |
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| 11:15 |
MECHANISMS AND
IMPLICATIONS OF NONSUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN ISCHEMIC
AND NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (INVITED LECTURE)
M.E. Cain, St. Louis, MO,USA |
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| 11:30 |
VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
IN PATIENTS WITH CHAGAS´ HEART DISEASE: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS,
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT (INVITED LECTURE)
A. Rassi, Jr., Goiania, Brazil |
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| 11:45 |
THE MAJOR ISSUES
IN SELECTING AN ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
(INVITED LECTURE)
J.A. Reiffel, New York, NY, USA |
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| 12:00 |
MECHANISMS OF ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (INVITED LECTURE)
W.K. Shen, Rochester, MN, USA |
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| 12:15 |
CHRONIC ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM CLINICAL STUDIES? (INVITED
LECTURE)
D. Flammang, D. Hamani, V. Loteanu, Angouleme,
France |
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| 12:30 |
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
IN HEART FAILURE; CAUSE OR MODIFIER. EXPERIENCE WITH A-V NODAL
ABLATION
I.W.P. Obel, J. Daniels, Johannesburg, Gauteng,
South Africa, Medtronic Inc |
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| 12:45 |
HEART RATE VARIABILITY
AND UNSUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC
DILATED CARDIOMIOPATHY
O.Istratescu-Wolkowski , C. Teodorescu, M. Dan, M. Guran, P.
Capraru,
D. Constantinescu, G. Tatu-Chitoiu, C. Erena, V. Petrescu, M.
Dorobantu, Bucharest, Romania |
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| 13:00 |
COMPARISON OF NATURAL
TRIGGER MECHANISMS OF FATAL AND NONFATAL VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
E. (H) Hatzinikolaou, M. Kotsakou, I. Apostolou, V. Tselegaridis,
Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| 13:15 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 11:15 - 13:15 |
| COLUMBIA A |
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PL09 Plenary Session:
SURGICAL ASPECTS, VALVULAR HEART DISEASE |
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Chairpersons: J.S. Borer, New York, NY, USA
J.A. Elefteriades, New Haven, CT, USA |
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| 11:15 |
THERAPEUTIC CORONARY
ANGIOGENESIS USING PROTEIN GROWTH FACTORS (INVITED LECTURE)
F.W. Sellke, M. Ruel, M. Simons, R. Laham, Boston,
MA, USA, Hanover, NH, USA |
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| 11:30 |
IS THORACIC AORTIC
ANEURYSM A GENETIC DISEASE? (INVITED LECTURE)
M.A.Coady , R.R. Davies, M. Roberts, L.J. Goldstein, M.J. Rogalski,
J.A. Rizzo,
G.L. Hammond, G.S. Kopf, J.A. Elefteriades, New Haven,
CT, USA |
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| 11:45 |
STENT GRAFTS: ANEURYSMS
AND DISSECTIONS OF THE ARCH AND THORACIC AORTA (INVITED LECTURE)
L.H. Hollier, New York, NY, USA |
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| 12:00 |
THE BIOLOGY OF REGURGITANT VALVULAR DISEASES:
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE AND BASIS FOR FUTURE THERAPY (INVITED
LECTURE)
J. Borer, New York, NY, USA |
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| 12:15 |
INFLAMMATION,NEURO-HUMORAL
ALTERATIONS, ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
IN HEART FAULURE (INVITED LECTURE)
S. Dalla-Volta, D. Anzulovic-Mirosevic, G. Erente,
Padova, Italy |
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| 12:30 |
ISHEMIC MITRAL
VALVE INSUFFICIENCY - REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT (INVITED LECTURE)
B. Gersak, Ljubljana, Slovenia 151 |
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| 12:45 |
WHICH PATIENTS
BENEFIT FROM PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY? PRE
AND POST-VALVULOPLASTY VARIABLES THAT PREDICT LONG-TERM OUTCOME
(INVITED LECTURE)
I.F. Palacios, P.L. Sanchez, L.C. Harell, A.E. Weyman,
P.C. Block, Boston MA, USA |
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| 13:00 |
MINIMALLY INVASIVE
CARDIAC SURGERY-A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHER (INVITED
LECTURE)
I. Kronzon, New York, NY, USA |
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| 13:15 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 11:15 - 13:00 |
| COLUMBIA C |
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S54 Session:
INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN HEART FAILURE, BASIC RESEARCH |
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Chairpersons: H. Boudoulas, Columbus, OH, USA
P.K. Singal, Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
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| 11:15 |
CLONAL T-CELL COMPOSITION,
DETECTED BY FAMILY SPECIFIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION OF THE
T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN, IS EXCLUSIVELY PRESENT IN DILATED
CARDIOMYOPATHY (DCM) - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AUTOIMMUNE PATHOGENESIS
OF DCM
M. Noutsias, J.-H. Blohm, C. Assaf, N. Bigdeli-Issazadeh,
H. Mueller, R. Warraich, M. Yacoub, M. Pauschinger, H.-P. Schultheiss,
Berlin, Germany, Middlesex, UK |
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| 11:30 |
HIGH LEVELS OF
CARDIAC BRADYKININ TYPE 2 RECEPTOR EXPRESSION CAUSE CARDIOMYOPATHY
IN MICE
R. Keller, L. Jalbert-Brogan, L. Zisman, Albany,
NY, USA |
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| 11:45 |
ESTROGEN EFFECTS
ON VASCULAR CELLS AND P42/44, P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN
KINASES ACTIVITY
P.Geraldes, M.G. Sirois, P. Bernatchez, J.F. Tanguay, Montreal,
PQ, Canada |
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| 12:00 |
OVEREXPRESSION
OF TRANSDUCIN PREVENTS PHENYLEPHRINE INDUCED HYPERTROPHY IN
NEONATAL CARDIOMYOCYTES
J. Theilade, C. Strom, L. Wulf-Andersen, S. Haunsoe,
S. Sheikh, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 12:15 |
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT
OF CYTOKINES PRODUCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC
LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
H.S. Sisakyan, A.V. Zilfian, A. Tripatchi, V. Khachatrian,
Yerevan, Armenia |
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| 12:30 |
EXPRESSION
OF THE HUMAN COXSACKIE-ADENOVIRUS-RECEPTOR IN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY:
IMPLICATIONS FOR CARDIOTROPIC VIRAL INFECTIONS
M. Noutsias, M. Pauschinger, H. Fechner, J. Lamers, J. Bergelson,
R. Warraich, M.H. Yacoub, R. Hetzer, H.-P. Schultheiss, W.C. Poller, Berlin,
Germany,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Philadelphia, USA, Middlesex, UK
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PROINFLAMMATORY
CYTOKINES AND MORTALITY IN ADVANCED HEART FAILURE
X.H. Zeng, Y. Li, Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
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| 13:00 |
LUNCH BREAK\ |
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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 14:30 - 16:45 |
| COLUMBIA B |
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PL10 Plenary Session:
GENETIC STUDIES, VASCULAR BIOLOGY, ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION |
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P. Liu, Toronto, ON, Canada
Chairpersons: H. Boudoulas, Columbus, OH, USA |
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| 14:30 |
HERITABLE CARDIAC
CONDUCTION AND MYOCARDIAL DISEASE: FAMILY OSU. GENEOLOGY MEETS
GENETICS (INVITED LECTURE)
H. Boudoulas, Columbus, OH, USA |
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| 14:45 |
THE USE OF MICROARRAYS
(GENECHIPS) TO DISCOVER NEW TARGETS IN HEART FAILURE (INVITED
LECTURE)
P. Liu, Toronto, ON, Canada |
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| 15:00 |
DRUG DEVELOPMENT
AGAINST NOVEL GENOMIC TARGETS IN HEART FAILURE (INVITED LECTURE)
P.R. Eisenberg, Indianapolis, IN, USA |
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| 15:15 |
CORONARY ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION BEYOND THE CORONARY
CIRCULATION (INVITED LECTURE)
A. Lerman, Rochester, MN, USA |
|
| 15:30 |
CARDIAC REMODELING
IN HYPERTENSION INDUCED BY NO SYNTHASE INHIBITION: ROLE OF HYPERTENSION
AND NITRIC OXIDE (INVITED LECTURE)
M. Rossi, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil |
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| 15:45 |
SPATIAL CONFINEMENT
OF NITRIC OXIDE/SUPEROXIDE SIGALING IN THE HEART (INVITED LECTURE)
J.M. Hare, Baltimore, MD, USA |
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| 16:00 |
ENDOTHELIAL PROTECTION
BY NO DONORS AND ASPIRIN: INVOLVEMENT OF ANTIOXIDANT PROTEINS
(INVITED LECTURE)
N. Grosser, H. Schroeder, Halle (Saale), Germany |
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| 16:15 |
SYMPATHOEXCITATION
IN HEART FAILURE: ROLE OF GLUTAMATE WITHIN THE PARAVENTRICULAR
NUCLEUS (INVITED LECTURE)
K.P.Patel , Y.-F. Li, Omaha, NE, USA |
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| 16:30 |
CORONARY ARTERY
ENDOTHELIAL PROTECTION AFTER LOCAL DELIVERY OF 17BETA-ESTRADIOL
(INVITED LECTURE)
J.F. Tanguay, Montreal, PQ, Canada |
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| 16:45 |
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION
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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 14:30 - 17:00 |
| COLUMBIA A |
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PL11 Plenary Session:
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME |
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Chairpersons: G.A Ewy, Tuscon, AZ, USA
S. Stern, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| 14:30 |
NEW DATA ON OLD
AGE: HOW ADVANCING YEARS AFFECT OUR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (INVITED
LECTURE)
S. Stern, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| 14:45 |
OUTCOME OF CONGESTIVE
HEART FAILURE IN THE ELDERLY: INFLUENCE OF LV SYSTOLIC FUNCTION
(INVITED LECTURE)
J.S. Gottdiener, Roslyn, NY, USA |
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| 15:00 |
CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURE: ARE THERE GENDER RELATED FACTORS? (INVITED LECTURE)
G. Bhat, Louisville, KY, USA |
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| 15:15 |
JUGULAR VENOUS
PRESSURE: IMPORTANT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE (INVITED
LECTURE)
G.A. Ewy, Tucson, AZ, USA |
|
| 15:30 |
IMPLANTABLE DIAGNOSTIC/THERAPEUTIC
DEVICES FOR THE OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF CHF (INVITED LECTURE)
N. Eigler, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| 15:45 |
SKINNED MYOCYTE
CONTRACTILE FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH LV DYSFUNCTION: PREDICTOR
OF MYOCARDIAL RECOVERY? (INVITED LECTURE)
M.S. Slaughter, Oak Lawn, IL, USA |
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| 16:00 |
B-TYPE NATRIURETIC
PEPTIDE SHOULD BE PART OF THE DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF HEART
FAILURE: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE BREATHING NOT PROPERLY (BNP)
MULTINATIONAL STUDY (INVITED LECTURE)
P.A. McCullough, J. McCord, R.M. Nowak, J.E. Hollander, P. Duc, T.
Omland,
W.T. Abraham, A.H.B. Wu, P. Krishnaswamy, A.S. Maisel, Kansas City,
MO,
Detroit, MI, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Paris, France, Oslo, Norway,
Lexington, KY, Hartford, CT, San Diego, CA, USA |
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| 16:15 |
FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS
OF STRETCH IN FAILING HUMAN MYOCARDIUM (INVITED LECTURE)
B. Pieske, D.V. Lewinski, Goettingen, Germany |
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| 16:30 |
PROGNOSIC CHALLENGES
IN IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: CLINICAL, HEMODYNAMIC
AND MYOCARDIAL BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS (INVITED LECTURE)
P.M.Seferovic , D. Trifunovic, A.D. Ristic, R. Maksimovic,
D. Seferovic,
D. Simeunovic, S. Stepanovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
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| 16:45 |
DEVICES FOR THE TREATMENT AND MONITORING OF CHRONIC HEART
FAILURE (INVITED LECTURE)
P. Adamson, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
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| 17:00 |
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION |
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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 14:30 - 17:00 |
| COLUMBIA C |
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S56 Session:
HEART FAILURE: EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PROGNOSTIC ASPECTS |
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Chairpersons: S. Dalla Volta, Padova, Italy
H.J. Geschwind, Paris, France |
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| 14:30 |
CARDIAC TROPONINS
FOR MONITORING SEVERITY OF HEART FAILURE AND EFFICACY OF TREATMENT:
EXPERIMENTAL PROOF OF CONCEPT
E. Missov, K. Ochiai, G. Gong, X. Wu, T. Shimada, J.
Zhang, L. Miller, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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| 14:45 |
THE NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL
EDUCATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES UNDERESTIMATE DISEASE RISK IN YOUNG
ADULTS
K.O. Akosah, A.M. Schaper, P.M. Schoenfeld, LaCrosse,
WI, USA |
|
| 15:00 |
THE SIMPLIFIED
ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORES (SAPS) II USED IN THE EVALUATION OF
OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE ADMITTED AT
THE CORONARY CARE UNIT
R.T. Tibayan, C.E. Marinas, R.E. Ramboyong, D.R. Flores,
E.V.S. Caguioa, Manila, Philippines |
|
| 15:15 |
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
VENTILATORY EXPIRED GAS MEASURES DURING MAXIMAL AND SUB-MAXIMAL
EXERCISE IN HEART FAILURE
R. Arena, R. Humphrey, M.A. Peberdy, New York,
NY, Richmond, VA, USA |
|
| 15:30 |
FREQUENCY OF DIASTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION AND NORMAL LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION IN
THE COMMUNITY AND IN A REFERRAL POPULATION
I.P. Clements, C. Scott, D. Hodge, Rocherster,
MN, USA |
|
| 15:45 |
QUALITY OF LIFE
IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS. IS THERE A GENDER DIFFERENCE?
M. Hochleitner, Tyrol, Austria |
|
| 16:00 |
EFFECT OF AGE AND
SEX ON THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF A NORMAL ECG IN SUSPECTED HEART
FAILURE
V. Jayanthi, J.D. Somauroo, P.G. Reid, Chester,
UK |
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| 16:15 |
QUALITY-OF-CARE
ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE AND DIABETES
AS THE FIRST STEP FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
S. De Feo, C. Opasich, P. De Cata, C. Gazzaruso, P. Ferrari,
E. Traversi, G. Forni, P. Fratino, R. Tramarin, Pavia,
Italy. |
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| 16:30 |
ROLE OF PROSTAGLANDINS
AND HYDROGEN IONS IN REFLEX VENTILATORY CONTROL IN CHRONIC HEART
FAILURE
M.F. Piepoli, A.C. Scott, A. Capucci, A.J.S. Coats,
Piacenza, Italy, London, UK |
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| 16:45 |
EARLY DEFIBRILLATION
BY NON-MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS TRIPLED SURVIVAL FROM OUT-OF-HOSPITAL
CARDIAC ARREST
A. Capucci, D. Aschieri, M.F. Piepoli, M. Arvedi,
G.H. Bardy, Piacenza, Italy, Seattle, WA, USA |
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| 17:00 |
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION |
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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 |
| 17:00 - 19:00 |
| COLUMBIA B |
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PL12 Plenary Session:
SURGERY FOR LV DYSFUNCTION, MECHANICAL SUPPORT, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION |
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Chairpersons: R. Hetzer, Berlin, Germany
H.N. Sabbah, Detroit, MI, USA |
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| 17:00 |
MECHANICAL UNLOADING
OF THE FAILING LEFT VENTRICLE:THE ORQIS CARDIAC RECOVERY SYSTEM
(INVITED LECTURE)
H.N. Sabbah, Detroit, MI, USA |
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| 17:15 |
THERAPY OF HEART
FAILURE BY CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICES (INVITED LECTURE)
R. Hetzer, Y. Weng, M. Dandel, J. Mueller, Berlin,
Germany |
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| 17:30 |
PERMANENT MECHANICAL
CIRCULATORY SUPPORT. NOW A REALISTIC PROSPECT (INVITED LECTURE)
S. Westaby, S. Saito, Oxford, UK |
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| 17:45 |
ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY:
SURGICAL OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES
(INVITED LECTURE)
M.W. Connolly, New York, NY, USA |
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| 18:00 |
NON-TRANSPLANT
SURGERY FOR HEART FAILURE (INVITED LECTURE)
J. Raman, Heidelberg, Australia |
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| 18:15 |
CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
- IS IT POSSIBLE TO AVOID CALCINEURIN INHIBITORS (INVITED LECTURE)
B. Meiser, B. Reichart, Munich, Germany |
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| 18:30 |
ADVANCED HEART
FAILURE. ALTERNAIVES TO HEART TRANSPLANTATION (INVITED LECTURE)
H.O. Ventura, New Orleans, LA, USA |
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18:45
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EXPERIENCE WITH 600 PATIENTS
SUPPORTE BY VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES
E.V. Potapov, M. Pasic, M. Loebe, E. Hennig, Y.-G. Weng, R. Hetzer,
Berlin, Germany, Houston, TX, USA |
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