P201 Poster Session:
IMAGING AND METHODOLOGY

EFFECT OF THE ANTHRACYCLINE GROUP CYTOSTATICS ON MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX
I.Moyssakis , N.J. Pantazopoulos, P. Gioldasis, H. Mihalopoulou, P. Margos,
G. Pagalis, Athens, Greece.

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF MITRAL REGURGITATION USING THE PROXIMAL FLOW CONVERGENCE METHOD
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, G. Di Benedetto, E. Cimino, T. Leone, S. D'Orazio,
I. D'Angeli, R. Colantonio, I. Chiriac, Rome, Italy

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION POST REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, G. Di Benedetto, E. Cimino, T. Leone, R. Colantonio,
I. D'Angeli, S. D'Orazio, Rome, Italy

ASSESSMENT OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR RIGHT VENTRICULAR DISFUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH RIGHT VENTRICULAR ANGIOGRAPHY
M. Dorobantu, V. Petrescu, D. Constantinescu, C. Erena, R. Niculescu, B. Popa,
S. Alanescu, O. Istratescu, G. Tatu, M. Marinescu, Bucharest, Romania

PACED CORONARY FLOW RESERVE - ASSESSMENT BY TRANSTHORACIC DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
P.Petkow Dimitrow , J. Grodecki, M. Krzanowski, J. Lelakowski, B. Malecka,
K. Kawecka-Jaszcz, A. Szczeklik, J.S. Dubiel, Krakow, Poland

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING PRESSURE: COMPARISON OF MULTIPLE INDICES
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, G. Di Benedetto, E. Cimino, T. Leone, S. D'Orazio,
R. Colantonio, I. D'Angeli, Rome, Italy

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE PRE
AND POST PTCA USING TISSUE DOPPLER MEASURES OF VELOCITY AND VELOCITY GRADIENT
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, G. Di Benedetto, E. Cimino, T. Leone, I. D'Angeli,
S. D'Orazio, R. Colantonio, Rome, Italy

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EXAM: ANALYSIS OF FACTORS, AFFECTING EA COMPONENT OF SPECTRAL DOPPLER ARTIFACTS
N.J. Nelassov, A.A. Kastanajan, M.A. Naumenko, V.A. Nikolaeva, N.V. Ruibalkina, E.S. Ruizkova, A.A. Shepelev, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. 204

P202 Poster Session:
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFICACY OF A NOVEL COMPOUND, GLI5021
I. Langsetmo, L. Brown, S. Merat, B. Wang, S. Flaim, U. Del Balzo, Santa Clara, CA, USA

MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION AS A CAUSE OF HEART FAILURE IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
J.Kiyak , G. Tshngryan, Y. Zhukovsky, Lviv, Ukraine

SURGICAL REVASCULARISATION IN PATIENTS WITH EJECTION FRACTION LOWER THAN 30% -- EXPERIENCE IN OVER 2000 PATIENTS
N. Radovanovic, B. Mihajlovic, S. Nicin, L. Petrovic, P. Kovacevic, M. Fabri, Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia

HEART FAILURE (HF) IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (AMI) IN CONDITIONS OF WAR AND ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
V. Celic, M. Ristic, M. Kocijancic, S. Dimkovic, D. Milosevic, I. Markovic, I. Ilic,
S. Backovic, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia

ACUTE EFFECTS OF SHORT TERM CLARITHROMYCINE TREATMENT ON ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
H. Gocer, C. Sekuri, O. Bayturan, O. Utuk, A Bilge, H Tikiz, U Tezcan, T Tavli, Manisa, Turkey

SIGNIFICANCE AND MECHANISM OF HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION IN CORONAR ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE
Y. Wang, J. Xu, W. Liu, Y. Liu, Tianjin, China

WHY THE PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE DUE TO ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE REMAIN THE MOST COMPLICATED IN SPITE OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF TREATEMENT?
S.K.Tolno , V.V. Ivanenko, Y.M Lopatin, Volgograd, Russia

 TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION COMPLICATED WITH VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AND FIBRILLATION
L. A.Lazarov , S.D. Tosev, V.D. Boskov, M.K. Dimitrovski, I.T. Trajkov, N.V. Zlatanovik, T.R. Caparoska, H.K. Pejkov, N.Z. Gramatnikovska, Skopje, Republic
of Macedonia , Yugoslavia

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF QT DISPERSION IN DIFFERENT PHASES IN PATIENTS WITH HEALING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Y. Wang, J. Xu, L. LIU, Tianjin, China

DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND SYMPATHETIC HYPERACTIVITY DIAGNOSED WITH POWER SPECTRAL AND NON LINEAR ANALYSIS OF HEART VARIABILITY
B. Milovanovic, M. Krotin, L. Vusovic, V. Bisenic, S. Kulezic, N. Hajder, R. Vukovic, J. Ilic, M. Dragojevic, A. Milovanovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

POSTER HALL

P202 Poster Session:
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE (cont)

THE PRESENCE OF THE INFLAMMATORY MARKERS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS (FIBRINOGEN AND C REACTIVE PROTEIN) IN THE PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND CORONARY DISEASE. COMPARED RISK FACTORS ANALYSIS
I.A. Gutiu, L. Susman, Bucharest, Romania

P203 Poster Session:
NEW CLINICAL TRIALS IN HEART FAILURE

EFFECTS ON BLOOD PRESSURE OF INCREMENTAL DOSE INCREASES OF NESIRITIDE VS. DE NOVO USE OF HIGHER DOSES FOR THE MANAGEMENT
OF ACUTE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
T. LeJemtel, Bronx, NY, USA

P204 Poster Session:
DIGOXIN AND OTHER NEW INOTROPIC AGENTS IN HEART FAILURE

LONG-TERM IMPACT OF LEVOSIMENDAN INFUSION ON THE SURVIVAL OF HOSPITALISED HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
F.Follath , J.G.F. Cleland, V.S. Moiseyev, M.S. Nieminen, P. Poder, Zurich, Switzerland, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK, Moscow, Russia, Helsinki, Espoo, Finland

PST-2744, A NOVEL COMPOUND TO TREAT HF, IMPROVES HEART FUNCTION AND SURVIVAL RATE IN CARDIOMYOPATHIC HAMSTER
P. Lo Giudice, A. Bellucci, G. Magni, T. Quagliata, G.G. Mattera, L. Pacifici,
J.P. Gagnol, P. Carminati, Pomezia, Italy, Montpellier, France

PROLONGED ENHANCEMENT OF CARDIAC PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING 24-HOUR INFUSION OF LEVOSIMENDAN
W.S.Colucci , M.T. Slawsky, M. Kivikko, Boston, MA, USA, Espoo, Finland 219

CHRONIC ORAL TREATMENT WITH PST-2744, A NOVEL AGENT TO TREAT HF, IMPROVES HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV) IN CARDIOMYOPATHIC HAMSTER
P. Lo Giudice, G. Buffone, A. Careddu, G. Magni, G.G. Mattera, L. Pacifici,
J.P. Gagnol, P. Carminati, Pomezia, Italy, Montpellier, France

THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF DOPAMINE IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
P. Bara, Tirana, Albania

P205 Poster Session:
RENAL ASPECTS

SPIRONOLACTONE QUENCHES NEUROENDOCRINE ACTIVATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHF UNDER STANDARD TREATMENT FOLLOWING LOOP DIURETIC WITHDRAWAL
C. Giannarelli, F. De Negri, R. Fioriti, A. De Giorgi, F. Carmassi, Pisa, Italy

POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE PRESENTING AS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
S. Singh, S. Sunitha, N. Sheikh, H. Jain, Darby, PA, USA

P206 Poster Session:
ACE INHIBITORS AND ANGIOTENSIN-II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS

 IRBESARTAN EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL HEART CONDITION AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, COMPLICATED WITH HEART FAILURE
L.T.Malaya , I.I. Knyazkova, S.R. Dadash-Zade, Kharkov, Ukraine

LONG-TERM LOSARTAN TREATMENT IN SEVERE ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY HEART DISEASE
X.H. Zeng, Y. Li, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

CARVEDILOL AND ENALAPRIL TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
D. Constantinescu, V. Petrescu, M. Marinescu, O. Istratescu, C. Erena,
R. Niculescu, S. Balanescu, B. Popa, G. Tatu, M. Dorobantu, Bucharest,
Romania

P207 Poster Session:
BETA BLOCKERS IN HEART FAILURE

EFFECTIVITY OF B-RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT IN CHIDREN WITH HYPERKINETIC HEART SYNDROME
A. Jurko, A. Jurko, Jr., Z. Farska, Martin, Slovakia

LONGTERM TREATMENT FOLLOW UP OF 364 CASES OF HEART FAILURE (HF) WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (DCM)
A. Kumar, S Singh, H Kaur, V Mohan, P Devi, Amritsar, Punjab, India

PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF EFFECT OF METOPROLOL THERAPY ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
J.A. Figueiredo, C. Mady, C. Grupi, Saint Luis, MA, Saint Paulo, SP, Brazil

POSTER HALL

P208 Poster Session:
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS IN HEART FAILURE

LONG-TERM DILTIAZEM TREATMENT FOR SEVERE ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH ASTHMA
X.H. Zeng, Y.Y. Li, Y.H. Zeng, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

TREATMENT WITH VERAPAMIL DOES NOT INCREASE EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVES WITH LATENT HEART FAILURE
D. Matisone, A. Vitols, I. Kukulis, V. Dzerve, I. Dinne, U. Kalnins, Riga, Latvia

SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF LACIDIPINE ON PATIENTS WITH DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE
S. Uzelac, G. Uzelac, Zagreb, Croatia

P209 Poster Session:
CARDIAC PACING IN HEART FAILURE II

OPTIMIZATION OF NON-EXCITATORY ELECTRICAL SIGNALS APPLIED TO THE RV SEPTUM
W. Haddad, I. Shemer, Y. Mika, S. Ben-Haim, Tirat Hacarmel, Haifa, Israel

ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY BY QUANTITATIVE GATED BLOOD POOL SPECT IMAGING
D.C. Russell, P. Kosolcharoen, Madison, WI, USA

CORONARY SINUS ANATOMY IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HEART FAILURE - A EUROPEAN REGISTRY
A. Curnis, G. Mascioli, F. Bianchetti, N. Breuls, D. Gras, C. Duby, Brescia, Italy, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Nantes, France, Diegem, Belgium

EXCHANGE OF CORONARY VEIN LEADS IN PATIENTS WITH BIVENTRICULAR PACING
B. Hansky, S. Schulte-Eistrup, J. Vogt, H. Gueldner, B. Lamp, K. Minami,
D. Horstkotte, R. Koerfer, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

EFFECT ON THE LEARNING CURVE OF THE NEW GUIDE CATHETERS FOR LV IMPLANT
G.Luzzi , A. Andriani, D. Quagliara, C. Duby, D. Gras, A. de Porto, Giovanni Luzzi, Bari, Italy, Diegem, Belgium, Nantes, France, Den Helder, The Netherlands

NOVEL GUIDE CATHETERS TO FACILITATE LV TRANSVENOUS LEAD IMPLANTS
A.Proclemer , D. Facchin, F. Zanon, A. de Porto, D. Gras, C. Duby, Udine, Rovigo, Italy, Den Helder, The Netherlands, Nantes, France, Diegem, Belgium

P210 Poster Session:
MISCELLANEOUS I

INCREASE OF BLOOD SURFACE TENSION DURING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: PRELIMINARY STUDY
T.A. Esitashvili, M. Msuknishvili, Telavi, Kakheti Region, Rep.Of Georgia

CIRCADIAN VARIATION OF SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA IN HYPERTENSIVES AND ITS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN A 24 HOUR HOLTER MONITORING
C.A. Ibanez, R. Ramboyong, E. Caguioa, R. Anastacio, Manila, Philippines

CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS OF INJECTION SHEN MEI FOR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
X.H. Zeng, X.J. Zeng, Y.Y. Li, Z.Y. Chun, Y. Liu, Y. Lu, Chengdu, Sichuan,
Shuntou, Ganadong, Xian Shannxi, Poto, Ganadong, China

CLINICAL EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE IN COMBINATION WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY ON FUNCTIONAL MOTOR RECOVERY AFTER STROKE
X.H. Zeng, Y.H. Zeng, X.J. Zeng, Y. Li, Y.H Huang, Sichuan, China

THE USE OF HIGH RESOLUTION ECG AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY METHODS IN DIAGNOSING MYOCARDIAL ELECTRICAL INSTABILITY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS
O.S. Musa, G.G. Ivanov, H.Y. Shehade, Y.F. EL-Miary, N.V. Pevchenko,
K.M. Shumilova, A.V. Tyurin, F.Y. Korylov, Moscow, Russia

EFFECT OF VANADYL SULFATE ON FRUCTOSE-INDUCED INSULIN RESISTANCE IN THE RAT
M. Harati, M. Ani, Zahedan, Isfahan, Iran