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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002
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COLUMBIA B |
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PL13 Plenary Session:
CARDIAC PACING STRATEGIES IN HEART FAILURE
Chairpersons: J.J. Bax, Leiden, The Netherlands
D.A. Kass, Baltimore, MD, USA
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ELECTRICAL MODULATION
OF CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE - A PROMISING
NEW THERAPY (INVITED LECTURE)
D. Burkhoff, H. Sabbah, C. Pappone, M. Borggrefe, Y.
Mika, S. Ben-Haim, New York, NY, Detroit, MI, USA,
Milan, Italy, Mannheim, German, Tirat Carmel, Israel
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UPDATE AND STATUS
OF CLINICAL TRIALS OF RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (INVITED LECTURE)
K.A. Ellenbogen, Richmond, VA, USA
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INSIGHTS INTO THE
MECHANISMS FOR CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION (INVITED LECTURE)
D.A. Kass, Baltimore MD, USA
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BIVENTRICULAR PACING
IN HEART FAILURE: CLINICAL BENEFIT AND PREDICTION OF RESPONSE
(INVITED LECTURE)
J.J. Bax, Leiden, The Netherlands
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
OF PACING SYSTEM MALFUNCTION (INVITED LECTURE)
P.A. Levine, Sylmar, CA, USA
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QUALITY OF LIFE
OF THE PATH CHF PATIENTS AFTER 2 YEARS OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION
THERAPY
A.H. Oeffner, S. Sack, N. Dagres, F. Heinzel, A. Auricchio,
A. Goehring, F. Cuesta, Magdeburg, Germany, Brussels,
Belgium
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RESULTS OF CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY RELATING TO PATIENT AGE AT THE TIME
OF IMPLANTATION
B. Hansky, J. Vogt, S. Schulte-Eistrup, H. Gueldner,
K. Minami, B. Lamp,
D. Horstkotte, R. Koerfer, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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IMPROVEMENT OF HEART
FAILURE BY ELECTRICAL MODULATION OF CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY
G.J. Stix, M. Wolzt, C. Mayer, T. Pezawas, J. Kastner,
H. Schmidinger, Vienna, Austria
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USEFULNESS OF STANDARD
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING IN EVALUATION
OF PATIENTS WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM
BIVENTRICULAR PACING
G. Girod, A. Jaussi, L. Kappenberger, Lausanne,
Switzerland
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COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION
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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002
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| 8:30 - 11:15 |
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COLUMBIA A |
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S57 Session:
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE
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Chairpersons: R. Beyar, Haifa, Israel
Y. Charuzi, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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REPERFUSION IN ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 2002
M.S. Gotsman, I. Gotsman, T. Weiss, C. Lotan, Jerusalem,
Israel
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HYPERTENSIVE PULMONARY EDEMA IS DUE TO DIASTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION (INVITED LECTURE)
W. Little, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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MURINE CRYOINFARCTION:
A REPRODUCIBLE MODEL OF POST-INFARCT HYPERTROPHY AND DILATION
D.Gregg , D.A. Taylor, L. Mao, N. Lopes, H.A. Rockman,
P.J. Goldschmidt-Clermont, T. Wang, Durham, NC, USA
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ISCHEMIC PRECONDTITIONING
IN INFARCTED AND FAILINING HEARTS: ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIAL ATP-SENSITIVE
POTASSIUM CHANNELS
A.S. Abd-Elfattah, J.H. Guo, J. Arrowood, A. El-Watidy,
Richmond, VA, USA
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PROGNOSTIC VALUE
OF MAXIMAL EXERCISE SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE ON SHORT-TERM
AND LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
J. Naughton, J. Dorn, D. Imamura, Buffalo, NY,
USA
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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
ACTIVATION OF RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM DECREASED BY ENHANCED
EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION
L.Lu , Z.S. Zheng, W.K. Wu, W.E. Lawson, J.C.K.
Hui, Guangzhou, China,
Stony Brook, NY, USA
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DOES ENHANCED EXTERNAL
COUNTERPULSATION REDUCE THE REFRACTORY ANGINA BURDEN IN PATIENTS
WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION? - A 2 YEARS FOLLOW-UP STUDY
O. Soran, E.D. Kennard, A.M. Feldman, Pittsburgh,
PA, USA
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EARLY DETECTION
OF HEART DISEASE IN YOUNG WOMEN UTILIZING THE NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL
EDUCATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES
K.O. Akosah, S.I. Barnhart, A.M. Schaper, LaCrosse,
WI, USA
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INFLUENCE OF GPIIB/IIIA
RECEPTOR BLOCKADE ON POST-ISCHEMIC MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW AND
TISSUE NECROSIS IN DOGS
J.G. Kingma, Ste-Foy, PQ, Canada
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ELEVATED TROPONIN
T PLASMATIC LEVELS PREDICT A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF ADVANCED
HEART FAILURE AFTER UNSTABLE ANGINA OR NON ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
A. Salvador, I. Rold?n, B. Sevilla, P. Baello, M. Salim,
A. Pel?ez, J.E. Romero,
V. Mora, J.V. Mart?nez, B. Vaquerizo, Valencia, Spain
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REVERSE REMODELING
OF DIASTOLIC FUNCTION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: EFFECT
OF THERAPY
B.I. Jugdutt, M. Balghith, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION
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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002
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COLUMBIA B |
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PL14 Plenary Session:
NEW HORIZONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE
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Chairpersons: U. Thadani, Oklahoma City,
OK, USA
R.E. Hobbs, Cleveland, OH, USA
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ETHICAL ISSUES IN
MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE HEART FAILURE
H.J. Geschwind, Paris, France
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VASOPRESSIN BLOCKADE
IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE (INVITED LECTURE)
M. Gheorghiade, Chaicago, IL, USA
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HEART FAILURE, AN
EVOLVING THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY (INVITED LECTURE)
R. DiBianco, Takoma Park, MD, USA 266
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NEW THERAPEUTIC
APPROACHES FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (INVITED LECTURE)
R.C. Bourge, Birmingham, AL, USA 267
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DRUGS THAT IMPROVE
SURVIVAL VERSUS THOSE THAT REDUCE HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR HEART
FAILURE AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE (INVITED LECTURE)
U. Thadani, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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NEW THERAPIES IN
HEART FAI8LURE MANAGEMENT (INVITED LECTURE)
R.E. Hobbs, Cleveland, OH, USA
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THE DIAGNOSTIC AND
THERAPEUTIC ROLE OF BNP IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE (INVITED LECTURE)
A.J. Burger, Boston, MA, USA
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NOVEL APPLICATIONS
OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC LEVELS IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: LESSONS
LEARNED FROM CURRENT APPLICATIONS AND SPECULATION ON THE FUTURE
OF BNP TESTING (INVITED LECTURE)
M.T. Saltzberg, Downers Grove, IL, USA
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ORAL ALLOPURINOL
IN HEART FAILURE (HF) DUE TO DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (DCM)
A. Kumar, R.K. Sharma, H. Kaur, P. Devi, V. Mohan,
Amritsar, Punjab, India 272
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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002
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| 11:15 - 13:45 |
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COLUMBIA A |
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S58 Session:
SURGICAL ASPECTS, VALVULAR HEART DISEASE, SURGERY FOR LV DYSFUNCTION
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Chairperson: M.S. Gotsman, Jerusalem,
Israel Abstract No.
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CURRENT PREDICTORS
OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
I. Gotsman, D. Gilon, A. Meirovitz, N. Meizlish, M.S.
Gotsman, Jerusalem, Israel
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SURGICAL THERAPHY
FOR HEART FAILURE, RADO OPERATION – 15-YEAR EXPERIENCE
N.D. Radovanovic, L. Petrovic, B. Mihajlovic, M. Kovac,
Z. Potic, M. Popov,
M. Zorc, Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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TECHNIQUE FOR IMPLANTATION
OF A CONTINUOUS FLOW MICROMED DEBAKEY VAD AFTER PREVIOUS CARDIAC
OPERATIONS
E.V. Potapov, M. Pasic, F. Knollmann, Y.-G. Weng, R.
Hetzer, Berlin, Germany
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HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA
AS A MARKER OF RISK FOR ARTERIOPATHY IN THE POST CARDIAC TRANSPLANT
RECIPIENT
S.J. Tirrito, J. Miller III, W. Book, L. Sperling,
Atlanta, GA. USA
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INDICATIONS AND
LIMITATIONS FOR MINIMALLY-INVASIVE REVASCULARIZATION - WHO
NEEDS; MIGHT HAVE; OR SHOULD NOT HAVE OFF-PUMP SURGERY?
H.-G. Wollert, K. Ansorge, H. Grubitzsch, L. Eckel,
Karlsburg, Germany
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POSTCARDIOTOMY ASSISTED
CIRCULATION WITH ROLLER PUMP - LATE RESULTS
D. Nezic, M. Peric, A. Knezevic, M. Cirkovic, M. Jovic,
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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QUALITY OF LIFE
FIVE YEARS AFTER CORONARY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH PREOPERATIVE
HEART FAILURE
B Mihajlovic, Z. Potic, M. Potic, R. Pekic, D. Jakovljevic,
N. Radovanovic, Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia 280
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PERIOPERATIVE RESULTS
AND MID-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING OPEN HEART SURGERY
WITH DIAGNOSED BUT SURGICALLY NOT TREATED CANCER
H.-G. Wollert, D. Klahre, L. Eckel, Karlsburg,
Germany
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INTER-TRIGONAL DISTANCE
AND ANTERIOR LEAFLET LENGTH RELATIONSHIP IN MITRAL ANNULAR
REMODELING FOR HEART FAILURE
V. Vijay, Bronx, NY, USA
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TRANSOESOPHAGEAL
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DURING MITRAL VALVE REPAIR UNDERESTIMATE
MITRAL VALVE AREA
K.-K. Poh, T.-C. Yeo, H. Yang, Y.-T. Lim, Singapore
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