P301 Poster Session:
NEUROHUMORAL, IMMUNOLOGIC ASPECTS OF HEART FAILURE,
NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AFTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES LINKS WITH CARDIAC AND COAGULATION MARKERS
R. Grybauskiene, J. Cimbola
ityte, J. Bluzhas, P. Grybauskas, I. Vaara,
R. Tamosiuniene, R. Babarskiene, D. Luksiene, B. Slapikiene, J. Janenaite,
Kaunas, Lithuania, Vaxjo, Sweden

THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CIRCULATING SOLUBLE CELL ADHESION MOLECULES IN PATIENT WITH CHRONIC CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
W.-H. Yin, J.-W. Chen, M.S. Young, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

EFFECTS OF MOXONIDINE ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND ON MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX
I.Moyssakis , N.J. Pantazopoulos, H Mihalopoulou, K. Georgakopoulos,
F. Papademetriou, M. Kyriakidis, Athens, Greece

P302 Poster Session:
INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN HEART FAILURE

MODULATION OF CRP-MEDIATED INDUCTION OF MCP-1 BY NO-DONATING AND COAGULATION INHIBITING DRUGS
S. Zumhagen, E. Schulze-Bahr, R. Gradaus, P. Loh, B. Brisse, Muenster, Germany

MAST CELL TRYPTASE IS NOT ELEVATED IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
B. Upadhya, J.L. Kontos, F. Ardershipour, J. Pye, W. Boucher, T.C. Theoharides, G.J. Dehmer, E.N. Deliargyris, Winston-Salem, NC, Washinton D.C., Chapel Hill, NC, Tufts University, MA, Texas A & M, TX, USA

ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC MYOCYTE INFLAMMATION IN ENDOMYOCAR-DIAL BIOPSIES BY ACTIVATED NF-KB
P. Alter, H. Rupp, B. Maisch, Marburg, Germany

P303 Poster Session:
HYPERTENSION AND HEART FAILURE

IS THE SLOWED LEFT VENTRICULAR RELAXATION OR AUGMENTED ATRIAL TRANSPORT FUNCTION THE PRIMARY ABNORMALITY OF FILLING IN MILD HYPERTENSION?
S. Qirko, T. Goda, Tirana, Albania

DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND POSSIBILITY OF PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT IN ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
S.V. Gurgenyan, S.K. Vatinyan, K.R. Sahakyan, L.B. Edilyan, Yerevan, Armenia

TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002

P303 Poster Session:
HYPERTENSION AND HEART FAILURE (cont)

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
S. Qirko, T. Goda, Tirana, Albania

AGIOTENSINRECEPTOR BLOCKERS AND ACE INHIBITORS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN WITH HYPERTENSION
V. Papademetriou, P. Narayan, P. Kokkinos, Washington DC, USA

EFFICACY OF CILAZAPRIL IN MILD, MODERATE AND HEAVY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
R.M. Zaslavskaya, B.K. Zholdin, I.Z. Talipova, Moscow, Russia, Kazakstan

THE EFFECT OF DRUG TREATMENT WITH DIET THERAPY ON LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS IN OBESE PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
S.K. Vatinyan, S.V. Gurgenyan, K.R. Sahakyan, B.G. Chobanyan, Yerevan, Armenia

FROM ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION TO INTIMATE INSUFFICIENCYIN PATIENTS WITH POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
G.Gorokhovskaya , E. Peresechensky, A. Martynov, A. Kondrakhin, Moscow, Russia, USA

METABOLIC EFFECTS OF CILAZAPRIL IN MILD, MODERATE AND HEAVY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
R.M. Zaslavskaya, B. Zholdin, I. Talipova, Moscow, Russia, Kazakstan

NUTRITIONAL STATUS, STRESS, LEVELS OF SERUM LIPIDS AND RED BLOOD CELLS ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES IN ALGERIAN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS TREATED WITH BETA-BLOCKERS
D. Krouf, M. Bouchenak, B. Mohammedi, A. Cherrad, J. Prost, J. Belleville, Oran, Algeria, Dijon, France

P304 Poster Session:
HEART FAILURE IN WOMEN

CAN REFERRAL PROBLEMS FOR WOMEN BE CHANGED BY INCREASING CAPACITY?
M. Hochleitner, Tyrol, Austria

A COMPLETELY REVERSIBLE SEVERE CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION WITH SIGNIFICANT MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY IN HEMOCHROMATOSIS - A CASE REPORT
M.D. Borzanovic, V.M. Stojkovic, B. Borzanovic, A. Vlahovic, D. Kosevic,
J.D. Vasiljevic, M. Peric, S. Nastasic, S. Kazic, B. Djukanovic, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia

TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002

P305 Poster Session:
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHIES: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES

RIGHT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS.
THE ASSOCIATION WITH PULMONARY DISEASE
I.Moyssakis , Y. Hallaq, V. Vasiliou, P. Vlahoyannopoulos, N.J. Pantazopoulos,
M. Kyriakidis, Athens, Greece

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PRESENTING WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AND COPMPLETE A-V BLOCK IN SIBLINGS
R. Akdemir, C. Uyan, M. Yazici, S. Duran, E. Erbilen, I. Ozer, S. Albayrak, H. Unlu, C. Tataroglu, C. Kirma, Duzce, Istanbul, Turkey

EVALUATION OF IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY BY PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOSCOPY
M. Kanai, K. Yoshinaga, T. Sakurai, H. Ohsawa, T. Tomaru, Y. Uchida, Sakura, Chiba, Japan

THYROTOXICOSIS CAUSING DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
N. Shaik, G. DeVaughn, M. Gautam, S. Singh, Darby, PA, USA

CARDIOMYOPATHY AND MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: CONNECTION OR COINCIDENCE?
M.E. Guglin, J.V. Campellone, K.M. Heintz, Camden, NJ, USA

CARDIOTROPHIC AND HEPATOTROPIC MIXED INFECTIONS IN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AND VIRAL HEPATITIS
N. Kipshidze, M. Rogava, M. Gudushauri, Tbilisi, Georgia

P306 Poster Session:
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
A. Jurko, A. Jurko, Jr., D. Mesko, Z. Farska, A. Sparcova, Martin, Slovakia

INTERPHASE CARDIOMYOCYTE AGNOR IN MYOCARDIUM FROM PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
A. Gudkova, St.Petersburg, Russia

INTERPHASE AGNOR OF CARDIOMYOCYTES AND STROMAL CELLS IN PATIENT WITH FAMILIAR OBSTRUCTIVE HYPERTROPHIED CARDIOMYOPATHY
A.Y. Gudkova, E. Semernin, A. Kostareva, K. Korgenevskaya, K. Senchik,
S. Lazarev, E. Schlyakhto, St.Petersburg, Russia

TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002

P307 Poster Session:
PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION

INCIDENCE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. THE ASSOCIATION WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES
I.Moyssakis , N.J. Pantazopoulos, P. Gioldasis, V. Vassiliou, M. Kouli,
H. Mihalopoulou, V. Votteas, Athens, Greece

COR PULMONALE IN THROMBOPHILIC PATIENTS: INDIRECT EVIDENCE FOR IN SITU THROMBOSIS
V. Petrescu, C. Tanaseanu, S. Tanaseanu, I. Racoveanu, V. Bolog, E. Paizis,
M. Dorobantu, Bucharest, Romania

THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION FOR THE COURSE OF POSTINFARCTION PERIOD
R. Komorovsky, Ternopil, Ukraine

P308 Poster Session:
HEART FAILURE IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

FAILING FONTAN CIRCULATION SHEEP MODEL AND UTILIZATION OF AXIAL FLOW PUMP - PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS
O. Reinhartz, S.R. Reichenbach, A. Ikai, R.K. Riemer, T.R. Karl, San Francisco, CA, Pleasanton, CA, USA

VARIATION IN SERUM MB ISOENAZYME OF CREATINE KINASE AND CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN CHILDREN WITH VIRAL MYOCARDITIS
J. Xu, L. Liu, J. Li, Y. Ning, Tianjin, China

P309 Poster Session:
PREVENTIVE ASPECTS OF HEART FAILURE

PRIMARY PREVENTION IN TURKISH IMMIGRANT WOMEN
M. Hochleitner, Tyrol, Austria

P310 Poster Session:
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME

INCREASED LEVELS OF SERUM METALLOPROTEINASES IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC CACHEXIA
V. Krokos, N. Prosmiti, S. Xydonas, G. Droungas, D. Balatsouras, D. Evangelou,
A. Ambusamala, D. Kardara, G. Filippatos, F. Kardaras, Athens, Greece

USING TELEMEDICINE TO MANAGE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
K.H. Lucas, B.R. McKee, H. Baker, D. Rollins, M.B. Schloss, J.G. Rosencrance, Charleston, WV, USA

TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002

P310 Poster Session:
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME (cont)

SERUM PROCOLLAGEN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC CACHEXIA
S.Xydonas , N. Prosmiti, V. Krokos, N. Chatzis, A. Ambousamala, D. Manolatos,
P. Avgerodimos, D. Kardara, G. Filippatos, F. Kardaras, Athens, Greece 318

COLLATERALE VESSELS IN PATIENT WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMS - PROGNOSTIC FACTOR FOR SEVERITY OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
M. Dorobantu, R. Niculescu, V. Petrescu, B. Popa, S. Balanescu, D. Constantinescu, M. Marinescu, G. Tatu, M. Guran, P. Capraru, Bucharest, Romania

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HEART RATE RESPONSE TO STANDING TEST IN DIAGNOSIS OF VAGAL DENERVATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK STRATIFICATION IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC CARDIAC AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION
B.M. Milovanovic, M. Krotin, L. Vusovic, V. Bisenic, S. Kulezic, N. Hajder,
R. Vukovic, J. Ilic, M. Dra 320

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VASCULAR LESION POLYMORPHISMS IN PATIENTS WITH THREE-VESSEL CORONARY DISEASE AND ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
A.M. Arandjelovic, M.M. Asanin, V.P. Stojanov, A.M. Crni, N.D. Kozarevic, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia

P311 Poster Session:
MISCELLANEOUS II

WHAT IS THE PREVALENCE OF OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION USE BY INDIGENT PATIENTS WITH SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE
L. Arcement, K. Hebert, M. Fleming, P. Glanders, C. Arabie, C. Hebert,
G. Bergeron, E. Scott, New Orleans, LA, Houma, LA, USA.

CAN THE ISCHEMIC REGIONS IN VASOSPASTIC ANGINA PECTORIS BE DETECTED DURING NON-ATTACKING PERIOD?
W. Fujiwara, T. Furuta, S. Kakizawa, O. Inami, T. Kondo, H. Yokoi, Y. Abo,
Y. Wtanabe, Nagoya, Japan

IMBALANCED DIET AND ADVERSE ANTHROPOMETRIC PROFILE IN URBAN ADOLECENTS
R. Sharma, K.K. Talwar, A. Misra, R.M. Pandey, K. Jain, A. Chatterjee, V. Dhingra, N. Khanna, New Delhi, India

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF SELF-MASSAGE OF PROTECTIVE HEART AND ANTIHYPERTENSION ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROINFLAMATORY CYTOKINE LEVELS IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
X.H. Zeng, Y.H. Zeng, X.J. Zeng, Y. Li, Y.H. Huang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC AFFERENT SENSITIVITY IS ENHANCED IN HEART FAILURE
J.J. Zhang, Beijing, China