15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America

Sept. 19
Monday
Posters
Posters
Cardiovascular Physiology
Posters
Cardiovascular Physiology
Sept. 19
Monday
Posters
MondAY
016 Interferon Regulatory Factor-3 (IRF-3) as a Potential
Therapeutic Target To Prevent Myocyte Apoptosis and
Promote Angiogenesis in Post-Myocardial Infarction
Remodeling
Geoffrey de Couto 1 , William Stanford 1 , Scott Heximer 1 , Jeffrey
Medin 1 , Peter Liu 1 ; 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
017 Impaired Dobutamine Augmentation of Early Diastolic
Suction in Diastolic Dysfunction
Takahiro Ohara 1 , Cassie L. Niebel 2 , Kelley C. Stewart 2 , John J.
Charonko 2 , Pamela R. Burgess 1 , Min Pu 1 , Pavlos P. Vlachos 2 ,
William C. Little 1 ; 1 Cardiology Section, Wake Forest University
School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; 2 Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
018 The GRK2 Inhibitor βARKct Enhances β2-Adrenergic
Receptor-Dependent Cardiac Contractility In Vivo by
Opposing Receptor Interaction with Phosphodiesterase
Type 4D
Anastasios Lymperopoulos 1,2 , Giuseppe Rengo 2,3 , Erhe Gao 2 ,
Walter J. Koch 2 ; 1 Pharmaceutical Sciences/College of Pharmacy,
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL; 2 Center
for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, PA; 3 University Federico II, Naples, Italy
019 Diminished Global Arginine Bioavailability as a
Metabolic Defect in Chronic Heart Failure in the Setting
of Preserved Renal Function
Kevin Shrestha 1 , Zhili Shao 1 , Allen G. Borowski 1 , Richard W.
Troughton 2 , Allan L. Klein 2 , W.H. Wilson Tang 1 ; 1 Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2 Christchurch School of Medicine and
Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
020 TWIST-1 and Its Target, the miR 199/214 Cluster, Are
Down-Regulated in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Resulting
in Increased Proteasome Activity in Human Myocardium
Anna Baumgarten 1 , Claudia Bang 2 , Reinhard Pregla 3 , Anika
Tschirner 1 , Volker Adams 4 , Rudolf Meyer 3 , Thomas Thum 2 ,
Roland Hetzer 3 , Stefan D. Anker 1 , Jochen Springer 1 ; 1 Applied
Cachexia Research, CCR, Charite Medical School, Berlin,
Germany; 2 Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic
Strategies, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany;
3
DHZB, Berlin, Germany; 4 Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig,
Germany
021 Nebulette Mutations Augment Cardiomyocyte Calcium
Signaling through Modification of the Thin Filament in
Preclinical Inherited Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Kathryn M. Rafferty 1 , Evangalia G. Kranias 2 , Jeanne James 1 ,
Jeffrey A. Towbin 1 , Enkhsaikhan Purevjav 1 ; 1 The Heart Institute,
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH;
2
Department of Pharmacology Cell Biophysics, University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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022 Association between VE-VCO2 Slope and Resting
Hemodynamic Measurements in Ambulatory Heart
Failure (HF) Patients: An Analysis from the Duke
Advanced HF Database
C. Patel 1 , R.J. Mentz 1 , J. Suarez 1 , A.F. Hernandez 1 , G.M. Felker 1 ,
C.M. O’Connor 1 , J.G. Rogers 1 ; 1 Duke University, Durham, NC
023 Obese Patients with Equivalent NYHA Have Less
Cardiac Impairment Than Non-Obese Counterparts
Shanmugakumar Chinnappa 1 , Nigel Lewis 1 , David Goldspink 2 ,
Diane Barker 1 , Lip-Bun Tan 1 ; 1 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom; 2 University of Leeds, Leeds,
United Kingdom
024 Fat Measurement and Functional Characteristics in
Heart Failure Patients
A. Zavin 1 , K. Allsup 1 , D.R. Gagnon 6,7 , R. Arena 4 , S. Davis 1 , J.
Joseph 1,2 , S. Lecker 2 , A. Lazzari 1,3 , P.C. Schulze 5 , D.E. Forman 1,2 ;
1
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston; 2 Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA; 3 Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA; 4 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM; 5 Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY;
6
Boston University SPH, Boston, MA; 7 VA Cooperative Studies
Program, Boston, MA
025 Pacing from a Novel Quadripolar LV Lead Improves LV
Synchrony in CRT Patients
Gery F. Tomassoni 1 , Melody Muir 1 , Erin O’Brien 2 , Kyungmoo
Ryu 2 , Aaron Hesselson 1 ; 1 Lexington Cardiology Consultants,
Lexington, KY; 2 St. Jude Medical, Sylmar, CA
026 Hematological Malignancies Are Associated with
Significant Elevations in N-Terminal Pro Brain
Natriuretic Peptide
Jesal Popat 1 , Abel Rivero 1 , Maya Guglin 1 ; 1 Department of
Cardiovascular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa,
FL
027 In Vitro and In Vivo Actions of a Novel ANP Genetic
Variant: Unique Actions on Human Endothelial Cells
Valentina Cannone 1 , Brenda K. Huntley 1 , Guido Boerrigter 1 ,
Alessandro Cataliotti 1 , Denise M. Heublein 1 , John C. Burnett,
Jr. 1 ; 1 Cardiorenal Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN
028 Left Atrial Diastolic Dysfunction, an Underappreciated
Cause of Pulmonary Venous Hypertension and
Decompensated Heart Failure
Hemal H. Kadakia 1 , Soheni Channah 1 , James T. Heywood 1 ,
Allen D. Johnson 1 , Douglas N. Gibson 1 , Michael R. Smith 1 ,
Tariq Khan 1 ; 1 Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA
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