15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America

Sept. 19
Monday
Posters
Posters
Cardiovascular Physiology
Posters
Cardiovascular Structure
Sept. 19
Monday
Posters
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029 Cardiac Wasting in Experimental Cancer Cachexia:
Prevention by Bisoprolol and Spironolactone
Jochen Springer 1 , Anika Tschirner 1 , Arash Haghika 2 , Aleksandra
Grzesiak 3 , Elena Kaschina 3 , Hind Lal 4 , Stefan von Haehling 1 ,
Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner 2 , Thomas Force 4 , Stefan D. Anker 1 ;
1
Cachexia Research, Charite Medical School, Berlin,
Germany; 2 Dept of Cardiology and Angiology, Medical School
Hannover, Hannover, Germany; 3 Institute of Pharmacology,
Charite Medical School, Berlin, Germany; 4 Thomas Jefferson
University, Philadelphia, PA
030 Effects of Left Ventricular Stimulation Site on Diastolic
Function in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Dusan Z. Kocovic, Scott Cox, Nancy Britton, Mark Heimann;
Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood,
PA
031 The Right Ventricular Contractile Pattern Is Markedly
Different in Transplanted Compared to Normal Hearts.
Implications for RV Function Assessment Post Cardiac
Transplant
Anjali V. Fields 1 , Amresh Raina 1 , Susan V. Chambers 1 , Paul
R. Forfia 1 ; 1 Medicine/Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
032 Echocardiographic Estimation of the Left Ventricular
End Diastolic Pressure Volume Relationship Predicts
Survival in Congestive Heart Failure
Justin A. Karl 1 , Daniel Spevack 1 , Neeraja Yedlapati 2 , Mario
J. Garcia 1 , Ythan Goldberg 1 ; 1 Medicine, Montefiore Medical
Center, Bronx, NY; 2 Medicine, North Central Bronx Hospital,
Bronx, NY
033 Hemodynamic and Neurochemical Determinates of
Renal Function in Heart Failure
John D. Parker 1 , Cameron Gilbert; 1 Medicine, University of
Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
034 Ejection Fraction: A Predictor for Types of Cognitive
Deficit in HF Patients
Ponrathi R. Athilingam 1 ; 1 College of Nursing, University of
South Florida, Tampa, FL
035 Withdrawn
056 Role of T Lymphocytes in Leptin-Mediated Myocardial
Fibrosis
Sherma Zibadi 1,2 , Douglas F. Larson 1 , Ronald R. Watson 1,2 ;
1
Sarver Heart Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ;
2
College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
057 Renal Remodeling Post Myocardial Infarction: The
Modulating Actions of Aging
S. Jeson Sangaralingham 1 , Tomoko Ichiki 1 , Fernando L.
Martin 1 , Paul M. McKie 1 , Horng H. Chen 1 , John C. Burnett, Jr. 1 ;
1
Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
058 The Characterization of Myocardial Fibrosis by Cardiac
MRI in Association with Renal Dysfunction
Sanjay Dandamudi 1 , James F. Glockner 1 , Joshua P. Slusser 1 ,
David O. Hodge 1 , Horng H. Chen 1 ; 1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN
059 Echocardiography To Screen for Central Sleep Apnea in
Heart Failure
Andrew D. Calvin 1 , Virend K. Somers 1 , Christelle van der Walt 1 ,
Lyle J. Olson 1 ; 1 Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, MN
060 Do Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Allograft
Vasculopathy Have Unique Myocardial Remodeling
Characteristics?
Divya Ratan Verma 1 , Stavros G. Drakos 1 , Monica P. Revelo 1 ,
Abdallah G. Kfoury 1 , Farman Khan 1 , Feras Bader 1 , Deborah
Budge 1 , Rami Alharethi 1 , Craig Selzman 1 , Edward Gilbert 1 ,
Elizabeth Hammond 1 , Dylan Miller 1 , Dean Y. Li 1 , Josef Stehlik 1 ;
1
UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, UT
Neurohormones/Cytokines
066 A Multimarker Panel Improves Risk Prediction in
Chronic Heart Failure
Bonnie Ky 1 , Benjamin French 1 , James C. Fang 2 , Nancy K.
Sweitzer 3 , Wayne C. Levy 4 , Alan H.B. Wu 5 , Lee R. Goldberg 1 ,
Mariell Jessup 1 , Thomas P. Cappola 1 ; 1 Cardiovascular Institute,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia,
PA; 2 Cardiovascular Medicine, Case Western University,
Cleveland, OH; 3 Cardiovascular Medicine, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI; 4 Cardiovascular Medicine, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA; 5 Department of Laboratory
Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San
Francisco, CA
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