15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
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Sept. 19<br />
Monday<br />
Posters<br />
Posters<br />
Outcomes<br />
Posters<br />
Outcomes<br />
Sept. 19<br />
Monday<br />
Posters<br />
MondAY<br />
229 Development and Prospective Validation <strong>of</strong> a<br />
Pediatric <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Risk-Prediction Model for<br />
30-Day Mortality in US Children Listed for <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Transplantation<br />
Christopher S. Almond 1 , Kimberlee Gauvreau 1 , Charles E.<br />
Canter 2 , Gary E. Piercey 1 , T.P. Singh 1 ; 1 Children’s Hospital<br />
Boston, Boston, MA; 2 Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis Children’s<br />
Hospital, St. Louis, MO<br />
230 International Variation in Use <strong>of</strong> Anticoagulation among<br />
<strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Patients with Atrial Fibrillation<br />
Jorge Suarez 1 , Jonathan P. Piccini 1 , Li Liang 1 , John J. Atherton 2 ,<br />
Christopher S. Haywood 3 , Renato D. Lopes 1 , Adrian F.<br />
Hernandez 1 ; 1 Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute,<br />
Durham, NC; 2 Cardiology, Royal Brisbane and Women’s<br />
Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 3 Cardiology, St<br />
Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
231 Serum Sodium Levels Have Strong Prognostic Value in<br />
Patients Admitted for <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> and a Preserved<br />
Ejection Fraction<br />
Noah Moss 1 , Ronald Zolty 1 ; 1 Cardiology, Montefiore Medical<br />
Center, Bronx, NY<br />
232 Mortality in Pulmonary Hypertension Stratified by<br />
Sedimentation Rate<br />
Baruch Popovtzer 1 , Jason N. Salamon 1 , Jeremy Mazurek 1 ,<br />
Muhammad Sardar 1 , Ronald Zolty 1 ; 1 Cardiology, Montefiore<br />
Medical Center, Bronx, NY<br />
233 The Impact <strong>of</strong> Prior <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Hospitalizations on<br />
Long-Term Mortality Differs by Baseline Risk <strong>of</strong> Death<br />
Naga V.A. Kommuri 1 , Todd M. Koelling 2 , Scott L. Hummel 2,3 ;<br />
1<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center:<br />
Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI; 2 Division <strong>of</strong> Cardiovascular<br />
Medicine, University <strong>of</strong> Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 3 Staff<br />
Cardiologist, Ann Arbor Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Ann<br />
Arbor, MI<br />
234 Hemodynamic and Laboratory Correlations <strong>of</strong><br />
Symptoms in Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Maya Guglin 1 , Catherine Law 1 ; 1 Cardiology, University <strong>of</strong> South<br />
Florida, Tampa, FL<br />
235 The Intermountain Risk Score Stratifies Mortality Risk<br />
in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Patients Receiving an ICD Based on<br />
Pre-Implant Laboratory Values<br />
Kimberly D. Brunisholz 1 , Benjamin D. Horne 1 , Roberta James 1 ,<br />
Kyle D. Balling 1 , Kismet D. Rasmusson 1 , Deborah Budge 1 ,<br />
Rami Alharethi 1 , Dylan P. Nelson 1 , Joseph M. Tuinei 1 , Abdallah<br />
G. Kfoury 1 ; 1 <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Prevention and Treatment Program,<br />
Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT<br />
236 Do Doppler/Echo Variables Improve the Performance <strong>of</strong><br />
the Seattle <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Model in Predicting Outcomes?<br />
Omar F. Abouezzeddine 1 , Sultan A. Mirzoyev 1 , Wayne C.<br />
Levy 2 , Margaret M. Redfield 1 ; 1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN;<br />
2<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Washington, Seattle, WA<br />
237 Severity <strong>of</strong> Left Atrial Enlargement Does Not Predict<br />
Mortality in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Patients<br />
Ramesh Chandra 1 , Daniel Spevack 1 ; 1 Division <strong>of</strong> Cardiology,<br />
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicine, Bronx, NY<br />
238 Right Bundle Branch Block Is a Prognostic Marker for<br />
Cardiovascular Events in Patients Hospitalized with<br />
Acute <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong>: Data from KorHFR (Korean Acute<br />
<strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Registry)<br />
Jaewon Oh 1 , Seok-Min Kang 1 , Sung Jin Hong 1 , Namki Hong 1 ,<br />
Hoyoun Won 1 , Sungha Park 1 , Yangsoo Jang 1 ; 1 Cardiology, Yonsei<br />
University Medical College, Seoul, Korea<br />
239 Alcohol Cardiomyopathy Is Associated with Worse Graft<br />
Survival after Cardiac Transplant<br />
Douglas M. Brinkley 1 , Edward M. Geltman 1 ; 1 Medicine,<br />
Washington University School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, St. Louis, MO<br />
240 Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing the 2010<br />
Veteran’s Administration (VA) CHF QUERI Hospital to<br />
Home (H2H) Initiative<br />
Nancy L. Oliva 1,2 , Anju Sahay 1 , Parisa Gholami 1 , Paul A.<br />
Heidenreich 1,3 ; 1 VA Chronic <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> QUERI Center,<br />
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA; 2 Geriatric<br />
Research, Education Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Palo Alto<br />
Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA; 3 Center for Primary Care <br />
Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA<br />
241 MELD Score at the Time <strong>of</strong> Surgery Does Not Predict<br />
Post-Operative Outcomes in Orthotopic <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Transplant<br />
Maria M. Patarroyo 1 , Cesar A. Simbaqueba 1 , W.H. Wilson<br />
Tang 2 , Randall Starling 2 , David O. Taylor 2 ; 1 Internal Medicine,<br />
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2 Cardiovascular<br />
Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH<br />
242 Symptom Pr<strong>of</strong>iles in Advanced <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> with<br />
Marked Differences in Quality-<strong>of</strong>-Life<br />
Christopher S. Lee 1 , Antony Y. Kim 1 , Jennifer Green 1 , Anne<br />
Rosenfeld 1 ; 1 Oregon Health Science Univ., Portland, OR<br />
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