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. 20<br />
Tuesday<br />
PM<br />
TuesdAY<br />
HOW TO SESSIONS<br />
Tuesday, September 20<br />
12:30-1:30 PM<br />
Location<br />
5. Clinical Practice Careers in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Room 306<br />
Michele A. Hamilton, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Thomas E. Noonan, Pawtucket, RI<br />
Mary N. Walsh, Indianapolis, IN<br />
Learning Objective: Describe the variety <strong>of</strong> potential<br />
practice opportunities for specialists in heart failure.<br />
6. Following Patients on the Transplant List Room 304<br />
(Frequency, Testing, Re-Evaluation, Status Changes)<br />
Tonya Elliott, Falls Church, VA<br />
Michael B. Fowler, Stanford, CA<br />
Learning Objective: Identify key clinical issues in<br />
following heart failure patients on the transplant list.<br />
7. Select the Test: MRI/Nuclear/Echo Room 302<br />
Raymond Y. Kwong, Boston, MA<br />
Ayan R. Patel, Boston, MA<br />
James E. Udelson, Boston, MA<br />
Learning Objective: Use evaluation methods appropriate<br />
to the diagnostic or treatment situation.<br />
ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION<br />
Tuesday, September 20<br />
12:30-1:30 PM<br />
Room 312<br />
Rapid Fire Abstracts<br />
Moderators: Arthur M. Feldman, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Mark A. Sussman, San Diego, CA<br />
Sept. 20<br />
Tuesday<br />
PM<br />
12:30* Early Enalapril Therapy on Long-Term Mortality 255<br />
in Patients with Asymptomatic Left Ventricular<br />
Systolic Dysfunction: A 22-Year Follow-up <strong>of</strong> SOLVD<br />
in Belgium<br />
Philip Jong, Sylvie A. Ahn, Michel F. Rousseau, University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Louvain, Brussels, Belgium<br />
12:36* Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hypertension: 320<br />
Comparison <strong>of</strong> Stress Echocardiography to Right<br />
<strong>Heart</strong> Catheterization<br />
Karthik Gujia, Deepika Misra, Christine Roncari, Roxana<br />
Sulica, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY<br />
12:42* Comparison <strong>of</strong> Rest and Peak Exercise Exhaled 083<br />
Nitric Oxide in Determining Underlying Pulmonary<br />
Vascular Dysfunction in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Andres Schuster, Allen G. Borowski, Akanksha Thakur,<br />
W.H. Wilson Tang, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH<br />
TuesdAY<br />
12:48* Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Protects Cardiomyocytes 084<br />
Against Oxidative Stress-Induced Apoptosis<br />
Otmar Pfister, Vera Lorenz, Stephanie P. Hauselmann,<br />
Katrin Buhler, Aleksandra Woodnar-Filipowicz, Gabriela<br />
M. Kuster, University <strong>of</strong> Hospital, Basel, Switzerland<br />
12:54* Treatment <strong>of</strong> Functional Mitral Regurgitation 138<br />
by Percutaneous Annuloplasty Results I Durable<br />
Clinical Efficacy Through 18 Months<br />
David G. Reuter, Michael Haude, Tomasz Siminiak, Jezy<br />
Sadowski, Janusz Lipiecki, Jean Fajadet, Uta C. Hoppe,<br />
Seattle Children’s Hospital and Cardiac Dimensions,<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
1:00* Genotype and Phenotypic Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Persons 221<br />
with Cardiac Amyloidosis from the Multinational<br />
Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey<br />
(THAOS) Registry<br />
Kumar Dharmarajan, Say Salomon, Stephen Helmke,<br />
Sergio Tereyua, Claudio Rapezzi, Rodney Falk, Mathew S.<br />
Maurer, Columbia University, New York, NY<br />
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*3 minutes to present, 2 minute discussion<br />
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