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15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America

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Sept. 20<br />

Tuesday<br />

Posters<br />

Posters<br />

Neurohormones/Cytokines<br />

Posters<br />

Neurohormones/Cytokines<br />

Sept. 20<br />

Tuesday<br />

Posters<br />

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083 Comparison <strong>of</strong> Rest and Peak Exercise Exhaled Nitric<br />

Oxide in Determining Underlying Pulmonary Vascular<br />

Dysfunction in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />

Andres Schuster 1 , Allen G. Borowski 1 , Akanksha Thakur 2 , W.H.<br />

Wilson Tang 1 ; 1 Department <strong>of</strong> Cardiovascular Medicine, <strong>Heart</strong><br />

and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland,<br />

OH; 2 Case Western Reserve School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Case Western<br />

Reserve University, Cleveland, OH<br />

084 Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Protects Cardiomyocytes<br />

Against Oxidative Stress-Induced Apoptosis<br />

Otmar Pfister 1,2 , Vera Lorenz 1 , Stephanie P. Hauselmann 1 , Katrin<br />

Buhler 1 , Aleksandra Wodnar-Filipowicz 1 , Gabriela M. Kuster 1,2 ;<br />

1<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Biomedicine, University Hospital, Basel,<br />

Switzerland; 2 Division <strong>of</strong> Cardiology, University Hospital,<br />

Basel, Switzerland<br />

085 Systemic Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Levels Identify<br />

Chronic Systolic <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Patients with Diminished<br />

Exercise Capacity and Impaired Peripheral Vascular<br />

Reactivity<br />

Andres Schuster 1 , Akanksha Thakur 2 , Allen G. Borowski 1 , W.H.<br />

Wilson Tang 1 ; 1 Department <strong>of</strong> Cardiovascular Medicine, <strong>Heart</strong><br />

and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland,<br />

OH; 2 Case Western Reserve School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Case Western<br />

Reserve University, Cleveland, OH<br />

086 Serum Arylesterase Activity Levels Provide Stronger<br />

Prognostic Value Than Serum Paraoxonase Activity<br />

Levels in Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />

Zhili Shao 1 , Yuping Wu 2 , Yi Lu 1 , Stanley L. Hazen 1 , W.H.<br />

Wilson Tang 1 ; 1 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2 Cleveland<br />

State University, Cleveland, OH<br />

087 Diminished Endothelial Progenitor Cells Were<br />

Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients<br />

with Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Left <strong>Heart</strong><br />

Disease<br />

Yenal Harper 1 , Kewal Asosingh 1 , Cotleur Anne 1 , Serpil C.<br />

Erzurum 1 , W.H. Wilson Tang 1 ; 1 Cleveland Clinic Foundation,<br />

Cleveland, OH<br />

088 Protein Carbamylation in Chronic Systolic <strong>Heart</strong><br />

<strong>Failure</strong>: Relation with Renal Insufficiency and Adverse<br />

Long-Term Clinical Outcomes<br />

Kevin Shrestha 1 , Zeneng Wang 1 , Allen G. Borowski 1 , Richard<br />

W. Troughton 2 , Allan L. Klein 1 , Stanley L. Hazen 1 , W.H. Wilson<br />

Tang 1 ; 1 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2 Christchurch School<br />

<strong>of</strong> Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand<br />

089 Elevated Urinary Neopterin Levels Are Associated with<br />

Cardiac and Functional Impairment in Patients with<br />

Chronic Systolic <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />

Zhili Shao 1 , Renliang Zhang 1 , Allen G. Borowski 1 , Akanksha<br />

Thakur 2 , W.H. Wilson Tang 1 ; 1 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH;<br />

2<br />

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH<br />

090 Gut-Flora-Dependent Phosphatidylcholine Metabolites<br />

Predict Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Systolic<br />

<strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />

Kevin Shrestha 1 , Zeneng Wang 1 , Allen G. Borowski 1 , Richard<br />

W. Troughton 2 , Allan L. Klein 1 , Stanley L. Hazen 1 , W.H. Wilson<br />

Tang 1 ; 1 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2 Christchurch School<br />

<strong>of</strong> Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand<br />

091 Do Cytokines and Biomarkers Play a Role on Cognitive<br />

Impairment in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong>?<br />

Ponrathi R. Athilingam 1 , Leway Chen 2 ; 1 University <strong>of</strong> South<br />

Florida, Tampa, FL; 2 University <strong>of</strong> Rochester, Rochester, NY<br />

092 High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Predicts Carvedilol-<br />

Induced Improvement <strong>of</strong> Left Ventricular Systolic<br />

Function in Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />

Jadwiga M. Nessler 1 , Bohdan J. Nessler 1 , Mariusz Kitlinski 2 ,<br />

Ole Melander 2 , Artur Fedorowski 2 ; 1 Dpt <strong>of</strong> Coronary <strong>Heart</strong><br />

Disease, Institute <strong>of</strong> Cardiology, Medical School <strong>of</strong> Jagiellonian<br />

University, Cracow, Poland; 2 Dpt <strong>of</strong> Cardiology, Skane<br />

University Hospital, Malmoe, Sweden<br />

093 Adrenergic-Mediated Suppression <strong>of</strong> Monocyte<br />

Proinflammatory Cytokine Production Is Reduced in<br />

Acute <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />

Tien M.H. Ng 1 , Brian J. Kim 1 , Jennifer I. Park 1 , Stan G. Louie 1 ,<br />

Uri Elkayam 1 ; 1 School <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy and Keck School <strong>of</strong><br />

Medicine, University <strong>of</strong> Southern California, Los Angeles, CA<br />

094 IL-17 RA PLAD-Ig Reduces Cardiac Fibrosis in<br />

Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis Rats<br />

Wei Liu, Weimin Li, Ning Yang, Yunyan Song; Cardiology, The<br />

First Affiliated Hospital <strong>of</strong> Harbin Medical University, Harbin,<br />

Heilongjiang, China<br />

095 Plasma Galectin-3 in Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong>:<br />

Relationship to Clinical Status, Pathophysiology <strong>of</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

<strong>Failure</strong>, and Renal Function<br />

Deepa M. Gopal 1 , Maya Kommineni 1 , Nir Ayalon 1 , Christian<br />

Koelbl 1 , Rivka Ayalon 1 , Andreia Biolo 1 , Laura M. Dember 1 ,<br />

Jill Downing 1 , Deborah A. Siwik 1 , Chang-seng Liang 1 , Wilson<br />

S. Colucci 1 ; 1 Cardiovascular Medicine Section, Department <strong>of</strong><br />

Medicine, and the Myocardial Biology Unit, Boston University<br />

Medical Center, Boston, MA<br />

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