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 />
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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