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 />
Outcomes<br />
Posters<br />
Outcomes<br />
Sept. 20<br />
Tuesday<br />
Posters<br />
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259 Seattle <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Model Scores Significantly Predict<br />
Medical Resource Use and Costs in HF-ACTION<br />
Shelby D. Reed 1 , Yanhong Li 1 , Stephen J. Ellis 1 , David J.<br />
Whellan 2 , Kevin A. Schulman 1 , Christopher M. O’Connor 1 ,<br />
Wayne C. Levy 3 ; 1 Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham,<br />
NC; 2 Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA; 3 University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Washington, Seattle, WA<br />
260 Longitudinal Investigation <strong>of</strong> Patient Centric Outcomes:<br />
Comparisons between CRT-D vs. ICD Patients<br />
Brian Ramza 1 , Samuel F. Sears 2 , Christina Murray 3 , John House 1 ,<br />
Paul Kennedy 1 , Rose Thompson 1 , Michelle M. Fedewa 4 ; 1 St.<br />
Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, KS; 2 East Carolina, Greenville,<br />
NC; 3 Oklahoma University Health Sciences Ctr, Oklahoma City,<br />
OK; 4 Medtronic, Inc., Fridley, MN<br />
261 One-Year Survival Post-ICD Implantation: Another<br />
Indicator <strong>of</strong> Appropriate Candidate Selection<br />
Kismet Rasmusson 1 , Roberta James 1 , Rami Alharethi 1 , Deborah<br />
Budge 1 , Kim Brunisholz 1 , Jenny Connolly 1 , Joe Tuinei 1 , Dylan<br />
Nelson 1 , Colleen Roberts 1 , Abdallah Kfoury 1 ; 1 <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Prevention and Treatment Program, Intermountain Medical<br />
Center, Salt Lake City, UT<br />
262 Quality <strong>of</strong> Life and Family Function Are Poorest When<br />
Both Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> and Their Caregivers<br />
Depressed<br />
Misook L. Chung 1 , Debra K. Moser 1 , Susan K. Frazier 1 , Terry A.<br />
Lennie 1 ; 1 Nursing, University <strong>of</strong> Kentucky, Lexington, KY<br />
263 Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes <strong>of</strong> Patients with<br />
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (ICM) and Angina: Findings<br />
from the Duke Cardiovascular Database<br />
R.J. Mentz 1 , M. Fiuzat 1 , L. Shaw 1 , S. Borges-Neto 1 , H.R.<br />
Phillips 1 , M. Gheorghiade 2 , C.M. O’Connor 1 ; 1 DCRI, Duke Univ,<br />
Durham, NC; 2 Northwestern Univ, Chicago, IL<br />
264 Effect <strong>of</strong> Spironolactone on 30 Day Readmission Rates<br />
in Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Following Ultrafiltration<br />
Therapy<br />
Mahesh Aradhya 1 , Deepakraj Gajanana 1 , Santh V.S.<br />
Silpershetty 1 , Hyma Vani Polimera 1 , Ellen Amedeo 2 , Prasanna<br />
Sugathan 2 ; 1 Internal Medicine, St Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem,<br />
PA; 2 Cardiology, St Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, PA<br />
265 Do Comorbidity Scores Compare with or Improve the<br />
Performance <strong>of</strong> the Seattle <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Model in<br />
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 />
266 Hypoalbuminemia Is an Independent Predictor <strong>of</strong> Long<br />
Term Mortality in Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> with<br />
Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)<br />
Muhammad R. Sardar 1 , Zia Rab 1 , Jason N. Salamon 1 , Wajeeha<br />
Saeed 1 , Ronald Zolty 1 ; 1 Cardiology/CHF and Transplant,<br />
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY<br />
267 Prognostic Value <strong>of</strong> Serial Clinical, Laboratory and<br />
Ecocardiographic Tests in Ambulatory Patients with<br />
Chronic <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Carlo Lombardi 1 , Alessandra Manerba 1 , Enrico Vizzardi 1 ,<br />
Giovanni Cuminetti 1 , Silvia Bugatti 1 , Valentina Carubelli 1 ,<br />
Valentina Lazzarini 1 , Savina Nodari 1 , Marco Metra 1 , Livio Dei<br />
Cas 1 ; 1 Cardiology, University <strong>of</strong> Brescia, Brescia, Italy<br />
268 Optimal Low-Density Lipoprotein Levels in Patients<br />
with Acutely Decompensated <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Mark R. Kahn 1 , Arzhang Fallahi 1 , Greg Serrao 1 , Gabriel<br />
Wagman 1 , Timothy J. Vittorio 1 ; 1 Zena and Michael A. Wiener<br />
Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New<br />
York, NY<br />
269 Prognostic Scoring in Patients Requiring BIVAD as a<br />
Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation<br />
Richard K. Cheng 1 , Chi-Hong Tseng 2 , Richard Shemin 3 ,<br />
W. Robb MacLellan 1 ; 1 Cardiology, UCLA, Los Angeles,<br />
CA; 2 General Internal Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA;<br />
3<br />
Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA<br />
270 Successful Facilitation <strong>of</strong> the Save 5 Million Lives<br />
Campaign at VA VISNs (Regions): CHF QUERI<br />
Anju Sahay 1 , Paul A. Heidenreich 1 ; 1 CHF QUERI, Dept <strong>of</strong><br />
Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, CA<br />
271 Performance <strong>of</strong> Generic Health Related Quality <strong>of</strong> Life<br />
Instruments in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Clinics<br />
Andrew J. Henn 1 , Steven Tally 2 , Robert M. Kaplan 3 , Dennis<br />
Fryback 1 , Theodore G. Ganiats 2 , Nancy K. Sweitzer 1 ; 1 University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Wisconsin School <strong>of</strong> Medicine and Public Health, Madison,<br />
WI; 2 University <strong>of</strong> California - San Diego, San Diego, CA;<br />
3<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Health Services, UCLA School <strong>of</strong> Public Health,<br />
Los Angeles, CA<br />
272 Changing Clinical Pr<strong>of</strong>iles and Timing <strong>of</strong> Enrollment in<br />
Acute <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Syndromes Clinical Trials<br />
Sean Collins 1 , Alan Storrow 2 , Karen Miller 2 , Sue Roll 1 , Greg<br />
Fermann 1 , Peter Pang 3 , Mihai Gheorghiade 3 , Chris Lindsell 1 ,<br />
Douglas Sawyer 2 , Neal Weintraub 1 ; 1 Emergency Medicine,<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 2 Emergency Medicine,<br />
Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN; 3 Emergency Medicine, Northwestern<br />
University, Chicago, IL<br />
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