16th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America

Sept. 11
Tuesday
Posters
Posters
Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Posters
Epidemiology/Prevention
Sept. 11
Tuesday
Posters
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207 Safety of Acute Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy with
Chronic Ivabradine Therapy
Hani N. Sabbah 1 , Itamar Ilsar 2 , Mengjun Wang 1 , Keife
Zhang 1 ; 1 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of
Medicine, Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, MI;
2
BioControl Medical, Inc, New Hope, MN
208 Role and Effect of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors and
Endothelin Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of
Moderate Pulmonary Hypertension
Thiago Jabuonski 1 , Jeremy A. Mazurek 1 , Ronald
Zolty 2 ; 1 Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx,
NY; 2 Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center,
Bronx, NY
Epidemiology/Prevention
215 Characteristics, Management and Outcomes of
Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure in Korea:
Preliminary Results of the Korean Acute Heart Failure
Registry (KorAHF)
Sang Eun Lee 1 , Hyun-Jai Cho 1 , Hae-Young Lee 1 , Han-Mo Yang 1 ,
Jin Oh Choi 2 , Eun-Seok Jeon 2 , Min-Seok Kim 3 , Jae-Joong Kim 3 ,
Kyung-Kook Hwang 4 , Shung Chull Chae 5 , Sang Hong Baek 6 ,
Suk Min Seo 6 , Seok-Min Kang 7 , Dong-Ju Choi 8 , Kyu-Hyung
Ryu 9 , Byung-Su Yoo 10 , Youngkyun Ahn 11 , Hyun-Young Park 12 ,
Myeong-Chan Cho 4 , 12 , Byung-Hee Oh Oh 1 ; 1 Seoul National
University, Seoul, Korea; 2 Sungkyunkwan University, Korea;
3
University of Ulsan, Korea; 4 Chungbuk National University,
Korea; 5 Kyungpook National University, Korea; 6 The Catholic
University of Korea, Korea; 7 Yonsei University, Korea; 8 Seoul
National University Bundang Hospital, Korea; 9 Konkuk
University, Korea; 10 Yonsei University Wonju Christian Hospital,
Korea; 11 Chonnam National University, Korea; 12 National
Institute of Health, Korea
216 Low Disease Prevalence May Influence the Diagnostic
Accuracy of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in
Detecting Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Sulaiman M. Mapara 1 , Abhishek Deshpande 2 , Vinay Pasupuleti 2 ,
Adrian V. Hernandez 4 , W.H. Wilson Tang 3 ; 1 Internal Medicine,
Saint Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; 2 Case
Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland,
OH; 3 Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
OH; 4 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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217 Race and Age Impacts Treatment Cost of Heart Failure
in Tennessee
Baqar A. Husaini 1 , Van A. Cain 1 , Zahid Samad 1 , Robert S.
Levine 2 ; 1 Center for Prevention Research, College of Agriculture,
Human, and Natural Sciences, TN State University, Nashville,
TN; 2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry
Medical College, Nashville, TN
218 Inflammatory Syndrome and Dental State (Missing
Tooth and Carries) in Patients with Cardiovascular
Disease and Atrial Fibrillation; Possible Role in Atrial
Fibrillation Pathogenesis
Ioan A. Gutiu 1 , Laurentiu I. Gutiu 2 , Flavian S. Radulescu 1 ,
Manole Cojocaru 3 ; 1 Medical Emergencies, “Carol Davila”
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania;
2
Neurology, Central Emergencies Military Hospital, Bucharest,
Romania; 3 Laboratory, “Titu Maiorescu” University, Bucharest,
Romania
219 Cardiovascular Abnormalities and Modifiable Risk
Factors among First Responders: The Cleveland
Firefighters’ Health Study
Yenal Harper 1 , Tracy Kovach 2 , Chistopher Kovach 2 , Alan
G. Borowski 1 , Carmel M. Halley 1 , Kevin Shrestha 1 , Mario
Scarcipino 2 , W.H. Wilson Tang 1 , Anjli P. Maroo 2 ; 1 Cardiovascular
Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2 Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH
220 Clinical and Echocardiographic Profile and Outcomes of
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: The Philippine General
Hospital Experience
Vim I. Samonte 1 , Queenie G. Ngalob 2 , Divine Ghea B. Mata 3 ,
Felix Eduardo R. Punzalan 1 , Eugenio P. Reyes 1 ; 1 Section
of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of the
Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines;
2
Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University
of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Manila,
Philippines; 3 Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of the
Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
Outcomes
226 Obesity Paradox Does Not Apply to Acute Heart Failure
Obesity Paradox Does Not Apply to Acute Heart Failure
230 The Timing of Hemoconcentration during Treatment of
Decompensated Heart Failure Influences Subsequent
Survival
Meredith A. Brisco 1 , Steve Coca 2 , Stephen Kimmel 1 , Jeffrey
M. Testani 1 ; 1 Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia,
PA; 2 Department of Medicine, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT
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