16th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
16th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
16th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America
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Sept. 11<br />
Tuesday<br />
Posters<br />
Posters<br />
Outcomes<br />
Posters<br />
Outcomes<br />
Sept. 11<br />
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265 Intensive Peri-Discharge Intervention Reduces 30-Day<br />
Readmissions in an Underserved <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Population: Demonstration <strong>of</strong> a Validated Risk Score<br />
Hong-Jun F. Yun 1 , Jill Downing 1 , Carol Colozzi 1 , Justin<br />
Saulino 1 , Diane F. Gauthier 1 , Wilson S. Colucci 1 , Chang-Seng<br />
Liang 1 ; 1 Section <strong>of</strong> Cardiology, Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Boston<br />
University Medical Center, Boston, MA<br />
266 Impact <strong>of</strong> Patient Education Class for Inpatients<br />
Admitted for <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> on Rates <strong>of</strong> 30 Day<br />
Readmission<br />
Narendra Bhalodkar 1 , Sherry Megalla 1 , Harish Patel 1 , Aniwaa<br />
Obeng 1 , Jason J. Chedda 1 , Charles McCaleb 1 , Usman Khan 1 ,<br />
Jonathan Bella 1 ; 1 Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center,<br />
Bronx, NY<br />
267 Perceived Benefits <strong>of</strong>, but Not Barriers to, Following<br />
a Low Sodium Diet Predict Long-Term Adherence in<br />
Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Misook L. Chung 1 , Terry A. Lennie 1 , Susan K. Frazier 1 , Debra<br />
K. Moser 1 ; 1 College <strong>of</strong> Nursing, University <strong>of</strong> Kentucky,<br />
Lexington, KY<br />
268 Depression Symptoms Evaluated by the PHQ-9<br />
Instrument in Outpatients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> in the<br />
Atlanta Cardiomyopathy Consortium (TACC) Study:<br />
Association with Health Care Resource Utilization and<br />
Quality <strong>of</strong> Life<br />
Vasiliki Georgiopoulou 1 , Ali A. Azeem 1 , Song Li 1 , Catherine<br />
N. Marti 1 , Andreas Kalogeropoulos 1 , Sandra B. Dunbar 1 , Javed<br />
Butler 1 ; 1 Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Division <strong>of</strong> Cardiology, Emory<br />
University, Atlanta, GA<br />
269 Impaired Cell-Mediated Immunity Portends Poor<br />
Prognosis in Advanced <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Vijaiganesh Nagarajan 1 , Clay A. Cauthen 1 , Randall C. Starling 1 ,<br />
W.H. Wilson Tang 1 ; 1 <strong>Heart</strong> and Vascular Institute, Cleveland<br />
Clinic, Cleveland, OH<br />
270 The Caregiver Burden Questionnaire for Chronic <strong>Heart</strong><br />
<strong>Failure</strong> (CBQ-CHF): Development and Validation<br />
S. Blackburn 1 , L. Humphrey 1 , L. Maguire 1 , C. Deschasaux 2 , A.<br />
Stromberg 3 ; 1 Adelphi Values, Macclesfield, United Kingdom;<br />
2<br />
Novartis, Basel, Switzerland; 3 Linköping University, Linköping,<br />
Sweden<br />
271 Predictors <strong>of</strong> Worsening Renal Function during<br />
Hospitalization for Acute <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Syndromes:<br />
Insights from RO-AHFS Registry<br />
Ovidiu Chioncel 1 , Serban Bubenek 1 , Dragos Vinereanu 2 , Andrew<br />
Ambrosy 3 , Cezar Macarie 1 , Mihai Gheorghiade 4 ; 1 Institute <strong>of</strong><br />
Emergency for Cardiovascular Diseases C.C.Iliescu, Bucharest,<br />
Romania; 2 Universitary Emergency Hospital, Bucharest,<br />
Romania; 3 Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Stanford University<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Stanford, IL; 4 Center for Cardiovascular<br />
Innovation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicine, Chicago, IL<br />
272 Measuring CME Outcomes: Assessment <strong>of</strong> an HFSA<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> Symposium<br />
Barry H. Greenberg 1 , Joseph G. Verbalis 2 , Gregg C. Fonarow 3 ,<br />
Margaret A. Clark 4 , Judith Lenhart 5 , Steve Eckert 6 ; 1 Cardiology,<br />
UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA; 2 Endocrinology,<br />
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC;<br />
3<br />
Cardiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 4 Clark Medical Writing,<br />
LLC, Tucker, GA; 5 Global <strong>Scientific</strong> Communications,<br />
Celgene Corporation, Berkeley Heights, NJ; 6 CME-University,<br />
Northfield, IL<br />
273 Sufficient Decrease in Pulmonary Arterial Pressure<br />
Markedly Improves Long-Term Prognosis <strong>of</strong> Patients<br />
with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension<br />
Masaru Hatano 1 , Atsushi Yao 1 , Hisataka Maki 1 , Toshiro Inaba 1 ,<br />
Koichiro Kinugawa 1 ; 1 Cardiovascular Medicine, The University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan<br />
274 Body Mass Index Predict <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Patients’ Long-<br />
Term Survival in Taiwan<br />
Tsuey-Yuan Huang 1 , Ming-Fen Tsai 1 , Mei-Ling Yeh 2 , Hui-<br />
Chu Yu 3 , Shiow-Li Hwang 2 , Terry A. Lennie 4 ; 1 Nursing, Chang<br />
Gung University <strong>of</strong> Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan;<br />
2<br />
Nursing, National Taipei University <strong>of</strong> Nursing & Health<br />
Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan; 3 Nursing, National Taiwan University<br />
Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 4 Nursing, University <strong>of</strong> Kentucky,<br />
Lexington, KY<br />
275 Ethnicity, Functional Cass, Depression, Anxiety, and<br />
Perceived Control Are Predictors <strong>of</strong> Health-Related<br />
Quality <strong>of</strong> Life in Patients with <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong><br />
Tsuey-Yuan Huang 1 , Hui-Chu Yu 2 , Ming-Fen Tsai 1 , Mei-<br />
Ling Yeh 3 , Shiow-Li Hwang 3 , Terry A. Lennie 4 , Debra K.<br />
Moser 4 ; 1 Nursing, Chang Gung University <strong>of</strong> Science and<br />
Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan; 2 Nursing, National Taiwan<br />
University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 3 Nursing, National Taipei<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Nursing Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan;<br />
4<br />
Nursing, University <strong>of</strong> Kentucky, Lexington, KY<br />
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