16th Annual Scientific Meeting - Heart Failure Society of America

Sept. 10
Monday
Posters
Posters
VADS/Transplant/Surgery
Posters
VADS/Transplant/Surgery
Sept. 10
Monday
Posters
Monday
120 Racial Differences in Patients with Left Ventricular
Assist Devices
Ashim Aggarwal 1 , Ankit Gupta 1 , Antone Tatooles 1 , Pat Pappas 1 ,
Geetha Bhat 1 ; 1 Center for Heart Transplant and Assist Devices,
Advocate Christ Medical Center, Chicago, IL
121 Mechanical Circulatory Support-Induced Early
Improvement in Renal Function Is Transient and Differs
by Device Flow: An INTERMACS Analysis
Meredith A. Brisco 1 , Mariell Jessup 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
122 Biochemical Evidence of Liver Dysfunction Identifies
Patients Likely To Have Improvement in Renal Function
with Mechanical Circulatory Support: Insights from
INTERMACS
Meredith A. Brisco 1 , Mariell Jessup 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
123 Sex Differences in Mortality on Waiting List for Heart
Transplantation
Eileen Hsich 1 , Randall C. Starling 1 , Eugene H. Blackstone 1 ,
David O. Taylor 1 , Jesse D. Schold 1 ; 1 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
OH
124 Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation:
Does Induction and the Type Matter?
Z. Lill 1 , J. Stehlik 1 , G. Snow 1 , P. Revelo 1 , R. Alharethi 1 , M.
Everitt 1 , D. Miller 1 , F. Bader 1 , D. Budge 1 , K. Brunisholz 1 ,
K. Molina 1 , E. Gilbert 1 , M. Hammond 1 , A.G. Kfoury 1 ; 1 Utah
Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals (U.T.A.H.) Cardiac
Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, UT
125 Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment in Children
Undergoing Pediatric Heart Transplant
Leslie B. Smoot 1 , Christina VanderPluym 1 , Melissa Oliva 2 ,
David N. Rosenthal 3 , Heather Bastardi 1 , Tajinder P. Singh 1 ,
Kimberlee Gauvreau 1 , Christopher S. Almond 1 ; 1 Dept. of
Cardiology, Childrens Hospital, Harvard Med School, Boston,
MA; 2 Dept of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital, Harvard Med
School, Boston, MA; 3 Dept of Pediatrics, Stanford University,
Palo Alto, CA
126 Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Is the Strongest
Echocardiographic Parameter Associated with Clinical
Heart Failure in Patients with Continuous-Flow Left
Ventricular Assist Devices
Rey P. Vivo 1 , 2 , Molham Aldeiri 1 , 2 , Juan C. Lopez-Mattei 1 ,
Andrea M. Cordero-Reyes 1 , Matthias Loebe 1 , Brian A.
Bruckner 1 , Guillermo Torre-Amione 1 , Arvind Bhimaraj 1 , Jerry
D. Estep 1 ; 1 Cardiology, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular
Center, Houston, TX; 2 Cardiology, University of Texas Medical
Branch, Galveston, TX
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127 Functional and Structural Effects of Continuous-Flow
Left Ventricular Assist Device Unloading on the Failing
Human Heart: A Prospective, Single-Center Study
Omar Wever-Pinzon 1 , Abdallah G. Kfoury 1 , Craig H. Selzman 1 ,
Rami Alharethi 1 , Edward M. Gilbert 1 , Bruce B. Reid 1 , Deborah
Budge 1 , Feras M. Bader 1 , Kimberley Brunisholz 1 , Rory Farnan 1 ,
Nikolaos Diakos 1 , Josef Stehlik 1 , Stavros G. Drakos 1 ; 1 UTAH
Heart Failure and Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, UT
128 Outcomes in Patients Older Than 65 Years of Age Post
Heart Transplant (HT)
Eugene C. DePasquale 1 , Daniel L. Jacoby 1 ; 1 Section of
Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT
129 Electrical Coupling of a Biological Active Cardiomyocyte
Patch
Elizabeth Juneman 1 , 2 , Jordan Lancaster 2 , Russell Witte 2 , Joseph
Bahl 2 , Steven Goldman 1 , 2 ; 1 Department of Cardiology, Southern
Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ; 2 Department of
Cardiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
130 Abnormal BNP Levels Predict Antibody Mediated
Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplants
Kimberly Molina 1 , Cindy Weng 1 , Dylan Miller 1 , M. Elizabeth
Hammond 1 , Josef Stelik 1 , Abdallah Kfoury 2 , Melanie
Everitt 1 ; 1 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 2 Intermountain
Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
131 Success of LVAD Therapy in Heart Failure Patients
Ineligible for Heart Transplantation Due to Psychosocial
Considerations
Navin Rajagopalan 1 , Mark Bradley 1 , Roh Yanagida 1 , Charles W.
Hoopes 1 ; 1 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
132 Is Strong Support the Key in Controlling the Incidence
of Driveline Infections?
Yazhini Ravi 1 , Sitaramesh Emani 2 , Simi M. Chacko 2 , Ahmet
Kilic 1 , Juan Crestanello 1 , Robert Higgins 1 , Chittoor B. Sai-
Sudhakar 1 ; 1 Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical
Center, Columbus, OH; 2 Medicine, The Ohio State University
Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
133 Utility of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for
Graft Failure after Pediatric Heart Transplantation in
the Unites States: Analysis of Organ Procurement and
Transplant Network Database and Extracorporeal Life
Support Organization Registry
Christina J. VanderPluym 1 , Gary E. Piercy 1 , Tajinder P. Singh 1 ,
Satish K. Rajagopal 1 , Francis Fynn-Thompson 1 , Ravi R.
Thiagarajan 1 , Christopher S. Almond 1 ; 1 Cardiology, Children’s
Hospital Boston, MA
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