PROGRAM

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
12:40 A Pharmacogenetic Investigation of Intravenous
Furosemide in Decompensated Heart Failure: A
Meta-Analysis of 3 Clinical Trials
Simon de Denus 1 , Jean L. Rouleau 1 , Douglas L.
Mann 2 , Gordon S. Huggins 3 , Thomas P. Cappola 4 ,
Svati H. Shah 5 , Julianna Keleti 6 , Yassamin Feroz
Zada 1 , Sylvie Provost 1 , Amina Bardhadi 1 , Michael
S. Phillips 1 , Valérie Normand 1 , Ian Mongrain 1 , Marie-Pierre
Dubé 1 . 1 Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal,
QC, Canada; 2 Washington University School
of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; 3 Tufts Medical Center,
Boston, MA; 4 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA; 5 Division of Cardiology, Duke University
School of Medicine, Durham, NC; 6 National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD
12:45 Baseline Characteristics Predict the Presence
of Amyloid on Endomyocardial Biopsy Among
Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved
Ejection Fraction
Van-Khue Ton, Aditya Bhonsale, Marc K. Halushka,
Charles Steenbergen, Edward Kasper, Ryan
J. Tedford, Ilan Wittstein, Kavita Sharma, Stuart
Russell, Daniel P. Judge. Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, MD
1:05 Effect of Corin Deficiency and Mutation on
Cardiac Natriuretic Peptide Processing in the
Intact Heart Under Cardiac Pressure-Overload
Conditions
Bin Xu, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1:10 Telomere Integrity as a Genetic Marker of
Effective Treatment for Advanced Heart Failure
Cara Statz 1 , Judith Brown 2 , Aleksandra Ras 1 , Kev
in Ballard 1 , Dharma Desai 2 , Daniel Fusco 1 , Jona
than Hammond 1 , Jason Gluck 1 , Detlef Wencker 3 .
1
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; 2 University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT; 3 University of Kansas
Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
1:15 Adjourn
Learning Objective: Discuss findings from recent research
in HF and their implications for research and clinical practice.
12:50 Contemporary Natural History, Mechanical
Circulatory Support Needs and Post-Transplant
Outcomes of Patients With Myocarditis Listed
for Heart Transplantation
Chantal Elamm, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Mahazarin Ginwalla,
Rodolfo Benatti, Mobolaji Ige, Mohammadkattea,
Chang kim, Guilherme Oliveira. University
Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
12:55 Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections
Related to Inpatient Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
among Patients Waiting for Heart
Transplantation
Usama Daimee, Katherine Dodd, Saadia Sherazi,
Lynn Fine, Christine Hay, Eugene Storozynsky,
Jeffrey Alexis, Leway Chen, University of Rochester
Medical Center, Rochester, NY
1:00 Relevance of Changes in Serum Creatinine
During a Heart Failure Trial of Decongestion:
Insights From the DOSE Trial
Meredith A. Brisco 1 , Michael R. Zile 1 , Jennifer
Simon 2 , W.H. Wilson Tang 3 , Jeffrey M. Testani 2 .
1
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston,
SC; 2 Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT; 3 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Cleveland, OH
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