2008

Abstracts for the 4th Asian Pacific Congress of Heart Failure

Poster Presentations

Early results of stem cell implantation for congestive heart failure
• Bilal Kaan Inan
Published in issue: 2008
S20-S21
Heart failure in Australia: Seasonal variations in morbidity and mortality in a South Australian heart failure population
• Sally Inglis,
• Robyn Clark,
• Sepehr Shakib,
• Simon Stewart
Published in issue: 2008
S21
Impact of diabetes on mortality of patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular function
• Antony Leslie Innasimuthu,
• Gopal Rao,
• Brian Naronha,
• Karen Clarke
Published in issue: 2008
S21
Is left ventricular systolic function a predictor of mortality in patients with heart failure?
• Antony Leslie Innasimuthu,
• Gopal Rao,
• Barbara Stephens,
• Karen Clarke
Published in issue: 2008
S21-S22
Ante-natal care and heart disease
• Golrokh Jahanshahrad
Published in issue: 2008
S22
Left ventricle diastolic function in patients undergoing chemotherapy with doxorubicin
• Martha Januar,
• Soerianata Sunarya,
• Soesanto Amiliana
Published in issue: 2008
S22
In vitro antiviral activity of Coxsackievirus B3 3C protease inhibitor
• Eun-Seok Jeon,
• Soo-Hyeon Yun,
• hyun Mi Song,
• ...
• Dong Ju Choi,
• Jae-Joong Kim,
• Kyu Hyung Ryu
Published in issue: 2008
S23
Changes of NT proBNP correlated with the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with aortic valve replacement
• Eun-Seok Jeon,
• Sang-Hoon Lee,
• Seung-Woo Park,
• ...
• Dong Ju Choi,
• Myeong-Chan Cho,
• Kyu Hyung Ryu
Published in issue: 2008
S23
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement (pAVR) with the CoreValve self expanding bioprosthesis in severe calcific aortic stenosis results in improvement of symptoms of heart failure and early regression of left ventricular wall thickness
• Hasan Jilaihawi,
• Derek Chin,
• Elaine Logtens,
• Jean-Claude Laborde,
• Tomasz Spyt,
• Jan Kovac
Published in issue: 2008
S24
Effect of carvedilol on myocardial perfusion in patients with chronic heart failure
• Umida Kamilova,
• Shahlo Jurayeva,
• Tohira Aliyeva,
• Amayak Kevorkov,
• Boris Myasnik
Published in issue: 2008
S24
Interrelation of von Willebrand's factor with endothelial dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure
• Umida Kamilova,
• Zulfia Shoalimova,
• Shahlo Jurayeva,
• Davlat Avezov,
• Amayak Kevorkov
Published in issue: 2008
S24-S25
Role of nHDL and rHDL on Ox-LDL mediated apoptosis in human monocytes/macrophages: Implications for atherosclerotic pathology
• Navkiran Kaur,
• Sujata Ghosh,
• Savita Kumari,
• Sanjay Jain,
• Subhash Varma,
• Siddhartha Majumdar
Published in issue: 2008
S25
Dehydroepiandrosterone levels vary according as heart failure condition in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
• Hiroaki Kawano,
• Hirofumi Soejima,
• Yasuhiro Nagayoshi,
• Yoshihiro Kinoshita
Published in issue: 2008
S25
Automated tissue synchronisation imaging: A rapid, accurate method for the assessment of cardiac dyssynchrony
• Leighton Kearney,
• Cameron McCormack,
• Bryan Wai,
• Nagesh Anavekar,
• Piyush Srivastava
Published in issue: 2008
S25-S26
Assessment of myocardial dysfunction in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction using serum B-type natriuretic peptide level
• Byung Ok Kim,
• Byoung Kwon Lee,
• Choong Won Goh,
• Young-Sup Byun,
• Kun Joo Rhee
Published in issue: 2008
S26
Clinical significance of cardiac involvements in patients with progressive muscular dystrophy
• Jaedeok Kim,
• Se-Joong Rim,
• Jung Rae Cho,
• ...
• Young Won Yoon,
• Mun-Kee Hong,
• Hyuk Moon Kwon
Published in issue: 2008
S26-S27
Predictive value of blood glucose and brain natriuretic peptides as prognostic factors in patients with congestive heart failure under ventilator care
• Sang Hyun Kim,
• Joo Hee Zo,
• Myung A. Kim
Published in issue: 2008
S27
Myocardial revascularization in heart failure patients with renal dysfunction
• Alka Kochar,
• Deepak Puri,
• Arun Kumar,
• Ajay Sinha,
• Manoranjan Sahoo
Published in issue: 2008
S27
Predictors of surgical outcome in heart failure patients
• Arun Kochar,
• T.S. Mahant,
• Manoranjan Sahoo,
• Deepak Puri
Published in issue: 2008
S27-S28
Cardiac transplantation
• Yogesh Kumar
Published in issue: 2008
S28
Dynamics of heart failure and left ventricular parameters in patients with nonacute coronary artery disease and recurrent ischaemia after percutaneous revascularization
• Vadim Kuznetsov,
• Grigoriy Kolunin,
• Igor Zyrianov,
• ...
• Dmitriy Krinochkin,
• Marina Bessonova,
• Elena Gorbatenko
Published in issue: 2008
S28
Heart failure in Thailand: Data from Thai ADHERE Registry
• Prasart Laothavorn,
• Kriengkri Hengrusemee,
• Rungslit Kanjanavanit,
• ...
• Samonporn Boonyarutavej,
• Rungroj Kritayapichatkul,
• Rapeephon Kunjara-Na-Ayudhya
Published in issue: 2008
S29
Every ECG tells a story: ECG characteristics of heart of Soweto study patients with heart failure
• Geraldine Lee,
• Karen Sliwa,
• Melinda Carrington,
• Simon Stewart
Published in issue: 2008
S29
Intracoronary infusion of mobilized peripheral blood stem cells by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on myocardial perfusion and viability: Improvement of myocardial perfusion as a plausible mechanism of stem cell therapy
• Hae-Young Lee,
• Hyun-Jae Kang,
• Byung-Hee Oh
Published in issue: 2008
S29-S30
The ratio of early diastolic mitral inflow velocity to early diastolic annulus velocity (E/E′) might be associated with pro-brain natriuretic peptides in patients with acute pulmonary oedema and preserved systolic function
• Young Soo Lee,
• Kee Sik Kim,
• So Yeon Kim,
• ...
• Jae Kean Ryu,
• Ji Yong Choi,
• Sung Gug Jang
Published in issue: 2008
S30
Early experience in adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Singapore
• Chong-Hee Lim,
• Yeong-Phang Lim,
• Teing-Ee Tan,
• ...
• Yeow-Leng Chua,
• Cumaraswamy Sivathasan,
• Yoong-Kong Sin
Published in issue: 2008
S30-S31
Nurse-led heart failure clinic in a rural setting a success
• Brigitte Lindsay,
• Ian Ternouth
Published in issue: 2008
S31
Introduction of a heart failure nurse practitioner clinic; impact on implementation of evidence based medications and patients perceptions
• Margaret Lucas
Published in issue: 2008
S31
Educational interventions to improve prescribing, use of echocardiography and provision of patient information in chronic heart failure in primary care
• Judith Mackson,
• Nancy Huang,
• Sue Phillips,
• Roshmeen Azam,
• Emma Slaytor,
• Andrew Boyden
Published in issue: 2008
S31-S32
Improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction and wall motion abnormality after successful angioplasty and stenting in patients with chronic coronary occlusion
• Mehrpooya Maryam,
• Ghasemi Masoud,
• Izadi Shahrzad
Published in issue: 2008
S32
Negative impact of cardio-renal anaemia syndrome on beta-blocker tolerance and subsequent major adverse cardiac event in chronic heart failure
• Yoko Masukata,
• Kazuhiko Hashimura,
• Takahiro Ohara,
• ...
• Jiyoong Kim,
• Satoshi Nakatani,
• Masafumi Kitakaze
Published in issue: 2008
S32
SCREEN-HF: Left ventricular dysfunction in an elderly population with elevated B-type natriuretic peptide and other heart failure risk factors
• Michele McGrady,
• Christopher M. Reid,
• Bert Boffa,
• Simon Stewart,
• Louise Shiel,
• Henry Krum
Published in issue: 2008
S33
Need and evolution of need for device therapy in a community heart failure population
• Habitha Mohammed Sulaiman,
• Christina O’Loughlin,
• Carmel Conlon,
• Mary Daly,
• Dermot McCaffrey,
• Kenneth McDonald
Published in issue: 2008
S33
Heart failure in patients with diabetes mellitus
• Ali Esmaeili Nadimi
Published in issue: 2008
S33-S34
Effect of atorvastatin on paraoxonase (pon) gene family and oxidative stress in a hypercholesterolemiac Thai population
• Amar Nagila,
• Surerrut Porntadavity
Published in issue: 2008
S34
Inflammatory markers (TNF-alpha, IL-6, CRP), BNP and spiroergometric stress test parameters in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation
• Bohdan Nessler,
• Jadwiga Nessler,
• Mariusz Kitliñski,
• Andrzej Gackowski,
• Wiesawa Piwowarska
Published in issue: 2008
S34
Impact of sleep disordered breathing severity on the hemodynamics, functional status and autonomic function of chronic heart failure patients
• Chin Chwan Austin Ng,
• Chin Moi Chow,
• Helen Wong,
• Andrew Sindone,
• Glen Davis,
• Saul Freedman
Published in issue: 2008
S34-S35
Ten years experience with transposition of the great arteries associated with ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO)
• Mohammad Nobakht,
• Mohammad Yousef Aarabi,
• Akbar Shahmohammadi,
• ...
• Seid Mahmood Meraji,
• Avisa Tabib,
• Hojjat Mortazaeiyan
Published in issue: 2008
S35
Intravenous amiodarone is superior to DC Cardioversion for maintaining sinus rhythm in new onset atrial fibrillation
• Brian Noronha,
• Gopala Rao,
• Leslie Innasimuthu,
• Gaurav Mathur
Published in issue: 2008
S35
Some pathogenetic differences in heart failure caused by ischemic disease versus idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy may be due to increased responsiveness to endothelin-1 in ischaemia
• Norayr Nranyan
Published in issue: 2008
S35-S36
Hyperuricaemia and heart failure revisited
• Deepak Pahuja
Published in issue: 2008
S36
Cocaine and cardiomopathy
• Deepak Pahuja,
• Priyanka Chadha
Published in issue: 2008
S36
B-type natriuretic peptide has a close correlation with N-terminal pro-BNP by head-to head comparison: Regression analysis and its independent determinants
• Hun-Jun Park,
• Sang-Hong Baek,
• Ju-Yeol Baek,
• ...
• Hui Kyung Jeon,
• Ki-Bae Seung,
• Kyu Bo Choi
Published in issue: 2008
S36
The role of brain natriuretic peptide in cardiac transplantation patients
• Jun-Neng Roan,
• Chih-Hsin Hsu,
• Hung-Wen Tsai,
• ...
• Jih-Sheng Wen,
• Chwan-Yau Luo,
• Yu-Jen Yang
Published in issue: 2008
S37
Myocardial structural changes in long-term human severe sepsis/septic shock may be responsible for cardiac dysfunction
• Marcos Rossi,
• Mara Rúbia Celes,
• Cibele Prado
Published in issue: 2008
S37
Reduction of gap junction proteins and intercalated disc structural remodeling in the hearts of mice submitted to sepsis
• Mara Rúbia Celes,
• Marcos Rossi
Published in issue: 2008
S37-S38
Hantavirus infection induces a typical myocarditis that may be responsible for myocardial depression and shock in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
• Marcos Rossi,
• Fabiano Saggioro,
• Luciano Neder
Published in issue: 2008
S38
Influence of obstructive sleep apnea on left ventricular remodelling
• Oxana Rotar,
• Yurii Sviryev,
• Nadejda Zvartau,
• Alexandra Conrady,
• Alexandr Kalinkin
Published in issue: 2008
S38
Effect of valsartan on plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in patient with chronic heart failure: Comparison with enalapril
• Jae Kean Ryu,
• Kee Sik Kim,
• Ji Yong Choi
Published in issue: 2008
S39
Association between anaemia and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in heart failure patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
• Kyu-Hyung Ryu,
• Myung-Chan Cho,
• Seong-Cheol Chae,
• ...
• Eun-Seok Jeon,
• Min-Seok Kang,
• Seongwoo Han
Published in issue: 2008
S39