International Academy of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2014 19th World Congress on ...

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International Academy of Cardiology
Annual Scientific Sessions 2014
19th World Congress on Heart Disease
Boston, Mass., USA, July 25–28, 2014
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Takashi Akasaka, Japan William H. Gaasch, USA
Matthew A. Allison, USA Feng Gao, China
Martin A. Alpert, USA Julius M. Gardin, USA
Ezra A. Amsterdam, USA A. Martin Gerdes, USA
Nestor Angomachalelis, Greece S. David Gertz, Israel
Wilbert S. Aronow, USA Sidney Goldstein, USA
Subhash Banerjee, USA Antonio Gotto, Jr., USA
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, USA Donald D. Heistad, USA
Gregory W. Barsness, USA Roland Hetzer, Germany
Lewis C. Becker, USA Gerd Heusch, Germany
Jonathan N. Bella, USA Paul Holvoet, Belgium
Gerald S. Berenson, USA Masatsugu Hori, Japan
Daniel S. Berman, USA Maryl R. Johnson, USA
Deepak L. Bhatt, USA Bodh I. Jugdutt, Canada
Robert W.W. Biederman, USA Edo Kaluski, USA
Yochai Birnbaum, USA Ulrich Keil, Germany
Vera Bittner, USA Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum, Canada
Burns C. Blaxall, USA Arthur L. Klatsky, USA
Peter C. Block, USA Anne A. Knowlton, USA
William Bommer, USA Stephen L. Kopecky, USA
Eduardo Bossone, Italy Rungroj Krittayaphong, Thailand
Harisios Boudoulas, Greece Adarsh Kumar, India
Robert C. Bourge, USA Lih Kuo, USA
Neil E. Bowles, USA Philip R. Liebson, USA
Sorin J. Brener, USA Carlin S. Long, USA
David L. Brown, USA Gary Lopaschuk, Canada
John C. Burnett, Jr, USA Kenneth Maiese, USA
Michael E. Cain, USA Tadeusz Malinski, USA
Yzhar Charuzi, USA Roberto Manfredini, Italy
Kanu Chatterjee, USA James D. Marsh, USA
Michael H. Criqui, USA Verghese Mathew, USA
Anne B. Curtis, USA Jawahar L. Mehta, USA
Lawrence S.C. Czer, USA Luisa Mestroni, USA
Sergio Dalla-Volta, Italy Dan M. Meyer, USA
Alexander H.J. Danser, The Netherlands Mohammad R. Movahed, USA
Thomas Deneke, Germany Sherif F. Nagueh, USA
Naranjan S. Dhalla, Canada Navin C. Nanda, USA
Anique Ducharme, Canada Mohamad Navab, USA
John A. Elefteriades, USA Brian Olshansky, USA
Uri Elkayam, USA Kailash N. Pandey, USA
Michael Farkouh, Canada Kaushik P. Patel, USA
Michael A. Fifer, USA Patricia A. Pellikka, USA
Janos Filep, Canada Louis P. Perrault, Canada
Gordon L. Fung, USA Maria Vittoria H. Pitzalis, USA
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Karin Przyklenk, USA Laurence Sperling, USA
Nalini M. Rajamannan, USA Francis G. Spinale, USA
Hanumanth K. Reddy, USA Masafumi Takahashi, Japan
Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Germany Jean-François Tanguay, Canada
Robert Roberts, Canada Udho Thadani, USA
Clive Rosendorff, USA Takanobu Tomaru, Japan
Hani N. Sabbah, USA Teruhiko Toyo-oka, Japan
Masood Sadiq, Pakistan Barry F. Uretsky, USA
Tiziano M. Scarabelli, USA George W. Vetrovec, USA
Saul Schaefer, USA A. Teddy Weiss, Israel
Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Germany Nathan D. Wong, USA
Howard D. Sesso, USA Qingbo Xu, UK
Jamshid Shirani, USA Jian (James) Ye, Canada
Horst Sievert, Germany Angela T. Yetman, USA
Pawan K. Singal, Canada Mitsuhiro Yokota, Japan
Dinender K. Singla, USA

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Jun-ichi Abe, USA Ron Blankstein, USA
Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, USA William E. Boden, USA
Chris Adamopoulos, Greece Vicente Bodi, Spain
Ali Ahmed, USA Andreas Bollmann, Germany
Elena Aikawa, USA Leonardo Bolognese, Italy
Masanori Aikawa, USA Michiel L. Bots, The Netherlands
Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, Canada Mohamed Boutjdir, USA
Fernando Alfonso, Spain Beatrice Brembilla-Perrot, France
Aman Amanullah, USA Nico Bruining, The Netherlands
John A. Ambrose, USA Gianfranco Butera, Italy
Giuseppe Ambrosio, Italy Samuel M. Butman, USA
Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava, Canada Paul A Cahill, Ireland
Dominick J. Angiolillo, USA Linda Cai, USA
Nestor Angomachalelis, Greece A. John Camm, UK
Charalambos Antoniades, UK Duncan J. Campbell, Australia
Charles Antzelevitch, USA Gianluca Campo, Italy
Juan M. Aranda, Jr., USA Noel M. Caplice, Ireland
Maria Rosario (Happy) Araneta, USA Alessandro Capucci, Italy
Eloisa Arbustini, Italy Filip P. A. Casselman, Belgium
Vignendra Ariyarajah, Canada Turgay Celik, Turkey
Dan Atar, Norway Hari P. Chaliki, USA
Mehnaz Atiq Ahmed, Pakistan Julie Y.H. Chan, Taiwan
Diana E. Ayala, USA Farooq A. Chaudhry, USA
Maciej Banach, Poland Asim N. Cheema, USA
Giuseppe Barbaro, Italy Changyi (Johnny) Chen, USA
Philip Barter, Australia Jaw-Wen Chen, Taiwan
Alexei G. Basnakian, USA Shih-Ann Chen, Taiwan
Richard C. Becker, USA Yingjie Chen, USA
Ronen Beeri, Israel Xian Wu Cheng, Japan
Stefan Bertog, USA Yiu-fai Cheung, China
Charles I. Berul, USA Julio A. Chirinos, USA
Luigi M. Biasucci, Italy Anand Chockalingam, USA
Riccardo Bigi, Italy Kee-Joon Choi, Korea
Pierre Chouraqui, Israel
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Christina Chrysohoou, Greece Jonathan Golledge, Australia
Shorena Chumburidze, Georgia Michael H. Gollob, Canada
Edward J. Ciaccio, USA Tommaso Gori, Germany
Quirino Ciampi, Italy Diana A. Gorog, UK
Leslie T. Cooper, Jr., USA Shmuel Gottlieb, Israel
Domenico Corrado, Italy Andrew Grace, UK
Bernardo Cortese, Italy Peter J. Grant, UK
Marco A. Costa, USA Rajiv Gulati, USA
Filippo Crea, Italy Finn Gustafsson, Denmark
Luciano Daliento, Italy Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Korea
Ram Dandillaya, USA Mariann Gyongyosi, Austria
Haim D. Danenberg, Israel Abdul Hakeem, USA
Sandra T. Davidge, Canada Ashraf Hamdan, Israel
Giuseppe De Luca, Italy Jihong Han, China
Giovanni de Simone, Italy Goran K. Hansson, Sweden
Prakash Deedwania, USA Louise Harris, Canada
Mario Delmar, USA Zuo-Xiang He, China
Christopher DeSouza, USA Paul A. Heidenreich, USA
Alan Y. Deng, Canada Charles H. Hennekens, USA
Robert DiBianco, USA Charles A. Henrikson, USA
Andre Diedrich, USA Michel Henry, France
Luc Djousse, USA Ramon C. Hermida, Spain
Dobromir Dobrev, Germany Akihiro Hirashiki, Japan
Gerald Dorros, USA John S. Ho, USA
Stavros G. Drakos, USA Paul C. Ho, USA
Samuel C. Dudley, USA Brian D. Hoit, USA
Jozef Dulak, Poland Ralf J. Holzer, USA
Daniel A. Duprez, USA Myeong-Ki Hong, Korea
Marc R. Dweck, UK Masatsugu Horiuchi, Japan
Vladimir Džavík, Canada John D. Horowitz, Australia
Jesus Egido, Spain Gang Hu, USA
Mohaned Egred, UK Shengshou Hu, China
Andrew J. Einstein, USA Heikki V. Huikuri, Finland
Abdou Elhendy, USA Mansoor Husain, Canada
Marguerite M. Engler, USA Daniela Husser, Germany
Georg Ertl, Germany Randolph Hutter, USA
Guo-Chang Fan, USA Ignatios Ikonomidis, Greece
Mohamed Eid Fawzy, Saudi Arabia Massimo Imazio, Italy
David P. Faxon, USA Joanne Ingwall, USA
David Fedida, Canada Takafumi Ishida, Japan
Daniel Flammang, France Carsten W. Israel, Germany
Jerome L. Fleg, USA Warren M. (Sonny) Jackman, USA
Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis, USA Allan S. Jaffe, USA
Stanley S. Franklin, USA Farouc Jaffer, USA
Tohru Fukai, USA Deepak J. Jain, Germany
Zorina Galis, USA Jesper K. Jensen, Denmark
Joel A.Garcia, USA Daniela Jezova, Slovakia
David Garcia-Dorado, Spain Kai Jiao, USA
Peter Gaskin, USA Luis J. Jimenez-Borreguero, Spain
Jacob George, Israel Zheng-Gen Jin, USA
Jon C. George, USA Hanjoong Jo, USA
Guido Germano, USA James W. Jones, USA
Bernard J. Gersh, USA Erik Jorgensen, Denmark
J. Rod Gimbel, USA J. Wouter Jukema, The Netherlands
Uri Goldbourt, Israel Alan H. Kadish, USA
Jeffrey Goldberger, USA Andreas Kalogeropoulos, USA
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Hideo Kanaide, Japan Joseph Loscalzo, USA
Samir Kapadia, USA Chaim Lotan, Israel
Chandrasekharan C. Kartha, India Amir Lotfi, USA
Juan Carlos Kaski, UK Harry C. Lowe, Australia
Masaya Kato, Japan Alexandra Lucas, USA
Demosthenes G. Katritsis, Greece Paolo Madeddu, UK
Osami Kawarada, Japan Mohammad Madjid, USA
David M. Kaye, Australia Felix Mahfoud, Germany
Amir Kazory, USA Ehtisham Mahmud, USA
Ilan Kedan, USA Lars S. Maier, Germany
Henning Kelbaek, Denmark Bernhard Maisch, Germany
Matyas Keltai, Hungary Shaista Malik, USA
Ijaz A. Khan, USA Fabio Manfredini, Italy
Bijoy K. Khandheria, USA Mario F. C. Maranhao, Brazil
Yong-Jin Kim, Korea Ariane J. Marelli, Canada
Lloyd W. Klein, USA Ulrich Martin, Germany
Robert A. Kloner, USA Antoni Martinez-Rubio, Spain
Sébastien Knecht, Belgium Nilanjana Maulik, USA
Wolfgang Koenig, Germany Bruce M. McManus, Canada
Kwang Kon Koh, South Korea Pascal Mekeown, Ireland
Igor E. Konstantinov, Australia Issam Mikati, USA
Bruce A. Koplan, USA Leslie Miller, USA
Smadar Kort, USA David Milan, USA
Santhosh K.G. Koshy, USA Freny V. Mody, USA
Hidenori Koyama, Japan James C. Moon, UK
Thomas Krasemann, UK Bassem Mora, United Arab Emirates
Mitchell W. Krucoff, USA Samia Mora, USA
Henry Krum, Australia Henning Morawietz, Germany
Howard S. Kruth, USA Carlos A. Morillo, Canada
Rakesh C. Kukreja, USA Ryuichi Morishita, Japan
Alexander Kulik, USA Toshisuke Morita, Japan
Sanjay Kumar, USA Alexander Morss, USA
Sudhir Kurl, Finland Arthur J. Moss, USA
Roger Laham, USA Michael Motro, Israel
Edward G. Lakatta, USA Thomas Muenzel, Germany
Hillel Laks, USA Marjan Mujib, USA
Patrizio Lancellotti, Belgium Nandini Nair, USA
Ulf Landmesser, Switzerland Hiroshi Nakagawa, USA
Roberto M. Lang, USA Toshiaki Nakajima, Japan
Alexandra Lansky, USA Satoshi Nakatani, Japan
Gaetano A. Lanza, Italy Aravinda Nanjundappa, USA
Martin J. LaPage, USA Khurram Nasir, USA
Chu-Pak Lau, Hong Kong Christopher Newton-Cheh, USA
Harold L. Lazar, USA Arnold C.T. Ng, Australia
Hwa Mu Lee, USA Jens C. Nielsen, Denmark
Stephan E. Lehnart, Germany Alexander Niessner, USA
Stephie Lehoux, Canada Yasushi Oginosawa, Japan
Annarosa Leri, USA Kenji Okumura, Japan
Robert A. Levine, USA Niels T. Olsen, Denmark
T. Barry Levine, USA Torbjørn Omland, Norway
Thorsten Lewalter, Germany Eric A. Osborn, USA
Qiangrong Liang, USA Noriyuki Ouchi, Japan
Shing-Jong Lin, Taiwan Ramdas G. Pai, USA
Steven E. Lipshultz, USA Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Greece
Peter Liu, Canada John T. Parissis, Greece
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, USA Gerard Pasterkamp, The Netherlands
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Hakan Paydak, USA Karlheinz Seidl, Germany
Joseph K. Perloff, USA Yoshihiko Seino, Japan
Karlheinz Peter, Australia Frank W. Sellke, USA
Jan J. Piek, The Netherlands Partho P. Sengupta, USA
Luc A. Pierard, Belgium Peter Sever, UK
Yigal M. Pinto, The Netherlands Arti N. Shah, USA
Cristina Pislaru, USA Madhan Shanmugasundaram, USA
Sorin Pislaru, USA Neeru Sharma, USA
Laurent Pison, The Netherlands Rakesh K. Sharma, USA
Christos Pitsavos, Greece Fayaz Shawl, USA
Bertram Pitt, USA Michael Shechter, Israel
Jorge Plutzky, USA Robert S. Sheldon, Canada
Sunny S. Po, USA Win K. Shen, USA
Don Poldermans, The Netherlands Guo-Ping Shi, USA
Kailash Prasad, Canada Avraham Shotan, Israel
Sanjay Prasad, UK Rosa Sicari, USA
Kirkwood A. Pritchard, USA Robert J. Siegel, USA
Maria Prokudina, Russia Mandeep S. Sidhu, USA
Aniket Puri, New Zealand Marc A. Silver, USA
Vijay Puri, UK Alain Simon, France
Lu Qi, USA Michael Simons, USA
Jeffrey J. Rade, USA Jean-Sebastien Silvestre, France
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, USA Christopher S. Snyder, USA
Mohan K. Raizada, USA Scott D. Solomon, USA
Satish R. Raj, USA Virend K. Somers, USA
Shahzad G. Raja, UK Jae-Kwan Song, Korea
P. Syamasundar Rao, USA Yiqing Song, USA
Tienush Rassaf, Germany Fabiola Sozzi, Italy
Anis Rassi, Jr., Brazil V.S. Srinivas, USA
Katya Ravid, USA Ashok K.Srivastava, Canada
Judith G. Regensteiner, USA Komandoor Srivathsan, USA
James A. Reiffel, USA Paul Steendijk, The Netherland
Muredach P. Reilly, USA Peter H. Stone, USA
Xiushui (Mike) Ren, USA Bodo E. Strauer, Germany
William C. Roberts, USA Kaihong Su, USA
Joe L. Rod, USA Phyllis G. Supino, USA
Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Italy Jesper H. Svendsen, Denmark
Eric Rosenthal, UK Masahiko Takagi, Japan
Robert S. Rosenson, USA Akira Tamura, Japan
Arie Roth, Israel Laszlo B. Tanko, Switzerland
Israel Rubinstein, USA Paramjit S. Tappia, Canada
Martin H.H. Ruwald, USA Ahmed Tawakol, USA
Rajesh Sachdeva, USA Andrew J. Taylor, USA
Christoph H. Saely, Austria Mitsuyasu Terashima, Japan
Naritatsu Saito, Japan Liza Thomas, Australia
Flora Sam, USA Dimitris Tousoulis, Greece
Habib Samady, USA Steven Tracy, USA
Nilesh J. Samani, UK Ronald J. A. Trent, Australia
Raul D. Santos, Brazil Quynh A. Truong, USA
Maria J. Sanz, Spain Masahiko Tsuchiya, Japan
Maurice E. Sarano, USA Balwant S. Tuana, Canada
Hiroshi Sato, Japan Suresh C. Tyagi, USA
Naveed Sattar, Scotland Dan Tzivoni, Israel
Heinrich R. Schelbert, USA Yasunori Ueda, Japan
Ingolf Schimke, Germany Mark K. Urman, USA
Paul Schoenhagen, USA Masuko Ushio-Fukai, USA
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Peter van der Meer, The Netherlands Ming-Ting Wu, Taiwan
Jennifer Van Eyk, USA Zhong-qun Yan, Sweden
Geerten P. van Nieuw Amerongen, The Clyde W. Yancy, USA
Netherlands Phillip C. Yang, USA
Stephen F. Vatner, USA Qinglin Yang, USA
Hector O. Ventura, USA Masafumi Yano, USA
Francesco Violi, Italy Ertan Yetkin, Turkey
Johannes Waltenberger, Germany Hiorshi Yoshida, Japan
Lu Wang, USA Cheuk-Man Yu, Hong Kong
Qin Wang, USA Wen-Chung Yu, Taiwan
Shi-Qiang Wang, China Xi-Yong Yu, China
Xuejun Wang, USA Maliha Zahid, USA
S. Goya Wannamethee, UK Alberto Zanchetti, Italy
Hiroshi Watanabe, Japan Robert Zelis, USA
Nanette K. Wenger, USA Jason Zhang, USA
René R. Wenzel, Austria Youhua Zhang, USA
Cornelia M. Weyand, USA Hong Zheng, USA
Harvey D. White, New Zealand Xi-Long Zheng, Canada
Michel White, Canada Yi Zhou, USA
Norbert Wilke, USA
Scott Wright, USA
Joseph C. Wu, USA
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ABSTRACTS PRESENTED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY
ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2014
19th WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE

Each abstract was graded by at least nine expert reviewers. Acceptance for presentation was based on
the average score of all reviewers. A large number of excellent contributions were received and we thank
both contributors and reviewers for their support, interest and effort.

Asher Kimchi, MD
Chairman

SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE

Chris Adamopoulos, Greece Duncan J. Campbell, Australia
Ali Ahmed, USA Gianluca Campo, Italy
Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, Canada Alessandro Capucci, Italy
Fernando Alfonso, Spain Filip P.A. Casselman, Belgium
Matthew Allison, USA Turgay Celik, Turkey
Martin A. Alpert, USA Hari P. Chaliki, USA
Aman Amanullah, USA Julie Y.H. Chan, Taiwan
John A. Ambrose, USA Yzhar Charuzi, USA
Madhu B. Anan-Srivastava, Canada Farooq A. Chaudhry, USA
Dominick J. Angiolillo, USA Asim N. Cheema, USA
Charalambos Antoniades, UK Changyi Johnny Chen, USA
Eloisa Arbustini, Italy Xian Wu Cheng, Japan
Wilbert S. Aronow, USA Yiu-Fai Cheung, China
Dan Atar, Norway Julio A. Chirinos, USA
Diana E. Ayala, Spain Anand Chockalingam, USA
Giuseppe Barbaro, Italy Kee-Joon Choi, Korea
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, USA Pierre Chouraqui, Israel
Gregory W. Barsness, USA Christina Chrysohoou, Greece
Philip Barter, Australia Shorena Chumburidze, Georgia
Alexei G. Basnakian, USA Edward J. Ciaccio, USA
Lewis Becker, USA Quirino Ciampi, Italy
Ronen Beeri, Israel Leslie T. Cooper, Jr., USA
Jonathan N. Bella, USA Marco A. Costa, USA
Gerald S. Berenson, USA Filippo Crea, Italy
Stefan Bertog, USA Anne B. Curtis, USA
Charles I. Berul, USA Luciano Daliento, Italy
Luigi M. Biasucci, Italy Sergio Dalla-Volta, Italy
Yochai Birnbaum, USA Alexander H.J. Danser, The Netherlands
Vicente Bodi, Spain Sandra T. Davidge, Canada
Andreas Bollmann, Germany Mario Delmar, USA
Leonardo Bolognese, Italy Thomas Deneke, Germany
Mohamed Boutjdir, USA Christopher DeSouza, USA
Jeffrey S. Borer, USA Naranjan S. Dhalla, Canada
Eduardo Bossone, Italy Luc Djousse, USA
Michiel L. Bots, The Netherlands Mohaned Egred, UK
Beatrice Brembilla-Perrot, France Abdou Elhendy, USA
Sorin J. Brener, USA Guo-Chang Fan, USA
John C. Burnett, Jr., USA Michael Farkouh, Canada
Gianfranco Butera, Italy Mohamed Eid Fawzy, Saudi Arabia
Samuel M. Butman, USA Janos G. Filep, Canada
Michael E. Cain, USA Daniel Flammang, France
A. John Camm, UK Tohru Fukai, USA
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Gordon L. Fung, USA Bernhard Maisch, Germany
William H. Gaasch, USA Shaista Malik, USA
Zorina Galis, USA Tadeusz Malinsky, USA
Feng Gao, China Roberto Manfredini, Italy
Joel A. Garcia, USA James D. Marsh, USA
Julius M. Gardin, USA Antonio Martinez-Rubio, Spain
Peter Gaskin, USA Nilanjana Maulik, USA
A. Martin Gerdes, USA Pascal McKeown, Ireland
S. David Gertz, Israel Jawahar L. Mehta, USA
Jonathan Golledge, Australia Luisa Mestroni, USA
Michael H. Gollob, Canada Leslie Miller, USA
Tommaso Gori, Germany Henning Morawietz, Germany
Diana A. Gorog, UK Carlos A. Morillo, Canada
Shmuel Gottlieb, Israel Toshisuke Morita, Japan
Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., USA Michael Motro, Israel
Finn Gustafsson, Denmark Sherif F. Nagueh, USA
Mariann Gyongyosi, Austria Nandini Nair, USA
Ashraf Hamdan, Israel Satoshi Nakatani, USA
Donald D. Heistad, USA Navin C. Nanda, USA
Ramon C. Hermida, Spain Arnold Ng, Australia
Roland Hetzer, Germany Jens C. Nielsen, Denmark
Myeong-Ki Hong, Korea Kenji Okumura, Japan
Masatsugu Hori, Japan Brian Olshansky, USA
Masatsugu Horuchi, Japan Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Greece
Massimo Imazio, Italy Kailash N. Pandey, USA
Takafumi Ishida, Japan Hakan Paydak, USA
Warren M. Jackman, USA Patricia A. Pellikka, USA
Jesper K. Jensen, Denmark Louis P. Perrault, Canada
Daneila Jezova, Slovakia Karlheinz Peter, Australia
Maryl R. Johnson, USA Cristina Pislaru, USA
Bodh I. Jugdutt, Canada Laurent Pison, The Netherlands
Andreas Kalogeropoulos, USA Vittoria H. Pitzalis, USA
Hideo Kanaide, Japan Bertram Pitt, USA
Osami Kawade, Japan Sunny S. Po, USA
Masaya Kato, Japan Don Poldermans, The Netherlands
David M. Kaye, Australia Kailash Prasad, Canada
Ilan Kedan, USA Maria Prokudina, Russia
Ulrich Keil, Germany Karin Przyklenk, USA
Matyas Keltai, Hungary Jeffrey J. Rade, USA
Robert A. Kloner, USA Mohan K. Raizada, USA
Anne A. Knowlton, USA Satish R. Raj, USA
Kwang Kon Koh, Korea Shahzad G. Raja, UK
Santosh K.G. Koshy, USA Tienush Rassaf, Germany
Rungroj Krittayaphong, Thailand Katya Ravid, USA
Adarsh Kumar, India Anis Rassi, Jr., Brazil
Lih Kuo, USA Hanumanth K. Reddy, USA
Edward G. Lakotta, USA Robert Roberts, Canada
Chu-Pak Lau, Hong Kong Robert S. Rosenson, USA
Stephanie Lehoux, Canada Eric Rosenthal, UK
Hwa Mu Lee, USA Martin H.H. Ruwald, USA
Qiangrong Liang, USA Rajesh Sachdeva, USA
Philip R. Liebson, USA Christoph H. Saely, Austria
Shing-Jong Lin, Taiwan Masood Sadiq, Pakistan
Chaim Lotan, Israel Naritatsu Saito, Japan
Amir Lotfi, USA Flora Sam, USA
Alexandra R. Lucas, USA Maria J. Sanz, Spain
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