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International Academy of Cardiology
Annual Scientific Sessions 2015
20th World Congress on Heart Disease
Vancouver, B.C., Canada, July 25–27, 2015
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Uri Elkayam, USA Freny Vaghaiwalla Mody, USA
Michael Farkouh, Canada Samia Mora, USA
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A. Martin Gerdes, USA Christos Pitsavos, Greece
S. David Gertz, Israel Vittoria Pitzalis Zapler, USA
Sidney Goldstein, USA Maria Prokudina, Russia
Diana A. Gorog, UK Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, USA
Paul A. Heidenreich, USA Nalini M. Rajamannan, USA
Donald D. Heistad, USA Hanumanth K. Reddy, USA
Charles H. Hennekens, USA Robert Roberts, Canada
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Robert S. Rosenson, USA Udho Thadani, USA
Hani N. Sabbah, USA Takanobu Tomaru, Japan
Masood Sadiq, Pakistan Suresh C. Tyagi, USA
Tiziano M. Scarabelli, USA Barry F. Uretsky, USA
Saul Schaefer, USA George W. Vetrovec, USA
Howard D. Sesso, USA Nanette K. Wenger, USA
Jamshid Shirani, USA Nathan D. Wong, USA
Horst Sievert, Germany
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Dinender Singla, USA
Laurence Sperling, USA
Francis G. Spinale, USA
Jean-Francois Tanguay, Canada

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Mazen Abu-Fadel, USA Thomas Braun, Germany
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Luc Djousse, USA Xueting (Tina) Jin, USA
Dobromir Dobrev, Germany Hanjoong Jo, USA
Stavros G. Drakos, USA Erik Jorgensen, Denmark
Heinz Drexel, Germany J. Wouter Jukema, The Netherlands
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Samuel Dudley, USA Andreas Kalogeropoulos, USA
Daniel Duprez, USA Duk-Hyun Kang, South Korea
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Joel A. Garcia, USA Santhosh K.G Koshy, USA
Peter Gaskin, USA Thomas Krasemann, UK
Guido Germano, USA Rungroj Krittayaphong, Thailand
Bernard J. Gersh, USA Henry Krum, Australia
J. Rod Gimbel, USA Howard S. Kruth, USA
Uri Goldbourt, Israel Rakesh C. Kukreja, USA
Jonathan Golledge, Australia Sudhir Kurl, Finland
Michael H. Gollob, Canada Roger Laham, USA
Diana A. Gorog, UK Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, USA
Shmuel Gottlieb, Israel Roberto M. Lang, USA
Peter J. Grant, USA Alexandra Lansky, USA
Rajiv Gulati, USA Gaetano A. Lanza, Italy
Mariann Gyongyosi, Austria Martin J. LaPage, USA
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Ashraf Hamdan, Israel Stephan E. Lehnart, Germany
Jihong Han, China Robert A. Levine, USA
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Zuo-Xiang He, China Qiangrong Liang, USA
Charles Henrikson, USA Philip R. Liebson, USA
Michel Henry, Luxembourg Shing-Jong Lin, Taiwan
Gerd Heusch, Germany Wolfgang A. Linke, Germany
Paul C. Ho, USA Steven E. Lipshultz, USA
Brian D. Hoit, USA Peter P. Liu, Canada
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Masatsugu Hori, Japan Harry C. Lowe, Australia
Gang Hu, USA Alexandra Lucas, USA
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Randolph Hutter, USA Mohammad Madjid, USA
Borja Ibáñez, Spain Felix Mahfoud, Germany
Massimo Imazio, Italy Bernhard Maisch, Germany
Takafumi Ishida, Japan Shaista Malik, USA
Allan S. Jaffe, USA Giuseppe Mancia, Italy
Farouc Jaffer, USA Antoni Martinez Rubio, Spain
Deepak Jain, Germany Nilanjana Maulik, USA
Jesper K. Jensen, Denmark Pascal McKeown, Ireland
Kai Jiao, USA Bruce M. McManus, Canada
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Issam Mikati, USA Flora Sam, USA
James C. Moon, UK Habib Samady, USA
Bassem Mora, USA Nilesh J. Samani, UK
Henning Morawietz, Germany Prash Sanders, Australia
Carlos A. Morillo, Canada Maria J. Sanz, Spain
Toshisuke Morita, Japan Maurice E. Sarano, USA
Alexander Morss, USA Hiroshi Sato, Japan
Thomas Muenzel, Germany Naveed Sattar, UK
Marjan Mujib, USA Heinrich R. Schelbert, USA
Barbara J. Mulder, The Netherlands Ingolf Schimke, Germany
Nandini Nair, USA Roland E. Schmieder, Germany
Toshiaki Nakajima, Japan Paul Schoenhagen, USA
Khurram Nasir, USA Karlheinz Seidl, Germany
Andrea Natale, USA Roxy Senior, UK
Christopher Newton-Cheh, USA Rajat Sethi, USA
Arnold C. T. Ng, Australia Madhan Shanmugasundaram, USA
Jens C. Nielsen, Denmark Rakesh K. Sharma, USA
Yasushi Oginosawa, Japan Fayaz Shawl, USA
Kenji Okumura, Japan Michael Shechter, Israel
Niels T. Olsen, Denmark Win-Kuang Shen, USA
Brian Olshansky, USA Guo-Ping Shi, USA
Torbjorn Omland, Norway Avraham Shotan, Israel
Noriyuki Ouchi, Japan Rosa Sicari, Italy
Ramdas G. Pai, USA Mandeep S. Sidhu, USA
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Greece Jean-Sébastien Silvestre, France
John T. Parissis, Greece Alain Simon, France
Carlo Patrono, Italy Robert J. Siegel, USA
Louis P. Perrault, Canada Marc A. Silver, USA
Jan J. Piek, The Netherlands Christopher S. Snyder, USA
Luc Pierard, Belgium Virend K. Somers, USA
Cristina Pislaru, USA Jae-Kwan Song, South Korea
Sorin Pislaru, USA Yiqing Song, USA
Laurent Pison, The Netherlands Fabiola Sozzi, Italy
Jorge Plutzky, USA V.S. Srinivas, USA
Sunny S. Po, USA Ashok K. Srivastava, Canada
Don Poldermans, The Netherlands Deepak Srivastava, USA
Kailash Prasad, Canada Komandoor Srivathsan, USA
Karin Przyklenk, USA Paul Steendijk, The Netherlands
Vijay Puri, UK Gustav Steinhoff, Germany
Lu Qi, USA Bodo-Eckehard Strauer, Germany
Jeffrey J. Rade, USA Phyllis G. Supino, USA
Mohan K. Raizada, USA Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Denmark
Satish R. Raj, Canada Masafumi Takahashi, Japan
Shahzad G. Raja, UK Masahiko Takagi, Japan
Tienush Rassaf, Germany Akira Tamura, Japan
Judith G. Regensteiner, USA László Tankó, Switzerland
James A. Reiffel, USA Paramjit Tappia, Canada
Jun Ren, USA Ahmed Tawakol, USA
William C. Roberts, USA Andrew J. Taylor, Australia
Joe L. Rod, USA Mitsu Terashima, Japan
Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Italy Bernard Thibault, Canada
Clive Rosendorff, USA Liza Thomas, Australia
Eric Rosenthal, UK Dimitris Tousoulis, Greece
Martin Huth H. Ruwald, Denmark Steven Tracy, USA
Rajesh Sachdeva. USA Ronald J.A. Trent, Australia
Christoph Saely, Austria Masahiko Tsuchiya, Japan
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Balwant Tuana, Canada Joseph C. Wu, USA
Dan Tzivoni, Israel Qingbo Xu, UK
Yasunori Ueda, Japan Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Japan
Mark K. Urman, USA Zhong-qun Yan, Sweden
Masuko Ushio-Fukai, USA Clyde W. Yancy, USA
Peter van der Meer, The Netherlands Baofeng Yang, China
Orly Vardeny, USA Qinglin Yang, USA
Hector O. Ventura, USA Masafumi Yano, Japan
Francesco Violi, Italy Jian (James) Ye, Canada
Johannes Waltenberger, Germany Ertan Yetkin, Turkey
Da-Zhi Wang, USA Mitsuhiro Yokota, Japan
Lu Wang, USA Hiroshi Yoshida, Japan
Qin Wang, USA Cheuk-Man Yu, Hong Kong
Shi-Qiang Wang, China Xi-Yong Yu, China
Xuejun Wang, USA Maliha Zahid, USA
Yibin Wang, USA Alberto Zanchetti, Italy
S. Goya Wannamethee, UK Robert Zelis, USA
Hiroshi Watanabe, Japan Jianyi (Jay) Zhang, USA
John Webb, Canada Youhua Zhang, USA
A. Teddy Weiss, Israel Xi-Long Zheng, Canada
Cornelia M. Weyand, USA Ming-Hui Zou, USA
Harvey D. White, New Zealand
R. Scott Wright, USA

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ABSTRACTS PRESENTED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY
ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2015
20th WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE

Each abstract was graded by at least seven 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

Mazen Abu-Fadel, USA Sandra T. Davidge, Canada
Chris Adamopoulos, Greece Giovanni de Simone, Italy
Takashi Akasaka, Japan Yvan Devaux, Luxembourg
Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, USA Naranjan S. Dhalla, Canada
Fernando Alfonso, Spain André Diedrich, USA
Matthew A. Allison, USA Samuel C. Dudley, USA
Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava, Canada Thor Edvardsen, Norway
Eloisa Arbustini, Italy Mohaned Egred, UK
Wilbert S. Aronow, USA Abdou Elhendy, USA
Dan Atar, Norway Guo-Chang Fan, USA
Lina Badimon, Spain Michael Farkouh, Canada
Gregory Barsness, USA Mohamed E. Fawzy, Egypt
Philip Barter, Australia Michael A. Fifer, USA
Lewis C. Becker, USA Janos G. Filep, Canada
Ronen Beeri, Israel Julius M. Gardin, USA
Jonathan N. Bella, USA Peter Gaskin, USA
Charles Berul, USA A. Martin Gerdes, USA
Robert W. W. Biederman, USA S. David Gertz, Israel
Yochai Birnbaum, USA J. Rod Gimbel, USA
Vera Bittner, USA Jonathan Golledge, Australia
Peter C. Block, USA Mariann Gyongyosi, Austria
Jeffrey S. Borer, USA Ashraf Hamdan, Israel
Sorin J. Brener, USA Jihong Han, China
Gianfranco Butera, Italy Charles Henrikson, USA
Michael E. Cain, Israel Michel Henry, Luxembourg
Duncan J. Campbell, Australia Timothy D. Henry, USA
Ugur Canpolat, Turkey Ramon C. Hermida, Spain
Julie Y.H. Chan¸ Taiwan Gerd Heusch, Germany
Yzhar Charuzi, USA Paul C. Ho, USA
Farooq A. Chaudhry, USA Brian D. Hoit, USA
Asim N. Cheema, Canada Myeong-Ki Hong, South Korea
Yingjie Chen, USA Masatsugu Hori, Japan
Xian Wu Cheng, Japan Mansoor Husain, Canada
Anand Chockalingam, USA Deepak Jain, Germany
Kee-Joon Choi, South Korea Jesper K. Jensen, Denmark
Pierre Chouraqui, Israel Daniela Jezova, Slovakia
Christina Chrysohoou, Greece Maryl R. Johnson, USA
Anne B. Curtis, USA Xueting Jin, USA
Sergio Dalla Volta, Italy J.W. Jukema, The Netherlands
Alexander H.J. Danser, The Netherlands Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, USA
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Duk-Hyun Kang, South Korea Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, USA
Samir Kapadia, USA Shahzad G. Raja, UK
Amir Kazory, USA Nalini M. Rajamannan, USA
Ilan Kedan, USA Tienush Rassaf, Germany
Matyas Keltai, Hungary James A. Reiffel, USA
Raj Khandwalla, USA Jun Ren, USA
Ali Khoynezhad, USA Robert R. Rosenson, USA
Arthur L. Klatsky, USA Martin H. Ruwald, Denmark
Anne A. Knowlton, USA Hani N. Sabbah, USA
Kwang Kon Koh, South Korea Nilesh J. Samani, UK
Stephen L. Kopecky, USA Maria Jesus Sanz, Spain
Ran Kornowksi, Israel Tziano M. Scarabelli, USA
Rungroj Krittayaphong, Thailand Saul Schaefer, USA
Howard S. Kruth, USA Ingolf Schimke, Germany
Adarsh Kumar, India Roland E. Schmieder, Germany
Lih Kuo, USA Paul Schoenhagen, USA
Sudhir Kurl, Finland Howard D. Sesso, USA
Martin J. LaPage, USA Rakesh K. Sharma, USA
Qiangrong Liang, USA Win-Kuang Shen, USA
Philip R. Liebson, USA Guo-Ping Shi, USA
Shing-Jong Lin, Taiwan Jamshid Shirani, USA
Wolfgang A. Linke, Germany Avraham Shotan, Israel
Carlin S. Long, USA Rosa Sicari, Italy
Gary Lopaschuk, Canada Mandeep S. Sidhu, USA
Xin-Liang (Xin) Ma, USA Horst Sievert, Germany
Mohammad Madjid, USA Pawan K. Singal, Canada
Kenneth Maiese, USA Marc Silver, USA
Tadeusz Malinski, USA Alain Simon, France
Roberto Manfredini, Italy Yiqing Song, USA
James D. Marsh, USA Laurence Sperling, USA
Antoni Martinez-Rubio, Spain Francis G. Spinale, USA
Nilanjana Maulik, USA Ashok K. Srivastava, Canada
Pascal McKeown, Ireland Bodo-E. Strauer, Germany
Luisa Mestroni, USA Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Denmark
Jawahar L. Mehta, USA Masafumi Takahashi, Japan
Leslie W. Miller, USA Akira Tamura, Japan
Henning Morawietz, Germany Mitsuyasu Terashima, Japan
Carlos A. Morillo, Canada Takanobu Tomaru, Japan
Toshisuke Morita, Japan Steven Tracy, USA
Mohammad Reza Movahed, USA Masahiko Tsuchiya, Japan
Barbara J. Mulder, The Netherlands Suresh C. Tyagi, USA
Nandini Nair, USA Yasunori Ueda, Japan
Sherif S. Nagueh, USA Hector O. Ventura, USA
Andrea Natale, USA A. Teddy Weiss, Israel
Arnold C.T. Ng, Australia Nanette K. Wenger, USA
Jens C. Nielsen, Denmark HarveyD. White, New Zealand
Yasushi Oginosawa, Japan Qingbo Xu, UK
Kenji Okumura, Japan Qinglin Yang, USA
Kailash N. Pandey, USA Maliha Zahid, USA
Patricia A. Pellikka, USA Alberto Zanchetti, Italy
Louis P. Perrault, Canada Robert Zelis, USA
Vittoria Pitzalis Zapler, USA Youhua Zhang, USA
Sunny Po, USA Xi-Long Zheng, Canada
Don Poldermans, The Netherlands
Maria Prokudina, Russia
Karin Przyklenk, USA
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CONTENTS

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015
Abstract No.

NOVEL CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS 001 - 011

CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO PROGNOSIS 012 - 021

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY / ANTITHROMBOTIC AND 022 - 028
ANTIPLATELET THERAPY IN PCI

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY, 029 - 036
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

SECONDARY PREVENTION, PROGNOSIS, RISK STRATIFICATION, 037 - 039
CARDIAC REHABILITATION

LIPIDS, LIPOPROTEIN DISORDERS AND CAD 040 - 042

PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME 043 - 044

PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 045 - 050

CARDIOVASCULAR ASPECTS IN RENAL DISEASE 051 - 052

CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND OUTCOME 053 - 057

COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY 058 - 060

NEW INSIGHTS AND STRATEGIES FOR MYOCARDIAL REMODELING 061 - 067
AND HEART FAILURE

ARRHYTHMIA, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND STROKE PREVENTION 068 - 076

ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK / 077 - 085
MODIFICATION OF LIPOPROTEINS

NEW DIRECTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY: 086 - 092
HEART VALVE SURGERY / CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION /
MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT / CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CARDIOPROTECTION, 093 - 098
CARDIAC REGENERATION AND REMODELLING

CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE – MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT 099 - 105

ADVANCES IN HEART FAILURE, CARDIOMYOPATHIES AND 106 - 113
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

NEW DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES / 114 - 121
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

VASCULAR DISEASE (PERIPHERAL AND CAROTID), AORTIC DISEASES 122 - 123

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