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International Academy of Cardiology
Annual Scientific Sessions 2017
22nd World Congress on Heart Disease
Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 14–16, 2017
Guest Editor
Asher Kimchi, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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SCIENTIFIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

John A. Elefteriades, USA (Chairman)

Ali Ahmed, USA S. David Gertz, Israel
Elena Aikawa, USA J. Rod Gimbel, USA
Takashi Akasaka, Japan Sidney Goldstein, USA
Martin A. Alpert, USA Jonathan Golledge, Australia
Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava, Canada Mariann P. Gyöngyösi, Austria
Francisco A. Arabía, USA Paul A. Heidenreich, USA
Wilbert S. Aronow, USA Donald D. Heistad, USA
Maciej Banach, Poland Charles H. Hennekens, USA
Gregory Barsness, USA Ramon C. Hermida, Spain
Lewis C. Becker, USA Roland Hetzer, Germany
Daniel S. Berman, USA Brian D. Hoit, USA
Deepak L. Bhatt, USA Daniela Jezova, Slovakia
Robert W.W. Biederman, USA Maryl R. Johnson, USA
Erik A.L. Biessen, The Netherlands Bodh I. Jugdutt, USA
Yochai Birnbaum, USA Andreas Kalogeropoulos, USA
Ron Blankstein, USA Edo Kaluski, USA
Burns C. Blaxall, USA Tomoko S. Kato, Japan
William Bommer, USA Amir Kazory, USA
Jeffrey S. Borer, USA Ilan Kedan, USA
Robert C. Bourge, USA Arthur L. Klatsky, USA
Eugene Braunwald, USA Anne A. Knowlton, USA
Sorin J. Brener, USA Wei Kong, China
Samuel M. Butman, USA Santhosh K.G. Koshy, USA
Michael E. Cain, USA Adarsh Kumar, India
Hari P. Chaliki, USA Lih Kuo, USA
Yzhar Charuzi, USA Stephanie Lehoux, Canada
Changyi (Johnny) Chen, USA Gary Lopaschuk, Canada
Yabing Chen, USA Avraham Lorber, Israel
Anne B. Curtis, USA Alexandra Lucas, USA
Lawrence S. Czer, USA John J. Mahmarian, USA
Alexander H.J. Danser, The Netherlands Kenneth Maiese, USA
Thomas Deneke, Germany Tadeusz Malinski, USA
Naranjan S. Dhalla, Canada Roberto Manfredini, Italy
Luc Djousse, USA James D. Marsh, USA
Samuel C. Dudley, USA Jawahar L. Mehta, USA
Abdou Elhendy, USA Dan M. Meyer, USA
Michael Farkouh, Canada Leslie W. Miller, USA
Michael A. Fifer, USA Freny V. Mody, USA
Janos G. Filep, Canada Samia Mora, USA
Gordon L. Fung, USA Mohammad-Reza Movahed, USA
William H. Gaasch, USA Nandini Nair, USA
Zorina S. Galis, USA Navin C. Nanda, USA
Feng Gao, China Khurram Nasir, USA
Julius M. Gardin, USA Mohamad Navab, USA
A. Martin Gerdes, USA Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Greece
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Kailash N. Pandey, USA Jamshid Shirani, USA
Hakan Paydak, USA Mandeep S. Sidhu, USA
Patricia A. Pellikka, USA Pawan K. Singal, Canada
Louis P. Perrault, Canada Dinender K. Singla, USA
Christos Pitsavos, Greece Christopher S. Snyder, USA
Maria Prokudina, Russia Laurence Sperling, USA
Jeffrey J. Rade, USA Francis G. Spinale, USA
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, UA Ashok K. Srivastava, Canada
Nalini M. Rajamannan, USA Mitsuyasu Terashima, Japan
Hanumanth K. Reddy, USA Udho Thadani, USA
Clive Rosendorff, USA Takanobu Tomaru, Japan
Robert S. Rosenson, USA Balwant S. Tuana, Canada
Hani N. Sabbah, USA Yasunori Ueda, Japan
Masood Sadiq, Paikistan Barry F. Uretsky, USA
Maria J. Sanz, Spain George W. Vetrovec, USA
Tiziano M. Scarabelli, USA Ronald Victor, USA
Saul Schaefer, USA Nanette K. Wenger, USA
Karlheinz Seidl, Germany Michel White, Canada
Howard D. Sesso, USA Nathan D. Wong, USA
Guo-Ping Shi, USA Ertan Yetkin, Turkey

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Jun-ichi Abe, USA Harisios Boudoulas, Greece
Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, USA Neil E. Bowles, USA
Chris Adamopoulous, Greece Alexandros Briasoulis, USA
Masanori Aikawa, USA T. Jared Bunch, USA
Tolga Aksu, Turkey John C. Burnett, Jr., USA
Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, Canada Gianfranco Butera, Italy
Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Saudi Arabia Harpal S. Buttar, Canada
Fernando Alfonso, Spain Hua Linda Cai, USA
Aman Amanullah, USA Duncan J. Campbell, Australia
Giuseppe Ambrosio, Italy Ugur Canpolat, Turkey
Dominick J. Angiolillo, USA Feng Cao, China
Charles Antzelevitch, USA Noel Caplice, Ireland
Juan M. Aranda, Jr., USA Filip Casselman, Belgium
Eloisa Arbustini, Italy Turgay Çelik, Turkey
Pankaj Arora, USA Athanasios Chalkias, Greece
Diana E. Ayala, Spain Subroto Chatterjee, USA
Lina Badimon, Spain Farooq A. Chaudhry, USA
Subhash Banerjee, USA Asim N. Cheema, Canada
Giuseppe Barbaro, Italy Jaw-Wen Chen, Taiwan
Philip Barter, Australia Shiyou Chen, USA
Alexei G. Basnakian, USA Yi-Jen Chen, Taiwan
Seth J. Baum, USA Yingjie Chen, USA
Ronen Beeri, Israel Yucheng Chen, China
Atta Behfar, USA Susan Cheng, USA
Elise Belaidi-Corsat, France Xian Wu Cheng, Japan
Jutta Bergler-Klein, Austria Yiu-Fai Cheung, China
Luigi M. Biasucci, Italy Anand Chockalingam, USA
Vera Bittner, USA Kee-Joon Choi, Korea
Peter C. Block, USA Christina Chrysohoou, Greece
Eduardo Bossone, Italy Shorena Chumburidze, Georgia
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Quirino Ciampi, Italy Jihong Han, China
Luciano Consuegra-Sánchez, Spain Yuchi Han, USA
Leslie T. Cooper, USA Louise Harris, Canada
Filippo Crea, Italy Babar S. Hasan, Pakistan
Clifford L. Cua, USA Takekuni Hayashi, Japan
Kaijun Cui, China Don Hayes, Jr., USA
Luciano Daliento, Italy Michael Y. Henein, Sweden
Michael Dandel, Germany Charles A. Henrikson, USA
Ramprasad Dandillaya, USA Michel Henry, Luxembourg
Anindita Das, USA Gerd Heusch, Germany
Piroze Davierwala, Germany Jennifer E. Ho, USA
Buddhadeb Dawn, USA Paul C. Ho, USA
Natasja M.S. de Groot, The Netherlands David R. Holmes Jr., USA
Giuseppe De Luca, Italy Gue-Ru Hong, South Korea
Christopher DeSouza, USA Myeong-Ki Hong, Korea
Prakash C. Deedwania, USA Masatsugu Hori, Japan
Alessandro Della Corte, Italy Minoru Horie, Japan
Yvan Devaux, Luxembourg Masatsugu Horiuchi, Japan
Javier Díez, Spain John D. Horowitz, Australia
Dobromir Dobrev, Germany Dan Hu, USA
Gerald Dorros, USA Gang Hu, USA
Rami Doukky, USA Heikki V. Huikuri, Finland
Anique Ducharme, Canada Takafumi Ishida, Japan
Daniel A. Duprez, USA Warren M. (Sonny) Jackman, USA
Hamza Duygu, Cyprus Allan S. Jaffe, USA
Mohaned Egred, UK Farouc A. Jaffer, USA
Andrew J. Einstein, USA Deepak Jain, Germany
Arif Elvan, The Netherlands Jesper K. Jensen, Denmark
Marguerite M. Engler, USA Kai Jiao, USA
Georg Ertl, Germany Xueting (Tina) Jin, USA
Giovanni Esposito, Italy Hanjoong Jo, USA
Melanie Everitt, USA James W. Jones, USA
DeLisa Fairweather, USA Erik Jørgensen, Denmark
Guo-Chang Fan, USA Boyoung Joung, Korea
Mohamed Eid Fawzy, Egypt J. Wouter Jukema, The Netherlands
Mark W. Feinberg, USA Hideo Kanaide, Japan
Giuseppe Ferrante, Italy Duk-Hyun Kang, Korea
Daniel Flammang, France Bharat K. Kantharia, USA
Jerome L. Fleg, USA Samir Kapadia, USA
Nicolas Foin, Singapore Navin K. Kapur, USA
Michael Fu, Sweden Chandrasekharan C. Kartha, India
Tohru Fukai, USA Masaya Kato, Japan
Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Japan Demosthenes G. Katritsis, Greece
Joel A. Garcia, USA Osami Kawarada, Japan
Peter Gaskin, USA Henning Kelbaek, Denmark
Jacob George, Israel Matyas Keltai, Hungary
Guido Germano, USA Levon Khachigian, Australia
Bernard J. Gersh, USA Rami N. Khouzam, USA
Evaldas Girdauskas, Germany Jin Won Kim, Korea
Robert J. Goldberg, USA Sang-Hyun Kim, Korea
Jeffrey Goldberger, USA Yong-Jin Kim, Korea
James A. Goldstein, USA Kwang Kon Koh, Korea
Rajiv Gulati, USA Peter F. Kokkinos, USA
Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Korea Philippe Kolh, Belgium
Arata Hagikura, Japan Igor E. Konstantinov, Australia
Donald J. Hagler, USA Tatyana Korolenko, Russia
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Smadar Kort, USA Eric Osborn, USA
Ashok Krishnaswami, USA Noriyuki Ouchi, Japan
Rungroj Krittayaphong, Thailand Gavin Y. Oudit, Canada
Howard S. Kruth, USA Pasquale Pagliaro, Italy
Rakesh C. Kukreja, USA Ramdas G. Pai, USA
Sudhir Kurl, Finland John T. Parissis, Greece
Fabien Labombarda, France Kaushik P. Patel, USA
Roger J. Laham, USA Pranav M. Patel, USA
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, USA Jan J. Piek, The Netherlands
Gaetano A. Lanza, Italy Luc A. Pierard, Belgium
Martin J. LaPage, USA Cristina Pislaru, USA
Hwa Mu Lee, USA Laurent Pison, The Netherlands
Stephan E. Lehnart, Germany Ygal Plakht, Israel
Robert A. Levine, USA Sunny S. Po, USA
Martin M. LeWinter, USA Don Poldermans, The Netherlands
Qiangrong Liang, USA Rahul Potluri, UK
Yulin Liao, China Sumanth D. Prabhu, USA
Philip R. Liebson, USA Kailash Prasad, Canada
Shing-Jong Lin, Taiwan Gregg S. Pressman, USA
Steven E. Lipshultz, USA Karin Przyklenk, USA
Tong Liu, China Paolo Emilio Puddu, Italy
Douglas W. Losordo, USA Vijay Puri, UK
Chaim Lotan, Israel Lu Qi, USA
Amir S. Lotfi, USA Simon W. Rabkin, Canada
Jincai Luo, China Mohan K. Raizada, USA
Xin-Liang (Xin) Ma, USA Satish R. Raj, Canada
Paolo Madeddu, UK Shahzad G. Raja, UK
Mohammad Madjid, USA Dipak P. Ramji, UK
Bernhard Maisch, Germany Tienush Rassaf, Germany
Shaista Malik, USA Surendranath R.V. Reddy, USA
Giuseppe Mancia, Italy Judith G. Regensteiner, USA
Donna M. Mancini, USA Jun Ren, USA
Antoni Martinez-Rubio, Spain Jeffrey Robbins, USA
Akira Marui, Japan William C. Roberts, USA
Takumi Matsubara, Japan Joe Rod, USA
Nilanjana Maulik, USA Ariel Roguin, Israel
Nicola Maurea, Italy Eric Rosenthal, UK
Pascal McKeown, Ireland Yoram Rudy, USA
Bruce M. McManus, Canada Martin H. Ruwald, Denmark
Luisa Mestroni, USA Kerry-Anne Rye, Australia
Antonio Miceli, Italy Rajesh Sachdeva, USA
Hendrik Milting, Germany Christoph H. Saely, Austria
Nader Moazami, USA Naritatsu Saito, Japan
Henning Morawietz, Germany Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Spain
Daniel Moreira-Goncalves, Portugal Raul D. Santos, Brazil
Ryuichi Morishita, Japan Hiroshi Sato, Japan
Toshisuke Morita, Japan Heinrich R. Schelbert, USA
Marjan Mujib, USA Ingolf Schimke, Germany
Sreejayan Nair, USA Thomas H. Schindler, USA
Francesco Nappi, France Paul Schoenhagen, USA
Andrea Natale, USA Morten Schou, Denmark
Arnold C.T. Ng, Australia Madhan Shanmugasundaram, USA
Alexander Niessner, Austria Abhishek Sharma, USA
Niels T. Olsen, Denmark Neeru Sharma, USA
Elmir Omerovic, Sweden Rakesh K. Sharma, USA
Torbjørn Omland, Norway Fayaz Shawl, USA
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Michael Shechter, Israel Muthiah Vaduganathan, USA
Jayaprakash Shenthar, India Héctor H. Valdivia, USA
Win K. Shen, USA Hector O. Ventura, USA
Avraham Shotan, Israel Josef Veselka, Czech Republic
Rosa Sicari, Italy Francesco Violi, Italy
Robert J. Siegel, USA Salim S. Virani, USA
Horst Sievert, Germany Johannes Waltenberger, Germany
Michael Simons, USA Lu Wang, USA
David Snipelisky, USA Shi-Qiang Wang, China
Elsayed Z. Soliman, USA Wenru Wang, Singapore
Virend K. Somers, USA Xuejun Wang, USA
Long-Sheng Song, USA Yanggan Wang, China
Yiqing Song, USA S. Goya Wannamethee, UK
Francis G. Spinale, USA Xander H.T. Wehrens, USA
Deepak Srivastava, USA Giora Weisz, USA
Komandoor Srivathsan, USA B. Daan Westenbrink, The Netherlands
Christoph T. Starck, Germany Harvey D. White, New Zealand
Paul Steendijk, The Netherlands Norbert Wilke, USA
Martin Stockburger, Germany Martin C.S. Wong, Hong Kong
Bodo E. Strauer, Germany Tom Wong, UK
Kaihong Su, USA Scott Wright, USA
Jianxin Sun, USA Mei-Hwan Wu, Taiwan
Phyllis G. Supino, USA Bo Xu, USA
Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Denmark Zhong-Qun Yan, Sweden
Masahiko Takagi, Japan Clyde W. Yancy, USA
Masafumi Takahashi, Japan Qinglin Yang, USA
Yida Tang, China Zequan Yang, USA
Jean-Francois Tanguay, Canada Masafumi Yano, Japan
Paramjit S. Tappia, Canada Yan Yao, China
Luca Testa, Italy Jian (James) Ye, Canada
David R. Thompson, Australia Hongki Yoo, South Korea
Edward B. Thorp, USA Hiroshi Yoshida, Japan
Dimitris Tousoulis, Greece Cheuk-Man Yu, China
Dwight A. Towler, USA Maliha Zahid, USA
Ronald J.A. Trent, Australia Jianyi Jay Zhang, USA
Teresa S. M. Tsang, Canada Yingmei Zhang, China
Masahiko Tsuchiya, Japan Youhua Zhang, USA
Mark K. Urman, USA Shui-Ping Zhao, China
Simon Urschel, Canada Xi-Long Zheng, Canada
Masuko Ushio-Fukai, USA Yi Zhou, USA
Gian Paolo Ussia, Italy
Peter van der Meer, The Netherlands
Niels van Royen, The Netherlands

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ABSTRACTS PRESENTED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY
ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2017
22nd 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 S. Abu-Fadel, USA Anne B. Curtis, USA
Chris Adamopoulos, Greece Alexander H.J. Danser, The Netherlands
Ali Ahmed, USA Anindita Das, USA
Takashi Akasaka, Japan Alessandro Della Corte, Italy
Tolga Aksu, Turkey Naranjan S. Dhalla, Canada
Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, Canada Javier Diez, Spain
Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Saudi Arabia Luc Djousse, USA
Martin A. Alpert, USA Samuel C. Dudley, USA
Dominick J. Angiolillo, USA Hamza Duygu, Cyprus
Eloisa Arbustini, Italy Abdou Elhendy, USA
Wilbert S. Aronow, USA Marguerite M. Engler, USA
Giuseppe Barbaro, Italy Melanie Everitt, USA
Gregory Barsness, USA Guo-Chang Fan, USA
Philip Barter, Australia Mark W. Feinberg, USA
Alexei G. Basnakian, USA Giuseppe Ferrante, Italy
Lewis Becker, USA Michael A. Fifer, USA
Daniel S. Berman, USA Janos G. Filep, Canada
Robert W.W. Biederman, USA William H. Gaasch, USA
Yochai Birnbaum, USA Feng Gao, China
Vera Bittner, USA Julius M. Gardin, USA
Jeffrey S. Borer, USA Peter Gaskin, USA
Eduardo Bossone, Italy S. David Gertz, Israel
Sorin Brener, USA Robert J. Goldberg, USA
Alexandros Briasoulis, USA James A. Goldstein, USA
John C. Burnett, Jr, USA Jonathan Golledge, Australia
Gianfranco Butera, Italy Arata Hagikura, Japan
Michael E. Cain, USA Donald J. Hagler, USA
Duncan J. Campbell, Australia Jihong Han, China
Filip Casselman, Belgium Yuchi Han, USA
Athanasios Chalkias, Greece Takekuni Hayashi, Japan
Yzhar Charuzi, USA Charles H. Hennekens, USA
Subroto Chatterjee, USA Charles A. Henrikson, USA
Farooq A. Chaudhry, USA Michel Henry, Luxembourg
Shiyou Chen, USA Brian D. Hoit, USA
Yi-Jen Chen, Taiwan Myeong-Ki Hong, Korea
Yucheng Chen, China Masatsugu Hori, Japan
Anand Chockalingam, USA Masatsugu Horiuchi, Japan
Kee-Joon Choi, Korea John D. Horowitz, Australia
Luciano Consuegra-Sánchez, Spain Takafumi Ishida, Japan
Clifford L. Cua, USA Warren M. (Sonny) Jackman, USA
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Deepak Jain, Germany Arnold Ng, Australia
Jesper K. Jensen, Denmark Niels Thue Olsen, Denmark
Daniela Jezova, Slovakia Gavin Y. Oudit, Canada
Xueting (Tina) Jin, USA Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Greece
Maryl R. Johnson, USA Kailash N. Pandey, USA
Bodh I. Jugdutt, USA Hakan Paydak, USA
Andreas Kalogeropoulos, USA Louis P. Perrault, Canada
Edo Kaluski, USA Ygal Plakht, Israel
Hideo Kanaide, Japan Sunny Po, USA
Duk-Hyun Kang, Korea Don Poldermans, The Netherlands
Masaya Kato, Japan Rahul Potluri, UK
Amir Kazory, USA Kailash Prasad, Canada
Ilan Kedan, USA Gregg S. Pressman, USA
Henning Kelbaek, Denmark Maria Prokudina, Russia
Matyas Keltai, Hungary Karin Przyklenk, USA
Levon Khachigian, Australia Lu Qi, USA
Jin Won Kim, Korea Jeffrey J. Rade, USA
Arthur L. Klatsky, USA Shahzad G. Raja, UK
Anne A. Knowlton, USA Nalini M. Rajamannan, USA
Wei Kong, China Dipak P. Ramji, UK
Tatyana Korolenko, Russia Hanumanth K. Reddy, USA
Ashok Krishnaswami, USA Surendranath R V. Reddy, USA
Howard Kruth, USA Jeffrey Robbins, USA
Takashi Kubo, Japan Robert S. Rosenson, USA
Lih Kuo, USA Hanni N. Sabbah, USA
Sudhir Kurl, Finland Rajesh Sachdeva, USA
Martin J. LaPage, USA Naritatsu Saito, Japan
Hwa Mu Lee, USA Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Spain
Stephanie Lehoux, Canada Maria J. Sanz, Spain
Philip R. Leibson, USA Hiroshi Sato, Japan
Qiangrong Liang, USA Tiziano M. Scarabelli, USA
Shing-Jong Lin, Taiwan Ingolf Schimke, Germany
Gary Lopaschuk, Canada Howard D. Sesso, USA
Jincai Luo, China Madhan Shanmugasundaram, USA
Xin-liang Ma, USA Win-Kuang Shen, USA
Mohammad Madjid, USA Guo-Ping Shi, USA
Kenneth Maiese, USA Jamshid Shirani, USA
Bernhard Maisch, Germany Rosa Sicari, Italy
Tadeusz Malinski, USA Mandeep S. Sidhu, USA
Giuseppe Mancia, Italy Pawan K. Singal, Canada
Roberto Manfredini, Italy Elsayed Z. Soliman, USA
James D. Marsh, USA Francis G. Spinale, USA
Antoni Martínez-Rubio, Spain Bodo E. Strauer, Germany
Akira Marui, Japan Jianxin Sun, USA
Pascal McKeown, Ireland Masahiko Takagi, Japan
Jawahar L. Mehta, USA Paramjit S. Tappia, Canada
Antonio Miceli, Italy Mitsu Terashima, Japan
Leslie W. Miller, USA Luca Testa, Italy
Freny Vaghaiwalla Mody, USA Udho Thadani, USA
Samia Mora, USA Edward B. Thorp, USA
Henning Morawietz, Germany Takanobu Tomaru, Japan
Daniel Moreira-Gonçalves, Portugal Masahiko Tsuchiya, Japan
Mohammad-Reza Movahed, USA Barry F. Uretsky, USA
Nandini Nair, USA Gian Paolo Ussia, Italy
Francesco Nappi, France Niels van Royen, The Netherlands
Andrea Natale, Italy Hector O. Ventura, USA
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Josef Veselka, Czech Republic Qinqling Yang, USA
Yanggan Wang, China Zequan Yang, USA
Nanette K. Wenger, USA Jian (James) Ye, Canada
Harvey D. White, New Zealand Hongki Yoo, South Korea
Martin C.S. Wong, Hong Kong Maliha Zahid, USA
Mei-Hwan Wu, Taiwan Xi-Long Zheng, Canada
Bo Xu, USA Yi Zhou, USA

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