INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE

BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27 – 29, 2018

Affiliated with: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE

BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27 – 29, 2018

Organized by: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY

Affiliated with: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, CALIFORNIA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES

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Boston Scientific Corporation for their generous educational grants. This financial support has helped make this Congress possible.

CME Approved by AMA: The scientific program of the International Academy of Cardiology, Annual Scientific Sessions 2018, 23rd World Congress on Heart Disease has been reviewed by the American Medical Association and approved for a maximum of 23 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. One credit may be claimed for each hour of participation in approved sessions.

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BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27 – 29, 2018 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 4 Index 99 Sunday, July 29,2018 85 Saturday, July 28,2018 57 Friday, July 27, 2018 31 Scientific Program List ofExhibitorsandSponsors 27 Social General Program Acknowledgments26 Information 23 Opening 22 Awards Lectures Scientific Abstract ReviewCommittee Scientific Advisory Board Scientific Executive Committee Section Chairman’s Chairs 6 CONTENTS Letter 5 16 20 13 9 7 Chairman Asher Kimchi, MD Yours sincerely, beautiful andexcitingcityofBostoninJuly 2018. personally rewarding. We alsohopeandtrustthatyou willenjoy your visittothevery from many differentcountrieswillstimulateacreative exchange ofideasandwillbe We hopethatyou willenjoy theCongressandthatyour interaction withyour colleagues their untiringhelp,supportandadvice inplanningandarranging thismeeting. for theirgeneroussupport,andtoourdedicatedstaff,colleagues,friendsfamilies We would like toexpressourthanksthepharmaceuticalandmanufacturingindustry the meetingwillbeamajorscientificevent. at themeeting. These studies,originatingfromlaboratories in41countries,assurethat Scientific Abstract Reviewcommitteefrom over 600 abstracts submittedfor presentation and posterswillincludesuperbscientificmaterialthat was carefullyselected by the part inthisCongress.Papers willbepresentedintheformofplenarysessions,symposia Many distinguishedcardiologists andscientistshave joinedthefacultyandwilltake Cardiac Surgery, andMeasurementofOutcomeQualityCardiovascular Care. of the Aorta, Cardiac Arrhythmias andElectrophysiology, CongenitalHeartDisease, Metabolic Syndrome,DiabetesMellitus,HeartFailure, Valvular HeartDisease,Diseases Arterial Disease,Interventional Cardiology, LipoproteinDisorders,Hypertension, Molecular andCellularCardiology, CardiacImaging,Coronary Artery Disease,Peripheral of thelatestresearch developments incardiovascular medicine,primarilyintheareasof The Congress hasbeendesignedtoprovide aninnovative andcomprehensive overview 23 Boston andtotheInternational Academy ofCardiology, Annual ScientificSessions2018, On behalfoftheOrganizingCommittee,itismy greatpleasuretowelcomeyou to Dear Friend andColleague, rd World CongressonHeartDisease. 5 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 6 DISEASES OF THE AORTAOF THE DISEASES S. David Gertz,Israel VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Jeffrey S.Borer,USA HYPERTENSION S. Aronow,Wilbert DRUG THERAPY AND CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY Udho Thadani, USA CARDIAC IMAGING Takanonu Tomaru , Japan Daniel S.Berman,USA GENETICS OFHEART DISEASE James D. Marsh,USA VASCULAR BIOLOGY Zorina Galis,USA MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY Naranjan S.Dhalla , Canada SECTION CHAIRS Asher Kimchi, USA FOUNDER AND CONGRESSCHAIRMAN USA PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY D.Nathan Wong, USA Samia Mora, USA CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY Louis P. Perrault, Canada Elefteriades, USA John A. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY W.George Vetrovec, USA ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY ARRHYTHMIAS AND Anne B. Curtis,USA Michael E.Cain,USA HEART FAILURE Bodh I.Jugdutt, Canada DISEASES MYOCARDIALPERICARDIAL AND Hani N.Sabbah,USA Luc Djousse,USA Naranjan S.Dhalla,Canada Thomas Deneke,Germany Buddhadeb Dawn, USA Netherlands Alexander H.J.Danser,The Michael Dandel,Germany Lawrence S.C.Czer,USA Anne B. Curtis,USA Susan Cheng,USA Yabing Chen,USA Changyi (Johnny) Chen,USA Yzhar Charuzi,USA Hari P. Chaliki,USA Michael E.Cain,USA Samuel M.Butman,USA T. Jared Bunch, USA Sorin J.Brener,USA Eugene Braunwald, USA Robert C.Bourge,USA Eduardo Bossone,Italy Jeffrey S.Borer,USA Ron Blankstein,USA Yochai Birnbaum,USA Netherlands Biessen, TheErik A.L. Robert W.W.Biederman, USA Luigi M.Biasucci,Italy Deepak L.Bhatt,USA Daniel S.Berman,USA Lewis C.Becker, USA Gregory Barsness,USA Maciej Banach, Poland S. Aronow, USA Wilbert B. Anand-SrivastavaMadhu , Canada Ezra A.Amsterdam,USA Martin A. Alpert, USA Takashi Akasaka,Japan Elena Aikawa, USA Ali Ahmed,USA Elefteriades, USA(Chairman) John A. SCIENTIFIC EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE Adarsh Kumar, India Rakesh C.Kukreja , USA Takashi Kubo, Japan Santhosh Koshy, USA Tatiana Korolenko, Russia Wei Kong, China Peter Kokkinos, USA Knowlton, USA Anne A. Arthur L.Klatsky, USA Jin WonKim, Ulrich Keil, Germany Ilan Kedan, USA Amir Kazory,USA Andreas Kalogeropoulos,USA Bodh Jugdutt, Canada Maryl R.Johnson, USA Daniela Jezova, Slovakia Brian D. Hoit,USA Roland Hetzer,Germany Ramon C.Hermida,Spain Charles H.Hennekens,USA Donald D. Heistad,USA PaulHeidenreich, USA A. Jonathan Golledge,Australia J. RodGimbel,USA S. David Gertz,Israel Martin Gerdes,USA Julius M.Gardin,USA Joel A. Garcia Fernandez, USA Feng Gao, China Zorina S.Galis,USA William H.Gaasch , USA Janos Filep, Canada Fifer, USA Michael A. Michael Farkouh, Canada Abdou Elhendy, USA Samuel C.Dudley,USA Dobromir Dobrev,Germany Rep. ofKorea 7 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 8 Judith G.Regensteiner , USA Hanumanth K.Reddy, USA Dipak P. Ramji,UK Nalini M.Rajamannan,USA Jeffrey J.Rade,USA Simon W.Rabkin. Canada Maria Prokudina,Russia Kailash Prasad, Canada Sumanth D. Prabhu, USA Christos Pitsavos , Greece Louis P. Perrault, Canada Hakan Paydak, USA Kailash N.Pandey, USA Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Greece Noriyuki Ouchi, Japan Mohamad Navab, USA Navin C.Nanda,USA Nandini Nair,USA Mohammad-Reza Movahed, USA Samia Mora, USA FrenyMody Vaghaiwalla, USA James K.Min,USA Leslie W.Miller, USA Dan M.Meyer, USA Jawahar L.Mehta,USA Nilanjana Maulik,USA Antoni Martínez-Rubio,Spain James D. Marsh,USA Roberto Manfredini,Italy Tadeusz Malinski,USA Kenneth Maiese,USA John J.Mahmarian,USA Alexandra R.Lucas,USA Avraham Lorber,Israel Gary Lopaschuk, Canada Stephanie Lehoux,Canada Lih Kuo SCIENTIFIC EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE(Cont.) , USA Maliha Zahid,USA Ertan Yetkin , Turkey Jian (James) Ye, Canada D.Nathan Wong, USA Michael White,Canada K. WengerNanette ,USA Yanggan Wang, China W.George Vetrovec, USA Josef Veselka, Czech Republic Barry F. Uretsky, USA Yasunori Ueda,Japan Suresh C. Tyagi, USA S. TuanaBalwant , Canada Takanobu Tomaru, Japan Udho Thadani, USA Mitsuyasu Terashima, Japan Masahiko Takagi, Japan Ashok K.Srivastava , Canada Francis G. Spinale, USA Christopher S.Snyder, USA Dinender K.Singla,USA Pawan K.Singal,Canada Mandeep S.Sidhu,USA Jamshid Shirani, USA Guo-Ping Shi,USA Leslee J.Shaw, USA Howard D. Sesso,USA Karlheinz Seidl,Germany Saul Schaefer, USA Tiziano M.Scarabelli, Italy Maria J.Sanz,Spain Masood Sadiq,Pakistan Rajesh Sachdeva, USA Hani N.Sabbah,USA Robert S.Rosenson,USA Clive Rosendorff,USA Turgay Celik,Turkey Filip Casselman , Belgium Feng Cao,China Ugur Canpolat,Turkey Duncan J.Campbell,Australia Harpal S.Buttar,Canada Gianfranco Butera, Italy John C.Burnett,Jr.,USA Ralf P. Brandes, Germany Neil E.Bowles, USA Harisios Boudoulas,Greece Borger, Germany Michael A. William E.Boden,USA Peter C.Block, USA Vera Bittner,USA Sukhwinder K.Bhullar,Canada Jutta Bergler,Austria Elise Belaidi-Corsat,France Netherlands Jeroen J.Bax,The Alexei G.Basnakian,USA Philip Barter,Australia Giuseppe Barbaro,Italy Hector Barajas-Martinez, USA Subhash Banerjee,USA Lina Badimon,Spain E. AyalaDiana , Spain Dan Atar,Norway Eloisa Arbustini,Italy Juan M. Aranda, Jr.,USA Charles Antzelevitch, USA J. Angiolillo,USA Dominick Giuseppe Ambrosio, Italy Aman Amanullah,USA H. Al-Mallah,Saudi Mouaz Fernando Alfonso,Spain Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan,Canada Masanori Aikawa, USA Chris Adamopoulous, Greece Mazen Abu-Fadel, USA Jun-ichi Abe,USA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORYBOARD Arabia Guo-Chang Fan , USA DeLisa Fairweather, USA Georg Ertl,Germany Marguerite M.Engler,USA Netherlands Arif Elvan, The Samar R.ElKhoudary, USA Andrew J.Einstein,USA Mohaned Egred,UK Vladimír Džavík, Canada Ronen Durst,Israel Daniel A. Duprez,USA Anique Ducharme, Canada Gerald Dorros,USA Javier Díez,Spain Yvan Devaux, Luxembourg Abhishek Deshmukh,USA Giuseppe DeLuca,Italy Prakash C.Deedwania, USA Srikant Das,USA Anindita Das,USA Clifford L.Cua,USA Filippo Crea,Italy Justien Cornelis,Belgium Leslie T. Cooper, Jr.,USA Shorena Chumburidze,Rep.ofGeorgia Pierre Chouraqui, Israel Kee-Joon Choi,Korea Anand Chockalingam, USA Yiu-Fai Cheung,China Xian-Wu Cheng,China Yucheng Chen,China Yingjie Chen,USA Yi-Jen Chen,Taiwan Shiyou Chen,USA Jaw-Wen Chen,Taiwan Asim N.Cheema,Canada Subroto Chatterjee,USA Julie Y.H. Chan,Taiwan Athanasios Chalkias,Greece Tarun Chakravarty, USA 9 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 10 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE James E.Ip,USA Ignatios Ikonomidis , Greece Randolph Hutter,USA Heikki Huikuri,Finland Gang Hu,USA Dan Hu,USA John D. Horowitz, Australia Masatsugu Hori,Japan Paul C.Ho,USA Jennifer E.Ho,USA Gerd Heusch, Germany Michel Henry,Luxembourg Charles A. Henrikson,USA Michael Y.Henein, Sweden Zuo-Xiang He,China Takekuni Hayashi, Japan Yuchi Han,USA Jihong Han,China Arata Hagikura, Japan Milan Gupta,Canada Rajiv Gulati,USA Andrew Grace, UK Shmuel Gottlieb,Israel Goldstein, USA James A. Jeffrey Goldberger,USA Robert J.Goldberg,USA Bernard J.Gersh,USA Guido Germano,USA Jacob George,Israel Sandro Gelsomino, The Netherlands Peter Gaskin,USA Yoshihiro Fukumoto,Japan Tohru Fukai,USA Michael Fu,Sweden Roger Foo, Singapore Jerome L.Fleg,USA Daniel Flammang,France Giuseppe Ferrante, Italy Mark W.Feinberg , USA Mohamed EidFawzy, Egypt SCIENTIFIC ADVISORYBOARD (Cont.) Roger J.Laham , USA Fabien Labombarda,France Sudhir Kurl, Finland Howard S.Kruth , USA Rungroj Krittayaphong, Thailand Chayakrit Krittanawong, USA Ashok Krishnaswami, USA Smadar Kort, USA Igor E.Konstantinov, Australia Wolfgang Koenig, Germany Sang-Hyun Kim,Korea Ali Khoynezhad, USA Rami N.Khouzam,USA Levon Khachigian, Australia Matyas Keltai, Hungary Henning Kelbaek, Denmark Osami Kawarada, Japan Masaya Kato,Japan Rajesh G.Katare,NewZealand Zamaneh Kassiri,Canada Juan CarlosKaski,UK Samir Kapadia,USA Bharat K.Kantharia, USA Hideo Kanaide,Japan Anna Kamp,USA Alan H.Kadish,USA Netherlands J. WouterJukema, The Boyoung Joung, Rep.ofKorea Peter GodskJørgensen,Denmark James W.Jones, USA Hanjoong Jo, USA Xueting (Tina) Jin,USA Kai Jiao,USA Xiongjing Jiang,China Jesper K.Jensen, Denmark Deepak Jain, Germany FaroucJaffer, USA A. Allan S.Jaffe, USA Warren M.(Sonny) Jackman, USA Takafumi Ishida,Japan Alexander Niessner , Austria Arnold C.T. Ng,Australia Andrea Natale,USA Sreejayan Nair,USA Marjan Mujib,USA Toshisuke Morita,Japan Ryuichi Morishita,Japan Daniel Moreira Gonçalves, Portugal Henning Morawietz, Germany Hendrik Milting,Germany Luisa Mestroni,USA Nehal N.Mehta,USA Bruce M.McManus,Canada Pascal McKeown, UK Nicola Maurea,Italy Takumi Matsubara, Japan Akira Marui,Japan Giuseppe Mancia,Italy Shaista Malik,USA Raj R.Makkar,USA Bernhard Maisch, Germany Mohammad Madjid,USA Xin-Liang (Xin)Ma,USA Jincai Luo,China Amir S.Lotfi,USA Tong Liu,China Steven E.Lipshultz,USA Shing-Jong Lin,Taiwan Philip R.Liebson,USA Shan Liao,Canada Qiangrong Liang,USA Jian-Jun Li, China T. BarryLevine,USA Levine, USA Robert A. Stephan Lehnart,Germany Michael S.Lee,USA Hwa MuLee,USA Martin J.LaPage, USA Lanza, Italy Gaetano A. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, USA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORYBOARD (Cont.) Hiroshi Sato,Japan Maurice Sarano, USA Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, USA Naritatsu Saito,Japan Christoph H.Saely,Austria Kerry-Anne Rye, Sydney Martin H.Ruwald, Denmark Eric Rosenthal,UK Giuseppe M.C.Rosano,Italy Joe Rod,USA William C.Roberts,USA Jeffrey Robbins,USA Jun Ren,USA Katya Ravid, USA Somwail Rasla,USA Shahzad G.Raja,UK Satish R.Raj,Canada Vijay Puri,UK Paolo Emilio Puddu, Italy Gregg SPressman,USA Rahul Potluri, UK Don PoldermansNetherlands , The Sunny S.Po , USA Ygal Plakht,Israel Cristina Pislaru,USA Pierard, Belgium Luc A. Claudia Penna, Italy Kaushik P. Patel, USA Jignesh Patel , USA Gabriella Passacquale , UK John T.Parissis , Greece Pasquale Pagliaro , Italy Osborn, USA Eric A. Alexander (Sasha)Opotowsky, USA Torbjørn Omland,Norway Elmir Omerovic, Sweden Brian Olshansky, USA Niels T.Olsen, Denmark Marc-Alexander Ohlow, Germany 11 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 12 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE Ronald J.A. Trent,Ronald Dimitris Tousoulis, Greece Edward B. Thorp, USA Luca Testa, Italy Paramjit S. Tappia, Canada Jean-Francois Tanguay, Canada Masafumi Takahashi, Japan Jesper H.Svendsen, Denmark Phyllis G.Supino,USA Jianxin Sun,USA Kaihong Su,USA Bodo E.Strauer, Germany Martin Stockburger, Germany PaulNetherlands Steendijk,The Komandoor Srivathsan, USA Deepak Srivastava, USA Yiqing Song,USA Virend K.Somers,USA Elsayed Z.Soliman,USA Siddharth Singh,USA Michael Simons,USA Marc A. Horst Sievert, Germany Robert J.Siegel,USA Rosa Sicari,Italy Avraham Shotan,Israel Win-Kuang Shen,USA Robert S.Sheldon,Canada Michael Shechter , Israel Fayaz Shawl , USA Rakesh K.Sharma,USA Neeru Sharma,USA Abhishek Sharma,USA Madhan Shanmugasundaram, USA Ravi V.Shah, USA Amil M.Shah,USA Paul Schoenhagen, USA Thomas H.Schindler, USA Ingolf Schimke, Germany Heinrich R.Schelbert, USA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORYBOARD Silver, USA Australia (Cont.) Xi-Long Zheng,Canada Youhua Zhang,USA Cheuk-Man Yu, HongKong Hiroshi Yoshida, Japan Hongki Yoo, Korea Yan Yao, China Masafumi Yano, Japan Zequan Yang, USA Qinglin Yang, USA Phillip C. Yang, USA Zhong-Qun Yan, Sweden Pradeep Yadav, USA Bo Xu,USA Mei-Hwan Wu, Taiwan Scott Wright,USA Tom Wong, UK Martin C.S. Wong, China Norbert Wilke, Germany D.Harvey White,NewZealand Cornelia M. Weyand, USA B. WestenbrinkNetherlands Daan , The A. TeddyWeiss, Goya WannametheeS. , UK Xuejun Wang, USA Wenru Wang, Singapore Shi-Qiang Wang, China H.X. WangHarry ,China Da-Zhi Wang, Massimo Volpe, Italy Francesco Violi, Italy O. Ventura, USA Hector PeterNetherlands van derMeer,The H. Valdivia, USA Héctor Gian Paolo Ussia , Italy Masuko Ushio-Fukai,USA Mark K.Urman,USA Suresh C. Tyagi, USA Masahiko Tsuchiya, Japan TeresaS.M. Tsang,Canada USA Israel Athanasios Chalkias , Greece Turgay Celik,Turkey Filip Casselman,Belgium Feng Cao,China Ugur Canpolat, Turkey Duncan J.Campbell,Australia Michael E.Cain,USA Gianfranco Butera, Italy John C.Burnett,Jr.,USA T. Jared Bunch, USA Sorin J.Brener,USA Ralf P. Brandes, Germany Robert C.Bourge,USA Eduardo Bossone,Italy Jeffrey S.Borer,USA Vera Bittner,USA Yochai Birnbaum,USA Netherlands Biessen, TheErik A.L. Robert W.W.Biederman, USA Sukhwinder K.Bhullar,Canada Daniel S.Berman,USA Elise Belaidi-Corsat,France Lewis C.Becker, USA Alexei G.Basnakian,USA Philip Barter,Australia Gregory Barsness,USA Giuseppe Barbaro,Italy Dan Atar,Norway S. Aronow, USA Wilbert Eloisa Arbustini,Italy Juan M. Aranda, Jr.,USA Charles Antzelevitch, USA J. Angiolillo,USA Dominick B. Anand-SrivastavaMadhu , Canada H. Al-Mallah,Saudi Mouaz Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan,Canada Ali Ahmed, Chris Adamopoulous, Greece Mazen Abu-Fadel, USA Jun-ichi Abe,USA SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT REVIEWCOMMITTEE USA Arabia Feng Gao,China Zorina S.Galis , USA Yoshihiro Fukumoto,Japan Tohru Fukai,USA Janos Filep, Canada Fifer, USA Michael A. Mark W.Feinberg , USA Michael Farkouh, Canada Guo-Chang Fan, USA DeLisa Fairweather, USA Netherlands Arif Elvan, The Abdou Elhendy, USA Samar R.ElKhoudary, USA Mohaned Egred,UK Daniel A. Duprez,USA Samuel C.Dudley,USA Luc Djousse,USA Naranjan S.Dhalla,Canada Yvan Devaux, Luxembourg Abhishek Deshmukh,USA Buddhadeb Dawn, USA Srikant Das,USA Anindita Das,USA Netherlands Alexander H.J.Danser,The Michael Dandel,Germany Anne B. Curtis,USA Clifford L.Cua,USA Justien Cornelis,Belgium Leslie T. Cooper, Jr.,USA Pierre Chouraqui, Israel Kee-Joon Choi,Korea Anand Chockalingam, USA Yiu-Fai Cheung,China Yi-Jen Chen,Taiwan Shiyou Chen,USA Jaw-Wen Chen,Taiwan Changyi (Johnny) Chen,USA Subroto Chatterjee,USA Yzhar Charuzi,USA Julie Y.H. Chan,Taiwan 13 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 14 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE Sreejayan Nair,USA Nandini Nair,USA Toshisuke Morita,Japan Daniel Moreira Gonçalves, Portugal Samia Mora, USA Leslie W.Miller, USA Nehal N.Mehta,USA Jawahar L. Mehta,USA Pascal McKeown, UK Nicola Maurea,Italy Nilanjana Maulik,USA Takumi Matsubara, Japan Akira Marui,Japan Antoni Martínez-Rubio,Spain James D. Marsh,USA Roberto Manfredini,Italy Tadeusz Malinski,USA Kenneth Maiese,USA James E.Ip,USA Ignatios Ikonomidis,Greece Brian D. Hoit,USA Jennifer E.Ho,USA Gerd Heusch, Germany Roland Hetzer,Germany Michel Henry,Luxembourg Charles A. Henrikson,USA Charles H.Hennekens,USA PaulHeidenreich, USA A. Takekuni Hayashi , Japan Jihong Han,China Arata Hagikura, Japan Jonathan Golledge,Australia Goldstein, USA James A. Jeffrey Goldberger,USA Robert J.Goldberg,USA J. RodGimbel,USA S. David Gertz,Israel Martin Gerdes,USA Sandro Gelsomino, The Netherlands Peter Gaskin,USA SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT REVIEWCOMMITTEE(Cont.) Win-Kuang Shen,USA Michael Shechter , Israel Neeru Sharma,USA Madhan Shanmugasundaram, USA Ravi V.Shah, USA Howard D. Sesso,USA Karlheinz Seidl,Germany Paul Schoenhagen, USA Thomas H.Schindler, USA Tiziano M.Scarabelli, Italy Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, USA Rajesh Sachdeva, USA Hani N.Sabbah,USA Kerry-Anne Rye, Sydney Robert S.Rosenson,USA Clive Rosendorff,USA Jeffrey Robbins,USA Judith G.Regensteiner,USA Katya Ravid, USA Somwail Rasla,USA Dipak P. Ramji,UK Shahzad G.Raja,UK Satish R.Raj,Canada Jeffrey J.Rade,USA Paolo Emilio Puddu, Italy Gregg SPressman,USA Kailash Prasad, Canada Sumanth D. Prabhu, USA Rahul Potluri, UK Don PoldermansNetherlands , The Ygal Plakht,Israel Cristina Pislaru,USA Louis P. Perrault, Canada Jignesh Patel , USA Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Greece Elmir Omerovic, Sweden Brian Olshansky, USA Niels T.Olsen, Denmark Marc-Alexander Ohlow, Germany Andrea Natale,USA Youhua Zhang,USA Maliha Zahid,USA Hongki Yoo, Korea Masafumi Yano, Japan Bo Xu,USA Martin C.S. Wong, China Michael White,Canada D.Harvey White,NewZealand Goya WannametheeS. , UK H.X. WangHarry ,China Josef Veselka, Czech Republic S. TuanaBalwant , Canada Edward B. Thorp, USA Phyllis G.Supino,USA Elsayed Z.Soliman,USA Marc A. Jamshid Shirani , USA SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT REVIEWCOMMITTEE(Cont.) Silver, USA 15 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 16 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2005 2003 2002 2000 1997 1996 1995 for distinguishedwork inthefieldofClinicalResearch The WALTER BLEIFELDMEMORIAL AWARD AWARD RECIPIENTS Congress. Committee. The awards for2018willbepresented attheOpeningCeremony ofthe meetings. As inpreviousyears, therecipientswereselectedby avery prestigious Awards and who weremembersofthefacultyforpreviousInternational Academy ofCardiology of distinguishedcolleagueswho madeamajorcontributiontoMedicineandCardiology The International Academy ofCardiologyhasestablishedfive awards tohonorthememory INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OFCARDIOLOGY MEMORIAL AWARDS Maryl R.Johnson, USA Wilbert S. Aronow, USA Harisios Boudoulas,Greece Clive Rosendorff,USA James H.Chesebro,USA John A. Elefteriades, USA Uri Elkayam, USA E. Douglas Wigle, Canada Sidney Goldstein,USA John B. Barlow, South Africa William Ganz,USA Luc Djoussé,USA Yochai Birnbaum,USA USA Ezra A.Amsterdam, Paul A. Heidenreich, USA Horst Sievert, Germany Anne B. Curtis,USA 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2005 2003 2002 2000 1997 1996 1995 for distinguishedwork inthefieldofCardiovascular DiseasePrevention The JAN J.KELLERMANNMEMORIAL AWARD 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2005 2003 2002 2000 1997 1996 1995 for distinguishedwork inthefieldofBasicResearch The ALBRECHTFLECKENSTEINMEMORIAL AWARD AWARD RECIPIENTS(Cont.) Samia Mora, USA Robert S.Rosenson,USA Michael E.Farkouh, Canada Howard D. Sesso, USA Stephen L.Kopecky, USA Ulrich Keil, Germany Nathan D. Wong, USA Elizabeth L.Barrett-Connor, USA Philip R.Liebson,USA Gerald S.Berenson,USA Rodolfo Paoletti, Italy Dean Ornish,USA William T.USA Abraham, Bodh I.Jugdutt, Canada Charles H.Hennekens,USA James S.Forrester, USA Nanette Kass Wenger, USA Guo-Ping Shi,USA Tadeusz Malinski,USA Samuel C.Dudley, USA Kenneth Maiese,USA Anne A. Knowlton, USA Teruhiko Toyo-Oka,Japan Dipak K.Das,USA Pawan K.Singal,Canada Robert Roberts,Canada Thomas Force, USA Francis G. Spinale, USA Jawahar L.Mehta,USA Hani N.Sabbah,USA Naranjan S.Dhalla,Canada Jutta Schaper, Germany Peter Ganz,USA Lionel H.Opie,South Africa 17 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 18 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2005 2003 2002 2000 1997 1996 1995 for distinguishedcontributionasaGifted Teacher The MELVIN L.MARCUS MEMORIAL AWARD 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2005 2003 2002 2000 1997 1996 1995 for distinguishedwork inthefieldofResearch inCardiacFunction The HANS-PETERKRAYENBUEHL MEMORIAL AWARD AWARD RECIPIENTS(Cont.) S. David Gertz, Israel Arthur L.Klatsky, USA Gregory W. Barsness,USA Julius M.Gardin,USA Barry F. Uretsky, USA Michael H.Criqui,USA Navin C.Nanda,USA USA Udho Thadani, W.George USA Vetrovec, Shlomo Stern,Israel David H.Spodick, USA Daniel S.Berman,USA A. Jamil Tajik, USA Robert A. O’Rourke,USA Shahbudin H.Rahimtoola,USA Kanu Chatterjee,USA James D. Marsh,USA A. MartinGerdes,USA Brian D. Hoit,USA John J.Mahmarian,USA Patricia A. Pellikka, USA Kailash N.Pandey, USA Louis P. Perrault, Canada USA Martin A.Alpert, Gerd Heusch, Germany Sherif F. Nagueh,USA Lewis C.Becker, USA Michael E.Cain,USA Sergio Dalla-Volta, Italy Jeffrey S.Borer, USA Ralph Shabetai,USA William H.Gaasch, USA Harold J.C.Swan, USA Edmund H.Sonnenblick, USA 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2005 2005 2005 DISTINGUISHED FELLOWSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS Congress. Faculty Membersofthe World CongressonHeartDiseaseattheopeningCeremony ofthe and provided important servicetothe Academy. The Awards willbepresentedeach year to to honorcolleagueswho have madeprofoundcontributionstoCardiovascular Medicine The International Academy ofCardiologyhasestablishedDistinguishedFellowship Awards FELLOWSHIP AWARDS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OFCARDIOLOGY DISTINGUISHED Barry F. Uretsky, USA Takanobu Tomaru,Japan Hani N.Sabbah,USA Paul A. Heidenreich, USA Nanette K. Wenger, USA Shahbudin H.Rahimtoola,USA Charles H.Hennekens,USA USA Udho Thadani, Anne A. Knowlton, USA S. David Gertz,Israel Nathan D. Wong, USA W.George USA Vetrovec, Jawahar L. Mehta,USA Yzhar Charuzi,USA Michael H.Criqui,USA Michael E.Cain,USA Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, USA Robert Roberts,Canada Navin C.Nanda,USA Wilbert S. Aronow, USA Bodh I.Jugdutt, USA Daniel S.Berman,USA Lewis C.Becker, USA Anne B. Curtis,USA John A. Elefteriades, USA Naranjan S.Dhalla,Canada USA Martin Alpert, Francis G. Spinale, USA Uri Elkayam, USA James H.Chesebro,USA Hani N.Sabbah,USA Kanu Chatterjee,USA Jeffrey S.Borer, USA 19 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 20 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 2003 2002 2001 2000 PLAQUES 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1993 1989 Since 2005,theOpeningLecturehasbeenpresentedasJ.H.CSwan MemorialLecture. OPENING LECTURES INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OFCARDIOLOGY William T.Abraham, USA HEART FAILURE AND THE NEEDFORDEVICE THERAPY A. TowbinJeffrey , USA GENETIC MECHANISMSOFHEART FAILURE Elefteriades, USA John A. MODERN PERSPECTIVESONDISEASESOF THE THORACIC AORTA Jeffrey S.Borer,USA REGURGITATION: RELATION TO CLINICAL OUTCOME THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULARBASIS OFHEART FAILURE IN VALVULAR James S.Forrester, USA NEW CONCEPTSCONCERNING THE CELLBIOLOGY OF VULNERABLE Harold J.C.Swan, USA PREVENTION OFCORONARY DISEASEEVENTS:MYTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES Sidney Goldstein,USA VENTRICLE INHEART FAILURE MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE LEFT Kanu Chatterjee,USA PREVENTION OFHEART FAILURE -FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE Arnold M.Katz,USA IN THE FAILING HEART CARDIOMYOPATHY OFOVERLOAD: AN UNNATURAL GROWTH RESPONSE Robert Roberts,USA THE POTENTIAL FORMOLECULARINTERVENTION THE MOLECULARBIOLOGYOFCARDIAC HYPERTROPHY AND FAILURE: Edmund H.Sonnenblick, USA HEART FAILURE: ETIOLOGICAL MODELS AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS 2015 2014 2013 MANAGEMENT 2012 IMPLICATION 2011 2010 2008 2007 2005 2017 2016 A.B. Curtis, USA THE GUIDELINES– ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (GWTG-AFIB) IMPROVEMENT INQUALITY OFCARE FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION INGET WITH E. Braunwald, USA THE WAR ONHEART FAILURE N.D. Wong, THE ACC/AHA PREVENTIONOFCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEGUIDELINES STATE-OF-THE-ART CVDPREVENTION:LOOKINGBEYOND AND INTERPRETING N.K. Wenger, USA GENDER DISPARITY INCORONARY HEART DISEASE:BIAS,BIOLOGY, ORBOTH? E.A. Amsterdam, CVD IN WOMEN: A FRESHPERSPECTIVE U. Elkayam, USA PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY: NEWCONCEPTSINPATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND J.L. Mehta,USA ANGIOGENESIS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS: MECHANISM,ROLE AND THERAPEUTIC M.A. Samuels,USA VOODOO DEATH REVISITED: THE MODERNLESSONSOFNEUROCARDIOLOGY E.L. Barrett-Connor,USA WOMEN AND HEART DISEASEIN THE POST-WHI ERA M.E. Cain,USA HOW BEST TO IDENTIFYPATIENTS AT RISKFORSUDDENCARDIAC DEATH D.S. Berman,USA SUSPECTED CHRONICCAD: WHICH TEST IN WHICH PATIENT? 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BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27 – 29, 2018 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018

Naranjan S.Dhalla,Canada International Academy ofCardiology Chair, Sectionof Valvular HeartDisease Member, ScientificExecutive Committee Jeffrey S.Borer,USA International Academy ofCardiology Chair, SectionofCardiovascular Surgery Chair, ScientificExecutive Committee Elefteriades, USA John A. International Academy ofCardiology Founder andChairman Asher Kimchi, USA GREETINGS Chair: OC: 09:00 –10:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 John A. Elefteriades, USA John A. PRESENTATION OF2018 AWARDS International Academy ofCardiology Chair, SectionofPreventive Cardiology Member, ScientificExecutive Committee Samia Mora, USA International Academy ofCardiology Chair, SectionofHypertension Member, ScientificExecutive Committee S. Aronow, USA Wilbert International Academy ofCardiology Chair, SectionofMolecularCardiology Member, ScientificExecutive Committee

OPENING CEREMONY

John A. Elefteriades, USA John A.

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11:30 11:15 Chair: OL: 09:55 –10:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 11:00 J. Robbins, Cincinnati,OH,USA PL01 11:00 –12:45 10:30 ATHEROSCLEROSIS 10:00 09:55 INTRODUCTION D.P. Ramji J.W.E. Moss,J.O. Williams, H.Gallagher, W. Al-Ahmadi, A. Ismail, V. O’Morain, TWELFTH H.J.C.SWAN MEMORIALLECTURE Opening Lecture Chairs: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CELLULAR AND MOLECULARBIOLOGY TARGETS FORCLINICAL CARE IN Plenary Session COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION D.L. Bhatt,Brighamand Women's Hospital,Boston,MA,USA (Invited Lecture) EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY FOR J.D. Marsh,LittleRock, AR, USA ACTIONS OFNUTRACEUTICALS (Invited Lecture) MOLECULAR MECHANISMSUNDERLYING THE ANTI-ATHEROGENIC Cincinnati Children’s Hospital/Univ. Cincinnati,OH,USA J. Robbins PROTEOTOXICITY AND CARDIAC DISEASE(Invited Lecture) University, Athens, OH,USA T. Malinski,H.Dawoud, M.Osama CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM(Invited Lecture) NANOMEDICAL STUDIESOFENDOTHELIAL AGING IN THE J.D. Marsh,LittleRock, AR, USA T. Malinski,Athens,OH,USA Abstract No. Hall A Hall A 004 003 001 187 12:45 12:30 12:15 12:00 11:45 PL01 11:00 –12:45 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION University ofNebraska MedicalCenter, Omaha,NE,USA E. Loyo K. Su, Y. Yu, T. Wang, P.D. Lopez,C. Tineo, G.Paulino, M.Hearth-Holmes, MANIFESTATIONS INSYSTEMICLUPUSERYTHEMATOSUS (Invited Lecture) PROTEIN ADDUCT AS A BIOMARKERFORCARDIOVASCULAR ANTIBODIES TO MALONDIALDEHYDE-ACETALDEHYDE (MAA) University ofPittsburgh,PA, USA M. Zahid PROTEIN TRANSDUCTION DOMAIN(Invited Lecture) CARDIAC TARGETING PEPTIDE; A NOVEL CARDIAC TARGETING New York Instituteof Technology, Old Westbury, NY, USA A.M. Gerdes,K.Zhang, Y. Zhang,K.Ojamaa, Y.-D. Tang INFARCTION - AND THE WINNER IS? (Invited Lecture) T3 VERSUS METOPROLOL TREATMENT OFRATS WITH MYOCARDIAL Virginia CommonwealthUniversity, Richmond, VA, USA R.C. Kukreja, A. Samidurai, L.Xi,F. Salloum, A. Das ROLE OFMicroRNA 21(Invited Lecture) INDUCED CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION INOBESEDIABETICMICE: PDE5 INHIBITION WITH SILDENAFIL ATTENUATESINHIBITION WITH PDE5 ALCOHOL- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE(continued) CELLULAR AND MOLECULARBIOLOGY TARGETS FORCLINICAL CARE IN Plenary Session Abstract No. Hall A 008 007 006 005 33 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 34 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 13:00 12:45 12:30 12:15 12:00 11:45 11:30 11:15 Chairs: PL02 11:00 –13:00 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 11:00 J.J. Mahmarian, Houston, TX, USA (Invited Lecture) STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OFEXERCISEECHOCARDIOGRAPHY INSIGHTS FROMMULTIMODALITY CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION Cedars SinaiSmidtHeartInstitute,Beverly Hills,CA, USA I. Kedan (Invited Lecture) A FRAMEWORK FOR WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES IN CARDIOLOGY International HeartCenter, St.Petersburg, RussianFederation M. Prokudina Washington University, SaintLouis,MO, USA T.H. Schindler, I. Valenta, P. Pacher ANGIOTENSIN AND ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM(Invited Lecture) ADVANCES INMYOCARDIAL RECEPTOR IMAGING WITH PET: THE Wakayama MedicalUniversity, Wakayama, Japan T. Kubo VULNERABLE PLAQUE (Invited Lecture) OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY FOR THE DETECTIONOF Rutgers NewJersey MedicalSchool, Newark, NJ,USA J.M. Gardin HEART DISEASE(Invited Lecture) NOVEL ULTRASOUND IMAGING STRATEGIES FORISCHEMIC Korea University GuroHospital,Seoul,RepublicofKorea J.W. Kim ASSESSMENT OF THE HIGH-RISKPLAQUE (Invited Lecture) NEXT GENERATION INTRAVASCULAR COMPOSITIONAL IMAGING Cedars-Sinai MedicalCenter, Los Angeles, CA, USA A. Rozanski,P. Slomka, D. Dey, B.K. Tamarappoo D.S. Berman, Y. Otaki,J.Friedman, S.Hayes, L. Thomson, E.Eisenberg, CORONARY CTA (Invited Lecture) BEYOND STENOSIS:PLAQUE AND ISCHEMIA ASSESSMENTS BY Weill CornellMedicalCollege,HoustonMethodistHospital,Houston, TX, USA J.J. Mahmarian Plenary Session CALCIUM SCORING- WHERE DO WE STAND IN2018? (Invited Lecture) D.S. Berman,Los Angeles, CA, USA Abstract No. Hall B 016 015 014 013 012 011 010 009

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11:45 11:30 11:15 Chairs: PL03 11:00 –13:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 11:00 HOW CAN WE DOBETTER? MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT OFHEART FAILURE IN2018: Plenary Session Rambam Medical Center, Haifa,Israel R. TalA. Lorber, FAMILIAL MITOCHONDRIAL CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture) University HospitalsCleveland MedicalCenter, Cleveland, OH,USA B. Hoit THE ROLEOFLEFT ATRIAL STRAININHEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) Massachusetts General Hospital,Boston,MA,USA R. Levine PREVENTION? (Invited Lecture) A NEW APPROACH TO HEART VALVE DISEASE: INTERVENTION OR Deutsches HerzzentrumBerlin,Germany M. Dandel (Invited Lecture) A USEFUL TREATMENT OPTIONFOR IDIOPATHIC DILATED CLEARING OFß The University of Alabama atBirmingham, AL, USA R.C. Bourge (Invited Lecture) SENTENCE TO A “FORGETTABLE DISEASE”FORMANYIN30 YEARS? PULMONARY HYPERTENSION -HAVE WE GONEFROM A DEATH Charles University, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic R. Adlova, H.Bundgaard,J.tenBerg,M.Liebregts T. Bartel,M.Dabrowski, P.R. Hansen, V.M. Almaas, H.Seggewiss,D. Horstkotte, J. Veselka, L.Faber, M. KvistholmJensen, R.Cooper, J.Januska, J.Krejci, CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture) ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION FORHYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE EFFECT OFINSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCEONOUTCOMESOF Henry Ford Hospital,Detroit,MI,USA H.N. Sabbah VENTRICULAR STIFFNESS(Invited Lecture) MYOCARDIAL INTERSTITIALFIBROSISINHEART FAILURE: BEYOND H.N. Sabbah,Detroit,MI,USA USA R.C. Bourge,Birmingham,AL, 1 -RECEPTOR AUTOANTIBODIES FROM THE BLOOD: CARDIOMYOPATHY Abstract No. Hall C 023 022 021 020 019 018 017 35 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 36 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 13:30

13:15 13:00 12:45 . PL03 11:00 –13:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada K. Alagiakrishnan (Invited Lecture) SUBJECTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND HEART CARDIAC REHABILITATION AND ITSEFFECTSONCOGNITIONIN Massachusetts General Hospital,Boston,MA,USA J. Ho CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING? (Invited Lecture) HFpEF AS A SYSTEMICDISEASE- WHAT CAN WE LEARNFROM Zentralklinik, BadBerka,Germany M.-A. Ohlow, M.Schreiber PROSPECTIVE BAD BERKAREGISTRY (Invited Lecture) INFLAMMATORY CARDIOMYOPATHY: RESULTS FROM THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTOFIMMUNOADSORPTION INPATIENTS WITH HOW CAN WE DOBETTER?(continued) MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT OFHEART FAILURE IN2018: Plenary Session FAILURE Abstract No. Hall C 026 025 024 6 PRESENTATION 5 4 3 2 1 Board No. P101 08:00 –13:00 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 University of Tokyo,University Tokyo,Japan T.J. Matsubara, K.Fujiu,S.Ohnishi,M. Yamasaki ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TREATMENT WITH PILSICAINIDE FRACTION DURING A CASE REPORT OFHEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson MedicalSchool, NewBrunswick, NJ,USA L. Hou,J.Xu,E.Pagan, K.Patel, A. Hakeem LIDOCAINE TOXICITY MANIFESTING AS ACUTE STROKE: A RARE National CenterforCardiovascular Diseases,Fuwai Hospital,Beijing,China S. Wu, Y.M. Yang WITH ATRIALFIBRILLATION EFFECTS OFSTATIN USEON ADVERSE OUTCOMESINPATIENTS Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson MedicalSchool, NewBrunswick, NJ,USA J. Xu,S. Verga, J.Stoll,L.Pioppo, W. Khan OF ATORVASTATINREACTION NONSPECIFIC INTERSTITIALPNEUMONIA: A RARE ADVERSE The First Affiliated HospitalofXi’anJiaotongUniversity, Xi’an,China D. Han,P. Liu,X.Sun, Y. Liu,J.Sun CHANNELS VIA DISRUPTINGSYNTHESIS AND TRAFFICKING PHENYTOIN INHIBITS THE EXPRESSIONOF CARDIAC CAV1.2 Academy ofMedicalScienceandPeking UnionMedicalCollege,Beijing,China Fuwai Hospital,NationalCenterforCardiovascular Diseases,Chinese P.P. Lu,L.H.Ma,L.Y. Ma, A.H. Hu,X.L.Zhou, W. Wang, L.S.Liu WITH A HIGH-NORMALLEVELOF TOTAL CHOLESTEROL COMBINED WITH SIMVASTATIN INHIGH-RISKHYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS CARDIOVASCULAR BENEFITSOFDIURETIC-BASED THERAPIES CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG THERAPY Abstract No. Poster Hall 032 031 030 029 028 027 37 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 38 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE CARDIOMYOPATHY 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 Board P102 No 08:00 –13:00 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 Penn StateHealthChildren’s Hospital,Hershey, PA, USA G. Hackett, F.R. Tunks, Munir, T.Chin LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION INPATIENTS WITH CLINICAL COMPARISON OFECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CRITERIAFOR DIAGNOSING St. Elizabeth’s MedicalCenter, Boston,MA,USA M. Bintvihok,J. Aoun, M. Almeqdadi, M. Afari, A. Davidoff, L. Tsao MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH INTERARTERIAL COURSEFOUND DURING A NONSTELEVATION MULTIMODALITY IMAGING OF ANOMALOUS RIGHTCORONARY ARTERY Cleveland ClinicFoundation, Cleveland, OH,USA B. Gheyath, G.Pettersson, D. Majdalany VENA CAVA: LATE ONSETSYMPTOMS POST-SURGICAL CORRECTION UNROOFED CORONARY SINUS AND PERSISTENTLEFTSUPERIOR Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland, OH,USA M. Abdallah, A. Addoumieh, ODDS DESPITE THE University of Texas MedicalBranch, Galveston, TX, USA M.A. Aly,Johnson, C.B. A. Qasim, A.M.Aly VALVE WITH HYPOPLASTICLEFTHEART SYNDROME FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND NEONATAL PALLIATION OF ABSENT AORTIC University of Texas MedicalBranch, Galveston, TX, USA A.M. Aly,S.Dasgupta, A. Jain ISOLATED FAMILIAL RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPOPLASIA University of Texas MedicalBranch, Galveston, TX, USA M.A. Aly,Qasim, C.B. Johnson, A. A.M.Aly 21 WITH TRISOMY CHILDREN IDIOPATHIC PERICARDIAL EFFUSION AND CARDIAC TAMPONADE IN Oregon HealthandScienceUniversity, Portland, OR,USA A.L. Arndt,K.W. Holmes TO DIASTOLIC DURATION RATIO IN TETRALOGY OFFALLOT DETERMINATION OFRIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION BYSYSTOLIC CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY D. Majdalany Abstract No. Poster Hall 040 039 038 037 036 035 034 033 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 Board P103 No 08:00 –13:00 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 NYU Winthrop Hospital,Mineola,NY, USA G.A. Medranda, R.Schwartz, S.Green TRANSCATHETERAORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT THE SAFETY AND FEASIBILITY OF A NOVEL CLOSURE TECHNIQUE IN Saint Elizabeth’s MedicalCenter, Brighton, MA,USA J. Aoun,C.Zahm, T. Bhat,S.Lahsaei,J.P. Carrozza SHORT AND LONG-TERMKIDNEYFUNCTION IMPACT OF TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT ON Dartmouth Hitchcock MedicalCenter, Lebanon,NH,USA B.W. Andrus, J.T. DeVries E. Choi,J.Lee, A. Karnik,K.Lee, V. Kumar, H.Chaudry, S.X.Li, T.B. Curran, TRANSCATHETERAORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT INTERMEDIATE-TERM PACEMAKER DEPENDENCYFOLLOWING OSF SFMC,Peoria, IL,USA M. Farhoud, S.Banga,C.Bhardwaj TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; A SINGLECENTEREXPERIENCE HYPERTENSION TO THE CLINICAL OUTCOMESINPATIENTS UNDERGOING ASSESSMENT OFIMPACT OFPREPROCEDURALPULMONARY University ofSouthFlorida, Tampa, FL,USA F.Patel,Chen, A. Alvarado, A. Y.Lu A. Mehlman, A. Radhakrishnan,I.Sunjic,C.Bitetzakis,E.Sadic, A. Bhandari, TRANSCATHETERAORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT OUTCOMES AFTER EFFECTS OFSMOKINGONECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA R.N. Khouzam A.S. Nanda,M. Agarwal, A. Sharma, V. Chinta,U. Ashraf, J.Kelly, I.Pour-Ghaz, UNDERGOING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR). SMOKER’S PARADOX: THE IMPACT OFSMOKINGINPATIENTS University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA I. Pour-Ghaz, R.N.Khouzam A.S. Nanda, T. Bob-Manuel, V. Chinta, A. Sharma,U. Ashraf, J.Kelly, REPLACEMENT (TAVR): A REVIEW AND PROPOSEDGUIDELINES CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES POST CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIESTRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE PERMANENT PACEMAKER (PPM)INSERTION INPATIENTS WITH TRANSCATHETER THERAPY FORSTRUCTURALHEART DISEASE

Abstract No. Poster Hall 047 046 045 044 043 042 041 39 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 40 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 29 28 STUDY 27 P105 26 25 24 23 22 Board P104 No 08:00 –13:00 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 MEASUREMENT OFOUTCOMES AND QUALITYOFCARDIOVASCULAR CARE Drexel University College ofMedicine,Philadelphia,PA, USA K. Gu,M.Katz,D. Chang,E.Randhawa, K.D’Mello,G.Ledley QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN POSTHEART CATHETERIZATION CARE Metropolitan Hospital,New York, NY, USA F. Visco, G.Pekler C. Dumancas, T.O Mene-Afejuku,P.D. Lopez, A. Akinlonu, E.Ngo,S. Mushiyev, COCAINE-INDUCED CHEST PAIN CLINICAL UTILITYOF AN OBSERVATION UNITIN THE OUTCOMEOF The First Affiliated Hospital ofXi’anJiaotongUniversity, Xi’an,China Y. Liu,D. Han,X.Li CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: A SINGLECENTERPROSPECTIVERANDOMIZED INDWELLING NEEDLERELATED COMPLICATIONS ININPATIENTS WITH A MODIFIEDPUNCTUREMETHODDECREASES THE VENOUS Westchester MedicalCenter, Valhalla, NY, USA. G. Jolly, A. Haidry, S.Pal, M.HasanKhan, W. Aronow LEADING TO ACUTE MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA LATE ISCHEMICCOMPLICATION OF ATYPICAL BENTALL PROCEDURE, Saint ElizabethMedicalCenter, Brighton,MA,USA M. Ghanim,S.Bsata,B. Campbell,G.Daly, A. Agnihotri, L. Tsao A NECKINJURY; A CASE REPORT AND REVIEWOFLITERATURE AN UNUSUALCASE OFINTRACARDIAC FOREIGNBODY FOLLOWING Kosuyolu Heart Training andResearch Hospital,Istanbul, Turkey O. Altas , O. Yerlikhan, M. Aksut, T. Ozer, D. Gunay, A. Karakoc, K.Kirali; POSTOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY EFFECT OFPLEURALINTEGRITYDURINGITA HARVESTING ON Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. J. Kewcharoen, C. Techorueangwiwat , T.Limjaroen, A.Ariyachaipanich RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS UNDERGOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: A MORTALITY INPATIENTS WITH ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPIS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED Kosuyolu Heart Training andResearch Hospital,Istanbul, Turkey O. Altas , T. Ozer, M.Ozgur, S.Sarikaya, K.Kirali VALVE REPLACEMENT REVERSE-U-AORTOTOMY (KIRALIINCISION)ISSAFEFOR AORTIC CARDIAC SURGERY AND MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

Abstract No. Poster Hall 055 054 053 052 051 050 049 048 14:15 14:00 J.D. Marsh, LittleRock, AR, USA PL04 14:00 –16:15 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 16:15 16:00 15:45 15:30 15:15 15:00 14:45 14:30 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION STORE OPERATED Ca University of Arkansas forMedicalSciences,LittleRock, AR, USA J.D. Marsh, LOW T/HIGH T TESTOSTERONE AND THE HEART (Invited Lecture) Chairs: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IDENTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION OFNOVEL RISKFACTORS FOR Plenary Session Virginia CommonwealthUniversity, Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, VA, USA A. Das,Samidurai, R.C.Kukreja SIGNALING (Invited Lecture) ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY BYREGULATING PTEN-AKT RAPAMYCIN PROTECTS DIABETICRABBITHEARTS AGAINST Old Westbury, NY, USA New York Instituteof Technology CollegeofOsteopathicMedicine, Q. Liang,S.Kobayashi, F. Zhao, Y. Huang, T. Kobayashi IN THE DIABETICHEART (Invited Lecture) DECIPHERING THE ROLEOFMITOPHAGY-LYSOSOME DYSFUNCTION T. Scarabelli, StJohn HospitalandMedicalCenter, Detroit,MI,USA ASSOCIATED WITH CARFILZOMIB INFUSION (Invited Lecture) ROLE OFNITRATES IN THE PREVENTION OFMYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA H. Buttar, University ofOttawa, Ottawa, Canada INTERACTIONS AND PRESCRIBING STRATEGIES (Invited Lecture) DRUGS, HERBALS AND FRUITJUICES:MECHANISMS OF CLINICALLY RELEVANT INTERACTIONS BETWEENCARDIOVASCULAR J. Rade,University ofMassachusetts MedicalSchool, Worcester, MA,USA GENERATION (Invited Lecture) HEMODYNAMIC MODULATION OFNON-PLATELET THROMBOXANE K. Prasad, University ofSaskatchewan, Saskatoon,SK,Canada AGE-RAGE STRESSINCARDIAC DISEASES(Invited Lecture) C. Chen,J.Lu,Q. Yao, Baylor CollegeofMedicine,Houston, TX, USA CARDIOVASCULAR RISKFACTORS: AN UPDATE (Invited Lecture) MB, Canada N.S. Dhalla,St.Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre, Winnipeg, FOR HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture) N.S. Dhalla, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 2+ -CHANNEL BLOCKERS AS A POTENTIAL THERAPY Abstract No. Hall A 056 064 063 062 061 060 059 058 057 41 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 42 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE Chairs: PL05 14:00 –16:45 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 15:30 15:15 15:00 14:45 14:30 14:15 14:00 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT NY, USA New York Instituteof Technology CollegeofOsteopathicMedicine,Old Westbury, C. Nofi,K.Zhang, Y.-D. Tang, Y. Li, A.Migirov, K.Ojamaa, A.Gerdes, Y. Zhang ATRIAL FIBRILLATION INHEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) DANTROLENE, A RYANODINE RECEPTOR STABILIZER, REDUCES Kansai MedicalUniversity MedicalCenter, Moriguchi, Japan M. Takagi SYNDROMES CONSENSUSCONFERENCE(Invited Lecture) DEFIBRILLATOR INBRUGADA SYNDROMEIN THE J WAVE VALIDATION OF THE INDICATION FORIMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER University of Arkansas forMedicalScience, LittleRock, AR, USA H.P. Paydak UNUSUAL ARRHYTHMIC CAUSES OFSYNCOPE(Invited Lecture) Adarsh HeartandSuperSpecialtyHospital, Amristar, India A. Kumar, V.Mohan (Invited Lecture) MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN THE ELDERLY PATIENT The Netherlands CARIM Scholl forCardiovascular Diseases,University ofMaastricht, Maastricht, S. Gelsomino FIBRILLATION (Invited Lecture) TOWARDS A COMPLETE TRUE HYBRID TREATMENT OF ATRIAL University Duisberg-Essen,Essen,Germany D. Dobrev ROLE OFCALCIUM DEPENDENTPOTASSIUM CHANNELS(Invited Lecture) PROARRHYTHMIC SUBCELLULARSIGNALING IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: University ofMissouriSchool ofMedicine,Columbia,MO, USA M.A. Alpert OBESITY AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (Invited Lecture) D. Dobrev,Essen,Germany M.A. Alpert, Columbia,MO, USA Abstract No. Hall B 071 070 069 068 067 066 065 15:45 PL05 14:00 –16:45 HALLB FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 16:00 16:30 16:15 16:45 RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATIVE MODIFICATION OF THE AV NODEFOR TREATMENT (continued) CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND UP-TO-DATE MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS IN ADULT Columbia-St. Mary’s HospitalSystem-Ascension,Milwaukee, WI, USA J. Gimbel AN OLD TECHNIQUE (Invited Lecture) THE TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: EXPLORING THE VALUE OF THE RISKPREDICTORS OFCOMPLICATIONS OFPULMONARY VEIN A. Deshmukh,Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,USA HIS BUNDLEPACING Nationwide Children’s Hospitaland The OhioStateUniversity, Columbus,OH,USA A. Kamp CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE(Invited Lecture) COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan T.J. Matsubara, K.Fujiu,G.Oguri,E.Hasumi, T. Kojima, I.Komuro ISOLATION (Invited Lecture) Abstract No. 072 073 074 43 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 44 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE Chairs: PL06 14:00 -16:15 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 16:15 16:00 15:45 15:30 15:15 15:00 14:45 14:30 14:15 14:00 S.D. Gertz, Jerusalem, Israel COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION B. Bikdeli,ColumbiaUniversity MedicalCenter, New York, NY, USA FILTERING THE EVIDENCE:UPDATES ONIVCFILTERS (Invited Lecture) St. BonifaceHospital,University ofManitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada S. Bhullar,N.S.Dhalla PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE(Invited Lecture) CURRENT STATUS OFPATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND THERAPY OF Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS,Fondazione G.Pascale, Naples,Italy N. Maurea ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (Invited Lecture) DOAC INCANCER PATIENTS: VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AND University of Tennessee HealthScienceCenter, Memphis, TN, USA R. Khouzam,M.Ibrahim AN UPDATE FOR2018(Invited Lecture) ANTIPLATELET THERAPY FORPERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS: University ofColorado, School ofMedicine, Aurora, CO, USA J. Regensteiner SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT (Invited Lecture) SEX DIFFERENCESINPERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE:DIAGNOSIS, The HebrewUniversity ofJerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel L. Gavish, R.Beeri,D. Gilon,C.Rubinstein,G.Elberg, S.D. Gertz PROGRESSION OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (Invited Lecture) POTENTIAL MOLECULAR TARGETS FORPREVENTIONOF G.-P. Shi,Brighamand Women’s Hospital,Boston,MA,USA ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM FORMATION INMICE(Invited Lecture) ADIPOCYTES PROMOTE IL18BINDING TO ITSRECEPTORS DURING New Haven, CT, USA Yale University School ofMedicine, Aortic Instituteat Yale-New Haven, J.A. Elefteriades GENETICS OF THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM 2018(Invited Lecture) Heisei YokohamaHospital, Yokohama,Japan T. Tomaru , T. Matsubara, E.Matsubara INSIGHT INTO POLYVASCULAR DISEASE(Invited Lecture) BASIC AND CLINICAL STUDIES AORTIC ANEURYSM AND PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE: Plenary Session J.A. Elefteriades,NewHaven, CT, USA Abstract No. Hall C 083 082 081 080 079 078 077 076 075 18:45 18:30 TRANSDUCTION 18:15 18:00 17:45 17:30 17:15 17:00 16:45 Na G-P. Shi , Boston,MA,USA Chairs: S21 Session 16:45 –19:00 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 Wake Forest University, Winston Salem,NC,USA N. Motayagheni , A.Atala CALCIUM CHANNELBLOCKERS: A MULTIPURPOSE APPROACH Translational Medicine, Beijing,China C. Liu,X.Li, Y. Tian, K.He REGULATES BOTH UPR AND APOPTOSISIN CARDIOMYOCYTES SLC3A2 IS A NOVEL ERSTRESS-RELATED SIGNALING PROTEIN THAT K. Feldman, T. Feinstein, M.Zahid,University ofPittsburgh,PA, USA CARDIAC TARGETING PEPTIDE:STUDIESINTO MECHANISMOF J. Li,S.Liu,M. Wang, R.Jin,HearsheyHighSchool, Hershey, PA, USA p27(kip1) Skp2 AND CELL PROLIFERATION AND NEOINTIMAFORMATION BYREGULATING CRUCIAL ROLEOFPI3-KINASE GAMMA IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,USA F. Franchi, V. Ramaswamy, K.M.Peterson, P. Ramasamy, M.G.Rodriguez-Porcel BIOLOGY TRANSPLANTED MESENCHYMALSTEMCELLS IMPORTANCE OF THE MYOCARDIAL MICROENVIRONMENTIN THE Z. Kassiri,University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada OF AORTICDETERMINING SITE ANEURYSM,THE TAA VERSUS AAA AN INSIGHTINTO THE ROLEOFEXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN D. Han,J.-W. Chen,F. Cao,ChinesePLAGeneral Hospital,BeijingChina STEM CELLSFORHEART REPAIR THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OFBONEMARROW-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL 4-PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID PROMOTES THE FUNCTIONAL SURVIVAL AND ATTENUATION OFENDOPLASMICRETICULUMSTRESSBY Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,USA V. Ramaswamy, F. Franchi, K.M.Peterson, R.Paulmurugan, M.G.Rodriguez-Porcel THE EFFECTOFHYPOXIA PRE-TREATMENT ONSTEMCELLBIOLOGY Brigham and Women’s Hospital,Boston,MA,USA C.-L. Liu,G.Sukhova, P. Libby, G.-P. Shi E-DEFICIENT MICE II-INDUCED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMINAPOLIPOPROTEIN IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, VASCULAR BIOLOGY AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE + -H + EXCHANGER 1DEFICIENCYPROTECTS ANGIOTENSIN A.M. Gerdes,Old Westbury, NY, USA

Abstract No. Hall 092 091 090 089 088 087 086 085 084 A 45 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 46 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 18:00 SUBJECTS 17:45 17:30 17:15 17:00 16:45 Chairs: S22 Session 16:45 –19:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 University ofMissouri,Columbia,MO, USA K. Anand,S.Rajendran, S.Srinivas, A. Chockalingam OBESITY AND HYPERTENSION INEARLY ADULTHOOD PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOKIN ADOLESCENCE INCREASESRISKFOR Montréal, QC,Canada University ofMontréal/ClinicalResearch InstituteofMontréal(IRCM), S. Bissonnette, Y. Cyr, V. Lamantia, V. Provost, G.Maye, M.Chretien, Faraj TO RISKFACTORS FOR TYPE 2DIABETESINNORMOCHOLESTEROLEMIC ADIPOSE TISSUE SURFACE-EXPRESSION OFLDLR AND CD36;LINK HNRCA at Tufts University, Boston,MA,USA J. Hayashi, L.Cupples,E.J.Schaefer H. Ikezaki, V.A. Fisher, C.-T. Liu,K.Nakajima,B.F. Asztalos, N.Furusyo, FRAMINGHAM OFFSPRINGSTUDY PROTEIN INCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASERISK ASSESSMENT IN THE DIRECT VERSUS CALCULATED LDLCHOLESTEROL AND CREACTIVE Fresenius MedicalCareNorth America, Waltham, MA,USA P. Kotanko, F.W. Maddux A. Long,Z. Terner, J.Larkin,M.Reviriego-Mendoza,L.Usvyat, Y. Wang, POPULATION OFPATIENTS WITH ENDSTAGE RENAL DISEASE LYMPHOCYTE RATIO AND WHITE BLOODCELLCOUNTIN A LARGE SEASONAL VARIATIONS INBLOODPRESSURE,NEUTROPHIL- Medical SciencesandPeking UnionMedicalCollege,Beijing,China Fuwai Hospital,NationalCenterforCardiovascular Diseases,Chinese Academy of L.S. Liu,X.L.Zhou P.P. Lu,X.Meng, A.H. Hu, W. Wang, L.Y. Ma, Y.Q. Zhang,X.Z.L.H.Ma, THERAPIES INHIGH-RISKHYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMESOF AMLODIPINE-BASED COMBINATION Brigham and Women’s HospitalandHarvard MedicalSchool, Boston,MA,USA X. Zhang, Wang, J.Liu,G.-P. Shi SEROTONIN INMICE BROWNING THROUGH SUBCUTANEOUSADIPOSE TISSUE FUNCTIONAL INACTIVATION OFMASTCELLENHANCES DISEASE –FROMBENCH TO BEDSIDE HYPERTENSION, LIPIDS,DIABETESMELLITUS AND CARDIOVASCULAR C. Rosendorff,Bronx,NY, USA C. Chen,Houston, TX, USA Abstract No. Hall B 098 097 096 095 094 093 19:15 19:00 18:45 18:30 18:15 S22 Session 16:45 –19:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 Peoria, IL,USA OSF SaintFrancis MedicalCenter, University ofIllinoisCollegeMedicineatPeoria, S. Banga,Pendyala, T.J. Kizhakekuttu PRESENTING WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA: A SINGLE CENTEREXPERIENCE ALIROCUMAB VERSUS EVOLOCUMAB ONLDLLOWERING INPATIENTS CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN-KEXIN TYPE 9(PCSK-9)INHIBITORS TO COMPARE THE “REAL WORLD” EFFICACY OFPROPROTEIN Creighton University, Omaha,NE,USA M. Addula ASSOCIATEDOBESITY WITH ROLE OFEPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS Einstein MedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA M. RodriguezZiccardi, J.Penalver, S.Basharat, C.Nwakile HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCY WITH ELEVATED CARDIAC BIOMARKERS PREDICTORS OFCORONARY ARTERY DISEASE INPATIENTS WITH Beijing, China National CenterofCardiovascular Disease,FU WAI HospitalPUMC &CAMS, Y. Z. Wang, L.Pei, L.Zhang,J. Wu, X. Wang, Z.Chen, Y. Dong,C.Zheng, RESULTS FROMCHINA HYPERTENSION SURVEY, 2012-2015 SPATIAL VARIATION ONPREVALENCE OFHYPERTENSION INCHINA: Kang, Institute ofPhysiology andBasicMedicine,Novosibirsk, RussianFederation T.P. R. T.A. Korolenko, M.M.Gevorgyan, N.P. Voronina, G.S.Russkikh, LIPEMIA INMICE COMBINED TREATMENT BYLIPID-LOWERING DRUGSIN ACUTE Korolenko, Gao DISEASE –FROMBENCH TO BEDSIDE(continued) E. HYPERTENSION, LIPIDS,DIABETESMELLITUS AND CARDIOVASCULAR Machova Abstract No. Hall B 103 102 101 100 099 47 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 48 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 18:15 18:00 17:45 17:30 17:15 17:00 16:45 TRANSPLANTATION S23 Session 16:45 -19:15 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand A. Ariyachaipanich W. Polsawat, S.Siwamogsatham, S.Puwanant, V. Benjacholamas, C. Techorueangwiwat, S.Sinphurmsukskul,P. Ongcharit, K. Thammanatsakul, A REPORT FROM TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN THAILAND TRANSPLANTATION AND ITSIMPACT ONONE-YEARSURVIAL: INCIDENCE OF ACUTE CELLULARREJECTION AFTER HEART Cleveland ClinicFoundation, Cleveland, OH,USA B. Gheyath, R.Kaul, A. Aggarwal, M. Summers,M. Abdallah, D. Majdalany CONNECTION PULMONARY VENOUS MISPLACED PACEMAKER LEADDUE TO A PARTIAL ANOMALOUS Kosuyolu Heart Training andResearch Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey O. Altas,O. Yerlikhan, M.Ozgur, A. Karakoc, K.Kirali MITRAL VALVEREGURGITATION MIDTERM COMPARISON OF ANNULOPLASTY RINGSINISOLATED Lewis KatzSchool ofMedicineat Temple University, Philadelphia,PA, USA Y. Toyoda, M.A.K.Kashem CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY A PROPENSITYSCOREMATCHED STUDY OFONPUMP AND OFFPUMP Zentralklinik, BadBerka,Germany FarahM.-A. Ohlow, A. CORONARY ARTERYDISEASE STAGED PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION INMULTI-VESSEL PATIENTS’ PREFERENCES FORCORONARY BYPASS GRAFTINGOR Fuwai Hospital,Beijing,China F. He,S.Li,Z.Feng REGURGITATION AFTER REPAIRED TETRALOGY OFFALLOT ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH MODERATE ORGREATER PULMONARY NORMALIZATION AFTER PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT IN A PROSPECTIVECOHORT STUDY OFRIGHT VENTRICULAR Mayo Clinic,Scottsdale, AZ, USA R. Arsanjani, M.Hashemzadeh, M.R.Movahed BASELINE STUDY HASPROGNOSTIC VALVE CARDIAC TRANSPLANT VASCULOPATHY WITHOUT A ROUTINEEARLY INITIAL INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IN THE EVALUATION OF Chairs: REVASCULARIZATION /MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT /HEART ADVANCES INCARDIAC SURGERY: CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE/CORONARY M.R. Movahed, Scottsdale, AZ, USA A. Lorber,Haifa,Israel Abstract No. Hall C 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 19:00 18:45 18:30 S23 16:45 –19:15 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 Boston, MA,USA Patients’ PrecisionClinicBRHealthfor You, LLC.;Children’s HospitalBoston, B. Robinson , C.Baird,F. Pigula DISSIMILAR TOADULTS DIFFERENCES ANOMALOUS CORONARIES INCHILDRENPRESENT WITH GENDER Tufts MedicalCenter, Boston,MA,USA L. Jorde, K.Gobeil,J.Hernandez-Montfort,N.Kapur A. Razavi, K.Morine,M.Esposito,S. Annamalai, C.Davila, R.Pedicini, END ORGANDYSFUNCTION AND MORTALITY CIRCULATORY SUPPORT FORCARDIOGENIC SHOCKIS ASSOCIATED WITH VASOACTIVE AGENT EXPOSUREPRIOR TO ACUTE MECHANICAL Fuwai Hospital,Beijing,China Peking UnionMedicalCollege,Chinese Academy ofMedicalSciences, E. Qiao TUMORS: A 10-YEARSINGLE-CENTERSTUDY SURGICAL TREATMENT OFPRIMARY BENIGNRIGHT VENTRICULAR TRANSPLANTATION (continued) REVASCULARIZATION /MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT /HEART ADVANCES INCARDIAC SURGERY: CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE/CORONARY Oral Session Abstract No. Hall C 113 112 111 49 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 50 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 7 6 5 4 P202 3 2 1 Board No. P201 13:30 –18:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE AND AORTIC DISEASE ACUTE ISCHEMICSTROKE Einstein MedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA B. Horn,J.George CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION FROM A VIETNAM WAR INJURY USE OFOPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IN TREATING A Marshall University Joan C.Edwards School ofMedicine., Huntington, WV, USA H. Hirzallah, A. Mallad, A. Amro, D. Kusmic, M.El-Hamdani THE SCOPEOFESTABLISHED GUIDELINES COMMERCIAL PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASESCREENINGOUTSIDE Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan T.-H.C.-J. Wu Wu, AORTA TO RIGHTINFERIORPULMONARY ARTERY FISTULA A RARECASE OFMYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIACAUSED BYDESCENDING Orlando Health,Orlando,FL,USA D.Einhorn Hill,A. BULLET IN THE DESCENDING AORTA RETAINED AORTIC MISSILE: A CASE OF A PARTIALLY EMBEDDED University ofCalifornia,Riverside, Alta Loma,CA, USA M. Patel, A. Goud, A. Patel, A. Mukherjee,P. Sethi,R.Pai FINDING CLOSURE AFTER CRYPTOGENIC STROKE Tokyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan E. Matsubara, T.Matsubara, T. Tomaru FACTORS INPATIENTS WITHOUT SEVERECAROTID SCLEROSIS CEREBRAL INFARCTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE RISK Chonnam NationalUniversity Med.School, Gwangju, RepublicofKorea H.-S. Kim,M.-S.Park, E.-H.Kim,J.-T. Park, W. Yoon VESSEL SIGNONMRI DETERMINING STROKEETIOLOGY WITH THE SUSCEPTIBILITY INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES, IL-1 AND TNF-A, ARE CLUEFOR Abstract No. Poster Hall 120 119 118 117 116 115 114 17 16 15 14 CARDIOMYOPATHY 13 PNEUMONIA 12 11 10 9 8 Board No. P203 13:30 –18:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018

UTILIZATION OFBIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY INLIEUOFINVASIVE St. Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA S.J. Meera, S. Vallabhaneni, R. Aurshiya, S.Pakniyat, J.Shirani CANNABIS INDUCEDBASAL-MID VENTRICULAR STRESSCARDIOMYOPATHY Methodist HealthSystem-Dallas, TX, USA S.A. Raza,S.Haley, L.Hunter, F. Raza STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY: LOOK AT THE URINE! Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson MedicalSchool, NewBrunswick, NJ,USA J. Almendral, K.Mody E.P. Hiltner, A. Alam, K.Patel, J.Xu,H.Doshi,D. James, D. Iyer, HYPERCOAGULABLE SYNDROME PREMATURE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AS THE PRESENTINGSIGNOF Saint ElizabethMedicalCenter, Brighton,MA,USA M. Ghanim, Almnajam, S.Khare,M.E. Afari, M.Khan INHALED RACEMIC EPINEPHRINE AS A TRIGGER FOR TAKOTSUBO Albert EinsteinMedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA S. Basharat, M.RodriguezZiccardi,Bandres, A. Pop LUNG INFILTRATES IN A PATIENT ONBORTEZOMIB -NOT ALWAYS Saint Elizabeth’s MedicalCenter, Brighton,MA,USA J. Aoun,S.Khare,M.Ghanim,G. Yesodharan, M. Afari, S.Hedge,L. Tsao IN A RETROSPECTIVEHEART FAILURE READMISSIONCOHORT FACTORS AFFECTING LENGTHOFSTAY AND TIME TO READMISSION Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC,USA B. Curry, O. Akinboboye O. Atanda, A.C. Atanda, FAMILIAL AMYLOID CARDIOMYOPATHY: A CASE SERIES Ajou University, Suwon, RepublicofKorea J.-A. Ahn,J.-S.Park, P.-K. Min LEARNING NEEDSOFPATIENTS WITH DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE University ofFlorida,Gainesville,FL,USA H. Aboud, DEVICE ASSIST LEFT VENTRICULAR KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION INPATIENTS RECEIVINGPERCUTANEOUS Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas,CA, USA A.A. Accardi,J.T. Heywood MONITORING FORMONITORING FLUID OVERLOAD HEART FAILURE: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT , A. Kazory S. Sutchu, A. E. Mbey,O. Omole, D. Ugwendum, T. Ogundipe, Abstract No. Poster Hall 130 129 128 127 126 125 124 123 122 121 51 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 52 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 24 23 22 21 P205 Brazil 20 B 19 18 Board P204 No 13:30 –18:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 St. Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA S. Meera, R. Aurshiya, S. Vallabhaneni, S.Pakniyat, J.Shirani SUBSTANTIALLOSS WEIGHT CARDIOMYOPATHY FOLLOWING BARIATRIC SURGERY AND MARKED REGRESSIONOFLVH INFAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC St. Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA A. Sinha,R.Kumar, J. Shirani HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA CAUSED BYSINGLECORONARY ARTERY IN St. Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA R. Aurshiya, S.Meera, S.Pakniyat, J.Shirani HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY UNUSUAL CAUSES OFRESOLUTION OFLVOT OBSTRUCTIONIN Tufts MedicalCenter, Boston,MA,USA M.D. Romashko,B.J. Maron, W. Wang, H.Rastegar, M.S.Maron,E.J.Rowin WITH EXTREMEHYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY PHENOTYPE IMPACT OFCONTEMPORARY TREATMENT STRATEGIES ONPATIENTS Edson SaadHeartInstitute,Federal University ofRiodeJaneiro, RiodeJaneiro, R.M. Ferreira, L.A.Salis,N.A.deSouzaeSilva J.R.F.P.B. Rocha, I.C. Pinheiro,M.Giannini, M.C.Caires, Villela, A CASE REPORT CHRONIC NASAL DECONGESTANT USE AND TACHYCARDIOMYOPATHY: Brandon RegionalHospital,Brandon, FL,USA D. Zakri,J.Saurez, Y. Braver MYCOPLASMA ANDCOXSAKIE PERI-MYOCARDITIS IN A PATIENT WITH COINFECTIONOF Makati MedicalCenter, MakatiCity, Philippines M. Maliwat, B. Alimurung, G.Lopez, V. Zarza-Geron THE PHILIPPINEHEART ASSOCIATION (PHA)CARDIOMYOPATHY REGISTRY CARDIOMYOPATHY AT MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER: A SUBSET ANALYSIS OF PROFILE AND OUTCOMESOF ADULT PATIENTS WITH DILATED CLINICAL, ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY LEADING TO DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY Abstract No. Poster Hall 137 136 135 134 133 132 131 33 P208 32 31 30 P207 29 28 27 P206 26 AMYLOIDOSIS 25 Board P205 No 13:30 –18:30 FRIDAY, JULY 27,2018 Kyung HeeUniversity, Seoul,RepublicofKorea W.J. Hwang , J.Ha,Kim CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASERISKFACTORS EFFECTS OF A YOGA INTERVENTION INREDUCINGJOBSTRESS AND Uijeoungbu St.Mary’s Hospital,Gyeonggi-do, RepublicofKorea J. Choi,Y.Kim PULMONARY EDEMAIN A PATIENT WITH SINGLEKIDNEY RENAL ARTERY STENOSISPRESENTED WITH SUDDEN FLASH Penn StateHersheyMedicalCenter, Hershey, PA, USA R. Ayinla,M. Zeeshan, T. Ahmad NON VALVULARFIBRILLATIONATRIAL NEGATIVE MULTIPLICATION EFFECTOFKIDNEYDYSFUNCTION ON J. Park, E.Lee,Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul,RepublicofKorea DEVELOPMENT INPOLYCYSTIC KIDNEYDISEASE RENAL EPITHELIAL-ENDOTHELIAL CELLSDURINGCYST THE ROLEOFSEMAPHORIN-3C(SEMA3C)ININTERPLAY BETWEEN N. Shah,R.Pansare, InternalMedicine,StMaryMercy Hospital,Livonia, MI,USA DRESSLER’S SYNDROMESECONDARY TO PCI UNILATERAL PLEURALEFFUSION: AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF Albert EinsteinMedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA S. Basharat, M.RodriguezZiccardi,Bandres, A. Pop A RAREPRIMARY EFFUSIONLYMPHOMA PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONIN A NON-HIVPATIENT AS A HARBINGERFOR A. Sustar,D. Javoran, University HospitalCentre,Rijeka,Croatia A PATIENT WITH A LARGEPERICARDIAL MASS PERICARDIAL DISEASE University ofOklahomaHealthSciencesCenter, OklahomaCity, OK,USA M. Khattab,J.R.MartinezParachini, A. UlHaq,E.Mora Garzon,E.P. Ngo RARELY DISCUSSED PERSISTENT STELEVATION: HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY R. Shah,J.Uribe,G. Velasquez, P. Taylor, OrlandoHealth,Orlando,FL,USA A CASE OFCONSTRICTIVECARDIOMYOPATHY INFAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (continued) EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY, EXERCISE TESTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEINPATIENTS WITH CHRONICKIDNEYDISEASE Abstract No. Poster Hall 146 145 144 143 142 141 140 139 138 53 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 54 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE

BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27 – 29, 2018 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Saturday, July 28, 2018

55 56 Chairs: PL07 08:30 –11:00 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 08:30 J.L. Mehta,LittleRock, AR, USA 11:00 10:45 10:30 10:15 10:00 09:45 09:30 09:15 09:00 08:45 CARDIOVASCULAR PROTECTION, REPAIR AND REGENERATION Plenary Session A NOVEL MECHANISMCONTROLLINGSMOOTH MUSCLE COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION M.B. Anand-Srivastava, University ofMontreal,QC,Canada REMODELING INSPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS (Invited Lecture) NATRIURETIC PEPTIDERECEPTOR-C IMPROVES VASCULAR Mayo Clinic,Jacksonville, FL,USA D. Fairweather, K.Bruno, A. Hill,P. Stalboerger, L.Cooper, Jr., A. Behfar MEDICINE THERAPY (Invited Lecture) PREVENTION OFMYOCARDITIS/DCM USINGREGENERATIVE The Fourth MilitaryMedicalUniversity, Xian,China J. Wu, Z.Hou,X.Qin,Zhang, F. Gao EXERKINES FORCARDIOVASCULAR PROTECTION (Invited Lecture) LONG-TERM EXERCISE-DERIVEDEXOSOMALMIRNAS AS NOVEL Z. Kassiri,University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada REMODELING (Invited Lecture) MULTI-FACETED CONTRIBUTIONOF TIMPs TO MYOCARDIAL B. Dawn , University ofNevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA (Invited Lecture) CARDIAC CELL THERAPY: CUMULATIVE DATA AND NEWCONCEPTS University of Arkansas forMedicalScience,LittleRock, AR, USA J.L. Mehta,Z.Ding TO INFARCT SIZE AND CARDIAC FUNCTION(Invited Lecture) PCSK9 EXPRESSIONIN THE ISCHEMICHEART AND ITSRELATIONSHIP N. Maulik,University ofConnecticutSchool ofMedicine,Farmington, CT, USA (Invited Lecture) REGULATION OF ANGIOGENIC RESPONSEIN DIABETICMYOCARDIUM S.C. Tyagi, University ofLouisvilleSchool ofMedicine,Louisville,KY, USA (Invited Lecture) MECHANISM OFCARDIOVASCULAR REMODELINGINHEART FAILURE D.-Z. Wang, BostonChildren'sHospital,Boston,MA,USA (Invited Lecture) microRNAs INCARDIOVASCULAR REMODELING AND DISEASE University ofGeorgia, Athens, GA,USA PHENOTYPE AND VASCULAR REMODELING(Invited Lecture) Y.-C. Wang, X.-B. Cui, Y.-H. Chuang,S-Y. Chen N. Maulik,Farmington, CT, USA Abstract No. Hall A

147 156 155 154 153 152 151 150 149 148 57 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 58 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 10:00 09:45 09:30 09:15 09:00 IMPLANTATION TRANSCATHETER 08:45 08:30 N.M. Chairs: TREATMENTS Rajamannan,.Rochester, MN,USA PL08 08:30 –11:00 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Mayo Clinic,Scottsdale, AZ, USA H.P. Chaliki IS ITSTILL A CHALLENGE? (Invited Lecture) AORTIC REGURGITATION; ASSESSMENT OFETIOLOGY&SEVERITY: St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON,Canada A. Cheema VALVE REPLACEMENT (Invited Lecture) FRAILTY AND CLINICAL OUTCOMESOF TRANSCATHETER AORTIC Valvular Institute,Sheboygan WI, Corvita,ChicagoIL,USA Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,andMost SacredHeartofJesus Cardiologyand N.M. Rajamannan VALVE DISEASE: THE CHAIRMAN’SPERSPECTIVE (Invited Lecture) NHLBI WORKING GROUPRECOMMENDATIONS ONCALCIFIC AORTIC Hadassah HebrewUniversity MedicalCenter. Jerusalem, Israel R. Durst GENETICS OF VALVE DISEASES(Invited Lecture) Boston Children’s andBrigham& Women’s Hospitals,Boston,MA,USA A.R. Opotowsky (Invited Lecture) IN THE ASSESSMENT OF ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE THE EMERGINGROLEOFCIRCULATING AND URINARY BIOMARKERS National Cerebral andCardiovascular Center, Osaka,Japan Y. Takewa , Y. Nakayama, J.Shimamura, E. Tatsumi A NOVEL AUTOLOGOUS TISSUE-ENGINEERED HEART VALVE FOR IL, USA University ofIllinoisCollegeMedicine-Peoria/OSF Healthcare,Bloomington, R. Patel, S.Banga,J.Patel, M.Barzallo,S.Mungee A SINGLECENTEREXPERIENCE FOR SYMPTOMATIC SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS: IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANS-CATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FEMALE GENDERIS A PREDICTOR OF VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS VALVULAR AND STRUCTURALHEART DISEASE– ASSESSMENT AND NOVEL Plenary Session A.R. Opotowsky, Boston,MA,USA Abstract No. Hall B 163 162 161 160 159 158 157 11:00 10:45 10:30 10:15 PL08 08:30 –11:00 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION Albany MedicalCollege, Albany, NY, USA S. Jou, H.Patel, H.Oglat,R.Zhang,L. A. Nappi,M. Torosoff IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY PRE-TAVR HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH POST-TAVR St Vincent Hospital, Boston,MA,USA S. Rasla GRADIENT AORTIC STENOSIS(Invited Lecture) NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMAFORLOW FLOW LOW Cedars-Sinai HeartInstitute,Los Angeles, CA, USA S. Singh THERAPIES (Invited Lecture) TRICUSPID REGURGITATION -CURRENT AND EMERGING NOVEL TREATMENTS (continued) VALVULAR AND STRUCTURALHEART DISEASE– ASSESSMENT AND Plenary Session Abstract No. Hall B 166 165 164 59 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 60 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE Chairs: S24 Session 08:30 –10:45 HallC SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 10:15 10:00 09:45 09:30 09:15 09:00 08:45 08:30 T.H. Schindler, Baltimore,MD, USA CIRCULATION, CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING MODALITIES FOREVALUATION OFCORONARY Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland, OH,USA B. Xu,S.C.Harb, A.L. Klein PERICARDIAL CONDITIONS (Invited Lecture) ADVANCES INMULTIMODALITY CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING OF University, GeisingerMedicalCenter, Danville, PA, USA I. Baig,S.Nanavaty, A. Sothwal, A. Alsaid, T. Bauch ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR STRAIN ANALYSIS USE OFCONTRAST AGENTS TO ENHANCEIMAGE QUALITYIN2D Mayo Clinic,Scottsdale, AZ, USA K.R. Kolla, N.Qureshi,H.P. Chaliki PATTERN INPATIENTS WITH SEVEREMITRALREGURGITATION PREVALENCE AND THE DETERMINANTS OF A-WAVE DOMINANT Einstein HealthcareNetwork, Philadelphia,PA, USA R. Ranjan, E.J.Friend, V. Figuredo, G.S.Pressman,N.Schiller CONTINUOUS FLOW FROM THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA INTO RIGHT ATRIUM NONINVASIVE ASSESSMENT OFCENTRAL VENOUS PRESSUREUSING Advocate IllinoisMasonicMedicalCenter, Chicago,IL,USA S.M. Hussain,B.J. Hachey, C. Ahmed, A. Altamiranoufion, S.Danciu ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY(ASE) GUIDELINESFORDIASTOLOGY ASSESSMENT COMPARISON OF THE 2009 AND 2016 AMERICAN SOCIETYOF University ofMinnesota,SaintPaul, MN,USA N. Ray Chaudhuri,C.Ebens, A. Sanchez Mejia TRANSPLANTATION DESPITEEXPOSURE TO CARDIOTOXIC AGENTS LONGITUDINAL STRAIN EARLY AFTER HEMATOPOIETIC STEMCELL PEDIATRIC PATIENTS HAVE PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR St Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA S. Nanda,J.Shirani S. Vallabhaneni, R. Aurshiya, S. Agrawal, L.Stone,R.Silmi,S.Pakniyat, STRESS TESTING PARADOXICAL SINUSDECELERATIONS DURINGDOBUTAMINE Albany MedicalCollege, Albany, NY, USA R. Lyubarova J. Muste,E.Pashkovetsky, S. Wang, R.Lopez-Soler, D. Conti,M. Torosoff, KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AND INCIDENTAL PERICARDIAL EFFUSION AN ASSOCIATION BETWEENRENAL FUNCTIONONE YEAR AFTER T. Akasaka,Wakayama,Japan Abstract No. 174 173 172 171 170 169 168 167 Chairs: PL09 11:15 –13:15 10:45 10:30 S24 Session 08:30 –10:45 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 11:45 11:30 11:15 J.S. Borer, New York, NY, USA PREVENTION, RISKREDUCTION AND TREATMENT HYPERTENSION, OBESITY, DIABETESMELLITUS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, Plenary Session COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION CareMore andUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA M. Movahed S. Emami,N.Samiei, A. Amin, S. Taghavi, M.Parsaei, N.Naderi, A. Serati, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION VS SECONDARY RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION DIFFERSINPATIENTS WITH CIRCULATION, CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION(continued) CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING MODALITIES FOREVALUATION OFCORONARY Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Mount SinaiHeart,IcahnSchool ofMedicine,andtheJames J.Peters VA C. Rosendorff (Invited Lecture) HYPERTENSION -MOLECULAR AND CELLULARMECHANISMS LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND HEART FAILURE IN SUNY Downstate, New York, NY, USA J.S. Borer,F. PRECISION Trial Executive Committee (Invited Lecture) ON BLOODPRESSURERATHER THAN TO COX SELECTIVITY CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS ARE RELATED PRIMARILY TO IMPACT OFNSAIDS NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS(NSAIDS): Westchester MedicalCenter/New York MedicalCollege, Valhalla, NY, USA W.S. Aronow FROM THE 2017 ACC/AHA HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES (Invited Lecture) W.S. Aronow, Valhalla, NY, USA Abstract No. Hall A Hall C 177 175 178 176 61 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 62 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 13:15 13:00 12:45 12:30 12:15 12:00 PL09 11:15 –13:15 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 THROUGH A LYMPHATIC VESSEL-INDEPENDENT ROUTE(Invited Lecture) LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION University ofCalgary, Calgary, AB, Canada S. Liao PERINODAL ADIPOSE TISSUE PARTICIPATES INIMMUNEPROTECTION Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy ofSciences,Bratislava, Slovakia D. Jezova , K.Buzgoova, L.Balagova, D. Kapsdorfer, M.Marko,I.Riecansky (Invited Lecture) BUT NOT WITH ACTIVATION OFSTEROIDSTRESSHORMONES PRESSOR TEST IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGESINIMMUNEFUNCTION CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIVATION DURINGSOCIALLY EVALUATED COLD- Johns HopkinsUniversity, Baltimore,MD, USA S.B. Chatterjee HEART DISEASE(Invited Lecture) IN MULTIPLE MOUSEMODELSOFHUMAN TYPE IIDIABETES AND MANAGEMENT OFMETABOLIC SYNDROME AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS Washington, DC,USA Veterans Affairs MedicalCenter andGeorgetown University School ofMedicine, P. Kokkinos OF TYPE 2DIABETESINPATIENTS ONSTATIN THERAPY (Invited Lecture) DOES CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESSMODULATE THE INCIDENCE Nagoya University Graduate School ofMedicine,Nagoya, Japan N. Ouchi (Invited Lecture) ROLE OF THE NOVEL ADIPOKINE INCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION, RISKREDUCTION AND TREATMENT (continued) HYPERTENSION, OBESITY, DIABETESMELLITUS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, Plenary Session Abstract No. Hall 184 183 182 180 179 A Chairs: PL10 11:15 –13:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018

13:30 13:15 13:00 12:45 12:30 12:15 12:00 11:45 11:30 11:15 FUTURE DIRECTIONS INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY: CURRENTSTATUS AND Plenary Session

LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION Cardiovascular DiseasesandChinese Academy ofMedicalSciences,Beijing,China X. Jiang,Q. Wang, Peking Union MedicalCollege,Fuwai Hospital,National Centerfor TRANSANNULAR PATCH ENLARGEMENT PULMONARY ANNULUS Z-SCOREMAY NOT BE THE DETERMINANT FOR A NOVEL CONCEPTINREPAIR OF TETRALOGY OFFALLOT: National Cerebral andCardiovascular Center, Osaka,Japan Y. Takewa, Y. Nakayama, J.Shimamura, E. Tatsumi DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL AUTOLOGOUS HEART VALVE Springfield, MA,USA A. Lotfi,MedicalCenter, Springfield,MA,andBaystate MedicalCenter, ANGIOGRAPHY AND INTERVENTION: A NEW ERA(Invited Lecture) THE DISTAL LEFTRADIAL ARTERY ACCESS FORCORONARY J.A. Garcia Fernandez, OrlandoHealth,Orlando,FL,USA OF ROTATIONAL CORONARY X-RAY ANGIOGRAMS (Invited Lecture) CLINICAL FEASIBILITYOF A FULLY AUTOMATED 3DRECONSTRUCTION R. Sachdeva, MorehouseSchool ofMedicine, Atlanta, GA,USA SUPPORT INCARDIOGENIC SHOCK AND PROTECTED PCI(Invited Lecture) THE RATIONALE FORPERCUTANEOUS MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY Catholic University ofRome,Italy L. Biasucci,C.Mandolini,M.C.Grimaldi,G.Larosa TICAGRELOR INPATIENTS WITH NSTEMI(Invited Lecture) DIFFERENT MODULATION OFMIRNA BYCLOPIDOGREL AND T. Akasaka, (Invited Lecture) OCT-GUIDED PCI:PRESENTSTATUS AND FUTUREPERSPECTIVES Montreal HeartInstitute,Montreal,QC,Canada L.P. Perrault, J. Tardif, P. Pagé, P. Demers,D. Roy MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERAINCARDIAC SURGERY (Invited Lecture) B.F. Uretsky, University of Arkansas forMedicalSciences,LittleRock, AR, USA CLINICAL DECISION-MAKINGINCAD PATIENTS (Invited Lecture) EXPANDED USESOFINVASIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL TESTING FOR B.F. Uretsky, LittleRock, AR, USA D.L. Bhatt,Boston,MA,USA Wakayama MedicalUniversity, Wakayama, Japan Abstract No. Hall B 194 193 192 191 190 189 188 186 185 63 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 64 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 13:30 SYNDROME 13:15 13:00 12:45 PATHWAY 12:30 12:15 12:00 HEART 11:45 11:30 11:15 Chairs: DISEASE S25 11:15 -13:30 HallC SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION The First Affiliated HospitalofXi’anJiaotong University, Xi’an,China M. Cao,D. Han,C.Sun,J. Wu, J.Sun,G.Li A NOVEL CACNA1C MUTATION IN A CHINESEFAMILY WITH BRUGADA The First Affiliated HospitalofXi’anJiaotongUniversity, Xi’an, China D. Han,J.SunX.Sun,P. Liu, Y. Liu ALLICIN DISRUPTSCARDIAC CAV1.2 CHANNELS VIA TRAFFICKING Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland S. Murphy, M.Zweyer, R.R.Mundegar, D. Swandulla, K. Ohlendieck X-LINKED MUSCULARDYSTROPHY SUBPROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OFCARDIOMYOPATHIC CHANGESIN H. Su,J.-C. Yen, S.-S.Huang,National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan REPERFUSION INJURY VIA ATTENUATION OF TGF- ß SIGNALING EXOGENOUS GDF11PROTECTS AGAINST MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA- D. Han,J.-W. Chen,F. Cao,ChinesePLAGeneral Hospital,Beijing,China IN OLDER MICE DECREASED CONTRIBUTES TO THE AGE-RELATED DOWNREGULATION OF SIRT6/NRF2 SIGNAL Kanazawa University Graduate School ofMedicine,Kanazawa, Japan C. MacRae,S. Takashima, M. Yamagishi K. Hayashi, A. Nomura, Y. Asano, M.Beerens, Y. Kurata, N.Fujino,H. Tada, WITH EARLY ONSETCARDIAC CONDUCTION-SYSTEMDISEASES EXOME SEQUENCING AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS FORPATIENTS New York Instituteof Technology, New York, NY, USA F. Zhao,S.Kobayashi, T. Kobayashi, Y. Huang, Y. Zhang,Q. Liang MITOPHAGY PLAYS A PROTECTIVE ROLEIN THE DIABETICMOUSE Albert EinsteinCollegeofMedicine,New York, NY, USA S. Wassertheil-Smoller STROKE: FROM THE STROKEGENETICSNETWORK (SIGN)STUDY POLYGENIC RISKFORDEPRESSIONINCREASES RISKFORISCHEMIC Boston Children’s Hospital,Boston,MA,USA M. Chen,Hirata, C. Walsh, S.Choudhury FUNCTION FILAMIN A GENEMUTATIONS CONGENITAL HEART ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LOSSOF CELLULAR, MOLECULAR AND GENETICMECHANISMSOFCARDIOVASCULAR S. Schaefer, Davis, CA, USA D.P. Ramji,Cardiff,UK HEART ISCHEMIC TOLERANCE Abstract No. 203 202 201 200 199 198 197 196 195 Dartmouth Hitchcock MedicalCenter 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Board No. P301 08:00 –13:00 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA O. Aqtash, Y. Jawaid, A. Amro, K.Mansoor, L. Dial LOEY DIETZSYNDROME AS A RARECAUSE OFCORONARY ANEURYSMS Westchester MedicalCenter, Valhalla, NY, USA Cooper,H.A. S.A. Haidry,W.S. Aronow REVERSE TAKOTSUBOCARDIOMYOPATHY IN ANADULT A CASE OFSEVERE ASTHMA EXACERBATION COMPLICATED BY University ofOklahomaHSC,City, OK,USA J.R. Martinez-Parachini, M.Khattab,D. Gilada,I.Javed, L.Size,P. Lozano ARTERY TO RIGHT ATRIAL FISTULA AN UNEXPECTEDECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDING:RIGHTCORONARY Drexel University CollegeofMedicine,Philadelphia,PA, USA K. Gu, A. Kaneria,N.Parikh, P. Sharedalal,S.Cho DISEASE INPATIENTS WITH LEFTBUNDLEBRANCHBLOCK A POORMODALITY FOREVALUATION OFCORONARY ARTERY VASODILATOR STRESS TESTING WITH NUCLEARPERFUSION IMAGING: University ofOklahoma,OklahomaCity, OK,USA R. Samannan,M.A. Arif, U.Bhatti,E.Munzinger, S.Mathew INDUCED ANGIOEDEMA ECHOCONTRAST Sapienza University, Rome,Italy L. Capotosto,E.Mangieri,M.Pergolini, M.Saponara, C.Gaudio, A.Vitarelli SLEEP APNEA -EFFECTSOFCPAP THERAPY ASSESSMENT OFRIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTIONINOBSTRUCTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE-TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC Baptist MemorialMedicalGroup,Southaven, MS,USA H. Lodhi,M. Waqas, M.Khan,H.Shafiq,I. Achebe, A.Shafiq A GROUNDREALITY UTILIZATION OFECHOCARDIOGRAPHY INPULMONARY EMBOLISM: Sapienza University, CardiologyandInfectiousDiseasesDepts,Rome,Italy V. Vullo, C.Gaudio,A.Vitarelli L. Capotosto,G.D’Ettorre,N.Cavallari, C. Ajassa, M.Ciardi,G.Placanica, ACQUIRED INEARLY LIFE YOUNG ADULTS WITH HUMANIMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION EVALUATION OF BIVENTRICULARFUNCTIONIN ADOLESCENTS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC David GeffenSchool ofMedicineatUCLA,Los Angeles, CA, USA W. Ciozda, A. Kimchi, I.Kedan ASSESSMENT OFCARDIAC MOTION IN THE SETTINGOFCARDIAC ARREST POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND INCARDIAC ARREST: A REVIEWOF THE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY NON-INVASIVE CARDIAC IMAGING, NUCLEARCARDIOLOGY AND , LebanonNHUSA Abstract No. Poster Hall 212 211 210 209 208 207 206 205 204 65 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 66 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 17 16 15 P303 14 13 12 11 10 Board No. P302 08:00 –13:00 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Baylor College ofMedicine,Houston, TX, USA M. Katsnelson,Bhalja,J.Diez RISK FACTOR ANALYSIS FORPATIENTS WITH SLOW CORONARY FLOW Albany MedicalCenter, Albany, NY, USA R. Alreshq,E.Lee, A. Ata, M.Sidhu, M.Kambam,R.Lyubarova S.C. Wang, J.Schulman-Marcus, J.Fantauzzi, T. Bevington, A. Sayegh, ATHEROSCLEROSISCORONARY AND ARTERYDISEASE COLON CANCER LATERALITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH Mayo ClinicHealthSystem,LaCrosse, WI, USA O. Ola,O. Olorunfemi, A. Akinlonu, T.O. Mene-Afejuku,R.Ojo,O. Akinboro RESULTS FROM A LARGENATIONAL DATABASE ERYTHEMATOUS PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PREDICTORS OFIN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AMONG SYSTEMIC LUPUS STABLE ISCHEMICHEART DISEASE Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC,USA J. Henry, B. Curry A.C. Atanda, CAFFEINE INDUCEDMYOCARDIAL INFARCTION University ofMiamiSchool ofMedicine,Miami,FL,USA R. Natale CHILDCARE SETTING IMPROVING THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH OFPRESCHOOLERSIN A The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan T.J. Matsubara, E.Matsubara, J.Suzuki, T. Tomaru STANDARD CONTROL INPREVENTIONOF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS COMPARISON BETWEENSTRICTCONTROLOFRISKFACTORS AND Universitat Jaume I,Castellon,Spain O. Coltell , E.M. Asensio, J.V. Sorlí,J.I.Gonzalez,J.B. Ramírez-Sabio,D. Corella RISK POPULATION GENES AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONIN A HIGHCARDIOVASCULAR TARGETED SCREENINGOF THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEENCANDIDATE Brigham & Women’s Hospital,Boston,MA,USA R. Singh, V. Bodar , J.Chen,L. Wang, H.D. Sesso,J.M.Gaziano,L.Djoussé AORTIC ANEURYSM IN THE PHYSICIANS’HEALTH STUDY HEALTHY LIFESTYLEFACTORS AND RISKOF ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OFRISKFACTORS, LIFESTYLECHANGES PRIMARY PREVENTIONOFCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: E. Mbey,F. Ogundipe,D. Ugwendum,S.Folaranmi, V. Mallipeddi, Abstract No. Poster Hall 220 219 218 217 216 215 214 213 18 Board No. P303 08:00 –13:00 Poster SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 24 P304 23 SARCOIDOSIS 22 21 20 19 PREVALENCE OFCORONARY CALCIFICATION ONCTINPATIENTS STABLE ISCHEMICHEART DISEASE(continued) University ofMiamiatHolyCrossHospital,Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA A. Sarkar,S.Sennhauser, J.Lee, A. Llanos,M.J. Wood DISEASE INHIDING SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION, A FATAL HEART DISEASEIN WOMEN Brighton, MA,USA St. ElizabethMedicalCenter/Tufts University School ofMedicine, S. Khare,E.S.Karreci,J. Aoun, L. Tsao CORONARYNORMAL ARTERIES AN UNUSUALCASE OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH Einstein MedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA M. RodriguezZiccardi, S.Basharat, O. Maludum A CASE OF40-YEAROLDFEMALE WITH CORONARY DISEASE AND DEVELOPMENT OFPREMATURE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: SHOULD SARCOIDOSISBECONSIDERED A RISKFACTOR FOR Kissimmee, FL,USA University ofCentral FloridaCollegeofMedicine/HCA GMEConsortium, H. Patel, S.Kumar, N.L.Ko Ko, J.John, P. Mathias DESCENDING ARTERY MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE RESERVE FORCULPRITLESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT ANTERIOR INTERVENTIONAL DECISIONMAKING WITH FRACTIONAL FLOW University of Tennessee HealthScienceCenter, Memphis, TN, USA R.N. Khouzam A. Sharma,D.R. Ardeshna, T. Bob-Manuel, A. Nanda,U. Ashraf, J.Kelly, UNDERSTUDIED COHORT IN THE UNITEDSTATES ASIAN-INDIANS: A REVIEWOFCORONARY ARTERY DISEASEIN THIS Seoul NationalUniversity Hospital,Seoul,RepublicofKorea H.-Y. Lee NON-CORONARY CHESTPAIN VASOSPASTICFROM ATHEROTHROMBOTIC ANGINA OR ANGINA CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OFmicroRNA SCOREINDISCRIMINATING Albany MedicalCollege, Albany, NY, USA B.P. Schwartz WITH ATRIALFIBRILLATION Abstract No. 221 Hall 227 226 225 224 223 222 67 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 68 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 31 30 29 28 P306 27 26 25 Board No. P305 08:00 –13:00 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Iowa StateUniversity, Ames, IA, USA W.A. Ware, S.Murphy, A. Cheney PULMONIC STENOSIS TRANSIENT PULSUS ALTERNANS IN A MINIATURE PINSCHER WITH Albert EinsteinMedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA A. Agrawal, J.Penalver, N.Sayyida, M.Rodriguez MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN A PATIENT WITH SYNCOPE ACUTE PANCREATITIS MIMICKINGST-SEGMENT ELEVATION Jackson StateUniversity, Madison,MS,USA J. Lee,Sung THROUGH GEOTAGGED TWITTER MINING GENERATING BIGDATA OFCARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS Westchester MedicalCenter, Harriman,NY, USA A.H. Malik FROM EMERGENCYDEPARTMENT: A META-ANALYSIS LOW RISKPULMONARY EMBOLISMPATIENTS CAN BEDISCHARGED MISCELLANEOUS Beijing, China National CenterofCardiovascular Disease,FU WAI HospitalPUMC &CAMS, Y. Kang,R.Gao Z. Wang, S.Li,X. Wang, Z.Chen,L.Zhang, Y. Dong,C. Wang, J. Wang, RESULTS FROMCHINA HYPERTENSION SURVEY, 2012-2015 PREVALENCE AND CONTROLOFHYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY: Tennessee stateUniversity, Nashville, TN, USA B. Husaini COST BY AGE AND GENDERINCALIFORNIA EXAMINING VARIATIONS INSTROKERISKFACTORS AND HOSPITAL Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand C. Techorueangwiwat, A.Ariyachaipanich HEART FAILURE ABNORMAL COGNITIVEFUNCTIONINELDERLY PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASEIN THE ELDERLY Abstract No. Poster Hall 234 233 232 231 230 229 228 14:00 -16:15 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 16:15 16:00 15:45 15:30 15:15 15:00 14:45 14:30 14:15 14:00 R.S. Rosenson,New York, NY, USA Chairs: PL11 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION Cedars- SinaiSmidtHeartInstitute, Los Angeles, CA, USA R. Herscovici, E.Maor, J.Mirocha, I.Goldenberg,S.Segev, Y. Charuzi CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEEVENTSINHEALTHY ADULTS (Invited Lecture) SEX DIFFERENCESINEXERCISEDURATION TIME AND RISKOF Graduate School ofPublicHealthUniversity ofPittsburgh, Pittsburgh,PA, USA S.R. ElKhoudary LEARNED FROMSWAN? (Invited Lecture) CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASERISK AND MENOPAUSE: WHAT HAVE WE University ofMissouri,Columbia,MO, USA A. Chockalingam THROUGH SELF-AWARENESS (Invited Lecture) HEARTFUL LIVING:PROGRAMFORIMPROVING HEALTH &LIFESTYLE M. Movahed, CareMoreandUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA NON-CARDIAC SURGERY (Invited Lecture) UPDATE ONPREOPEVALUATION OFPATIENTS UNDERGOING J. Shirani, St.Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA TESTOSTERONE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE(Invited Lecture) L. Djousse,Harvard MedicalSchool, Boston,MA,USA DISEASE: THE MILLION VETERAN PROGRAM(Invited Lecture) LIFE SIMPLESEVEN AND INCIDENCEOFCORONARY ARTERY Icahn School ofMedicineatMountSinai,New York, NY, USA R.S. Rosenson MUSCLE EVENTS- A PERSONALIZED APPROACH (Invited Lecture) AMONG PATIENTS WHO DISCONTINUESTATINS DUE TO ADVERSE OPTIMIZING STATIN UTILIZATION AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE Boca Raton,FL,USA Charles E.Schmidt CollegeofMedicine,Florida Atlantic University, C.H. Hennekens,S.K. Wood, D.D. DeMets,M.A.Pfeffer DISEASE: NEEDFORINDIVIDUALCLINICAL JUDGMENTS(Invited Lecture) ASPIRIN IN THE PRIMARY PREVENTIONOFCARDIOVASCULAR Brigham and Women’s Hospital,Harvard MedicalSchool, Boston,MA,USA S. Mora NIHIL PEROSNONIAM(Invited Lecture) FASTING ISNOT NECESSARY FORLIPID TESTING: SECONDARY PREVENTION CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:DIFFERENTSTRATEGIES FORPRIMARY AND Plenary Session C.H. Hennekens,BocaRaton,FL,USA Abstract No. Hall 243 242 241 240 239 238 237 236 235 A 69 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 70 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 16:00 15:45 15:30 15:15 15:00 14:45 14:30 14:15 14:00 Chair: PL12 14:00 –16:00 HallB SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION Institute ofPhysiology andBasic Medicine,Novosibirsk, Russia T.A. Korolenko , T.P. Johnston, A.B. Shintyapina THEIR REGULATION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture) LYSOSOMAL CYSTEINEPROTEASES AND DISTURBANCES OF Nankai University, Tianjin, China C. Ma,K.Feng, X. Yang, Y. Chen,Q. Li,Z. Yang, Y. Duan, J.Han DEFICIENT MICE(Invited Lecture) ATHEROSCLEROSIS WITHOUT EFFECTONLIPOGENESISIN APOE THE HYDROGEL-ENCAPSULATED T0901317 REDUCES Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard MedicalSchool, Boston,MA,USA M.W. Feinberg CONTROL ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture) RNAS TOTURNING TRASHTO TREASURE:TARGETINGNON-CODING A.K. Srivastava, CRCHUM,University ofMontreal,QC,Canada FACTOR-1 (EGR-1)IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLECELLS (Invited Lecture) II-INDUCED EXPRESSIONOFEARLY GROWTH RESPONSE DISTINCT ROLESOFCALCIUM &CYCLIC AMP IN ANGIOTENSIN S. Cheng,Brighamand Women’s Hospital,Boston,MA,USA RESILIENCE (Invited Lecture) CARDIOVASCULAR AGING AND BIOLOGICAL PATHS TO Z.S. Galis,NationalInstitutesofHealth,Bethesda,MD, USA (Invited Lecture) WHAT IF WE HAD A GOOGLEMAPOF THE HUMAN VASCULATURE E.A. Biessen,Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands (Invited Lecture) PHENOTYPE IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE MICROVASCULATURE INCREASED PLAQUE STIFFNESSINDUCES A LEAKY VESSEL DOWNREGULATION OFENDOTHELIAL BETA-2 SPECTRINBY Biodesign Institute, Arizona StateUniversity, Tempe, Arizona, USA A. Lucas,J.R. Yaron, S. Ambadapadi, L.Zhang A MOUSEHERPESVIRUSIVSMODEL(Invited Lecture) INFLAMMATORY TREATMENT BY THE GUTMICROBIOTA – MODULATION OFINFLAMMATORY VASCULITIS (IVS) AND ANTI- AND AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET VASCULAR BIOLOGYOF ATHEROSCLEROSIS: ROLEINDISEASEPATHOGENESIS Plenary Session Z.S. Galis,Bethesda,MD, USA E.A.L Biessen,Maastricht, The Netherlands

Abstract No. 251 250 248 247 246 245 244 249 14:00 Chairs: S26 14:00 –17:00 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 14:15 14:30 NEPHROPROTECTIVE 14:45 15:00 15:15 15:30 BYSTANDERS PACEMAKER/ICD IN THE MRIENVIRONMENT; BEYOND THE TO STATE-OF-THE-ART MANAGEMENT CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND SUDDENDEATH: FROMBASIC MECHANISMS THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA INCARDIAC ARREST SURVIVORS Allegheny General Hospital,Pittsburgh,PA, USA M. Shah,C.Bonnet,Doyle R.W. Biederman,L.Gevenosky, H.Samar, R.B. Williams, R.Lombardi, MAGNASAFE TRIAL (Invited Lecture) INFLUENCE OF ANTICOAGULATION ONSTROKE AND MORTALITY Wake Forest BaptistHealth, Winston Salem,NC,USA A. Dutta,K.Hari,H.R.Jogu, U.Nasir, A. Pal, W. Qureshi WITH PRE-EXISTINGCONGESTIVEHEART FAILURE IS ANALYSIS OFREMOTE MAGNETIC CATHETER NAVIGATION SYSTEMS University ofPittsburghMedicalCenter, Pittsburgh,PA, USA E. Adelstein E.A. Bucklew, R.Bazaz,S.Koscumb, O. Marroquin,S.Saba,Jain, REAL WORLD OUTCOMESFROMREVIEWOF A LARGEELECTRONICDATABASE RATES IN A SUBSETOFPATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: TEMPERATURE INTOLERANCE AS A COMMONSYMPTOM INPOSTURAL Mount SinaiStLuke’s and MountSinai West Hospitals,New York, NY, USA P. Boktor, D. Mehta E. Aziz, USE FOR ABLATION PROCEDURESOVER TIME PREVALENCE OFPAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA Cardiology, The HeartbeatClinic,McKinney, TX, USA Suleman S. Alam,A. H. Ahmad, W. Almardini, M.A.Nasri, S.B. Alam, H.Mistry, N.Joy, K.Munez, ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIASYNDROME BOTH BYSTANDER’S OWN AND DISPATCHER-ASSISTED Precision Xtract, Boston,MA,USA J.N. Ruskin N.C. Sacks, P.L. Cyr, S.Bariahtaris, A. Sharma,S.G.Green,P. Douville, (PSVT) IN THE UNITEDSTATES INPATIENTS UNDER65 YEARS OF AGE Kanazawa University Graduate School ofMedicine, Kanazawa, Japan A. Yamashita,H. Inaba, Y.Wato,T. Maeda OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARRESTS WITNESSED BYNON-FAMILY RESUSCITATION EFFORTS ARE DEPRESSED DURINGNIGHTTIMEIN O. Reynbakh,I.Khan,S.Sadiq,N.Souvaliotis, J. Aziz, A. Malinay, H. Paydak, LittleRock, AR, USA R.W. Biederman,Pittsburgh,PA, USA Abstract No. Hall C

252 253 254 255 256 257 258 71 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 72 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 17:00 16:45 16:30 16:15 FIBRILLATION 16:00 15:45 S26 14:00 –17:00 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION Rutgers -Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,NewBrunswick, NJ,USA A. Saluja E. Pagan, A. Alam, A. Aboyme, G.Siroky, W. Kostis, J.Coromilas,Kassotis, STORM FOLLOWING ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PURKINJE-FIBER MEDIATED VENTRICULAR ECTOPY INDUCED VF Richmond University MedicalCenter, StatenIsland,NY, USA Y. Hanna,M. Arulthasan, W.-C. Sheu,D.A. Bloomfield TACHYCARDIA INPACEMAKER PATIENTS NON-SUSTAINED AND INDUCIBLESUSTAINED VENTRICULAR University ofCentral Florida,Orlando,FL,USA N.L. Ko Ko, U.Batnyam, U.R.Siddiqui VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA A BENEFITOFIMPELLADEVICEIN ABLATION OFSCAR RELATED National CenterforCardiovascular Diseases,Fuwai Hospital,Beijing,China S. Wu, Y.M. Yang ADMISSION AND LONG-TERMOUTCOMESINPATIENTS WITH ATRIAL THE ASSOCIATION BETWEENPLASMABIGENDOTHELIN-1 LEVELS AT University ofIowa HospitalsandClinics,Iowa City, IA,USA C.J. Dezorzi,M.C.Giudici M. BengaluruJayanna, A.M. Mohsen,G.Palamaner SubashShantha, PATIENTSMELLITUS WITHDIABETES OUTCOMES OFCATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN STATE-OF-THE-ART MANAGEMENT (continued) CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND SUDDENDEATH: FROMBASIC MECHANISMS TO Abstract No. Hall C 263 262 261 260 259 18:15 18:00 17:45 17:30 17:15 17:00 16:45 S. Chairs: Mora, S27 Session 16:45 –19:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Seoul NationalUniversity Graduate School, Seoul, Republic ofKorea J. Chang,S.Park A KOREAN NATIONAL COHORT REDUCTASE INHIBITOR USE AMONG MALES AND BPHPATIENTS, CARDIOVASCULAR SAFETY AND POTENTIAL BENEFITOF5-ALPHA National ChengKung University, Tainan, Taiwan S.-W.H.-R. Guo,Yang DISEASES DURINGDUSTSTORMS IN TAIWAN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR Beijing Yiwan Technologies, Beijing,China L. Ma, Tao, C.W. Ma, Y. Ge,M.Han,G.Li,L.Ma,Z. Wu, P. Yu, Y. YangSYSTEM INTELLIGENT RISK WITHANARTIFICIAL PREVENT AND INTERCEPT AMI(ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION) Peking University First Hospital,Beijing,China W. Ou,X.Chen,M.Liu,B. Huang,X.Feng, W. Liu,M.Liu CHINESE ELDERLY PATIENTS PREDICTORS OFHIGHON-ASPIRINPLATELET REACTIVITY IN University ofMissouri,Columbia,MO, USA K. Anand,S.Srinivas, S.Rajendran, A. Chockalingam PREDICTS OBESITY AND HYPERTENSION IN ADULTHOOD MOODINESS AND DEPRESSIVESYMPTOMS IN ADOLESCENCE Academy ofMedicalScienceandPeking UnionMedicalCollege,Beijing,China Fuwai Hospital,NationalCenterforCardiovascular Diseases,Chinese P.P. Lu,P. Fan, L.Y. Ma, A.H. Hu, W. Wang, L.S.Liu,L.H.Ma,X.L.Zhou BLOOD PRESSUREINHIGH-RISKHYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AMLODIPINE/TELMISARTANON VISIT-TO-VISIT OF VARIABILITY PREFERABLE EFFECTSOF AMLODIPINE/DIURETICS TO Seoul NationalUniversity, Seoul,RepublicofKorea J.-M. Yun, S.Park J. Son, S.Choi,K.Kim,G.Lee,S.-M.Jeong, S.Park, Y.-Y. Kim, IN BLOODPRESSUREONCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS PRACTICE GUIDELINENEWLY-DEFINED HYPERTENSION AND CHANGE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN2017HIGHBLOODPRESSURECLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEPREVENTION AND RISKMANAGEMENT L. Djousse,Boston,MA,USA Boston, MA,USA Abstract No. Hall A 270 269 268 267 266 265 264 73 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 74 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 18:30 S27 Session 16:45 –19:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 18:45 19:00 19:15

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEINHIVINFECTEDPATIENTS – CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEPREVENTION AND RISKMANAGEMENT (continued) THE ROLEOF THE CARDIOLOGIST IN THE PREOPERATIVE University ofMiami/Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami,FL,USA G. Zablah,F. Pyarali, R.Iordanov, T. Haque,R.Parmar, C.Martinez A RETROSPECTIVEREVIEW AT A SINGLE CENTERINMIAMI ASSOCIATION BETWEENSMOKELESS-TOBACCO USE AND University ofPittsburghMedicalCenter, Pittsburgh,PA, USA L.A. Bucklew, E.A.Bucklew EVALUATION OF THE BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENT IDEAL CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STATUS AND RISKOF University ofKansasSchool ofMedicine- Wichita, Wichita, KS,USA P. Ndunda,D. Rakestraw CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2015BRFSSDATA NCCD, Fuwai Hospial,Pecking UnionMedicalCollege,CAMS, Beijing,China Y. Dong,G.Hao,Z. Wang, X. Wang, Z.Chen,L.ZhangPO1 MIDDLE AGEDPOPULATION CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEOR ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN A CHINESE Abstract No. Hall A 271 272 273 274 Chairs: S28 Session 16:45 –19:15 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 SCORE 18:15 18:00 17:45 17:30 17:15 17:00 16:45 J. Veselka, Czech Republic OPTIONS AND OUTCOMES HEART FAILURE: NOVEL RISKFACTORS, PREDICTORS, NEW TREATMENT School ofBiosciences, CardiffUniversity, Cardiff,UK T.S. Davies, H.Gallagher, F. Jaafar, J.W. Moss, T.R. Hughes,D.P. Ramji Rutgers -Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rahway, NJ,USA D. Iyer, K.Mody, J. Almendral A. Mukherjee, A. Alam, C.Maulion, E.Pagan, J.Xu,D. James, J.Cheng, ASSESSING THE COMPONENTS OF THE NEWLY REPORTED ASA Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand A. Ariyachaipanich C. Techorueangwiwat,J. Kewcharoen, W.Laosanguanek, T. Tiensuntisook, REHOSPITALIZATION INPATIENT WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE PREVALENCE OFCOGNITIVEIMPAIRMENT AND EFFECTON Albany MedicalCollege, Albany, NY, USA R. Alreshq,H.Patel, S.Purga,Fein, E.Philbin,M. Torosoff, R.Lyubarova READMISSION RATE INPATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH HEART FAILURE ASSOCIATION BETWEENCHRONICKIDNEYDISEASE AND Bronx LebanonHospitalCenter, Bronx,NY, USA S. Hanif,P. Kakarla,N.Bhalodkar, A. Zhang,G.Kamalakannan POPULATION IN AN INNER-CITYHOSPITAL PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVEHEART FAILURE INMINORITY A STUDY TO IDENTIFY THE PREDICTORS OFRE-ADMISSIONSIN Mayo Clinic,Jacksonville, FL,USA M. Greenaway, A. Hill,L.Cooper, Jr., D. Fairweather K.A. Bruno,M.Coronado,L.Blauwet,E.Douglass, Abston, J.Frisancho, AGE OF50 WITH CLINICAL SUSPECTEDMYOCARDITIS ELEVATED SERA SST2PREDICTSHEART FAILURE INMENUNDER THE Mount SinaiHospitalSystem,New York, NY, USA N.J. Trivedi, K.Duffy, J.Bander, A. Ali, R.Bhandari HOSPITAL READMISSIONSFROMSKILLEDNURSINGFACILITIES NOVEL HEART FAILURE PROTOCOL DRAMATICALLY REDUCES Wake Forest School ofMedicine, Winston-Salem, NC,USA X. Zhang,Z. T. Li,H.-J.Cheng,D. Deal,J.Jordan, J. Adams, C. Cheng VOLUME ANALYSIS RESPONSES TO DOBUTAMINE INHEART FAILURE ASSESSMENT BYPRESSURE- ENHANCES CARDIAC POSITIVEINOTROPIC AND LOSITROPIC BETA3-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKADEBY APD418 M. Dandel,Berlin,Germany Abstract No. Hall B 282 281 279 278 277 276 275 75 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 76 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 19:00 18:45 18:30 S28 16:45 –19:15 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Cardiff MetropolitanUniversity, Cardiff,UK New York MedicalCollege,Metropolitan,New York, NY, USA A. Alisasis, O. Alsalman, G.Pekler, S.Mushiyev, F. Visco T.O. Mene-Afejuku, A. Akinlonu, P.D.C. Dumancas Lopez,,E.A.Symonds, NON-ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE AND PROGNOSTICIMPLICATIONS PREDICTORS OFHYPERBILIRUBINEMIA AMONG PATIENTS WITH Ain ShamsUniversity, Cairo,Egypt St Elizabeth’s MedicalCenter, Boston,MA,USA M. Almnajam, M.Ghanim, G.Yesodharan, M. Afari, L. Tsao READMISSIONS AT ANACADEMICMEDICALCENTER CONTEMPORARY RETROSPECTIVEREVIEWOFHEART FAILURE American University ofBeirut,Lebanon S. Rachidi, H.Skouri S. Noureddine,M.Zahwe,H.Isma’eel, Tamim, A. Al Hajje, WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE VALIDATION OF THE ARABIC VERSION OF THE MINNESOTA LIVING OPTIONS AND OUTCOME(continued) HEART FAILURE: NOVEL RISKFACTORS, PREDICTORS, NEW TREATMENT Oral Session Abstract No. Hall B 285 284 283 18:15 18:00 17:45 17:30 17:15 17:00 DISEASES S29 Session 17:00 –18:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,USA NYIT CollegeofOsteopathicMedicine, Old Westbury, NY, USA Z. Ghani,K.Damiris,B.L. Beatty, M.M.Plummer, O.V. Savinova J.D. Davidov, D. Moussouros,H.J.Begmatov, S.Cheema, A. Sherwani, IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION: A CADAVERIC STUDY HIGH PREVALENCE OFINTERNAL ELASTICLAMINA CALCIFICATION Peking University First Hospital,Beijing,China Liu, Y.W.M. Yang, Liu, Y.Liu CHINESE MIDDLE-AGED AND ELDERLY MEN METABOLIC BIOMARKERSOFCAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN Kobe University Graduate School ofMedicine,Kobe, Japan K.-I. Hirata M. Okano, T. Hara, Y. Irino,S.Kobayashi, M.Shinohara, R. Toh, T. Ishida, REAL-TIME IN VIVO IMAGING OFCLINICALLY RELEVANT DVT NOVEL MURINEDEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS (DVT) MODELENABLES National Cardiovascular Partners, Houston, TX, USA T. Das,B. Le,F. Maddux D. Cross,K.Bemis,N.Marwah, J.Larkin,L.Usvyat, R.Lombardo, A. Odhav, NETWORK OFFREESTANDING OUTPATIENT CLINICS PROFILES OFPERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASEINTERVENTIONS IN A Beijing, China National CenterofCardiovascular Disease,FU WAI HospitalPUMC &CAMS, Z. Wang, X. Wang, L.Zhang,Z.Chen, Y. Dong,C.Zheng,J. Wang FROM THE CHINA HYPERTENSION SURVEY, 2012-2015 THE PREVALENCE OFPERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE:RESULTS Kanazawa University Graduate School ofMedicine,Kanazawa, Japan A. Yamashita,H. Inaba, Y. Yoshita, Y.Wato AND TRANSPORTATION INOUTCOMES PATIENTS TO THE RIGHTHOSPITALS? IMPACT OFEMS ASSESSMENT OF ACUTE AORTICRISK SYNDOME AND THE TRANSPORT THE DO EMERGENCYMEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEMSPROPERLY ASSSESS Chairs: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF AORTA AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR T. Tomaru , Tokyo,Japan J.G. Regensteiner, Aurora, CO, USA Abstract No. Hall C 291 290 289 288 287 286 77 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 78 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 1 Board No. P401 13:30 –18:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 2 FIBRILLATION 3 4 5 P402 6 7

THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE FRACTAL DIMENSIONIN ATRIAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN A MEDTRONICPACEMAKER AND LINQIN Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,Philadelphia,PA, USA B. Sundaram, S.Guo,J.Jacobson, T. Nag R.A. Kabadi, V. Singh,M.Keroles, V. Rajendran, D. Frisch, B. Pavri, PULMONARY VEIN STENOSIS AFTER RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION Astria HeartInstitute, Yakima, WA, USA J. Kneller REPORTING PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION THE BLEB THAT BLED, A HITHERTO UNREPORTED CASE OF The First Affiliated HospitalofXi’anJiaotongUniversity, Xi’an,China G. Li,J.Sun,D. Han,J. Wu, C.Sun,L.Xu FOR ATRIALFIBRILLATION PREDICTION OF“SUPER-RESPONSE” TO CARDIAC SUDDEN DEATH, ARRHYTHMIAS AND DEVICE THERAPY Morristown MedicalCenter, Morristown, NJ,USA H.E. MatosSantana,S. Winters, D. Markley, C.Fabrizio ABLATION TO TREATATRIALFIBRILLATION HEMOTHORAX OCCURRING AS A COMPLICATION OFELECTRODECATHETER A REVIEWOFSUDDENUNEXPLAINEDNOCTURNAL DEATH Sidney KimmelMedicalCollege,Philadelphia,PA, USA N. Kocovic, J.Newland, A. Carleen,M.DeCaro,B. Pavri PATIENTS WITH LEFTBUNDLEBRANCHBLOCK- A PILOT STUDY RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY BY SURFACE ECGFINDINGSIN PHYSICIAN PERCEPTIONSURVEY REGARDING ABBOTT UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA K. Lo POPULATIONSSOUTHEAST ASIAN SYNDROME (SUNDS) AND THE ROLEOFEXTERNAL STRESSIN University ofKansasMedicalCenter, KansasCity, KS,USA R.C. Pimentel,D. Lakkireddy, S.H.Sheldon T. Dar,B. Yarlagadda, L.D. Berenbom,M.Emert,D. Atkins, M.Reddy, R.Dendi, FIRMWARE UPGRADEFORPACEMAKERS (FORMERLY ST. JUDE) CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES AND Abstract No. Poster Hall 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 15 14 13 P403 12 11 10 9 8 Board No. P402 13:30 –18:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Albany MedicalCenter, Albany, NY, USA R. Zhang,K.Keller, S.Jou, A. Delago,M.El-Hajjar, A. Nappi,M. Torosoff HYPERTROPHY BY VOLTAGE CRITERIAIN TAVR RECIPIENTS PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OFLEFT VENTRICULAR University of Texas HealthScienceCenteratHouston, TX, USA S.M. Chiadika, A.J. Serauto-Canache, M.Kwak, W. Yang, K.C. Pabba, M.Idowu IN A MAJORMETROPOLITAN CENTER ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES INSICKLE CELLPATIENTS Albany MedicalCenter, Albany, NY, USA R. Zhang, K.Keller, S.Jou, A. Nappi,M.El-Hajjar, A. Delago,M. Torosoff WITHOUT LVH BY VOLTAGE CRITERIA TRANSCATHETERUNDERGOING AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMESINPATIENTS ARRHYTHMIAS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Morristown MedicalCenter, NewJersey, NJ,USA S. Shrestha, A.C. Shah,M.Polomsky, S.L. Winters TWIDDLER’S SYNDROMEIN A PATIENT WITH TARDIVE DYSKINESIA Methodist HealthSystem-Dallas, TX, USA S.A. Raza,R.Collazo-Maldonado,L.Hunter CAUSED BYACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS A RARECASE OFPACEMAKER-DEFIBRILLATOR DEVICEINFECTION Arkansas MethodistMedicalCenter, Jonesboro, AR, USA I. Pour-Ghaz, A. Sharma,R.Khouzam V. Chinta,M. Agarwal, N.Khouzam, A. Nanda,U. Ashraf, J.Kelly, DEVICE DESIGN,LIMITATIONS, AND AREAS OFIMPROVEMENT WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR “THELIFEVEST”: Albert EinsteinMedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA M. Anderson,RodriguezZiccardi MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN AN ELDERLY MALE RELATED SUDDENCARDIAC ARREST UNDER THE GUISEOF ACUTE STELEVATION A HIDDENCASE OFHYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVECARDIOMYOPATHY Philadelphia, PA, USA Drexel University CollegeofMedicine/HahnemannUniversity Hospital, A. Cubberley,C.Ngongang,S.Banka MARATHON RUNNER WITH A MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE RUNNING TO A STANDSTILL: CARDIAC ARREST IN A HEALTHY SUDDEN DEATH, ARRHYTHMIAS AND DEVICE THERAPY (continued)

Abstract No. Poster Hall 299 306 305 304 303 302 301 300 79 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 80 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 16 Board No. P403 13:30 –18:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF ARRHYTHMIA AFTER ARRHYTHMIAS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY(continued) INTRAVENOUS SALINEPROVIDES SYMPTOMATIC RELIEFFOR Einstein MedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA F. Aguilar, M.Pitteloud, A. Mora, V. Figueredo J.L. Penalver, A. Agrawal, P. Ram,M.RodriguezZiccardi,D. Brito, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT HYPOTHYROIDISM INPOSTURALORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA The HeartbeatClinic,McKinney, TX, USA A. Suleman W. Almardini,M.A.Nasri,H.Mistry, S.B. Alam, N.Joy, K.Munez,S. Alam, PATIENTS WITH POSTURALORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME(POTS) FEVER-INDUCED BRUGADA PATTERN IN A HISPANIC PATIENT The HeartbeatClinic,McKinney, TX, USA S.B. Alam, H.Mistry, K.Munez,N.Joy, A. Suleman W. Chaudhary,M.A.Nasri, W. Almardini, N.Chaudhary, S. Alam, SYNDROME (POTS) PATIENTS SLOWTACHYCARDIA VENTRICULAR lbert EinsteinMedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA J.M. Stempel, A. Tiu, N.Candelario, A. Mora, D. Brito CALMING THE STORM - A CHALLENGINGPRESENTATION OF A University ofOklahoma,OklahomaCity, OK,USA M.A. Arif,R.Samannan,U.Bhatti,C.H.May FASCICULAR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN A 28-YEAR-OLDMALE Wright StateUniversity, Dayton, OH,USA N.K.O. Onuorah, A. Ekiz,J.Pollock CARDIOMYOPATHYTACHYCARDIARECURRENT VENTRICULAR AND PATIENTRIGHT WITHARRHYTHMOGENIC VENTRICULAR BRUGADA PHENOCOPY, NOT A COPYOFBRUGADA SYNDROME Einstein MedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA S. Mainigi,B. Cepeda J.L. Penalver, M.Zabad,E.Franco, F. Aguilar, S.Basharat, A. Mora, WITH FUNGALINFECTION University ofCalifornia,Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA. M. Patel, A. Patel, A. Goud, A. Mukherjee, I. Alesh, R.Pai, P. Sethi Abstract No. Poster Hall 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314

31 30 29 28 27 26 P404 25 Brazil 24 Board No. P403 13:30 –18:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 Internal Medicine, StMaryMercy Hospital,Livonia, MI,USA N. Shah SHOCK POSTPERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IMPELLA VERSUS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPINCARDIOGENIC Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar-Buenos Aires, Argentina J. Telayna,Jr., R.Costantini,Sr., E. Martino,Sr., J. Telayna, Sr. SAME DAY DISCHARGEPCI:HIGH ANGIOGRAPHIC RISK Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar-Buenos Aires, Argentina J. Telayna,Jr. ,E.Martino,R.Costantini,J. Telayna, Sr. SAME DAY DISCHARGEPCI:HIGHCLINICAL RISKPATIENTS Kettering MedicalCenter/Dayton VA MedicalCenter, Dayton, OH,USA J. Crisafi,A.Agarwal WITH DEXTROCARDIA WITH SITUSINVERSUS SIMPLIFIED TECHNIQUE FORCORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY INPATIENTS Marshall University Joan C.Edwards School ofMedicine,Huntington, WV, USA Y. Abdelazeez, K.Mansour, M.El-Hamdani A. Amro,M.Kanbour, H.Hirzallah,O. Aqtash, A. El-Hamdani, Y. Numan, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI):META-ANALYSIS UNDERGOING DIAGNOSTIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY VS CORONARY(CABG) ARTERYBYPASSGRAFTING WHOARE RADIAL VS FEMORAL ACCESS INPATIENTS WITH HISTORY OF Seoul NationalUniversity Hospital,Seoul,RepublicofKorea K. Park, C.Kim,J.Kang,H.-S.Kim ASSURE RANDOMIZEDCLINICAL TRIAL ZOTAROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT: 3-YEAROUTCOMESFROM THE HOST- EVEROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT VERSUS COBALT CHROMIUM-BASED LONG TERM COMPARISON OFPLATINUM CHROMIUM-BASED PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION St.Luke’s University Healthnetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA S. Vallabhaneni, R. Aurshiya, S.J.Meera, S.Pakniyat, D. Traub, J.Shirani LEV’S DISEASE IN A DISEASE YOUNGLEV’S ADULTBICUSPID AORTIC WITH VALVE Edson SaadHeartInstitute,Federal University ofRiodeJaneiro, RiodeJaneiro, P.A. Sampaio, A.S. Sousa,R.M.Ferreira I.C. Pinheiro,J.R.F. Rocha, M.C. Caires,P.B. Villela, L.R.Siqueira, A.T. Alencar, IS HEART TRANSPLANT THE LASTOPTION? REFRACTORY ELECTRICAL STORM INCHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY: ARRHYTHMIAS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY(continued) Abstract No. Poster Hall 322 321 320 319 318 317 316 315 81 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 82 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE

37 RIVAROXABAN 36 Argentina 35 34 P405 33 32 Board No. P404 13:30 –18:30 SATURDAY, JULY 28,2018 St MaryMercy Hospital,Livonia, MI,USA N. Shah ANTIDOTES: A CASE REPORT ONRISK-BENEFITDILEMMA HOW SAFE ARE NEWER ANTICOAGULANTS AND THEIR REVERSAL Saint ElizabethMedicalCenter, Brighton,MA,USA M. Ghanim,S.Hegde, A. Vaziri RECURRENT PULMONARY EMBOLISMDESPITEBEINGON Centro deEstudiosenCardiologiaIntervencionista (CECI),Buenos Aires, R. Sarmiento, A. Pocoví, W. Pan, Z.Ming,A.E.Rodriguez A.M. Rodriguez-Granillo, C.Haiek,M.Larribau,Fernandez-Pereira, J.Mieres, IN ARGENTINA. RESULTS FROM A “REAL WORLD” MULTICENTER REGISTRY ARTERY DISEASE TREATED WITH PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS USE OFNEW THIENOPYRIDINES INPATIENTS WITH CORONARY WV, USA Marshall University Joan C.Edwards School ofMedicine.,Huntington, A. Amro,O. Aqtash, H.Hirzallah, Y. Numan, R.Sayyed PRASUGREL STILLNEEDSMORE ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!! ANTITHROMBOTIC AND ANTIPLATELET THERAPY Westchester medicalcenter, Valhalla, NY, USA A. Sayed, W. Aronow,R. Timmermans THE UTILITYOFECHOGRAM POSSIBLE ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND HYPOTENSION: Geisinger MedicalCenter, Danville, PA, USA I. Baig,S. Ahmed, C.Patel, S.Green BYPASS GRAFT ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY OF A COMPLEXCALCIFIC VENOUS PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (continued) Abstract No. Poster Hall 328 327 326 325 324 323 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Sunday, July 29, 2018

83 84 Chairs: PL13 08:30 –11:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 10:00 09:45 09:30 09:15 09:00 08:45 08:30 U. Thadani, OklahomaCity, OK,USA OPPORTUNITIES FORDIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE:FROMBASIC MECHANISMS TO NOVEL Plenary Session Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,USA G. Barsness (Invited Lecture) PLACEBO: POWER OFNON-SPECIFIC TREATMENT EFFECTS Toyohashi HeartCenter, Toyohashi, Japan M. Terashima FUTURE PROSPECTS(Invited Lecture) INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS):CURRENTSTATUS AND University ofMontreal,QC,Canada J.G. Filep ARTERY DISEASE:THENEXTFRONTIERSFOR THERAPY? (Invited Lecture) ENHANCING INFLAMMATION RESOLUTIONIN ACUTE CORONARY Oklahoma City, OK,USA University ofOklahomaHSC,City, Oklahomaand VA MedicalCenter, U. Thadani PECTORIS: AN ONGOINGCHALLENGE(Invited Lecture) INDIVIDUALIZATION OFOPTIMAL TREATMENT FORSTABLE ANGINA Center forStudiesonGenderMedicine,University ofFerrara, Ferrara, Italy R. Manfredini,F. Fabbian, B. Zucchi, R.Cappadona DOES A GENDER-ORIENTEDDIFFERENCEEXIST?(Invited Lecture) DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: ACALM, Birmingham,UK R. Potluri INSIGHTS UTILISINGBIGDATA (Invited Lecture) SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION:FURTHER Ben-Gurion University oftheNegev, Beer-Sheva, Israel Y. Plakht, A. Shiyovich, H.Gilutz WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (Invited Lecture) GLUCOSE LEVELS AND IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY INPATIENTS THE ASSOCIATION OFCONCOMITANT SERUMPOTASSIUM AND J.A. Filep, Montreal,QC,Canada Abstract No. Hall A 335 334 333 332 331 330 329 85 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 86 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 10:15 PL13 08:30 –11:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 10:30 10:45 11:00 EMS GUIDEDPRIMARY PCIMADE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON OPPORTUNITIES FORDIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT (continued) CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE:FROMBASIC MECHANISMS TO NOVEL Plenary Session ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN ANCIENT MUMMIES (Invited Lecture) Medical School, St.Louis,MO, USA University of Arkansas MedicalSchool, LittleRock, AR, andSt.LouisUniversity H. Reddy, R.C.Komatireddy, R.Sharma POSITIVE STEMICARE(Invited Lecture) THE NOVEL SMALLLEUCINERICH-REPEAT PROTEIN PODOCAN IS A McGovern School ofMedicine,Houston, TX, USA M. Madjid COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION Bassett MedicalCenter, Cooperstown, NY, USA R. Hutter LEARNED INMICE AND MEN(Invited Lecture) CELL FUNCTION VIA THE CANONICAL WNT-PATHWAY: LESSONS SELECTIVE SYSTEMIC AND LOCAL REGULATOR OFSMOOTH MUSCLE Abstract No. Hall A 336 337 338 Chairs: PL14 08:30 –10:45 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 08:30 L. Mestroni, Aurora, CO, USA 08:45 09:00 09:15 09:30 09:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 CARDIOMYOPATHY AND HEART FAILURE: BASIC AND CLINICAL STEPS FORWARD INUNDERSTANDING AND MANAGEMENT OF Plenary Session THROMBOLYTICS VERSUS PUMPEXCHANGEIN VAD MANAGEMENT: DO NEWSTUDIES/DEVICES TIP THE BALANCE TO EARLIERLVAD Texas Tech HealthSciencesCenter, Lubbock, TX, USA N. Nair SHOULD WE USE A TAILORED APPROACH? (Invited Lecture) GENETICS IN THE MANAGEMENT OFDILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY University of Wisconsin School ofMedicineandPublicHealth,Madison, WI, USA M.R. Johnson IMPLANTATION AS DESTINATION THERAPY? (Invited Lecture) TARGETING CaMKIIINHEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) University ofColorado Anschutz MedicalCampus, Aurora, CO, USA L. Mestroni (Invited Lecture) HOME HOSPITALIZATION FOR ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART Zhongnan Hospitalof Wuhan University, Wuhan, China Y. Wang, J.Cheng MECHANISMS OFDCMDUE TO CELLCYCLESTRESS (Invited Lecture) M. Silver, University ofIllinois,Chicago,IL,USA OUTCOMES (Invited Lecture) FAILURE: OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED HEALTH SILENCING OF THE CARDIAC 18-kDa TRANSLOCATOR PROTEIN B.S. Tuana, THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OFSLOW CONTINUOUS University ofCaliforniaDavis, Davis, CA, USA S. Schaefer, E.N.Dedkova, P.N. Thai (Invited Lecture) PREVENTS HEART FAILURE DUE TO PRESSUREOVERLOAD IMPACT OFEXERCISE TRAINING ONDIASTOLIC FUNCTIONINHFPEF: A. Kazory, University ofFlorida,Gainesville,FL,USA AN UPDATE FOR2018(Invited Lecture) ULTRAFILTRATION FORMANAGEMENT OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE – COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION D. Moreira-Goncalves, University ofPorto, Porto, Portugal (Invited Lecture) GATHERING EVIDENCE FROMCLINICAL AND PRE-CLINICAL STUDIES Madison, WI, USA M.R. Johnson, Madison,WI, University ofOttawa, Ottawa, ON,Canada Abstract No. Hall B 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 87 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 88 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE Chairs: S30 Session 08:30 –10:45 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 08:30 08:45 09:00 STUDY 09:15 09:30 09:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 NEW CONCEPTSINCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES HEALTHCARE RESOURCEUSE AND EXPENDITURESINPATIENTS PREDICTORS OFHEALTH-RELATED QUALITYOFLIFE AFTER FIELD-TRIAGE Precision Xtract, Boston,MA,USA J.N. Ruskin N.C. Sacks, S.Bariahtaris, A. Sharma,K.Everson, P.L. Cyr, P. Douville, SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (PSVT)IN THE UNITEDSTATES UNDER 65 YEARS OF AGE AND NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH PAROXYSMAL ACUTE AND CHRONICELEVATION OFCARDIAC TROPONIN PREDICT THE S.Y. SooHoo,Royal NorthShoreHospital,Sydney. Australia COMPLICATED ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: AN AGE COMPARISON TO PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FORNON- LESS ISMORE-RESTRICTIVE TRANSFUSION STRATEGY INCORONARY Wayne StateUniversity/Detroit MedicalCenter, Detroit,MI,USA N. Haidar, S.Hussain,C. Arsene M.B. Taha, RENAL DISEASE SEVERITY OFCORONARY ARTERY DISEASEINPATIENTS WITH END-STAGE VALIDATION AND COMPARISON OFRESTINGGRADIENT TO FRACTIONAL NYU Winthrop Hospital,Mineola,NY, USA G.A. Medranda, P.J. Sapia,K.Brahmbhatt, C.A.Garcia, C.Healey, M.Fazzari, S.Green ARTERY DISEASEPATIENTS RESULTS INSHORTER LENGTHOFSTAY DEATH REPORTS AMONGST NOACS AND WARFARIN USERS. A STRATIFIED Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton,MA,USA J. Aoun,S.Lahsaei,C.Zahm, T. Bhat,J.P. Carrozza FLOW RESERVE FOR ASSESSMENT OFCORONARY ARTERY STENOSIS PREDICTORS OFOUTCOMEINPATIENTS TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY TO F.F. Richy, PublicHealthandEpidemiology, University ofLiege,Belgium ANALYSIS OFFAERS DATA POSTOPERATIVE TROPONIN ELEVATIONS PORTEND A HIGHMORTALITY B. Ternus, J.Jentzer, S.Kopecky, G.Barsness,Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,USA CARDIAC INTENSIVECARE UNIT VIA INTER-HOSPITAL TRANSFER LONG-TERM PROGNOSTIC VALUE OFCORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN MetroHealth MedicalCenter, Cleveland, OH,USA E. Pivato, S. Vasireddi, L.James, M. Kondapaneni RISK EVENINLOW-RISK PATIENTS COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION Edson SaadHeart Institute, Federal University ofRiodeJaneiro, RiodeJaneiro, Brazil N.A. deSouzaeSilva R.M. Ferreira, M.C. Caires,L.Franco, P.B. Villela, J.C.G. Almeida, L.A.Salis, MEDICALLY TREATEDPATIENTS J. Shirani, Bethlehem,PA, USA S. Cheng,Boston,MA,USA M. Alom, Y. Abdelgadir, O. Hadid, A. Sharma, V. Yelamanchili, R.Naik, Abstract No. Hall C 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 11:15 S31 Session 11:15 –14:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 11:30 IMPACT 11:45 12:00 12:15 DISEASE 12:30 12:45 13:00

FALSE CATHETERIZATION ALERTS: ECGCLUES AND ECONOMIC Chairs: ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME:DETECTION,PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EFFECT OF TIME OFDAY ONOUTCOMESOFPCIFORSTEMI Albert EinsteinMedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA V. Figueredo, G.Pressman A. Agrawal, M.Lu,N.Kanjanahattakij,H.Jeon, A. Romero-Corral, PREDICTIVE VARIABLES OFLONG TERM OUTCOMEINPATIENTS Dartmouth Hitchcock MedicalCenter, Lebanon,NH,USA N.W. Niles,II,B.W. Andrus, J.T. DeVries A. Karnik,J.Lee,E.Choi, Aguilar, S.Li, V. Kumar, S.Conley, ASSOCIATION BETWEENE-CIGARETTEUSE AND CARDIOVASCULAR Buenos Aires,Argentina Otamendi, Sanatorio M.L. Sisu,O. Santaera, Z.Ming, W. Pan, A.E.Rodriguez A.M. Rodriguez-Granillo, H.Pavlovsky, C.Fernandez-Pereira, J.Mieres, INTERVENTIONS. THE ERACI RISKSCORE UNDERGOING COMPLEXPERCUTANEOUS CORONARY IMPACT OFFAMILY HISTORY OFCORONARY ARTERY DISEASEON University ofKansasSchool ofMedicine- Wichita, KS,USA P. Ndunda,T.Muutu MARIJUANA (CANNABIS) USEIS AN INDEPENDENTPREDICTOR OF University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA U. Ashraf, A. Sharma, A. Nanda,J.Kelly, V. Chinta,I.Pour-Ghaz, R.Khouzam IN-HOSPITAL CLINICAL OUTCOMESINST-SEGMENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ANTIPLATELET DRUGRESISTANCE IN ASIAN POPULATION St. Luke’s University Healthnetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA A. Singh, R.Aurshiya, S.Pakniyat, J.Shirani ADVERSEOUTCOMES INPRINZMETAL’S ANGINA MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIAIN TRUE (IIASUBTYPE) ISOLATED SINGLE Nizar CardiacCentre,Malappuram, India S.A.P. Sadath,G.Vijayaraghavan St. Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA A. Sinha,R.Kumar, J. Shirani CORONARY ARTERY G. Barsness,Rochester, MN,USA L.M. Biasucci,Rome,Italy Abstract No. Hall A 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 89 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 90 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 13:15 S31 Session 11:15 –14:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 13:30 13:45

MYOCARDIAL BRIDGESDIAGNOSTICS TREATMENT (continued) ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME:DETECTION,PREVENTION AND INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, A RARENEURO Kiev, Ukraine National Amosov InstituteofCardiovascular SurgeryNAMS ofUkraine, O. Gogayeva , V. Lazoryshynets, L.Dzakhoieva, S. Rudenko,S.Salo THERE ISNOSIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADMISSION University ofCentral FloridaCollegeofMedicine,Orlando,FL,USA S. Kumar, H.Patel, A. Rajasekaran, J.Morales Lappot, T. Lee,S.Hussain OPHTHALMOLOGIC COMPLICATION OFCARDIAC CATHETERIZATION USD SanfordSchool ofMedicine,SiouxFalls, SD, USA T. Oliver, P. Sethi, A. Jbeli,M.Omar, P. Thompson, J.Devasahayam, U.Krishnan ARTERY DISEASE GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE AND LOCATION ORSEVERITYOFCORONARY Abstract No. Hall A 365 366 367 12:45 12:30 12:15 12:00 11:45 11:30 Chairs: S32 Session 11:15 –13:30 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 11:15 Morristown MedicalCenter, Morristown, NJ,USA A. Shah,S.Shrestha,C.Cabral PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (CTEPH) UNDERRATED AND DIAGNOSED: CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC Heart ofEnglandNHS Trust, Solihull,UK K. Bhamidipati, A. Ali, B. Skaria,K.Mahmood,G.Pulikal PATIENTSCANCER TREATEDWITH TRASTUZUMAB PREDICTORS OFLEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION INBREAST COST EFFECTIVENESSOFSIMPSON’SBIPLANEMETHOD&EARLY St. Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA A. Singh, R.Aurshiya, S.Pakniyat, J.Shirani STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH COCAINE USE The OhioStateUniversity, Columbus,OH,USA L. Xu, Y. Lau, Y. Gao,J.Ma, R.Han DYSTROPHY-ASSOCIATED CARDIOMYOPATHY GENOME EDITING THERAPY FORDUCHENNEMUSCULAR VA CCHS/UCSFFresno, Fresno, CA, USA N. Thinda, B. Khatri, C.Katikireddy TACHYARRHYTHMIA INDUCEDCARDIOMYOPATHY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OFNEWONSET Richmond University MedicalCenter, StatenIsland,NY, USA C. Sineri,W. Sheu, T. Ejigu,H.Kalinga,D. Bloomfield PVC INDUCEDCARDIOMYOPATHY: RISK ASSESSMENT Wake Forest School ofMedicine, Winston-Salem, NC,USA H.-J. Cheng,X.Zhang, T. Li,Z.Zhang,D. Deal,J.Jordan, J. Adams, C. Cheng HEART FAILURE CHRONICALLY-INSTRUMENTED DOGS WITH PACING-INDUCED CARDIOMYOCYTE FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCEINCONSCIOUS, ANTAGONIST OF APD418 IMPROVED LEFT VENTRICULAR AND NOVEL APPROACHES FORDIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT CARDIOMYOPATHY, HEART FAILURE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: A NOVEL SELECTIVEHUMANBETA Y. WangChina , Wuhan, M.A. Silver, OakLawn, IL,USA 3 -ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR Abstract No. Hall B 374 373 372 371 370 369 368 91 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 92 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE FRACTION 13:15 13:00 S32 Session 11:15 –13:30 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 New York MedicalCollege,Metropolitan,New York, NY, USA G. Pekler, F. Visco, S.Mushiyev T.O. Mene-Afejuku, C.Dumancas,A.Akinlonu,P.D. Lopez,H.A.Reyes, E.H.Cativo, AMONG PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCEDEJECTION RELATIONSHIP BETWEENPULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND OUTCOMES New York MedicalCollege,MetropolitanHospitalCenter, New York, NY, USA A. Savadkar, F. Visco, S.Mushiyev, G.Pekler A. Akinlonu, T.O. Mene-Afejuku,P.D. Lopez,C.Dumancas,O. Ola,E.M.Ngo, FAILUREOUTCOMES AFFECTED? OBESITY PARADOX INRECREATIONAL DRUG USERS: ARE HEART NOVEL APPROACHES FORDIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT (continued) CARDIOMYOPATHY, HEART FAILURE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: Abstract No. Hall B 376 375 Chairs: OPTIONS S33 Session 11:15 -13:30 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 13:15 13:00 12:45 12:30 12:15 12:00 11:45 11:30 11:15 VALVULAR AND STRUCTURALHEART DISEASE:MECHANISMS AND TREATMENT University, Geisinger MedicalCenter, Danville, PA, USA S. Agarwal Good, A.Alsaid, C. S. Ahmed, I. Baig, MY WORST COMPLICATION JUSTHAPPENED University of Tennessee HealthScienceCenter, Memphis, TN, USA R.N. Khouzam J. Kelly, A. Nanda,I.Pour-Ghaz, U. Ashraf, A. Sharma, A. Sharma, V. Chinta, AND TREATMENTPREVENTION, POTENTIAL TRANSCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: RISKFACTORS, AN EXAMINATION OF ACCESS SITECOMPLICATIONS IN Mayo Clinic,Scottsdale, AZ, USA M. Katayama, D. Fortuin, J.Sweeney, M.Belohlavek, H.Chaliki REPLACEMENT: A CASE REPORT BLOCK AFTER BRANCH TRANS-CATHETERBUNDLE AORTIC VALVE NEW ONSETCONGESTIVEHEART FAILURE FOLLOWING NEWLEFT University of Tennessee HealthScienceCenter, Memphis, TN, USA R.N. Khouzam A. Sharma, T. Bob-Manuel, A. Nanda, U. Ashraf, J.Kelly, I.Pour-Ghaz, VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR) A REVIEWOFRACIAL DISPARITIES IN TRANSCATHETER AORTIC St. Luke’s University HealthNetwork, Bethlehem,PA, USA S. Vallabhaneni, R. Aurshiya, S.Meera, S.Pakniyat, J.Shirani AORTIC VALVE STROKE AS PRESENTINGSIGNOFCONGENITALLY UNICUSPID The OhioStateUniversity, Columbus,OH,USA S. Lilly, M.Skaf,N.Makki,Matre,K.Boudoulas,G.Rushing REPLACEMENT: A STRATEGY OFSURVEILLANCE DISTURBANCESRHYTHM AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE S. Das,University of Arkansas forMedicalSciences,LittleRock, AR, USA TECHNIQUES AND CHALLENGES(Invited Lecture) PEDIATRIC ANDADULTCONGENITAL MANAGEMENT: ARRHYTHMIAS Einstein HealthcareNetwork, Philadelphia,PA, USA E.J. Friend, B. El-Sayegh, G.S.Pressman,G.DiLabbio,E.Obasare,L.Kadem TO SEVEREMITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION (Invited Lecture) ORIFICE ECCENTRICITY ACCENTUATES FLOW DISTURBANCE DUE Prince SultanCardiacCenter, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia S.S. Mohsin, T. Momenah,K. Al Khalaf,A.Alsahari COVERED STENTS ACQUIRED AORTIC ATRESIA CATHETER THERAPY USING A.N. Cheema, Toronto, ON,Canada H.P. Chaliki,Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Abstract No. Hall C 384 383 382 381 380 379 378 377 423 93 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 94 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 3 2 1 Board No. P501 08:00 –13:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 8 P502 6 5 Federation 4

LIPID LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-INDUCED Ca Cardiovascular Division, St.Louis,MO, USA S.-J. Jeong, G. Oh REGULATING MACROPHAGE LIPOPHAGIC FLUX THE PROTECTIVE ROLEOFPRX1IN THE ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY Inje University, Busan,RepublicofKorea J. Han PHARMACOLOGICAL RESCUEOFMITOCHONDRIAIN HEART FAILURE BASIC RESEARCH MOLECULAR AND CELLULARCARDIOLOGY, VASCULAR BIOLOGY, Westchester MedicalCenter, Valhalla, NY, USA T. Nag,S.Pal, M.Karim,J.Harburger STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS RARE ONSETOF ACUTE RHEUMATIC CARDITIS POST TREATMENT OF IMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY MECHANISMSIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS Qinghai University MedicalCollege,Xining,China H. Liu miRNA-449 PROMOTE DIABETICCARDIAC FIBROSISBY THE SMAD3PATHWAY Inst. Physiol. Fund.Med.,Novosibirsk, Russia Institute ofMolecularPathology andPathomorphology, E.V.Koldysheva,M.G.Klinnikova, T.A.Korolenko, DOXORUBICIN-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY EXPRESSION OFFlk-1 AND CYCLIND2mRNA INMYOCARDIUM WITH Peoples’ Friendship University ofRussia(RUDNUniversity), Moscow, Russian E. Kalinina,R.Zaslavskaya, Y. Nartsissov ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE METABOLIC DRUGELTACIN IN THERAPY OFELDERLY PATIENTS WITH THE INCREASEOFCELLULAR ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES ACTIVITY BY China MedicalUniversity andHospital, Taichung, Taiwan K.-L. Wong, C.-W. Cheung,B.-M. Huang, Y.-M. Leung MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS ENTRY (SOCE)INCYTOTOXICITY OFMOUSECEREBRAL MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND UNLIKELY STORE-OPERATED Ca E.L.Lushnikova 2+ INFLUX WAS MUCH 2+

Abstract No. Poster Hall 386 385 391 389 424 388 387 14 13 12 P504 11 10 9 Board No. P503 08:00 –13:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 Henan University ofChineseMedicine,Zhengzhou,China Z. Wang SUPPRESSING SGK1 TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE INHIBITSCALCIUM RESPONSEINPLATELETS BY Henan University ofChineseMedicine,Zhengzhou,China Sr.H. Wu, FORMATION BYREDUCING THROMBOXANE B2 YHD &EYHDSUPPRESSESPLATELET ACTIVATION AND THROMBUS NYIT CollegeofOsteopathicMedicine,Old Westbury, NY, USA O.V. Savinova H.J. Begmatov, O. Rashidbaigi, F. Romanelli, A.M. Corbo,J.Millan,M.Plummer, ARTERY DISEASE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE THROMBOSIS IN A MOUSEMODELOFCORONARY THROMBOSIS, BASIC RESEARCH Research CenterforHigh Altitude Medicine,Xining,China W. Zhang, Y. Zhang,J.Liu,C.Cao,Q. Ji,Z. Yuan FUNCTION INHYPOXIC STRESSRATS EFFECTS OFDIFFERENTß-ADRENERGICRECEPTORS ONCARDIAC National University ofSingapore,Singapore K. Purnamawati, J. Yap, S.Ng,P. Li, A. Rufaihah, A. Franco-Obregon CARDIOPROTECTIVE INTERVENTION PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDSTIMULATION AS A POTENTIAL Medical CollegeofQinghaiUniversity, Xining,China Y. Liu,Z.Zhou, Y. Zhang,C.Cao,Q. Ji, W. Zhang ISCHEMIA REPERFUSIONINJURY THE EFFECTOFENDOGENOUSCARBON MONOXIDE ONMYOCARDIAL CARDIAC PROTECTION AND REGENERATION, BASIC RESEARCH Abstract No. Poster Hall 397 396 395 394 393 392 95 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 96 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 22 21 20 19 POPULATION 18 17 16 15 Board No. P505 08:00 –13:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin,Colombia J.S. Marin, A.E. Marin,L.I.Jaramillo M.C. Duque,L.M.Martinez,L.F. Álvarez, D. Gallego,J.I.Bañol,M.A.Rodriguez, HIGH LEVELINSTITUTIONOFCOMPLEXITY, MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA2014-2015 HYPERTENSIVE CRISES TREATED IN THE EMERGENCYSERVICE OF A CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH Sookmyung Women’s University, Yongsan-gu, Republic ofKorea Y. Yang ASARONE STIMULATES LIPOLYSIS IN ADIPOCYTES ACALM Study Unit,Birmingham,UK S. Potluri, P. Carter, D. Lavu, H.Uppal,S.Chandran, R.Potluri TIME TO LOOKBEYOND DIABETES,HIGHCHOLESTEROL AND TOBACCO PATHOGENESIS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN THE YOUNG: of Valencia-CIBEROBN,Spain Valencia,University D. Corella R. Barragan, O. Coltell,E.M. Asensio, J.Gonzalez,O. Portoles, R.Fernandez-Carrion, INTERACTIONSGENDER, AGELIFESTYLE AND TAS2R38 VARIATION AND BITTER TASTE PERCEPTION: ANALYSIS OF Computer LanguagesandSystems,Universitat Jaume I-Ciberobn,Castellon,Spain L.V. Lizán,I.M. Giménez-Alba, A. Betancort,D. Corella O. Coltell , E.M. Asensio, C.Ortega-Azorín,R.Fernández-Carrión, J.V. Sorlí,R. Tosca, IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROMEIN A MEDITERRANEAN GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION SCREENING FOR TOTAL BILIRUBINLEVELS Institute ofPhysiology andBasicMedicine,Novosibirsk, RussianFederation V.K. Spiridonov, Z.S. Tolochko, C.-L.Lin,T.A. Korolenko METABOLIC SYNDROMEINRATS THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTSOFEVODIAMINE INFRUCTOSE-INDUCED of Valencia-Ciberobn,Spain Valencia,University E.M. Asensio, D. Corella,R.Fernández, J.V. Sorlí, O. Coltell AND GENE-GENDERINTERACTIONS METABOLIC SYNDROME.GENOME WIDE SCREENING FORNEWGENES SWEET TASTE PERCEPTION AND OBESITYRISKINSUBJECTS WITH of Valencia-CIBEROBN,Spain Valencia,University R. Barragan, E.M. Asensio, O. Coltell,O. Portoles, J.V. Sorli, D. Corella EFFECTS OF THE CIRCADIAN MTNR1BGENEONFASTING GLUCOSE CHRONOLOGICAL AGE-GENE INTERACTIONS INDETERMINING THE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE HYPERTENSION, LIPIDS,OBESITY, METABOLIC SYNDROME, TYPE 2DIABETES Abstract No. Poster Hall 404 403 425 402 401 400 399 398 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 P507 24 23 Board No. P506 08:00 –13:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 PULMONARYHYPERTENSION ARTERIAL Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn,NY, USA B. Shrestha,P. Kafle MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION INTRAMUSCULAR EPINEPHRINEINDUCED TRANSIENT STELEVATION Albert EinsteinMedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA J.E. Yamamoto, J.Penalver Leon, A. Mora Carpio,J.Stempel INFARCTION: STILL A COMPLICATION OF THE MILLENNIALERA VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AFTER ACUTE ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL Westchester MedicalCenter, Valhalla, NY, USA G. Jolly, A. Koulova, S.Pal, S.Gupta,G. Andries, R.Malekan VENTRICULAR WALL RUPTUREIN AN ELHERS-DANLOS SYNDROMEPATIENT LATE PRESENTATION OF ANTERIOR WALL STEMI WITH RIGHT Medical CollegeofGeorgia, Augusta, GA,USA C.M. Dookhan, A. Ghatak,R.Patel, E.DeMarchena, C.Mendoza, A. Ferreira THE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ACTIVATIONS TAKEN TO PERI-PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION RATES AMONG FALSE AND TRUE Bucheon St.Mary’s Hospital,Bucheon, RepublicofKorea H.-Y. Kim,D.-B. Kim NON-STEMI THOSE WITH PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FORSTEMI VERSUS COMPARISON OFLONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM MORTALITY AFTER Nagasaki HarborMedicalCenter, Nagasaki,Japan H. Nakashima T. Nunohiro, T. Fukushima,S.Furudono,Muto,H.Suenaga, Takeshita, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. AN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY STUDY PLAQUE CHARACTERISTICS INHYPERINSULINEMIAPATIENTS WITH ACUTE Einstein MedicalCenter, Philadelphia,PA, USA V. Figueredo, G.Pressman B. Horn , P. Ram,E.Obasare, C.Nwakile, T. Alnabelsi, M.Lu, V. Bhalla, NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION DIASTOLIC WALL STRAINPREDICTSMORTALITY INPATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES Robert Wood Johnson, NewBrunswick, NJ,USA Xu, A.Alam J. H. Doshi, IS ITREALLY NECESSARY? VASODILATOR TESTING FORIDIOPATHIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: Westchester MedicalCenter(New York MedicalCollege), Valhalla, NY, USA S. Gupta,G.Jolly, S.Pal, A. Milovanovic, G.Lanier FAILURE FROMPULVERIZED OXYCODONE INTRAVENOUS INJECTION ACUTE SEVEREPULMONARY HYPERTENSION CAUSING RIGHTHEART Abstract No. Poster Hall 413 412 411 410 409 408 407 406 405 97 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2018  BOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 27-29, 2018 98 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY • 23rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE 40 39 38 37 36 P508 35 34 33 32 Board No. P507 08:00 –13:00 SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 Drexel University College ofMedicine,Philadelphia,PA, USA Ko W. MITRAL STENOSIS MAJOR COMPLICATIONS IN A PATIENT WITH UNDIAGNOSED SEVERE AGAINST SEVEREODDS:SPONTANEOUS VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT Orlando Health,Orlando,FL,USA R. Shah,D. Hill, A. Waldman, D. Bourque MITRAL VALVE-IN-VALVEIMPLANTATION THROMBOSIS AS A COMPLICATION OF TRANSAPICAL TRANSCATHETER Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,Rochester, MN,USA S. Nandy TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR) LEFT BUNDLEBRANCHBLOCK AND SYMPTOMATIC PAUSE FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OFLEADLESSPACEMAKER FORDEVELOPMENTOFNEW Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN,Rochester, MN,USA S. Nandy VALVE FORSEVEREPERIPROSTHETICREGURGITATION TRANSCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR) VALVE IN TAVR Western ConnecticutHealthNetwork -DanburyHospital,Danbury, CT, USA P.R. Pinkhasova, A.R.Elashery, R.Gallagher, M. Warshofsky AN APPROACH TO AVOID SURGERY IN TRICUSPID VALVE ENDOCARDITIS VALVULAR HEART DISEASE UniversitarioPilar, Austral,Hospital BsAs,Argentina R. Costantini,J.M. Telayna, J.M. Telayna,Jr. SYNDROME: UNDERSTANDING POPULATIONS TO MODIFY THE RESULTS MORTALITY INCARDIOGENIC SHOCK WITHOUT EVIDENT ACUTE CORONARY Fattouma BourguibaUniversity Hospital,Monastir, Tunisia W. Jomaa, M.A. Tekaya, N. Amdouni, A. ElHraiech, K.BenHamda,F. Maatouk PREHOSPITALWITH THROMBOLYSIS PRESENTING FORST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION MANAGED PREDICTIVE FACTORS OFIN-HOSPITAL DEATH IN TUNISIAN PATIENTS Morristown MedicalCenter, Morristown, NJ,USA H.E. MatosSantana AN UNCONVENTIONAL CAUSE OFMYOCARDIAL INFARCTION University ofKansasSchool ofMedicine- Wichita, Wichita, KS,USA M. Vindhyal, J.Mehta, V.S. Boppana, A. Farhat FOCAL MYOPERICARDITIS PRESENTING AS ACUTE STEMI ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES(continued) , J. Woytanowski, S.Hasni,P. Rushworth Abstract No. Poster Hall 422 421 420 419 418 417 416 415 414