September-October 2011

Abstract Sessions by Date

Sunday, October 23, 2011

001 Long-term outcomes of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with and without reperfusion therapy: Results of a systematic province-wide field evaluation in Québec
• L.J. Lambert,
• K. Brown,
• J. Brophy,
• ...
• J. Nasmith,
• C. Carroll,
• P. Bogaty
Published in issue: September 2011
S61
002 Centres that perform primary percutaneous coronary intervention without on-site cardiac surgery in a system of care of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Results from a systematic province-wide field evaluation
• L.J. Lambert,
• Y. Xiao,
• S. Kouz,
• ...
• A. Vanasse,
• S. Maire,
• P. Bogaty
Published in issue: September 2011
S61-S62
003 Characteristics of practice of primary percutaneous coronary intervention across 13 centres in Québec (2008-2009): A province-wide systematic field evaluation
• L.J. Lambert,
• Y. Xiao,
• P. L'Allier,
• ...
• A. Vanasse,
• S. Maire,
• P. Bogaty
Published in issue: September 2011
S62
004 The introduction of prehospital alerts and prehospital ECGs into a provincial system of care of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Impact on treatment delays and the process of care
• L.J. Lambert,
• Y. Xiao,
• L.J. Boothroyd,
• ...
• S. Rinfret,
• A. Vanasse,
• P. Bogaty
Published in issue: September 2011
S62-S63
005 Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction sent for primary percutaneous coronary intervention but who do not receive it: Results from a systematic province-wide evaluation
• L.J. Lambert,
• H. Chakor,
• Y. Xiao,
• ...
• A. Vanasse,
• S. Maire,
• P. Bogaty
Published in issue: September 2011
S63
006 Under the radar: Deaths from ST-elevation myocardial infarction that do not appear in registries
• P. Bogaty,
• Y. Xiao,
• J. Nasmith,
• ...
• A. Vanasse,
• S. Maire,
• L.J. Lambert
Published in issue: September 2011
S63
009 The relationship between myocardial hemorrhage and regional left ventricular functional recovery in patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction
• Y. Mikami,
• A. Kumar,
• M.G. Friedrich
Published in issue: September 2011
S64

010 A prospective randomised double centre dual platform coronary computed tomography angiography trial of the impact of padding on image quality, study interpretability and radiation dose
• B.G. Heilbron,
• J.K. Min,
• T.M. LaBounty,
• ...
• A. Ajlan,
• R. Poulter,
• J. Leipsic
Published in issue: September 2011
S64-S65

011 Comparison of raw hounsfield unit attenuation ratio to dual energy iodine concentration for the evaluation of the hemodynamic significance of coronary stenoses
• R.S. Poulter,
• A. Fung,
• J. Mayo,
• S. Nicolaou
Published in issue: September 2011
S65
012 Blood oxygen level dependent cardiovascular magnetic resonance (bold-cmr) in coronary artery disease - a comparison with fractional flow reserve (FFR)
• J. Harker,
• J. Luu,
• D.P. Guensch,
• H. James,
• M.G. Friedrich
Published in issue: September 2011
S65-S66

013 In patients with normal perfusion imaging, is there a relationship between calcium score and myocardial flow reserve?
• I. Mylonas,
• M.C. Ziadi,
• R.A. deKemp,
• ...
• J. Brennan,
• J. Etele,
• R.S. Beanlands
Published in issue: September 2011
S66
014 An assessment of sex differences in coronary artery plaque burden and morphology in South Asians using coronary computed tomography angiography
• S. Alipour,
• M. Chandy,
• A. Ahmadi,
• ...
• B. Heilbron,
• J. Leipsic,
• K. Ramanathan
Published in issue: September 2011
S66-S67
017 Randomized trial of an automated telephone follow-up system for smoking cessation in smokers with CHD
• R.D. Reid,
• D.A. Aitken,
• L. McDonnell,
• ...
• K.A. Mullen,
• L. Jones,
• A.L. Pipe
Published in issue: September 2011
S67
018 Contemporary trends in hypertension in canada: Insight from the primary care audit of global risk management (paradigm) study
• K. Chawla,
• M. Kajil,
• S. Roy,
• M. Tsigoulis,
• S. Verma,
• M.K. Gupta
Published in issue: September 2011
S67-S68
019 Who receives asa for primary prevention in canada?: Insight from the primary care audit of global risk management (PARADIGM) study
• M.K. Gupta,
• I. Ostrovski,
• M. Kajil,
• M. Tsigoulis,
• S. Verma
Published in issue: September 2011
S68
020 Prevalence of risk factors and occult coronary disease in south asians referred to a specialized risk assessment clinic
• S. Roy,
• A. Gupta,
• K. Chawla,
• M. Tsigoulis,
• S. Verma,
• M.K. Gupta
Published in issue: September 2011
S68-S69

021 Contributions of cardiac and abdominal visceral adipose tissues to the variation in the cardiometabolic profile of young and healthy adults
• E. De Larochellière,
• J. Côté,
• M. Ross,
• ...
• P. Pibarot,
• J. Després,
• E. Larose
Published in issue: September 2011
S69
022 Shift work and indicators of cardiovascular risk in female hospital employees
• J.E. Tranmer,
• M. Kirk,
• I. Janssen
Published in issue: September 2011
S69-S70
025 Evaluation of the Pharma-Smart model PS-2000 community-based automated blood pressure measuring device
• G.R. Thomas,
• L. Voicu,
• H.J. Ross
Published in issue: September 2011
S70
026 The inter-rater reliability of two devices measuring pulse wave velocity: A comparison of applanation tonometry and infra-red photoplethysmography
• E. Clark,
• R. Rombough,
• E. Toffelmire,
• T.L. Parsons
Published in issue: September 2011
S70-S71
027 The prevalence of resistant hypertension in a large outpatient 24 hour ABPM population
• D.W. Armstrong,
• D. Brouillard,
• M. Matangi
Published in issue: September 2011
S71
028 Aortic wall stress in patients with hypertension and ascending aortic aneurysms
• S.W. Rabkin,
• M.T. Janusz
Published in issue: September 2011
S71-S72

029 The prevalence of cardiac risk factors in grade 10 students in a small urban centre in New Brunswick
• A. Watling,
• A. Hassan,
• S. Lutchmedial
Published in issue: September 2011
S72
030 A pilot study of the trends in arterial stiffness in low- and high-risk pregnancies: A potential predictor for pre-eclampsia?
• A. Hausvater,
• N. Mahdi,
• Z. Hudda,
• ...
• A. El-Messidi,
• A. Shrim,
• S.S. Daskalopoulou
Published in issue: September 2011
S72-S73
031 Statins inhibit dendritic cell maturation and response to migratory stimulus in patients with atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolaemia
• A.G. Thompson,
• M. Fogel-Petrovic,
• J. Hung,
• P. Thompson
Published in issue: September 2011
S73
032 TNF-α and moxonidine interact at the level of MAPKs and Akt in cardiac cells
• H. Aceros,
• L. Cobos-Puc,
• G. Farah,
• M. Abass,
• N. Noiseux,
• S. Mukaddam-Daher
Published in issue: September 2011
S73
033 Paradoxical increase in background phosphorylation of bmp-responsive proteins in blood-derived endothelial cells from Bmpr2 mutation carriers with hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension
• J.R. Lavoie,
• M. Ormiston,
• D.W. Courtman,
• N.W. Morrell,
• D.J. Stewart
Published in issue: September 2011
S73-S74
034 Altered arterial stiffness and subendocardial viability ratio in young healthy smokers after acute exercise: Impairments in the vascular reserve
• A.F. Mutter,
• R.J. Doonan,
• P. Scheffler,
• ...
• F. Carli,
• M.E. Daskalopoulos,
• S.S. Daskalopoulou
Published in issue: September 2011
S74
040 Can Child Life Interventions Replace Sedation for Obtaining Complete Echocardiograms on Toddlers With Heart Disease?
• L. Siller,
• K. Wong,
• C. Farah,
• ...
• P. Bryan,
• J. Wolstenholme,
• A. Warren
Published in issue: September 2011
S74-S75
041 Assessing the Utility of Contrast Media-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to Detect Graft Rejection in Children Followng Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
• M.C. Hosking,
• G. Culham,
• D. Human,
• J. Mawson
Published in issue: September 2011
S75

042 Fetal and Neonatal Outcome of Multiple Pregnancies Affected by Congenital Heart Disease
• T. Bharucha,
• M. Jaeggi,
• E. Kelly,
• G. Ryan,
• C. Manhliot,
• E. Jaeggi
Published in issue: September 2011
S75-S76

043 Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Using Telemedicine Across Western Canada - A 3 Year Experience
• P. Dehghani,
• I. Vondermuhll,
• P. Heggie,
• D. Taylor
Published in issue: September 2011
S76

044 Balloon Dilation in Children with Coarctation of the Aorta: Long Term Follow Up
• D.I. Schantz,
• K.K. Wong,
• R.P. Chen
Published in issue: September 2011
S77
045 Silent Thromboembolic Events in Adults After the Fontan Operation
• J. Grewal,
• M. AlHussein,
• M. Kiess,
• ...
• J. Ellis,
• D. Human,
• J. Leipsic
Published in issue: September 2011
S77
046 Safety of Endomyocardial Biopsy in Two Pediatric Non-Surgical Centers Using the New Atc Bioptome with Variable Flexibility
• D. Pepelassis,
• Y.J. Coe,
• I. Buffo-Sequeira,
• R. Soni,
• L. Cholakis,
• F. Dicke
Published in issue: September 2011
S77-S78

047 Time-Resolved Imaging with Interleaved Stochastic Trajectories (Twist) Improves Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Pediatric Patients
• M. Sherriff,
• C.G. Zvaigzne,
• V. Moorjani,
• D.J. Patton
Published in issue: September 2011
S78
048 The Impact of Fetal Diagnosis on Duct-Dependent Congenital Heart Lesions
• V. Thakur,
• N. Dutil,
• S. Schwartz,
• E. Jaeggi
Published in issue: September 2011
S78-S79

049 Fetal umbilical vein varices and thrombus formation: Are there identifiable risk factors by fetal echocardiography?
• L. Tordjman,
• L. Leduc,
• C. Boutin
Published in issue: September 2011
S79
050 Normal Physiological Response to Sub-Maximal Exercise in Children After the Fontan Procedure
• L. Banks,
• B. McCrindle,
• J. Russell,
• P. Longmuir
Published in issue: September 2011
S79-S80
051 The Impact of Kawasaki Disease on Aortic Dilatation
• N. Dahdah,
• A. Fournier,
• J. Bigras,
• F. Dallaire,
• C. Houde
Published in issue: September 2011
S80
052 Abnormal Ventricular Repolarisation During Exercise Challenge Following Kawasaki Disease
• H. Gravel,
• N. Dahdah,
• D. Curnier,
• A. Fournier,
• M. Mathieu
Published in issue: September 2011
S80
053 Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Health Behaviours in Youth
• S. Lord,
• C. Manlhiot,
• D. Gibson,
• ...
• O. Makerewich,
• S.W. Dobbin,
• B.W. McCrindle
Published in issue: September 2011
S81
054 Association of S. Pyogenes Dna from Throat Swabs of Asymptomatic Children and Very High Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Rural South America
• S.N. Levinoff Roth,
• S. Patel,
• S.R. Kestenbaum,
• ...
• F. Fernandes,
• D.E. Low,
• M. Silverman
Published in issue: September 2011
S81
060 Primary cultures of rat medial smooth muscle cells spontaneously develop invadopodia
• A.S. Rocca,
• L. Duan,
• M.P. Bendeck
Published in issue: September 2011
S81-S82
061 Extracellular matrix remodeling by granzyme B in aging tissues of apolipoprotein E knockout mice
• P. Hiebert,
• W. Boivin,
• T. Abraham,
• S. Pazooki,
• H. Zhao,
• D. Granville
Published in issue: September 2011
S82

062 C-type natriuretic peptide is involved in proteoglycan-rich leaflet thickening in early aortic valve disease
• M.C. Blaser,
• K.L. Sider,
• Y. Zhou,
• M. Henkelman,
• C.A. Simmons
Published in issue: September 2011
S82-S83
063 Acceleration of fibrinolysis by factor xa-antithrombin complex
• K. Talbot,
• S.C. Meixner,
• E.L. Pryzdial
Published in issue: September 2011
S83
064 Cysteinyl leukotriene 2 receptor-specific antagonist attenuates inflammation response-mediated myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury
• N.C. Ni,
• D. Yan,
• A.R. Barajas Espinosa,
• L.L. Ballantyne,
• C.D. Funk
Published in issue: September 2011
S83-S84
065 Factor XA and factor VIIA utilize herpes simplex virus-associated tissue factor to increase infection through cellular protease activated receptor 2
• M.R. Sutherland,
• W. Ruf,
• E.L. Pryzdial
Published in issue: September 2011
S84
066 Correlates of digital Pulse Amplitude Tonometry (PAT) in middle-aged men and postmenopausal women
• V. Carnovale,
• M. Paradis,
• I. Gigleux,
• ...
• P.J. Jones,
• B. Lamarche,
• C. Couillard
Published in issue: September 2011
S84