Final Program
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Final Program
www.lorenzinifoundation.org Future Activities Boston, MA, USA, June 14-18, 2009 XV International Symposium on ATHEROSCLEROSIS Co-chairs: A.M. Gotto, Jr. (New York, NY, USA) and E.J. Schaefer (Boston, MA, USA) For more information, please contact: [email protected] For further information, please check the website: www.isa2009.org www.athero.org Scientific Committees Co-Chairs: A.M. Gotto, Jr. (New York, NY, USA) - S.M. Grundy (Dallas, TX, USA) - R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) Scientific Program Committee: A.L. Catapano (Milan, Italy) - A. Corsini (Milan, Italy) - G. Franceschini (Milan, Italy) - C. Galli (Milan, Italy) - A.M. Gotto, Jr. (New York, NY, USA) - S.M. Grundy (Dallas, TX, USA) - R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) - A. Peracino (Milan, Italy) - C.R. Sirtori (Milan, Italy) - E. Tremoli (Milan, Italy) Scientific Secretaries: S. Bellosta (Milan, Italy) - L. Calabresi (Milan, Italy) Scientific-Organizing Secretariats: Main Office FONDAZIONE GIOVANNI LORENZINI MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION MRF 2008 Via A. Appiani 7 20121 MILAN (ITALY) Phone: (+39) 02 29006267 Fax: (+39) 02 29007018 Email: [email protected] Branch Office GIOVANNI LORENZINI MEDICAL FOUNDATION MRF 2008 6535 Fannin, M.S. A-601 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77030 (USA) Phone: (+1) 713 797 0401 Fax: (+1) 713 796 8853 Email: [email protected] Technical-Organizing Secretariat: AIM GROUP – AIM CONGRESS S.R.L. MRF 2008 Via G. Ripamonti, 129 20141 MILAN (ITALY) Phone: (+39) 02 566011 Fax: (+39) 02 70048584 Email: [email protected] Please visit the website for further information: www.lorenzinifoundation.org/mrf2008.html I International Advisory Board Abbracchio M.P. (Italy) Agabiti Rosei E. (Italy) Ardissino D. (Italy) Ballantyne C.M. (USA) Barter P.J. (Australia) Bernini F. (Italy) Betteridge D.J. (UK) Brewer H.B., Jr. (USA) Brown W.V. (USA) Calabresi L. (Italy) Calvo G. (Spain) Carmena R. (Spain) Catapano A.L. (Italy) Chait A. (USA) Chapman M.J. (France) Chiariello M. (Italy) Corsini A. (Italy) Cortellaro M. (Italy) Crea F. (Italy) Crepaldi G. (Italy) Davidson M. (USA) Davignon J. (Canada) De Feo P. (Italy) Del Prato S. (Italy) Després J.-P. (Canada) Dietz R. (Germany) Di Minno G. (Italy) Di Pasquale G. (Italy) Eckel R. (USA) Fargion S. (Italy) Fedele F. (Italy) Fellin R. (Italy) Ferrari R. (Italy) Fiorentini C. (Italy) Franceschini G. (Italy) Franconi F. (Italy) Fruchart J.-C. (France) Fuster V. (USA) Galli C. (Italy) Giampaoli S. (Italy) Ginsberg H.N. (USA) Greten H. (Germany) Hamsten A. (Sweden) Jönsson B. (Sweden) Katan M.B. (The Netherlands) Kita T. (Japan) Landmesser U. (Switzerland) Lanzavecchia A. (Switzerland) LaRosa J.C. (USA) La Vecchia C. (Italy) Leitersdorf E. (Israel) Libby P. (USA) Locatelli F. (Italy) II Lüscher T.F. (Switzerland) Maggi A. (Italy) Maisch B. (Germany) Mancia G. (Italy) Mancini M. (Italy) Mannarino E. (Italy) Marañhao M. (Brazil) Marcovina S.M. (USA) Martin J.F. (UK) Maseri A. (Italy) Matsuzawa Y. (Japan) McGuire A.J. (UK) Modena M.G. (Italy) Möckel M. (Germany) Naruszewicz M. (Poland) Nissen S.E. (USA) Notarbartolo A. (Italy) Novo S. (Italy) Olsson A.G. (Sweden) Packard C.J. (UK) Patsch J.R. (Austria) Pedersen T.R. (Norway) Peracino A. (Italy) Perk J. (Sweden) Plebani M. (Italy) Poli A. (Italy) Poole-Wilson P.A. (UK) Remuzzi G. (Italy) Sadikot S.M. (India) Sans S. (Spain) Schaefer E.J. (USA) Schenck-Gustafsson K. (Sweden) Sirtori C.R. (Italy) Sjöström L. (Sweden) Sleight P. (UK) Sobesky J. (Germany) Stangl V. (Germany) Stein Y. (Israel) Tardif J.-C. (Canada) Taskinen M.-R. (Finland) Tavazzi L. (Italy) Tokgözoǧlu L. (Turkey) Tremoli E. (Italy) Utermann G. (Germany) Vella S. (Italy) Volpe M. (Italy) Wenger N.K. (USA) Wood D.A. (UK) Wu A. (USA) Yusuf S. (Canada) Zampelas A. (Greece) Zanchetti A. (Italy) Scientific Sponsorship Jointly Sponsored by Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Science Foundation (FGL) Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation (GLMF) International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS) and European Society of Gender Health and Medicine (ESGHM) Italian Heart Foundation (FIpC) Italian Society of Gender Health and Medicine (SISMG) Under the Auspices of American Heart Association: Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Council on Clinical Cardiology Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Council on High Blood Pressure Research Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism Council on Stroke Asian Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease (APSAVD) Association of Black Cardiologists European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) European Federation for Internal Medicine (EFIM) European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences (EUFEPS) European Lipoprotein Club (ELC) European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) European Society of Hypertension (ESH) International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids (ICBL) International Menopause Society (IMS) International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) International Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease International Union of Angiology (IUA) Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO) Italian Diabetologists Association (AMD) Italian Federation of Cardiology (FIC) Italian Federation of Internal Medicine (FADOI) Italian Out-Patient Cardiologists Association (ANCE) Italian Society for Cardiovascular Prevention (SIPREC) III Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis (S.I.S.A.) Italian Society for the Study of Diabetes (S.I.D.) Italian Society for the Study of Haemostasis and Thrombosis (SISET) Italian Society of Arterial Hypertension (SIIA) Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC) Italian Society of Experimental and Clinical Therapy (S.I.Te.C.S.) Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG) Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI) Italian Society of Nephrocardiology (SINCAR) Italian Society of Obesity (SIO) Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF) Mediterranean Society of Atherosclerosis National Lipid Association (NLA) The American Geriatrics Society The American Society of Hypertension (ASH) The Federation of European Pharmacological Societies (EPHAR) The Scandinavian Society for Atherosclerosis Research (SSAR) Vascular - Independent Research and Education - European Organisation (VAS) Weill Cornell Medical College World Heart Federation (WHF) World Hypertension League (WHL) IV General Information LOCATION AND DATE OF THE SYMPOSIUM The Symposium will take place in Venice Lido (Italy) at the Venice Convention Center, Lungomare Marconi, 30 - Phone: +39 041 2720030 on October 22-25, 2008. SECRETARIAT AND REGISTRATION DESK The following services are available at the Secretariat and Registration Desk: • registration (pre-registered participants and on-site registrations) • secretariat • information • incoming mail and messages • lost and found Opening Hours Tuesday, October 21: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: Friday, October 24: Saturday, October 25: 15.00 – 19.00 7.30 – 19.00 7.30 – 19.00 7.30 – 19.00 7.30 – 13.00 REGISTRATION Only registered participants may attend the scientific sessions and the social events offered by the Symposium. The late enrollment fee (from October 11 and on site) will be charged even if the registration form was received without payment before that date. The registration fees for the Symposium are as follows (all amounts given in EUROS): from October 11 and on site Participants € 710 Students/Nurses* € 270 Accompanying Persons € 120 (V.A.T. included) (*) Student/nurse rate registrations will be granted only to those who demonstrate their student/nurse position by presenting an official statement from the Head of their Department or Institute or a copy of their nursing license. V All participants, students, and nurses, are entitled to: • attend all Scientific Sessions • attend the Opening Ceremony of the Symposium and the Welcome Reception (Buffet Dinner) • receive Final Program and Abstract Book • Coffee Breaks • receive tickets for Light Lunches • round-trip bus service from the MRF 2008 Symposium Hotel in Venice Lido (booked through the Congress) and from the S.M. Elisabetta Pier in Venice Lido to the Symposium Venue. All accompanying persons regularly enrolled are entitled to: • attend the Welcome Reception (Buffet Dinner) • receive ticket for the Tour of the “Gallerie dell’Accademia” • round-trip bus service from the MRF 2008 Symposium Hotel in Venice Lido (booked through the Congress) and from the S.M. Elisabetta Pier in Venice Lido to the Symposium Venue. FOR ITALIAN PARTICIPANTS ONLY All the Italian participants with the VAT/IVA number must indicate this number (and the corresponding address) in the registration form (DPR 633/72). The regular invoice for the registration will be sent only to those who have indicated the fiscal code and/or the IVA number (compulsory if available) of the actual payer. PRIVACY LAW The personal data will be handled exclusively by MRF 2008 Committee according to the law 675/96 and the law decree 196/2003. BADGES The official name badge must be worn for admission to all sessions and other activities of the Symposium. Accompanying Persons may not attend the scientific sessions. Badges will show different colours: BLUE Organizers RED Invited Speakers and Chairpersons WHITE Participants GREEN Students YELLOW Accompanying Persons Lost badges will be replaced for a fee of € 35,00 (VAT 20% included) with proof of the original registration. COFFEE BREAKS Coffee Breaks will be offered at the Palazzo del Casinò from Wednesday morning until Saturday morning to registered participants. BAR Cash-bar are located at the Palazzo del Casinò. LUNCHES Light lunches will be offered at the Palazzo del Casinò from Wednesday until Friday to registered participants. CELLULAR PHONES In consideration of fellow attendees, it is requested that all cellular phones, pagers, and other electronic devices be turned off or set to the silent mode during all scientific and plenary sessions to avoid disruption. CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE Certificates of Attendance will be available on request at the end of the Symposium at the Registration Desk. The request form is enclosed in the Symposium envelope. VI ITALIAN CME CREDITS/CREDITI ECM (for Italian participants only) CME Credits (Crediti ECM) have been applied for from the Italian Ministry of Health for selected sessions. The following credits have been awarded on a daily basis: Wednesday, October 22: I educational pathway: 3 credits Thursday, October 23: II educational pathway: 3 credits Friday, October 24: III educational pathway: 4 credits Saturday, October 25: IV educational pathway: 2 credits Participants will find all the necessary forms and questionnaires in the ECM envelope (please request it at the Registration Desk). To obtain credits, Italian participants must: • Return the evaluation form, duly filled in, to the Registration Desk; • Return the multiple choice questionnaires. The anagraphical data must be compulsorily indicated since required by the Italian Ministry of Health. EBAC ACCREDITATION & UEMS/EACCME (for European and USA citizens) The Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Science Foundation is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) and by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. EBAC works in cooperation with the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), which is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). The Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Science Foundation is designated for a maximum of 21 hours of European external CME credits. Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. EBAC and EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EBAC/EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, contact the AMA. SLIDE LIBRARY A slide library of key selected presentations will be available after the Symposium at www.lorenzinifoundation.org POST OFFICE The post office is located in Piazza S.M. Elisabetta - Venice Lido. Opening hours: 8.30 - 18.30 (from Monday to Friday); 8.30 - 12.30 (Saturday); Sunday closed. BANK Banking hours in Venice Lido and in Venice Downtown are between 8.30 - 13.30 and 14.40 - 16.10, from Monday to Friday. Please remember that usually banks are closed on Saturday and Sunday. ELECTRICITY Voltage in Italy is 220 volts - 50 Hz. Foreign appliances may require an adapter. USEFUL NUMBERS Ambulance: dial 118 Police: dial 113 Fire Brigade: dial 115 PERSONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE Registration for the Symposium implies that the participant agrees that neither the Scientific Organizing Committee nor the Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini assume any liability or responsibility whatsoever. The Symposium participants are requested to make their own arrangements for medical, travel, and personal insurance. The Scientific Organizing Committee cannot assume liability for changes in the program due to external circumstances. VII SYMPOSIUM WEBSITE Home page for the MRF 2008 Symposium is located at: http://www.lorenzinifoundation.org/mrf2008.html OFFICIAL LANGUAGE The official language of the Symposium is English. No simultaneous translation is provided. PRESS REGISTRATION Working press from newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and medical publications will receive complimentary registration, provided that they can officially demonstrate their position. SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITION During the Symposium an exhibition of pharmaceutical and biomedical instruments and products is held in the Meeting area Palazzo del Casinò. E-MAIL SERVICE E-mail service will be available in the Exhibition Area at the Palazzo del Casinò to allow the attendants to send and receive messages during the Symposium. The address is: [email protected] To receive e-mail during the Symposium, the sender of the message must fill in the subject/object field with the complete name of the recipient (Symposium participant). MESSAGES, MAIL, AND FAX During the Symposium, mail may be addressed to the participants as follows: MRF 2008 – FONDAZIONE GIOVANNI LORENZINI MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION c/o Venice Convention Center - Lungomare Marconi, 30 - Venice Lido (Italy) - Telefax: +39 041 2720031. CLOAKROOM A cloakroom will be at the disposal of all participants in the Symposium Venue in the Secretariat Area, free of charge. Delegates will be kindly requested not to leave their personal belongings after closing time. HOW TO REACH VENICE AND VENICE LIDO • By Plane – Venice Marco Polo Airport Located 12 km by road and 10 km by water from the city, this airport is connected to Venice Lido by the Public ACTV watertaxi service: it is a private watertaxi service which uses public transport stops. Please take Alilaguna Red Line and get off at Lido stop (it takes around 55 minutes). A shuttle bus will take you to Hotel Excelsior. • By Plane – Treviso Antonio Canova Airport (especially for low-cost airlines) Located 20 km by road from Venice, this airport is especially used by low-cost airline companies. Venice Lido is reachable by bus service from Airport to Piazzale Roma and then by water to the Lido. • By Train Santa Lucia is the Venice Train Station. It is connected to the rest of Italy with Eurostar trains, Intercities and Interregional, and local trains. From here, frequent boat connections to Venice Lido are available. • By Car Venice can be reached with the following motorway and road connections: A4 from Trieste and from Turin, A27 from Belluno, A13 from Bologna, and the state roads SS.309 Romea from the Adriatic Coast, SS.14 from Trieste, SS.13 from Treviso, SS.11 from Padua. Once you arrive near the lagoon, get on to the Ponte della Libertà - a long bridge with two lanes linking Venice to the mainland - follow the signs for Venice and you will arrive at Piazzale Roma, where the Railway Station is located. Here you have to leave your car. Parking areas at Piazzale Roma: the Autorimessa Comunale, the Garage S. Marco and the small open air car park S. Andrea. One alternative is the large car park on the Tronchetto island. VIII • By Public Transportation (once in Venice) Public transportation to Venice Lido (S.M. Elisabetta) will be available from every water-bus stop in Venice. Traveling time by water-bus from San Marco Square to Venice Lido: approximately 15 minutes. • Shuttle bus (on the Lido) A round-trip bus service from the MRF 2008 Symposium Hotel in Venice Lido (booked through the Congress) and from the S.M. Elisabetta Pier in Venice Lido to the Symposium Venue. HOTEL INFORMATION AIM GROUP desk is located in the Secretariat area. The staff will be happy to make reservations. The opening hours are: Tuesday, October 21: 15.00 – 19.00 Wednesday, October 22: 7.30 – 19.00 Thursday, October 23: 7.30 – 19.00 Friday, October 24: 7.30 – 19.00 Saturday, October 25: 7.30 – 13.00 IX Scientific Program Information The Scientific Program will include Plenary Sessions, Special Lectures, Workshops, Symposia, Round Tables and Poster Sessions for contributed papers. RULES FOR CHAIRPERSONS Every effort must be made to adhere to the time-table of the scientific sessions. Chairpersons are asked to interrupt speakers if they exceed their allocated time. NOTICE TO ALL SPEAKERS (Slide Centers, Projection Facilities,...) Presentations and discussions must be given in English. Power Point Presentations: Power Point presentations will be accommodated with an LCD-panel projection system. Speakers are kindly requested to bring 2 copies (one as back up) of the electronic media containing their slides. They may scan for viruses and preview check the slide files in the slide center at least 1 hour before the start of the session or during the breaks. If speakers use their own computers, they must be given to the room technician at least one hour before the start of the session or during the breaks. For any other service please contact the Secretariat desk directly. POSTER PRESENTATION POSTER NUMBER: the poster number assigned to your abstract may be found at the top of the board. The authors must use the board with this number. MOUNTING AND the mounting and the removal of the posters must be done by the authors REMOVAL POSTERS: according to the following schedule: GROUP A Mounting: Tuesday, October 21 from 16.00 to 18.00 Wednesday, October 22 from 8.00 to 9.00 GROUP A Removal: Thursday, October 23 from 14.00 to 16.30 GROUP B Mounting: Thursday, October 23 from 17.00 to 18.30 Friday, October 24 from 8.00 to 9.00 GROUP A Removal: Saturday, October 25 from 13.30 to 14.30 The organizers are not responsible for any item, including posters, left in the room. POSTER DISPLAY: is for the duration of 11/2 days for each of the two groups: GROUP A Wednesday, October 22 from Thursday, October 23 from GROUP B Friday, October 24 from Saturday, October 25 from POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster GROUP A Wednesday, October 22 Wednesday, October 22 Thursday, October 23 GROUP B Friday, October 24 Friday, October 24 Saturday, October 25 9.00 8.30 9.00 8.30 to to to to 18.30 14.00 18.30 13.00 site as follows: from 12.30 to 14.00 from 15.45 to 16.30 from 12.30 to 14.00 from 13.00 to 14.00 from 16.00 to 16.30 from 10.45 to 11.15 Note: - “Poster assistants” will be available to assist the authors if needed. - Facilities for slide projection are not available at the site of poster presentation. - Photocopies made from a reduction of your poster and any additional material may be distributed by the author(s) during the poster discussion. X LAST-MINUTE COMMUNICATIONS A notice-board will be placed in the Symposium area, where any last-minute program changes and other essential information will be posted. Participants are kindly asked to check this board frequently. YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS Friday, October 24, 12.30 – 13.00 – Room A Research awards will be made to recognize scientific merit and outstanding research achievements in a poster presentation by an investigator, 35 years old or less, who submits an abstract in the competition. Selection is based on originality, importance of work, work accomplished, quality of experimental design and methodology, strength and reliability of data, and means of expression. These posters will be reviewed each day of the Symposium by the Awards Committee for the selection to up to 5 winners and the names of the semi-finalists will be posted each day in the Registration Area. Each Each winner will receive a certificate and an award of $1,000. The Poster Awards for Young Investigators will be announced and presented on Friday, October 24 at 12.30 in Room A. The poster presenter must be present at the Ceremony to win the award as no awards may be accepted in absentia. XI Social Program SOCIAL EVENTS (for registered participants and accompanying persons) • Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (evening) h. 19.00 WELCOME RECEPTION (Buffet Dinner) at the PALAZZO DEL CASINO’ (Lungomare Marconi, 30) - (complimentary) The Symposium badge is requested. SOCIAL EVENTS (for registered accompanying persons) • Thursday, October 23, 2008 (morning – half day) TOUR OF THE “GALLERIE DELL’ACCADEMIA” - (complimentary) - Lunch not included. The Tour ticket is requested. The greatest existing collection of Venetian art is housed in the three buildings of the Gallerie dell’Accademia and features five centuries of masterpieces. Founded by Giambattista Piazzetta in the 18th century, the collection was greatly enlarged by Napoleon, who transferred a large number of works from the convents and churches he himself had suppressed. Among the numberless works of art, you should not miss the Legend of St. Ursula, by Vittore Carpaccio, a cycle of eight magnificent paintings dating from the late 16th c., the Coronation of the Virgin, a bright polyptych painted in 1325 by Paolo Veneziano, considered the very founder of the Venetian school, and the enigmatic Tempest by Giorgione, a painting in which the innovative use of the landscape influenced all the art of the following centuries. Many other paintings are worth a stop: you will view works by the three Bellinis (Jacopo, Gentile, and Giovanni), Andrea Mantegna, Lorenzo Lotto, Paolo Veronese, Jacopo Tintoretto, and Tiepolo. Departure time: 9.00 Meeting point: Registration Desk in the Secretariat Area. XII In Grateful Appreciation The Organizing Committee gratefully acknowledges the generous support in the form of unrestricted educational grants from the following: KOWA COMPANY Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) PFIZER Inc (New York, NY, USA) MERCK / SCHERING-PLOUGH PHARMACEUTICALS (Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA and Kenilworth, NJ, USA) SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS (Hannover, Germany) and ASTRA ZENECA S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) BRAHMS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (Hennigsdorf, Germany) BRAHMS ITALIA S.r.l. (Milan, Italy) DLD Gesellschaft für Diagnostika und Medizinische Geräte mbH (Hamburg, Germany) F. HOFFMANN - LA ROCHE LTD. (Basel, Switzerland) GALBUSERA S.p.A. (Cosio Valtellino, Italy) ITAMAR MEDICAL Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel) MERCK SHARP & DOHME ITALIA S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) NUTRITION FOUNDATION OF ITALY (Milan, Italy) RECORDATI S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) SERVIER S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) SIGMA-TAU S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) SOCIETÀ PRODOTTI ANTIBIOTICI S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) SOLVAY PHARMA S.p.A. (Grugliasco, Italy) XIII 7th International Symposium on MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Prevention and Intervention - Health Policy Venice (Lido), October 22-25, 2008 Program at Glance XV LECTURES, SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS MORNING Wednesday, October 22 Opening Remarks 9.00 - 9.30 pg. 1 ROOM A Plenary Session MULTIPLE RISK ASSESSMENT 9.30 - 12.00 pg. 1 Special Lecture THE USE OF A DIETARY PORTFOLIO APPROACH IN HYPERLIPIDEMIA 12.00 - 12.30 pg. 2 Special Lecture XXXIV LORENZINI ANNUAL LECTURE HYPERTENSION AND STROKE 12.30 - 13.00 pg. 2 Thursday, October 23 Plenary Session CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE RISKS 8.30 - 10.35 pg. 8 Special Lecture SPOTLIGHT ON NICOTINIC ACID: NEW INSIGHTS 11.00 - 11.30 pg. 9 Special Lecture OMEGA 3 11.30 - 12.00 pg. 9 ROOM B ROOM C Plenary Session PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS 8.30 - 10.35 pg. 17 Symposium MEDICAL APPROACHES TO SMOKING CESSATION 11.00 - 12.30 pg. 18 Young Investigator Awards Ceremony 12.30 - 13.00 pg. 18 Special Lecture Video Presentation CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN THE 21st CENTURY: THE OLD, THE NEW, AND THE FUTURE 12.30 - 13.00 pg. 9 Workshop HEART AND INFLAMMATION 11.00 - 13.00 pg. 10 XVI Friday, October 24 Saturday, October 25 Plenary Session BRIDGING SCIENCE AND HEALTH POLICY IN CVD: FOCUS ON LIPID MANAGEMENT THE FACTS 8.30 - 9.25 pg. 24 Plenary Session BRIDGING SCIENCE AND HEALTH POLICY IN CVD: FOCUS ON LIPID MANAGEMENT THE BARRIERS 9.25 - 10.45 pg. 24 Plenary Session BRIDGING SCIENCE AND HEALTH POLICY IN CVD: FOCUS ON LIPID MANAGEMENT THE POLICY 11.15 - 13.00 pg. 25 Workshop GENDER PERSPECTIVES 11.00 - 13.00 pg. 19 LECTURES, SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS ROOM A AFTERNOON Wednesday, October 22 Thursday, October 23 Friday, October 24 Symposium MACRO-AND MICROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF METABOLIC DISEASES: OPTIMIZING THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO REDUCING RESIDUAL RISK 14.00 - 15.30 pg. 3 Symposium MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE LIPID RISK FACTORS 14.00 - 15.30 pg. 11 Symposium FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME: CONTINUITY OF CARE IN INTERNAL MEDICINE 14.00 - 16.00 pg. 20 Round Table BEAUTIFUL: FROM RATIONALE TO IMPLICATIONS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) 16.00 - 17.00 pg. 5 Workshop OBESITY AND DIABETES 16.00 - 18.15 pg. 14 Round Table FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME: HEALTH POLICY STRATEGIES 16.30 - 18.30 pg. 22 Workshop PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS 14.00 - 16.05 pg. 4 Workshop SPECIAL POPULATIONS 14.00 - 15.45 pg. 12 Symposium HEALTHY FOOD AND HEALTHY CHOICES: A NEW EUROPEAN PROFILE APPROACH 14.00 - 16.00 pg. 21 Workshop METABOLIC SYNDROME 16.30 - 18.25 pg. 7 Workshop NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND INTERVENTION 16.30 - 18.25 pg. 15 Symposium OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS 16.30 - 17.50 pg. 23 Saturday, October 25 ROOM C ROOM B Workshop ESTABLISHED AND NEW EMERGING RISK FACTORS 17.15 - 18.30 pg. 6 Workshop SMOKING AND MULTIPLE RISKS 14.00 - 15.00 pg. 13 Workshop CRITICAL AREAS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS 16.00 - 18.05 pg. 16 XVII POSTER SESSIONS GROUP A POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 from 8.30 to 14.00 PALAZZO DEL CASINÒ POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Poster Session EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS Posters (1 - 15) pp. 26 - 27 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22: from 12.30 to 14.00 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22: from 15.45 to 16.30 Poster Session ESTABLISHED AND NEW EMERGING RISK FACTORS Posters (16 - 32) pp. 28 - 29 and THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23: from 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Session MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS AND BIOMARKERS Posters (33 - 53) pp. 30 - 31 Poster Session DYSLIPIDEMIA Posters (54 - 84) pp. 32 - 34 Poster Session ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS Posters (85 - 119) pp. 35 - 37 Poster Session METABOLIC SYNDROME AND CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK Posters (120 - 145) pp. 38 - 40 Poster Session PREVENTION OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS Posters (146 - 153) pg. 41 Poster Session ANTIATHEROSCLEROTIC DRUGS Posters (154 -155) pg. 42 Poster Session TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS Posters (156 - 163) pg. 43 XVIII POSTER SESSIONS GROUP B POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 from 8.30 to 13.00 PALAZZO DEL CASINÒ POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Poster Session OBESITY Posters (1 - 9) - pg. 44 Poster Session DIABETES Posters (10 - 45) - pp. 45 - 48 Poster Session HYPERTENSION Posters (46 - 62) - pp. 49 - 50 Poster Session HEART AND INFLAMMATION Posters (63 - 67) - pg. 51 Poster Session HEART AND OTHER ORGANS Posters (68 - 70) - pg. 52 Poster Session STROKE Posters (71 - 76) - pg. 53 Poster Session RENAL DISEASES Posters (77 - 86) - pp. 54 - 55 Poster Session PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE Posters (87 - 93) - pg. 56 Poster Session RHEUMATIC DISEASE Posters (94 - 97) - pg. 57 Poster Session HIV AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK Posters (98 - 100) - pg. 58 Poster Session GENETICS Posters (101 - 114) - pp. 59 - 60 Poster Session SPECIAL POPULATIONS Posters (115 - 124) - pp. 61 - 62 Poster Session GENDER PERSPECTIVES IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS Posters (125 - 131) - pg. 63 Poster Session SMOKING AND MULTIPLE RISKS Posters (132 - 136) - pg. 64 Poster Session ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND NUTRITION Posters (137 - 151) - pp. 65 - 66 Poster Session NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND INTERVENTION Posters (152 - 162) - pp. 67 - 68 Poster Session HEALTH ECONOMICS Posters (163 - 168) - pg. 69 Poster Session GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICE Posters (169 - 170) - pg. 70 XIX 7th International Symposium on MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Prevention and Intervention - Health Policy Venice (Lido), October 22-25, 2008 Scientific Program (THE AUTHOR IN BOLD FACE IS THE PRESENTING AUTHOR) XXI PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO REFRAIN FROM SMOKING IN THE MEETING AREA ADMISSION TO THE SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS RESERVED ONLY FOR PARTICIPANTS WEARING THE MEETING BADGE XXII Wednesday, OCTOBER 22, 2008 9.00 - 12.00 ROOM A WEDNESDAY OPENING REMARKS 9.00 - 9.30 W.V. Brown (Atlanta, GA, USA) J.-C. Fruchart (Lille, France) R. Ferrari (Ferrara, Italy) R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) Plenary Session MULTIPLE RISK ASSESSMENT Chairs: W.V. Brown (Atlanta, GA, USA) R. Ferrari (Ferrara, Italy) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 9.30 - 9.55 ESTABLISHED RISK FACTORS AND RISK SCORES P.A. Wolf (Boston, MA, USA) 1 9.55 - 10.20 NEW AND EMERGING RISK FACTORS: ROLE OF HDL-RELATED PROTEINS R.P.F. Dullaart (Groningen, The Netherlands) 2 10.20 - 10.45 A NEW TARGET FOR PREVENTION: INFLUENZA AS A TRIGGER OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES M. Madjid, S.W. Casscells (Houston, TX, USA) 3 10.45 - 11.10 Coffee Break 11.10 - 11.35 WHAT IS CHANGING - THE EUROPEAN VIEW D.A. Wood (London, UK) 11.35 - 12.00 USING BIOMARKERS IN THE CLINIC W.V. Brown (Atlanta, GA, USA) 12.00 End of the Session 430 Addendum 1 12.00 - 13.00 Wednesday, OCTOBER 22, 2008 ROOM A SPECIAL LECTURES Chair: J. Davignon (Montreal, QC, Canada) Hour: 12.00 - 12.30 Abstract Number Ref.: THE USE OF A DIETARY PORTFOLIO APPROACH IN HYPERLIPIDEMIA D.J.A. Jenkins, T.H. Nguyen, C.W.C. Kendall, J.M.W. Wong, A.R. Josse, N. Fozdar, A. Marchie, R.G. Josse, L.A. Leiter, W. Singer (Toronto, ON, Canada) 6 Chair: R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) 12.30 - 13.00 13.00 2 XXXIV LORENZINI ANNUAL LECTURE HYPERTENSION AND STROKE G. Mancia (Milan, Italy) End of the Session 5 14.00 - 15.30 Wednesday, OCTOBER 22, 2008 ROOM A Symposium WEDNESDAY MACRO-AND MICROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF METABOLIC DISEASES: OPTIMIZING THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO REDUCING RESIDUAL RISK Chair: J.-C. Fruchart (Lille, France) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 14.00 - 14.25 CONTRIBUTION OF LIPOPROTEIN ABNORMALITIES TO MACRO- AND MICROVASCULAR RESIDUAL RISK A. Zambon (Padua, Italy) 431 14.25 - 14.50 TARGETING LIPOPROTEIN SUBCLASSES: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REDUCTION IN THE METABOLIC SYNDROME R.S. Rosenson (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) 433 14.50 - 15.15 PPAR-α IN THE TREATMENT OF MACRO-AND MICROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES J.-C. Fruchart (Lille, France) 439 15.15 - 15.30 General Discussion 15.30 End of the Session 15.30 -16.00 Coffee Break Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Solvay Pharmaceuticals 3 14.00 - 16.05 Wednesday, OCTOBER 22, 2008 ROOM B Workshop PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS Chairs: M. Madjid (Houston, TX, USA) A. Corsini (Milan, Italy) Hour: 4 Abstract Number Ref.: 14.00 - 14.20 PREVENTION IN LOWER RISK POPULATIONS S. Giampaoli (Rome, Italy) 7 14.20 - 14.40 LOWER IS BETTER AND BEYOND IN THE CONTROL OF HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS A.L. Catapano (Milan, Italy) 8 14.40 - 15.10 CURRENT APPROACHES TO MODULATE REVERSE CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT AND HDL R. Lawn (Palo Alto, CA, USA) 9 15.10 - 15.20 POLYPHARMACY A. Corsini (Milan, Italy) 10 15.20 - 15.35 THE SANDS TRIAL: DOES AGGRESSIVE LOWERING OF LDL-C AND NON-HDL-C IN DIABETES DECREASE THE PLASMA APO-B AND LDL PARTICLE NUMBER? W.J. Howard, J.L. Fleg, M. Mete, J.D. Otvos, R.E. Ratner, M.J. Roman, M. Russell, J.G. Umans, N.J. Weissman, B.V. Howard (Washington, DC, Bethesda, MD, Hyattsville, MD, Raleigh, NY, New York, NY and Phoenix, AZ, USA) 11 15.35 - 15.50 NIACIN THERAPY RAISES HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS: REVERSAL BY FOLIC ACID AND B VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION S. Gundry, W. Ehrman (Palm Springs, CA, USA) 12 15.50 - 16.05 A PRACTICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL APPROACH IN GLOBAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTIVE SELF-MANAGEMENT BY PATIENTS X. Debussche, M. Balcou-Debussche, M. Roddier (Saint Denis, Reunion Island and Amiens, France) 13 16.05 End of the Session 16.05 -16.30 Coffee Break 16.00 - 17.00 Wednesday, OCTOBER 22, 2008 ROOM A Round Table WEDNESDAY BEAUTIFUL: FROM RATIONALE TO IMPLICATIONS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) Chairs: R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) L. Tavazzi (Cotignola, Italy) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 16.00 - 16.20 “FUNNY” CHANNELS DISCOVERY: THE FIRST STEP OF A BEAUTIƒUL JOURNEY D. Di Francesco (Milan, Italy) 16.20 - 16.40 BEAUTIFUL: CLINICAL AND PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) L. Tavazzi (Cotignola, Italy) 16.40 - 17.00 General Discussion 17.00 End of the Session Addendum 438 – Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Servier S.p.A. 5 17.15 - 18.30 Wednesday, OCTOBER 22, 2008 ROOM A Workshop ESTABLISHED AND NEW EMERGING RISK FACTORS Chairs: M. Cuchel (Philadelphia, PA, USA) G.D. Norata (Milan, Italy) Hour: 6 Abstract Number Ref.: 17.15 - 17.30 ATHEROPROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE LONG PENTRAXIN 3 G.D. Norata, C. Garlanda, P. Marchesi, A. Mantovani, A. Catapano (Milan, Cinisello Balsamo and Rozzano, Italy) 14 17.30 - 17.45 CHOLESTEROL EFFLUX CAPACITY OF SERUM IS BETTER CORRELATED WITH CONCENTRATIONS OF APOA-I THAN HDL-C M. Cuchel, M. de la Llera-Moya, J.A. Phillips, M.L. Wolfe, G.H. Rothblat, D.J. Rader (Philadlephia, PA and New Brunswick, NJ, USA) 15 17.45 - 18.00 MARKERS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND OF INFLAMMATION FOR PREDICTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN OLDER ADULTS N. Rodondi, P. Marques-Vidal, J. Butler, J. Cornuz, K. Sutton-Tyrrell, S. Satterfield, T. Harris, D. Bauer, E. Vittinghoff, A. Newman (Lausanne, Switzerland, Atlanta, GA, Pittsburgh, PA, Memphis, TN, Bethesda, MD and San Francisco, CA, USA) 16 18.00 - 18.15 FIBRINOGEN, CD40L, CRP AND SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS A. Panayiotou, M. Griffin, T. Tyllis, D. Bond, N. Georgiou, A. Nicolaides (Nicosia, Cyprus and London, UK) 17 18.15 - 18.30 HIGH LEVELS OF PLASMA FIBRINOGEN AT ADMISSION AND DURING HOSPITALIZATION ARE PREDICTIVE OF TARGET VESSEL REVASCULARIZATION FOLLOWING PRIMARY PTCA A. Lupi, S. Ferraro, L. Rossi, M. Santagostino, M. Sansa, R. Rosso, A.S. Bongo (Novara, Italy) 18 18.30 End of the Session 16.30 - 18.25 Wednesday, OCTOBER 22, 2008 ROOM B Workshop WEDNESDAY METABOLIC SYNDROME Chairs: N. Marx (Ulm, Germany) G. Crepaldi (Padua, Italy) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 16.30 - 16.50 THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN DIABETES AND VASCULAR DISEASE N. Marx, D. Walcher, K. Hess, M. Burgmaier (Ulm, Germany) 19 16.50 - 17.10 METABOLIC SYNDROME AND CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK A. Zambon (Padua, Italy) 432 17.10 - 17.25 KEY ROLE OF LOW HDL CHOLESTEROL FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME WITH INFLAMMATION IN CORONARY PATIENTS P. Rein, C.H. Saely, S. Beer, A. Vonbank, C. Boehnel, V. Jankovic, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria, and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 20 17.25 - 17.40 CENTRAL OBESITY IS INDEPENDENT OF CONVENTIONAL MULTIVARIABLE RISK IN PREDICTING 15 YEAR CORONARY HEART (CHD) AND CARDIOVASCULAR (CVD) DEATHS T. Welborn, S. Dhaliwal (Nedlands and Bentley, Australia) 21 17.40 - 17.55 OBESITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE THROUGH ITS INTERRELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER METABOLIC SYNDROME COMPONENTS-ARIC STUDY D. Liao, Y. Duan, J. Liu, S. Rodriguez-Colon, C. Wu, P. Cheriyath (Hershey, PA, USA) 22 17.55 - 18.10 THE EFFECT OF ABT-335 (FENOFIBRIC ACID) ON THE PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH MIXED DYSLIPIDEMIA H. Bays, C. Setze, M. Kelly, K. Gustafson, D. Sleep, J. Stolzenbach (Louisville, KY and Abbott Park, IL, USA) 23 18.10 - 18.25 ASSOCIATION OF NITRIC OXIDE WITH COMPONENTS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AMONG OUTPATIENT CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENTS IN GEORGIA N. Dolidze, D. Enquobahrie, B. Gelaye, G. Chapidze, M. Williams (Tbilisi, Georgia, Seattle, WA and Boston, MA, USA) 24 18.25 End of the Session 7 8.30 - 10.35 Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM A Plenary Session CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE RISKS Chairs: D.P. Hajjar (New York, NY, USA) E. Tremoli (Milan, Italy) Hour: 8 Abstract Number Ref.: 8.30 - 8.55 BENEFITS AND RISKS OF WEIGHT LOSS MEDICATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM META-ANALYSES R. Christensen, H. Bliddal (Frederiksberg, Denmark) 25 8.55 - 9.20 FATTY ACIDS, INSULIN RESISTANCE, AND ER STRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEPATIC STEATOSIS AND HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA H.N. Ginsberg, A. Hernandez-Ono, B. Moon, C. Gayet, T. Ota (New York, NY, USA) 26 9.20 - 9.45 HOW TO MANAGE THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN HYPERTENSION: THE ROLE OF COMBINATION TREATMENT C. Borghi (Bologna, Italy) 425 9.45 - 10.10 RENAL FUNCTION AS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE G. Remuzzi (Bergamo, Italy) 27 10.10 - 10.35 PLATELET INHIBITION IN ATHEROTHROMBOSIS C. Patrono (Rome, Italy) 28 10.35 End of the Session 10.35 - 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 - 13.00 Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM A SPECIAL LECTURES Chairs: D.P. Hajjar (New York, NY, USA) R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) Abstract Number Ref.: 11.00 - 11.30 SPOTLIGHT ON NICOTINIC ACID: NEW INSIGHTS M.J. Chapman (Paris, France) 441 11.30 - 12.00 OMEGA 3 L. Tavazzi, on behalf of the GISSI-HF Investigators (Cotignola, Florence, Milan and Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy) 437 12.00 - 12.30 CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN THE 21st CENTURY: THE OLD, THE NEW, AND THE FUTURE - Video Presentation A.M. Gotto, Jr. (New York, NY, USA) 12.30 End of the Session Addendum THURSDAY Hour: 9 11.00 - 13.00 Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM B Workshop HEART AND INFLAMMATION Chairs: P. Libby (Boston, MA, USA) F. Crea (Rome, Italy) Hour: 10 Abstract Number Ref.: 11.00 - 11.20 FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS OF INFLAMMATION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS P. Libby (Boston, MA, USA) 422 11.20 - 11.40 BIOMARKERS IN CARDIOMYOPATHIES AND PERIMYOCARDITIS B. Maisch, S. Pankuweit, P. Alter (Marburg, Germany) 29 11.40 - 12.00 NEW CARDIAC BIOMARKERS MR-PROANP AND PROADM IN 440 THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF ACUTE AND CHRONICAL HEART FAILURE M. Möckel, C. Müller, R. Nowak, W.F. Peacock, I. Anand, R. Christenson, L.B. Daniels, S. Di Somma, G. Filippatos, C. Hogan, S.-X. Neath, L. Ng, P. Ponikowski, A.M. Richards, A.H.B. Wu, P. Clopton, J. Landsberg, S.D. Anker, A. Maisel (Berlin, Germany, Basel, Switzerland, Detroit, MI, Cleveland, OH, Minneapolis, MN, Baltimore, MD, San Diego, CA, USA, Rome, Italy, Athens, Greece, Richmond, VA, USA, Leicester, UK, Wroclaw, Poland, Otago, New Zaeland, San Francisco, CA and San Diego, CA, USA) 12.00 - 12.15 HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN REDUCES THE HUMAN MONOCYTE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE THROUGH ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER A1 D. Sviridov, A. Murphy, K. Woolard, A. Hoang, N. Mukhamedova, R. Stizaker, S. McCormick, A. Remaley, J. Chin-Dusting (Melbourne, Australia, Dunedin, New Zealand and Bethesda, MD, USA) 30 12.15 - 12.30 C-REACTIVE PROTEIN PREDICTS FUNCTIONAL STATUS AND CORRELATES WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC STABLE ANGINA P. Avanzas, R. Arroyo-Espliguero, J. Quiles, J.C. Kaski (Oviedo, Guadalajara, Alicante, Spain and London, UK) 31 12.30 - 12.45 ENDOTHELIN LEVELS CORRELATES WITH CARDIO-PULMONARY DYSFUNCTION IN CIRRHOSIS G.I. Pandele, L.C. Dima-Cozma, C. Dascalu, C. Lupusoru, C. Ghiciuc, D. Radulescu (Iasi, Romania) 32 12.45 - 13.00 ROSUVASTATIN+PIOGLITAZONE DECREASE INTERFERON-GAMMA, TNF-ALPHA, IL-6, MCP-1, MYELOPEROXIDASE, CRP, AND INCREASE IL-4 IN DIABETICS WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS L.G. Tan, S.A. Tan, L.S. Berk (Yucaipa, CA, USA) 33 13.00 End of the Session 14.00 - 15.30 Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM A Symposium MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE LIPID RISK FACTORS Chair: M.J. Chapman (Paris, France) Abstract Number Ref.: 14.00 - 14.05 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION M.J. Chapman (Paris, France) – 14.05 - 14.25 HDL-C AS A MARKER FOR CORONARY EVENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CV EVENTS AND HDL-C IN SPECIAL SUB-GROUPS B.V. Howard (Washington, DC, USA) 429 14.25 - 14.50 RISK FACTORS OF CVD BEYOND LDL-C, SECONDARY MARKER DATA FROM THE PITAVASTATIN PHASE 3 STUDIES M. Farnier (Dijon, France) 428 14.50 - 15.15 JAPAN ASSESSMENT OF PITAVASTATIN AND ATORVASTATIN IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: JAPAN-ACS STUDY H. Daida, K. Miyauchi, T. Kimura, T. Morimoto, I. Miki, S. Minematsu, T. Hiro, Y. Nakagawa, Y. Ozaki, M. Yamagishi, T. Yamaguchi, S. Saito, K. Kimura, M. Matsuzaki on behalf of the JAPAN-ACS Investigators (Tokyo, Kyoto, Ube, Tenri, Toyoake, Kanazawa and Yokohama, Japan) 426 15.15 - 15.30 General Discussion 15.30 End of the Session 15.30 -16.00 Coffee Break THURSDAY Hour: – Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Kowa Company Ltd. 11 14.00 - 15.45 Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM B Workshop SPECIAL POPULATIONS Chairs: P. Schwandt (Munchen, Germany) J. Shepherd (Glasgow, UK) Hour: 12 Abstract Number Ref.: 14.00 - 14.20 GENDER AND CVD RISK FACTORS L. Ose (Oslo, Norway) 34 14.20 - 14.40 INTENSIVE STATIN THERAPY: GENDER AND AGE CONSIDERATIONS J. Shepherd (Glasgow, UK) 35 14.40 - 15.00 EVALUATION OF RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN YOUTH WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES S.M. Marcovina (Seattle, WA, USA) 423 15.00 - 15.15 INSULIN RESISTANCE AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: THE PEP FAMILY HEART STUDY P. Schwandt, T. Bertsch, E. Liepold, G.M. Haas (München and Nürnberg, Germany) 36 15.15 - 15.30 KIF6 TRP719ARG POLYMORPHISM AND EFFECT OF STATIN THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY: RESULTS FROM THE PROSPER TRIAL O. Iakoubova, I. Ford, M. Robertson, C. Tong, C. Rowland, J. Jukema, G. Blauw, M. Murphy, J. Devlin, J. Shepherd (Alameda, CA, USA, Glasgow, UK, Leiden, The Netherlands and Cork, Ireland) 37 15.30 - 15.45 CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS (CVDRF) AND LIFESTYLE IN TURKISH AND GERMAN FAMILIES LIVING IN NUREMBERG: THE PEP FAMILY HEART STUDY G. Haas, E. Liepold, P. Schwandt (München, Germany) 38 15.45 End of the Session 15.45 -16.30 Coffee Break 14.00 - 15.00 Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM C Workshop SMOKING AND MULTIPLE RISKS Chair: A. Peracino (Milan, Italy) Abstract Number Ref.: 14.00 - 14.15 ANGIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF EARLY CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND INCREASED RISK OF MORTALITY IN SMOKERS WITH NON-ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME J. Robertson, R. Ebrahimi, A. Lansky, R. Mehran, G. Stone, A. Lincoff (Cleveland, OH, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY, USA) 39 14.15 - 14.30 SMOKING INDUCES LONG-LASTING MODIFICATIONS OF PLATELET SEROTONIN CATABOLISM THROUGH DEMETHYLATION OF THE MONOAMINE OXIDASE GENE PROMOTER F. Rendu, M. Del Pino, G. Chironi, J. Callebert, K. Peoc’h, A. Simon, J.-M. Launay (Paris, France) 40 14.30 - 14.45 CIGARETTE SMOKE UP-REGULATES CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 EXPRESSION IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS VIA NADPH OXIDASE ACTIVATION S.S. Barbieri, E. Zacchi, B.B. Weksler, E. Tremoli (Milan, Italy and New York, NY, USA) 41 14.45 - 15.00 NICOTINE IMPAIRES GLUT4 TRANSLOCATION IN SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS THROUGH MECHANISMS INVOLVING OXIDATIVE STRESS/PKC THETA/NUCLEAR FACTOR-KB/AKT PATHWAY T. Morita, E. Terada, J. Tatebe, G. Yoshino, T. Saji, J. Yamazaki (Tokyo, Japan) 42 15.00 End of the Session 15.30 -16.00 Coffee Break THURSDAY Hour: 13 16.00 - 18.15 Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM A Workshop OBESITY AND DIABETES Chairs: R.H. Eckel (Aurora, CO, USA) R. Fellin (Ferrara, Italy) Hour: 14 Abstract Number Ref.: 16.00 - 16.15 IMPACT OF HYPERGLYCEMIA ON CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FOR ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION A. De Monte, A. Perkan, G. Vitrella, L. Cattin, G. Sinagra (Trieste, Italy) 43 16.15 - 16.30 HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES, LOW HDL CHOLESTEROL, AND SMALL LDL PARTICLES PREDICT INCIDENT TYPE 2 DIABETES IN NON-DIABETIC CORONARY PATIENTS C.H. Saely, P. Rein, A. Vonbank, S. Beer, S. Aczel, T. Marte, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 44 16.30 - 16.45 ABT-335 (FENOFIBRIC ACID) + ROSUVASTATIN COMBINATION THERAPY IN MIXED DYSLIPIDEMIC PATIENTS WITH OR WITHOUT TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS P. Jones, N. Fraser, E. Roth, M. Kelly, K. Gustafson, C. Setze, D. Sleep (Houston, TX, Troy, OH, Cincinnati, OH and Abbott Park, IL, USA) 45 16.45 - 17.00 EFFECT OF EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN (E/S) VS ATORVASTATIN (A) ON LIPOPROTEIN SUBCLASSES IN TYPE 2 DIABETES (T2DM) PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA (HC) T. Mazzone, R. Goldberg, J. Guyton, R. Weinstock, A. Polis, J. Tomassini, A. Tershakovec (Chicago, IL, Miami, FL, Durham, NC, Syracuse, NY and New Wales, PA, USA) 46 17.00 - 17.15 EFFICACY OF RIMONABANT IN IMPROVING LIPID PROFILE AND GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN OVERWEIGHT/OBESE NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS: POOLED DATA FROM RIO STUDIES A. Scheen, L.F. Van Gaal, F.X. Pi-Sunyer, J.-P. Despres (Liege and Antwerp, Belgium, New York, NY, USA and Laval, QC, Canada) 47 17.15 - 17.30 SUBCLINICAL DISEASE (SD) IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE INDIVIDUALS AT INTERMEDIATE CARDIOVASCULAR (CV) RISK F. Perego, B. Porta, E. Renesto, M. Arquati, L. Zocchi, G. Casazza, P.G. Duca, M. Cortellaro (Milan, Italy) 48 17.30 - 17.45 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT EXERCISE INTENSITIES ON LONG-TERM WEIGHT LOSS IN OBESITY A. Schoeneberger, K. Schmidt (Königstein, Germany) 49 17.45 - 18.00 THE EFFECT OF ACUTE EXERCISE UPON ADIPONECTIN AND LEPTIN IN OVERWEIGHT SUBJECTS D. Pop, D. Zdrenghea, L. Procopciuc, M. Cebanu, A. Sitar-Taut (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) 50 18.00 - 18.15 FAT DISTRIBUTION AND LIPOPROTEIN ASSOCIATED PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 ACTIVITY IN HEALTHY ADULTS P. Detopoulou, T. Nomikos, E. Fragopoulou, D. Panagiotakos, C. Pitsavos, S. Antonopoulou (Athens, Greece) 51 18.15 End of the Session 16.30- 18.25 Thursday OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM B Workshop NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND INTERVENTION Chairs: A.H. Lichtenstein (Boston, MA, USA) L. Calabresi (Milan, Italy) Abstract Number Ref.: 16.30 - 16.50 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME P. De Feo (Perugia, Italy) 52 16.50 - 17.10 DIET FOR THE PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE A.H. Lichtenstein (Boston, MA, USA) 424 17.10 - 17.25 REGULATION OF HUMAN STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE BY OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DIETARY MANAGEMENT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME P. Gillies, R.A. Velliquette, J.P. Vanden Heuvel, J.W. Green, G. Zhao, P.M. Kris-Etherton (Wilmington, DE and University Park, PA, USA) 53 17.25 - 17.40 EFFECT OF FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION ON SECONDARY PREVENTION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS; A META ANALYSIS G. Nam, S. Vasan, A. Shah (Torrance, CA, USA) 54 17.40 - 17.55 TRANS10, CIS12 CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID INCREASES INFLAMMATION AND LIPID OXIDATION MARKERS COMPARED TO CIS 9, TRANS11 CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID T. Tholstrup, M. Raff, E. Straarup, P. Lund, S. Basu, J. Bruun (Frederiksberg, Lyngby, Denmark, Uppsala, Sweden and Aarhus, Denmark) 55 17.55 - 18.10 ALDOSTERONE RESPONSIVENESS TO LOW SODIUM INTAKE AND BLOOD PRESSURE REACTIVITY TO ANGIOTENSIN-II INFUSION ARE UNRELATED TO PLASMA CETP MASS J.A. Krikken, G.M. Dallinga-Thie, G.J. Navis, R.P.F. Dullaart (Groningen and Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 56 18.10 - 18.25 ATHEROSCLEROSIS PREVENTION IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH THE ISOFLAVONOID-RICH DIETARY SUPPLEMENT KARINAT I. Sobenin, V. Myasoedova, A. Orekhov (Moscow, Russia) 57 18.25 End of the Session THURSDAY Hour: 15 16.00 - 18.05 Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2008 ROOM C Workshop CRITICAL AREAS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS Chairs: C. Ehnholm (Helsinki, Finland) S. Bellosta (Milan, Italy) Hour: 16 Abstract Number Ref.: 16.00 - 16.20 SERUM APOLIPOPROTEIN M LEVELS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN TWO INDEPENDENT PROSPECTIVE CASE-CONTROL STUDIES C. Ehnholm, J. Ahnhström, O. Axler, M. Jauhiainen, V. Salomaa, A. Havulinna, R. Frikke-Schmidt, A. Tybjaerg-Hanssen, B. Dahlbäck (Helsinki, Finland, Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark) 58 16.20 - 16.35 PROTEOMIC OF HUMAN LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN C. Banfi, M. Brioschi, S. Barcella, R. Wait, E. Tremoli (Milan, Italy and London, UK) 59 16.35 - 16.50 CHOLESTEROL LOADING INDUCES SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS TRANSDIFFERENTIATION TO MACROPHAGES S. Bellosta, M. Canavesi, A. De Francesco, A. Corsini (Milan, Italy) 60 16.50 - 17.05 REGULATION OF NOTCH SIGNALING IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS BY ALCOHOL D. Morrow, W. Liu, J. Cullen, P. Cahill, E. Redmond (Rochester, NY, USA and Dublin, Ireland) 61 17.05 - 17.20 INCREASED DEGRADATION OF CHOLESTEROL VIA THE ALTERNATE PATHWAY OF BILE ACID BIOSYNTHESIS IN PRIMARY HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA M. Bertolotti, M. Del Puppo, C. Gabbi, C. Anzivino, L. Carulli, M. Galli Kienle, N. Carulli (Modena and Monza, Italy) 62 17.20 - 17.35 DOES THE EFFICACY OF EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN 10/40 MG DIFFER FROM DOSE-DOUBLING OF DIFFERENT POTENCY STATINS IN PATIENTS WITH A RECENT CORONARY EVENT? P. Brudi, J.P.D. Reckless, P. Henry, T. Pomykaj, S.T. Lim, R. Massaad, K. Vandormael, A.O. Johnson-Levonas (Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA, Bath, UK, Paris, France, Braunschweig, Germany, Singapore, Singapore, Brussels, Belgium and Rahway, NJ, USA) 63 17.35 - 17.50 NITRIC OXIDE DONOR AND ANTIOXIDANT HYBRIDS INHIBIT IN VITRO SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL GROWTH L. Arnaboldi, V. Nicolini, E. Volpi, A. Tanna, L. Lazzarato, M. Crosetti, R. Fruttero, A. Gasco, A. Corsini (Milan and Turin, Italy) 64 17.50 - 18.05 DETECTION OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES IN THE APOE DEFICIENT MOUSE USING NANO TECHNOLOGY AND NEW IMAGING METHODS - PROJECT NANO-PLAQUE H. Mangge, S. Haj-Yahya, A. Kratzer, R. Prassl, F. Sinner, A. Zimmer (Graz, Austria) 65 18.05 End of the Session 8.30 - 10.35 Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2008 ROOM A Plenary Session PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS Chairs: J.-C. Fruchart (Lille, France) G. Bittolo Bon (Venice, Italy) Abstract Number Ref.: 8.30 - 8.55 A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS F. Crea (Rome, Italy) 66 8.55 - 9.20 PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE R.H. Eckel (Aurora, CO, USA) 67 9.20 - 9.45 DIABETES AND OTHER RISK FACTORS A. Chait (Seattle, WA, USA) 68 9.45 - 10.10 LONG-TERM COMBINATION THERAPY: EFFICACY AND SAFETY M. Davidson (Chicago, IL, USA) 69 10.10 - 10.35 NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO THE INCREASED MULTIFACTORIAL RISK C.R. Sirtori (Milan, Italy) 70 10.35 End of the Session 10.35 - 11.00 Coffee Break FRIDAY Hour: 17 11.00 - 12.30 Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2008 ROOM A Symposium MEDICAL APPROACHES TO SMOKING CESSATION Chairs: G. De Backer (Ghent, Belgium) C. La Vecchia (Milan, Italy) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 11.00 - 11.20 SMOKING AND OTHER RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: A QUANTIFICATION C. La Vecchia (Milan, Italy) 11.20 - 11.40 THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF INCREASED SMOKING CESSATION ACTIVITY BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN EUROPE D. Cohen, M.F. Alam, S. Groves, P. Jarvis, M. Stead, J. Barendregt (Pontypridd, Stirling, UK and Brisbane, Australia) 11.40 - 12.10 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT SMOKING CESSATION? G. De Backer (Ghent, Belgium) 12.10 - 12.30 General Discussion 12.30 End of the Session 71 Addendum 421 – YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS Best Poster Awards Chair: R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) 12.30 - 13.00 18 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS CEREMONY The 5 awards will be presented to the winners – 11.00 - 13.00 Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2008 ROOM B Workshop GENDER PERSPECTIVES Chairs: A. Pines (Tel Aviv, Israel) M.G. Modena (Modena, Italy) Abstract Number Ref.: 11.00 - 11.20 THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL RISK REDUCTION J.A. Foody (Boston, MA, USA) 72 11.20 - 11.40 FROM ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION TO SPECIFIC RISK FACTORS: THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE M.G. Modena (Modena, Italy) 73 11.40 - 12.00 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK WITH HRT A. Pines (Tel Aviv, Israel) 74 12.00 - 12.15 MEASUREMENT OF RENAL FUNCTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC WOMEN: DOES IT ADD INFORMATION BEYOND THE FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE AS A PREDICTOR OF RISK OF DEATH? M. Gulati, H. Black, M. Arnsdorf, A. Al-Hani, G. Bakris (Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Chicago, IL and Chicago Heights, IL, USA) 75 12.15 - 12.30 THE FAO CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD) PREVENTION PROGRAM: THE GENDER DIFFERENCE IN CALCULATED VERSUS ESTIMATED RISK R. Volpe, J. Pille (Rome, Italy) 76 12.30 - 12.45 IMPACT OF GENDER IN PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE WITH STATIN THERAPY: A META-ANALYSIS P. Costanzo, M. Petretta, C. Marciano, P. Perrone-Filardi, M. Chiariello (Naples, Italy) 77 12.45 - 13.00 SQUALENE IN A SEX-DEPENDENT MANNER MODULATES ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESION WHICH CORRELATES WITH HEPATIC FAT CONTENT IN APOE- KNOCKOUT MALE MICE J. Osada, N. Guillen, S. Acin, M.A. Navarro, J.M. Arbones-Mainar, C. Arnal, I. Orman, J.C. Segovia, V. Ruiz-Gutiérrez (Zaragoza, Madrid and Seville, Spain) 78 13.00 End of the Session FRIDAY Hour: Organized in collaboration with the International Menopause Society (IMS) 19 14.00 - 16.00 Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2008 ROOM A Symposium FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME: CONTINUITY OF CARE IN INTERNAL MEDICINE Chairs: B. Maisch (Marburg, Germany) G. Vescovo (Vicenza, Italy) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 14.00 -14.20 CONTINUITY OF CARE IN THE MULTIPLE RISK DISEASES: INTRODUCTION C. Cricelli (Florence, Italy) – 14.20 -14.40 METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT R. Nardi (Bologna, Italy) – 14.40 -15.00 A MODEL OF CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR THE POLYPATHOLOGICAL FRAIL OLD PEOPLE G. Baggio, C. Destro, M. Bussolotto, M.C. Corti (Padua, Italy) – 15.00 -15.20 CARE FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENTS USING NOVEL CARDIOVASCULAR BIOMARKERS S.D. Anker (Berlin, Germany) – 15.20 -15.40 CONTINUITY OF CARE: DISCHARGE CONFERENCE; A TRANSFERABLE TOOL? A. Rosenberg (Uppsala, Sweden) – 15.40 -16.00 General Discussion – 16.00 End of the Session 16.00 -16.30 Coffee Break Organized in collaboration with the Italian Federation of Internal Medicine (FADOI) 20 14.00 - 16.00 Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2008 ROOM B Symposium HEALTHY FOOD AND HEALTHY CHOICES: A NEW EUROPEAN PROFILE APPROACH Chairs: C. Vögele (London, UK) S. Borrello (Rome, Italy) Abstract Number Ref.: 14.00 -14.05 OPENING REMARKS S. Borrello (Rome, Italy) – 14.05 -14.20 HEALTH FOODS AND HEALTHY CHOICES: HOW ARE THE FRENCH DEALING WITH THIS? V. Azaïs-Braesco (Ceyrat, France) 14.20 -14.35 UNDERSTANDING THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN FOOD CHOICE: REASON, DRIVE OR LEARNED BEHAVIOUR? C. Vögele, T. Elbrott (London, UK and Göttingen, Germany) 14.35 -14.50 THE IMPACT OF HEALTHIER FOOD LABELLING IN THE UK - Audio Presentation P. Scarborough (Oxford, UK) 14.50 -15.05 ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL PROFILES: BEYOND DICHOTOMY F. Visioli (Paris, France) 80 15.05 - 15.55 General Discussion – 15.55 -16.00 CONCLUDING REMARKS C. Vögele (London, UK) – 16.00 End of the Session 16.00 -16.30 Coffee Break Addendum 79 Addendum FRIDAY Hour: 21 16.30 - 18.30 Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2008 ROOM A Round Table FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME: HEALTH POLICY STRATEGIES Chairs: L. Bresciani (Milan, Italy) R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 16.30 - 16.35 OPENING REMARKS R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) – 16.35 - 16.50 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CARE: SCENARIO AND NUMBERS: PATHWAYS, PERFORMANCES, OUTCOMES, ECONOMIC BURDEN P. Lindgren (Stockholm, Sweden) – 16.50 - 17.05 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CARE: STRATEGY OF INTEGRATION OF COMPETENCES: SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY ASSURANCE, OBJECTIVES, ACTORS, PROCEDURES, TOOLS AND MONITORING L. Bresciani (Milan, Italy) – 17.05 - 17.20 ALLIANCES, PROGRAMMES, AND PROJECTS • THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HEART - ALLIANCES, PROGRAMMES, AND PROJECTS - INTERDISCIPLINARY ALLIANCES IN CV CONTINUITY OF CARE S.D. Anker (Berlin, Germany) 17.20 - 17.35 • THE EXPERIENCE OF ANDALUSIA: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES J.L. Rocha Castilla (Seville, Spain) – 17.35 - 17.50 • THE EXPERIENCE CALLED “HEARTY PEOPLE” D. Vanuzzo (Udine, Italy) – 17.50 - 18.05 • THE CARDIAC CARE CYCLE STRATEGY IN THE VENETO REGION L. Bertinato (Venice, Italy) – 18.05 - 18.25 General Discussion – 18.25 - 18.30 CONCLUDING REMARKS L. Bresciani (Milan, Italy) – 18.30 End of the Session Organized in collaboration with the Health Council of the Lombardia Region 22 – 16.30 - 17.50 Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2008 ROOM B Symposium OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS Chairs: P.C. Calder (Southampton, UK) C. Galli (Milan, Italy) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 16.30 - 16.50 THE LONG CHAIN OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS: FROM THE APPEARANCE IN NATURE TO THE RELEVANCE FOR HUMAN HEALTH C. Galli (Milan, Italy) 81 16.50 - 17.10 OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CVD OUTCOME P.C. Calder (Southampton, UK) 82 17.10 - 17.30 SELECTED MECHANISMS OF THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS ON VASCULAR FUNCTIONS R. De Caterina (Chieti and Pisa, Italy) 420 17.30 - 17.45 General Discussion – 17.45 - 17.50 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS C. Galli (Milan, Italy) – 17.50 End of the Session FRIDAY Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Sigma-Tau S.p.A. and Societaʼ Prodotti Antibiotici S.p.A. 23 8.30 - 13.00 Saturday, OCTOBER 25, 2008 ROOM A Plenary Session BRIDGING SCIENCE AND HEALTH POLICY IN CVD: FOCUS ON LIPID MANAGEMENT THE FACTS Chairs: D.A. Wood (London, UK) A.L. Catapano (Milan, Italy) M. Volpe (Rome, Italy) Hour: Abstract Number Ref.: 8.30 - 8.40 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS D.A. Wood (London, UK) – 8.40 - 8.55 THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION J. Leal (Oxford, UK) 83 8.55 - 9.10 CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REDUCTION IN WHOLE POPULATIONS: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES J. Critchley, F. Young, D.R. Whiting, N.C. Undwin, S. Capewell (Newcastle upon Tyne and Liverpool, UK) 84 9.10 - 9.25 CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION: A CALL-TO-ACTION TO REDUCE DISEASE BURDEN M. Volpe (Rome, Italy) 85 THE BARRIERS Chairs: D.A. Wood (London, UK) A.L. Catapano (Milan, Italy) M. Volpe (Rome, Italy) 24 9.25 - 9.40 CLINICAL EVIDENCE IN LIPID MANAGEMENT A.L. Catapano (Milan, Italy) 86 9.40 - 9.55 BARRIERS AND INCENTIVES TO IMPROVING CVD PREVENTION R. Hobbs (Birmingham, UK) 87 9.55 - 10.45 PANEL DISCUSSION with the following Discussants: A.L. Catapano (Milan, Italy) - J. Critchley (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) R. Hobbs (Birmingham, UK) - J. Leal (Oxford, UK) - R. Paoletti (Milan, Italy) M. Volpe (Rome, Italy) - D.A. Wood (London, UK) Q & A from the floor – 10.45 - 11.15 Coffee Break 11.15 - 13.00 Saturday, OCTOBER 25, 2008 ROOM A Plenary Session BRIDGING SCIENCE AND HEALTH POLICY IN CVD: FOCUS ON LIPID MANAGEMENT THE POLICY Chairs: A. Brady (Glasgow, UK) I.M. Graham (Dublin, Ireland) Abstract Number Ref.: 11.15 - 11.30 COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LIPID-LOWERING - IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHANGING ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE P. Lindgren (Stockholm, Sweden) 88 11.30 - 11.45 CAN BETTER DRUG TREATMENT IMPROVE LONG-RUN FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF NHS IN ITALY? THE CASE OF STATINS V. Atella, F. Bellotti, F. D’Amico (Rome, Italy) 89 11.45 - 12.00 SETTING LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY OBJECTIVES AT EUROPEAN, NATIONAL, AND REGIONAL LEVELS D. Vanuzzo (Udine, Italy) 427 12.00 - 12.50 PANEL DISCUSSION with the following Discussants: V. Atella (Rome, Italy) - A. Brady (Glasgow, UK) I.M. Graham (Dublin, Ireland) - P. Lindgren (Stockholm, Sweden) G. Milillo (Rome, Italy) - D. Vanuzzo (Udine, Italy) Q & A from the floor – 12.50 - 13.00 SUMMING UP I.M. Graham (Dublin, Ireland) – 13.00 End of the Session SATURDAY Hour: 25 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 1 - 15 GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: 26 Abstract Number Ref.: 1 HIGH PREVALENCE OF DYSLIPIDEMIA IN HEALTHY SLOVAK PEOPLE M. Caprnda, A. Dukat, J. Lietava, J.G. Fodor (Bratislava, Slovak Republic and Ottawa, ON, Canada) 90 2 CHANGES IN CHOLESTEROL LEVELS OVER TIME IN YOUNG ADULTS M.H. Sayers, D. Bolgiano, S. Eason (Bedford, MA, Fort Worth, TX, Seattle, WA and Dallas, TX, USA) 91 3 PREVALENCE OF MULTIPLE VS. ISOLATED LIPID DISORDERS IN A SAMPLE OF SWISS ADULTS T. Szucs, Y. Tomonaga, A. Roediger, V. Sazonov, B.M. Ambegaonkar (Zurich and Glattbrugg, Switzerland and New Jersey, NJ, USA) 92 4 ASSOCIATION OF TOTAL CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS A. Lejnieks, A. Kalvelis, G. Bahs, I. Stukena, U. Teibe, A.V. Putnina (Riga, Latvia) 93 5 CORRELATION OF OBESITY INDICATORS WITH OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS A. Lejnieks, A. Kalvelis, G. Bahs, I. Stukena, U. Teibe, A.V. Putnina (Riga, Latvia) 94 6 RISK OF OBESITY AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS DEPENDING ON THE AGE P. Hlubik, H. Stritecka, J. Hlubik (Hradec Kralove and Prague, Czech Republic) 95 7 SPECTRUM AND PREVALENCE OF PROTHROMBOTIC SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM PROFILES IN THE GREEK CYPRIOT POPULATION S. Xenophontos, M. Hadjivassiliou, N. Ayrton, A. Karagrigoriou, M. Pantziaris, A.N.Nicolaides, M.A. Cariolou (Nicosia, Cyprus) 96 8 DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON HYPERTENSION IN ISLAND LEMNOS GREECE POPULATION S. Pagoni, C. Voulgari, S. Paximadas (Athens, Greece) 97 98 10 THE EPIMIL COHORT FOLLOW-UP : EFFICIENCY OF MEASURES LEADING TO LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS IN METABOLIC SYNDROME L. Bordier, C. Garcia, H. Mayaudon, F. Ceppa, O. Dupuy, J.P. Le Berre, B. Bauduceau (Saint-Mandé, France) 99 11 FREQUENCY OF SEVERE VALVULAR DISEASE CAUSED BY MEDIASTINAL RADIATION AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING VALVE SURGERY IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL K.A. Copeland, V.R. Hosmane, M.K. Banbury, J.F. Strasser, A.J. Doorey (Newark, NJ, USA) 100 12 CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN YOUNG: RISK AND CLINICAL PROFILE IN A NORTH INDIAN POPULATION S. Dwivedi, A. Aggarwal, P. Kumar (Delhi, India) 101 13 CALCULATION OF 10-YEAR CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK USING MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS B. Ezenwaka, E. Nwagbara, D. Seales, F. Okali, S. Hussaini, B. Raja, A. Jones-LeClointe (St Augustine and Tobago, Trinidad - Tobago) 102 14 FOCUS: MULTIPLE BIOMARKERS FOR THE PREDICTION OF FIRST MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AND DEATH: COSTS AND BENEFITS S. Bianco, A. Bloise, A. De Stefano, A. Monorchio, D. Ugliano, P. Cuccurullo, M. Cafiero (Naples, Italy) 103 15 DETERMINATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK APPLICABLE WORLDWIDE C. Cricelli, J.M. Gaziano, J. Angello, C. Brotons, S. Engelen, M. Fisher, M. Gryszkiewicz, A. Johns, T. Pearson, G. Tognoni (Harvard, MA and Morriston, FL, USA) 104 WEDNESDAY COSMO: LOW MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND USE OF LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES AMONG HYPERTENSIVE OLDER ADULTS M. Krousel-Wood, E. Stanley, D. Morisky, P. Muntner, L. Webber (New Orleans, LA, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY, USA) THURSDAY 9 27 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 16 - 32 GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session ESTABLISHED AND NEW EMERGING RISK FACTORS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: 28 Abstract Number Ref.: 16 DO WE NEED SPECIAL PREVENTION PROGRAMS ALSO IN A GENERAL HEALTH-SYSTEM? M. Hochleitner, A. Bader (Innsbruck, Austria) 105 17 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP APNEA-HYPOPNEA INDEX AND SERUM MYELOPEROXIDASE MODIFIED LDL K. Zouaoui Boudjeltia, A. Van Meerhaeghe, M. Dyzma, B. Farhaut, V. Nuyens, P. Van Antwerpen, J. Ducobu, M. Vanhaeverbeek, D. Brohee, M. Kerkhofs (Montigny-le-Tilleul and Brussels, Belgium) 106 18 EVALUATION OF A NEW, HIGH SENSITIVE, RAPID TROPONIN I ASSAY (PATHFAST) IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS OF THE ATHEROGENE-STUDY D. Peetz, S. Blankenberg (Mainz, Germany) 107 19 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBOPTIMAL SELENIUM STATUS AND SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM IN SAUDI MALES WITHOUT CORONARY HEART DISEASE E. Alissa, K. Alshali, G. Ferns (Jeedah, Saudi Arabia and Guildford, UK) 108 20 ASYMMETRIC DIMETHYLARGININE AS A PREDICTOR OF FLOW-MEDIATED VASODILATION IN ASYMPTOMATIC, MARKED, NEVER-TREATED HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA L. Vladimirova-Kitova, D. Terzieva, N. Mateva (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) 109 21 PLASMA ASYMMETRIC DIMETHYLARGININE (ADMA) IS A PREDICTOR OF INCIDENT CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AND MORTALITY IN HIGH AND LOW RISK POPULATIONS R. Boeger (Hamburg, Germany) 110 22 COMPARISON OF ADIPOKINES BETWEEN HEALTHY PERSONS WITH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FAMILY HISTORY OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AND TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS M. Gajdos, Z. Krivosikova, V. Fedelesova, V. Mongiellova, A. Oksa, K. Gazdikova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) 111 112 24 YIA PERCEIVED MENTAL STRESS AS METABOLIC STRESS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE? V. Palazzetti, M. Bove, A.F.G. Cicero, I. Georgoulis, G. Guerra, E. Grandi, A.V. Gaddi (Bologna, Italy) 113 25 METABOLIC SYNDROME IN OBESE CHILDREN: DIET AND EXERCISE WORKS! J. Hobkirk, S. Carroll, P. Pemberton, P. Gately, J. Barth, R. King (Leeds and Manchester, UK) 114 26 YIA CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND PERIODONTITIS: IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR? ANALYSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK MARKER A. Monteiro, M. Jardini, S. Alves, A. Neto, M. Gidlund (São Paulo and São José dos Campos, Brazil) 115 27 PREDICTORS OF ACUTE CARDIAC EVENTS IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CHRONIC INFECTION T. Kvantaliani, N.S.H. Pargalava, P.A. Tsiklauri (Tbilisi, Georgia) 116 28 FACTORS RELATED TO LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE THROMBOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION I. Aliakseyeuskaya, I. Karnialiuk, Y. Persidskikh, T. Sevruk, I. Ustinova (Minsk, Belarus and Belgorod, Russia) 117 29 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IS A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF DEATH AND CORONARY EVENTS IN ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS T. Marte, C.H. Saely, F. Schmid, L. Koch, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 118 30 DO IMAGING BIOMARKERS PROVIDE THE TOOLS WE NEED IN CHD RISK ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL TRIALS? E. De Groot, J.J.P. Kastelein (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 119 31 LOW LEVELS OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE PREDICT DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, ESPECIALLY STROKE IN MEN J. Frostegard (Huddinge, Sweden) 120 32 LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION, THE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHIC STATE, AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS C.H. Saely, S. Aczel, T. Marte, P. Rein, A. Vonbank, W. Benzer, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 121 WEDNESDAY LEPTIN: ADIPONECTIN RATIO IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS OF THE COMMON CAROTID ARTERY G. Norata, S. Raselli, L. Grigore, K. Garlaschelli, E. Dozio, P. Magni, A. Catapano (Milan and Cinisello Balsamo, Italy) THURSDAY 23 YIA 29 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 33 - 53 GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS AND BIOMARKERS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: 30 Abstract Number Ref.: 33 RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN YOUNG MEN S. Pokrovsky, M. Ezhov, O. Afanasieva, E. Trukhacheva, A. Lyakishev (Moscow, Russia) 122 34 MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS SHOWED ALTERED LIPOPROTEIN COMPOSITIONS COMPARED WITH ANGINA PECTORIS PATIENTS K. Cho, D. Shin, S. Baek, J. Kim (Gyeongsan and Daegu, South Korea) 123 35 CHANGES IN STRUCTURE-FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ERYTHROCYTES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME M. Kruchinina, S. Kurilovich, A. Gromov, A. Rabko, V. Generalov, T. Bakirov, V. Ricter, D. Semenov (Novosibirsk, Russia) 124 36 PLASMA PROTEOMICS IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC SET OF PROTEIN(S) ASSOCIATED WITH ACS M. Khullar, A. Sharma, Y.P. Sharma, K.K. Talwar (Chandigarh, India) 125 37 CLINICAL ACCURACY OF SOLUBLE TWEAK IN THE PREDICTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Z. Jelic-Ivanovic, N. Bujisic, S. Spasic, V. Spasojevic-Kalimanovska (Belgrade, Serbia) 126 38 ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE AND GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE METABOLIC SYNDROME BUT NOT WITH ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS C.H. Saely, A. Vonbank, P. Rein, S. Beer, M. Woess, S. Aczel, V. Jankovic, C. Boehnel, L. Risch, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 127 39 NO SYNTHESIS IMPAIRMENT AND HOMOCYSTEINE IN ACUTE CORONARY DISEASE I. Squellerio, F. Veglia, G. Marenzi, F. Minardi, M. Amato, E. Tremoli, V. Cavalca (Milan, Italy) 128 40 HYPOADIPONECTINEMIA AND INCREASED C-REACTIVE PROTEIN RELATED TO THE PROGRESSION OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME E. Paltseva, A. Rodina, D. Andreev, E. Ponomar, D. Gusev, S. Severin, A. Syrkin (Moscow, Russia) 129 130 42 ISCHEMIA MODIFIED ALBUMIN AND HIGH-SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS K. Kazanis, M. Dalamaga, C. Nounopoulos, A.S. Manolis, I. Antonellis, G. Jullien, A. Dionyssiou-Asteriou (Athens, Greece) 131 43 INTERACTIONS OF GENETIC MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION AND MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS IN CAD (CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE) C. Boiocchi, C. Falcone, S. Bozzini, A. Pirotta, M. Cuccia (Pavia, Italy) 132 44 YIA PREDICTIVE VALUE OF CORONARY ARTERY STENOSES AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE P. Avanzas, R. Arroyo-Espliguero, J. Quiles, J. C. Kaski (Oviedo, Guadalajara, Alicante, Spain and London, UK) 133 45 OXIDATIVE STRESS IN PATIENTS SUBJECTED TO CABG SURGERY AS ASSESSED BY GLOBAL INDEX (OXY-SCORE) F. Veglia, I. Squellerio, E. Sisillo, A. Parolari, F. Minardi, E. Tremoli, V. Cavalca (Milan, Italy) 134 46 NT-PROBNP, BUT NOT BNP, IS INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE OBESITY R. Marius, M. Popescu, A. Toadere (Oradea, Romania) 135 47 B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN ONE ELITE POTHOLER DURING AN IMMERSION IN A SIPHON PLACED ON THE BOTTOM OF A CAVE OF 350 M DEPTH E. Stenner, P. Grassi, W. Micheli, G. Delbello, B. Biasioli (Trieste, Italy) 136 48 CARDIAC AUTONOMIC NERVOUS RESPONSE TO EXTREME AND AMATEUR POTHOLING PERFORMED IN SOLITARY E. Stenner, A. Accardo, T. Princi (Trieste, Italy) 137 49 YIA SERUM IGFBP-1: AN IMPROVEMENT OVER HOMA2 AND QUICKI IN THE ASSESSMENT OF INSULIN SENSITIVITY SCREENING FOR NON-DIABETIC SUBJECTS A. Borai, C. Livingstone, H. Zarif, G. Ferns (Guildford, UK and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) 138 50 YIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INSULIN RESISTANCE BETWEEN SAUDI AND CAUCASIAN POPULATIONS ACROSS ALL GLYCAEMIC CATEGORIES USING IGFBP-1 AND OTHER INDICES A. Borai, C. Livingstone, H. Zarif, S. Mehata, M. Kholeif, M. Abdelaal, H. Ghamdi, G. Ferns (Guildford, UK and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) 139 51 CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED LEVEL OF CIRCULATING MICROPARTICLES A. Georgescu, N. Alexandru, D. Popov, M. Amuzescu, M. Nemecz, C. Zamfir, H. Maniu, A. Badila (Bucharest, Romania) 140 52 THE ANTIVASOCONSTRICTOR EFFECT OF RESVERATROL IN RAT PORTAL VEIN D. Protic, H. Heinle, J. Cvejic, M. Prostran, Lj. Gojkovic Bukarica (Belgrade, Serbia and Tubingen, Germany) 141 53 CHANGES OF LIPID LEVELS AFTER ADMINISTRATION EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN S. Paximadas, S. Pagoni, C. Voulgari (Athens, Greece) 142 WEDNESDAY VALUES OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN ALONG WITH BNP INCREASE WHEN ACUTE PULMONARY CORD OCCURS AT A NUMBER OF 60 PATIENTS L. Lazar, A. Lazar, M. Rus, F. Tarlea, F. Marcu (Oradea, Romania) THURSDAY 41 31 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 54 - 84 GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session DYSLIPIDEMIA POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: 32 Abstract Number Ref.: 54 CORRELATIONS OF HUMAN APOLIPOPROTEIN AV WITH BLOOD LIPID AND MECHANISM OF TNF-α DOWN-REGULATING APOLIPOPROTEIN AV EXPRESSION S. Zhao, S. Hu, M. Hu (Changsha, China) 143 55 REGULATION OF LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR ACTIVITY BY INSULIN AND STERIODS IN MODEL CELL CULTURE SYSTEM G. Ramakrishnan, N.C. Chandra (New Delhi, India) 144 56 LIVER X RECEPTOR AGONIST T0901317 INCREASES CHOLESTEROL EXCRETION FROM THE BRAIN IN C57/BL6 MICE BY UP-REGULATING NPC1 EXPRESSION X. Ou, Z.J. Zhou, J.H. Zou, X.M. Bi, Z.J. Huang, Q.Y. Zhang, Y.T. Tang, X.H. Zhou, Z.H. Wu, C.K. Tang (Shaoguan, Hengyang, China) 145 57 YIA DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENTIAL PLASMA CHOLESTEROL DIAGNOSIS USING A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL D.B. van Schalkwijk, K. van Bochove, L.M. Havekes, B. van Ommen, A. Freidig (Zeist and Leiden, The Netherlands) 146 58 THE DISTURBANCE OF POSTPRANDIAL TRIGLYCERIDE ELIMINATION THE RISK FACTOR OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD) IN WOMEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARIES SYNDROME T. Zykova, A. Strelkova, K. Balandina, L. Uledeva (Arkhangelsk, Russia) 147 59 SMALL DENSE LIPOPROTEINS AMONG NEW DIAGNOSED PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES A. Dukat, S. Oravec, M. Caprnda, I. Vacula, P. Gavornik (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) 148 60 MAGNITUDE OF DYSLIPIDEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MICRO AND MACRO VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES: A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY FROM BIKANER (NORTH WEST INDIA) R. Agrawal, P. Sharma, S. Jain, N. Mohta, A. Kochar, D.K. Kochar (Bikaner, India) 149 61 PREDICTIVE VALUE OF LIPID PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME- A TAIWANESE COHORT STUDY K. Wang, C. Ting (Taichung, Taiwan) 150 151 63 QUESTIONARY OF PERCEPTION OVER CLINICAL APPROACHES IN DYSLIPEMIA. CHOLESTEROL SPAIN STUDY M. Villaescusa Pedemonte, A. Martinez Pastor, J.A. Alarcón Gonzalez, M. Leal Hernández, R. Soler Garcia, M. Gomez Ruiz (Murcia, Spain) 152 64 REASONS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH LIPID LOWERING MEDICATION P. Kardas (Lodz, Poland) 153 65 THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE LIPID GOAL ATTAINMENT ON CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AND COSTS S. Webb, R.J. Simko, M.J. Cziraky, R. Quimbo, S. Sarawate (Abbott Park, IL and Wilmington, DE, USA) 154 66 INSUFFICIENT DOSES OF STATINS AS THE CAUSE OF INADEQUATE CONTROL OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA IN POLAND. RESULTS OF THE 3ST-POL STUDY M. Naruszewicz, A. Mamcarz, K. Filipiak, J. Siebert (Warsaw and Gdansk, Poland) 155 67 LIPID-LOWERING DRUGS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE B. Georgiev, N. Gotcheva, V. Baytcheva, I. Ivanov, M. Hazan (Sofia, Bulgaria) 156 68 A MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF INTENSIFYING LIPID-ALTERING R. Simko, B. Zhang, M. Friedman, S. Charland, R. Burge (Abbott Park, IL, Waltham, MA and Denver, CO, USA) 157 69 EFFECTS OF INTENSIFYING LIPID-ALTERING THERAPY ON CHD EVENTS IN A SECONDARY PREVENTION POPULATION WITH HIGH NON-HDL CHOLESTEROL R. Simko, J. Menzin, B. Zhang, S. Charland, R. Burge (Abbott Park, IL, Waltham, MA and Denver, CO, USA) 158 70 EFFECTS OF PRAVASTATIN AND ATORVASTATIN ON THE HDL CHOLESTEROL AND GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE J. Sasaki, M. Aeta (Fukuoka and Nichinan, Japan) 159 71 AORTIC STIFFNESS AND INFLAMMATORY MARKER ARE DECREASED IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME BY USING HMG CO-A REDUCTASE INHIBITORS J. Kim, K. Jeong, S. Lee, Y. Chai, K. Lee, S. Park (Daejeon, South Korea) 160 72 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INTERMITTENT REGIMEN ON COMBINED USE OF FENOFIBRATE AND STATINS IN PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA A. Shek, R. Kurbanov, S. Aminov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) 161 73 EFFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH RIMONABANT, ALONE OR COMBINED WITH FENOFIBRATE OR EZETIMIBE, ON METABOLIC PARAMETERS IN OBESE DYSLIPIDEMIC PATIENTS M. Florentin, E.N. Liberopoulos, C.V. Rizos, V. Tsimihodimos, C. Derdemezis, M.S. Elisaf (Ioannina, Greece) 162 74 USE OF EZETIMIBE IN PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA AND INTOLERANCE OF STATINS A. Shek, R. Kurbanov, S. Aminov, M. Mavlyanova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) 163 WEDNESDAY LIPID PREDICTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN STATIN-TREATED CORONARY PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS C.H. Drexel, S. Aczel, T. Marte, A. Vonbank, C.H. Saely (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) THURSDAY 62 33 34 75 EFFECTS OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND BASELINE LIPID/METABOLIC FACTORS ON EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN (E/S) AND ATORVASTATIN (A) IN TYPE 2 DIABETES (T2DM) PATIENTS R. Goldberg, J. Guyton, T. Mazzone, R. Weinstock, A. Polis, J. Tomassini, A. Tershakovec (Miami, FL, Durham, NC, Chicago, IL, Syracuse, NY and N. Wales, PA, USA) 164 76 EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN COMPARED WITH ATORVASTATIN OR ROSUVASTATIN IN LOWERING BOTH LDL-C AND NON-HDL-C, (TOTAL-C/HDL-C), APO B, (APO B/APO A-1), OR CRP A.L. Catapano, M.H. Davidson, N. Abate, C.M. Ballantyne, X. Xu, J. Lin, E. Rosenberg, A.M. Tershakovec (Milan, Italy, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Houston, TX and N. Wales, PA, USA) 165 77 CRP AND LDL-C RESPONSE TO EZETIMIBE MONOTHERAPY AND ADDED-ON TO BASELINE STATIN THERAPY C. Ballantyne, T. Pearson, E. Veltri, A. Shah, S. Bird, J. Lin, E. Rosenberg, A. Tershakovec (Houston, TX, Rochester, NY, Kenilworth, NJ and N. Wales, PA, USA) 166 78 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF COMBINATION NIACIN EXTENDED-RELEASE AND SIMVASTATIN (NER/S) COMPARED TO ATORVASTATIN (AT) IN SUBJECTS WITH MIXED DYSLIPIDEMIA R. Thakkar, W. Insull, J. Basile, A. Vo, P. Jiang, R. Padley (Abbott Park, IL, Houston, TX, Charleston, SC and Long Beach, CA, USA) 167 79 RATES OF DRUG DISCONTINUATION DUE TO FLUSHING ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 6% DURING LIPID THERAPY WITH PROPRIETARY NIACIN EXTENDED-RELEASE FORMULATIONS R. Thakkar, E. Brinton, A. Vo, M. Kashyap, R. Padley, J. Salon, P. Jiang (Abbott Park, IL, Salt Lake City, UT and Long Beach, CA, USA) 168 80 HISTORY OF ASPIRIN USE PRIOR TO INITIATION OF COMBINATION NIACIN EXTENDED-RELEASE & SIMVASTATIN THERAPY REDUCES FLUSHING-RELATED DISCONTINUATION RATES R. Padley, E. Brinton, A. Vo, M. Kashyap, R. Thakkar, R. Parreno (Abbott Park, IL, Salt Lake City, UT and Long Beach, CA, USA) 169 81 ATTAINMENT OF LIPID TARGETS AFTER NIACIN EXTENDED RELEASE/SIMVASTATIN (NER/S) OR ATORVASTATIN (AT) TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH MIXED DYSLIPIDEMIA W. Insull, J. Basile, A. Vo, P. Jiang, R. Thakkar, R. Padley (Houston, TX, Charleston, SC, Long Beach CA and Abbott Park, IL, USA) 170 82 COMBINATION NIACIN EXTENDED-RELEASE AND SIMVASTATIN (NER/S) TREATMENT FOR 12 WEEKS REDUCED CALCULATED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK MORE THAN ATORVASTATIN (AT) W. Insull, J. Basile, A. Vo, D. Yang, R. Thakkar, R. Padley (Houston, TX, Charleston, SC, Long Beach, CA and Abbott Park, IL, USA) 171 83 COMBINATION THERAPY FOR MIXED DYSLIPIDEMIA AND ITS EFFECTS ON MULTIPLE LIPIDS: NIACIN EXTENDED RELEASE + STATIN VERSUS EZETIMIBE + STATIN H. Superko, J. McKenney, P. Jiang, R. Thakkar, R. Padley (Atlanta, GA, Richmond, VA and Abbott Park, IL, USA) 172 84 EFFECT OF BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS ON LIPOPROTEIN(A) REDUCTION FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH COMBINATION NIACIN EXTENDED-RELEASE AND SIMVASTATIN H. Superko, R. Thakkar, C. Lovell, R. Padley (Atlanta, GA and Abbott Park, IL, USA) 173 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 85 - 119 WEDNESDAY GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: Abstract Number Ref.: 85 EFFECTS OF PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVITY ON ADHESION REACTION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS WITH MONOCYTES Z.Q. Wang, L.H. Li, W.X. Zhao, J. Cui, W. Su, X. Dong (Xinxiang, China) 174 86 YIA PRO-ANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY OF HDL3 AND SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE REQUIRES THE SYNERGIC ACTIVATION OF CLASS IB AND CLASS II PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES G. Tibolla, G.D. Norata, R. Piñeiro, T. Maffucci, M. Falasca, A.L. Catapano (Milan and Cinisello Balsamo, Italy and London, UK) 175 87 YIA EFFECT OF HDL SIZE AND PHOSPHOLIPID CONTENT ON CELLULAR CHOLESTEROL EFFLUX G. Stomeo, E. Favari, L. Calabresi, M.P. Adorni, G. Franceschini, W. Jessup, F. Bernini (Parma, Milan, Italy and Sydney, Australia) 176 88 IDENTIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL DOMAINS IN APOLIPOPROTEIN AI INVOLVED IN EFFLUX OF CHOLESTEROL ATP-BINDING CASSETTE A1 MEDIATED USING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES P. Uboldi, A. Pirillo, L. Imbrici, S. Marcovina, A.L. Catapano (Milan, Italy and Seattle, WA, USA) 177 89 YIA POTENTIAL MECHANISM OF PROBUCOL-MEDIATED CUTANEOUS XANTHOMA REDUCTION: IN VITRO STUDIES S. Costa, M.P. Adorni, E. Favari, I. Zanotti, A. Granata, A. Corsini, A. Ronda, R. Gatti, F. Bernini (Parma and Milan, Italy) 178 90 EXPRESSION OF CAVEOLIN 1 IN HYPERLIPIDEMIC HAMSTERS AND ENDOTHELIAL DERIVED FOAM CELLS E. Uyy, L. Ivan, R. Haraba, F. Antohe (Bucharest, Romania) 179 91 YIA EFFECTS OF OXLDL ON THE HUMAN DENDRITIC CELL (DC) PHENOTYPE AND RECEPTION CAPACITY A. Monteiro, A. Azevedo, J. Barbuto, M. Gidlund (São Paulo, Brazil) 180 92 YIA EFFECTS OF ESTRADIOL IN HLA-DR AND CD11C EXPRESSION AND PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY BY HUMAN MONOCYTE-DERIVED DENDRITIC CELLS TREATED WITH OXLDL A. Azevedo, A. Monteiro, M. Gidlund, J. Barbuto (São Paulo, Brazil) 181 THURSDAY POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: 35 36 93 TADALAFIL REDUCES ENDOTHELIAL CELLS INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE INDUCED BY MYELOPEROXIDASE MODIFIED LDL (MOX-LDL) K. Zouaoui Boudjeltia, T. Roumeguere, A. Rousseau, V. Nuyens, P. Van Antwerpen, J. Ducobu, M. Vanhaeverbeek, D. Brohee, E. Wespes (Montigny-le-Tilleul, Brussels and Charleroi, Belgium) 182 94 15-LIPOXYGENASE-MODIFIED HDL3 FAIL TO INHIBIT THE TNF-A-INDUCED INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS A. Pirillo, P. Uboldi, C. Bolego, H. Kuhn, A.L. Catapano (Milan and Padua, Italy and Berlin, Germany) 183 95 COPPER- BUT NOT HOCL-MODIFIED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS ACCUMULATE HIF-1α PROTEIN IN THP-1 MACROPHAGES UNDER NORMOXIA H. Laggner, S. Schreier, M. Moser, H. Goldenberg (Vienna, Austria) 184 96 ACTIVE MYELOPEROXIDASE IS DETECTED IN CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESION BY A NEW METHOD OF MEASUREMENT AND CORRELATES WITH TOTAL LEVEL OF THE ENZYME O. Gach, T. Frank, S. Derochette, G. Deby-Dupont, S. Vanbelle, L. Pierard, V. Legrand (Liege, Belgium) 185 97 GENERATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BY NEUTROPHILS AND OXIDATIVE LIPOPROTEIN MODIFICATION OF BLOOD FROM PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA I. Buko, I.V. Gorudko, L.Z. Polonetsky, S.N. Cherenkevich (Minsk, Belarus) 186 98 YIA NITRIC OXIDE INHIBITION ENHANCES CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 INDUCTION IN SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS THROUGH MODULATION OF PHOSPHORYLATION SIGNALLING EVENTS B. Lamon, A. Gotto, D. Hajjar (New York, NY, USA) 187 99 FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN INHIBITS CHOLESTEROL BIOSYNTHESIS IN HUMAN AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS N. Ferri, E. Roncalli, L. Arnaboldi, A. Corsini (Milan, Italy) 188 100 YIA EFFECT OF THE HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR TRICHOSTATIN A ON LIPID METABOLISM, TNF-ALPHA PRODUCTION AND SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL PROLIFERATION A. De Francesco, S. Bellosta, B. Viviani, F. Gilardi, M. Canavesi, N. Mitro, E. Scotti, C. Godio, A. Corsini, M. Crestani (Milan, Italy) 189 101 SERUM ATHEROGENICITY REDUCTION AS A TOOL FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT I. Sobenin, A. Orekhov (Moscow, Russia) 190 102 YIA THE FIRST REPORT OF THE TREATMENT OF TRANSPLANT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE WITH DSA LIPID APHERESIS R. Sosland, S. Gollub, P. Moriarty (Kansas City, KS, USA) 191 103 ARTERIAL PULSE AGAINST ATHEROSCLEROSIS M. Beraia, G. Nebieridze (Tbilisi, Georgia) 192 104 FINGER-PRICK TESTING AT THE POINT-OF-CARE WITH SUPERIOR ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE USING MAGNETIC PARTICLE LABELS N. Kahya, W. Dittmer, T. Evers, R. Kamps, P. de Kievit, W. Hardeman, J. Vissers, J. de Beer, D. Dekkers, M. Martens (Eindhoven and Wijchen, The Netherlands) 193 105 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LDL SUBCLASSES AND CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE S. Alabakovska, D. Labudovic, K. Tosheska, S. Jovanova, M. Alabakovski, B. Todorova (Skopje, Macedonia) 194 195 107 BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF PREINFARCTION ANGINA ON VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS IN PATIENTS AFTER PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY E. Lykasova, Y. Pak, V. Todosiychuk, V. Kuznetsov (Tyumen, Russia) 196 108 THE MIAMI STUDY (MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION AND ATORVASTATIN EFFECT IN PREVIOUS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION): RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER STUDY B. Porta, D. Baldassarre, M. Camera, M. Amato, M. Arquati, E. Tremoli, M. Cortellaro, F. Perego (Milan, Italy) 197 109 BIOCHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS FROM HUMAN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM R. Ballerio, F. Boschetti, R. Spirito, S. Bellosta, A. De Francesco, M. Canavesi, E. Di Martino, E. Tremoli, M. Camera (Milan, Italy and Pittsburgh, PA, USA) 198 110 YIA HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN AND ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE IN CORONARY ATHEROTHROMBOSIS I. Burazor, A. Vojdani, M. Burazor (Nis, Serbia, and Los Angeles, CA, USA) 199 111 DETERMINATION OF THE PLATELET SENSITIVITY TO ANTIPLATELET THERAPY AND THE ROLE OF OTHER BLOOD CELLS IN IT L. Buryachkovskaya, I. Uchitel, A. Sumarokov, E. Popov (Moscow, Russia) 200 112 GPIIB ILE843SER GENOTYPE INFLUENCES ANTI-PLATELET EFFECTS OF ASPIRIN M. Brambilla, K. Gertow, P. Bogani, M. Camera, F. Veglia, M.C. Nava, D. Villa, E. Tremoli, J.P. Werba (Milan, Italy) 201 113 MECHANISM OF THROMBOSIS INITIALIZATION WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL M. Khanin, N. Malysh (Moscow, Russia) 202 114 MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF ACTIVATION DYNAMICS OF BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS AS A METHOD OF SEEKING FOR OPTIMAL TREATMENT STRATEGIES M. Khanin, N. Malysh (Moscow, Russia) 203 115 LABORATORY METHODS FOR ASSESSING COAGULATION AND PLATELET AGGREGATION INDUCED BY THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RELEVANT ACTIVATOR COLLAGEN/TISSUE FACTOR G. Cvirn, J. Kutschera, T. Wagner, U. Ferstl, G. Juergens, M. Koestenberger (Graz, Austria) 204 116 FIBRIN SPECIFICITY CONFERRED ON THE PLASMINOGEN/PLASMIN SYSTEM BY FREE FATTY ACIDS K. Kolev, A. Tanka-Salamon, R. Machovich (Budapest, Hungary) 205 117 LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM AND ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT HEMOSTASIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE K. Khmelnitskaya, E.V. Shlyakhto, M.Y. Sitnikova (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) 206 THE INFLUENCE OF COMBINED STREPTOKINASE AND ALPROSTADYL ON THROMBOLYSIS ON REPERFUSION AND HAEMOSTASIS INDICES DYNAMICS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION L. Polonetsky, V. Mironchik, S. Latyshev, T. Denisevich, O. Truhan (Minsk, Belarus) 207 PLATELETS RELATED TO THROMBOSIS AND FIBRINOLYSIS S. Sarkar (Boston, MA, USA) 208 118 119 WEDNESDAY ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE CAROTID ARTERIES AND RISK FACTORS FOR STROKE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING OPEN HEART SURGERY M. Menih (Maribor, Slovenia) THURSDAY 106 37 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 120 - 145 GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session METABOLIC SYNDROME AND CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: 38 Abstract Number Ref.: 120 ALGORITHM FOR DEFINITION OF METABOLIC SYNDROME BY TREATMENT MODALITY R. Feinman, E. Fine, J. Volek (Brooklyn, NY, Bronx, NY and Storrs, CT, USA) 209 121 METABOLIC SYNDROME (MS) IS USEFUL IN IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION? IN WHAT POPULATIONS? E. Capuano, V. Capuano, T. D’Arminio, I. Bellacosa, F. Franculli (Mercato San Severino, Italy) 436 122 YIA MEASUREMENT OF TRIGLYCERIDES IN CAPILLARY BLOOD: VALIDATION IN COMPARISON TO BLOOD MEASUREMENT A. Alegría, A. Cordero, J. Moreno, M. Rodriguez, E. Alegria (Pamplona, Spain) 210 123 LIVER LIPID PROFILING IN THE CHOLESTEROL-FED RABBIT MODEL OF FATTY LIVER DISEASE L. Arnaboldi, A. Balsamo, D. Sartirana, A. Corsini, R. Baetta (Milan, Italy) 211 124 METABOLIC SYNDROME IN THE CZECH POPULATION M. Tomeckova, H. Grünfeldova, J. Peleska, P. Hanus, M. Sedova (Prague and Caslav, Czech Republic) 212 125 THE PREVALENCE OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS IN TWO CARIBBEAN ISLANDS C. Ezenwaka, E. Nwagbara, D. Seales, F. Okali, S. Hussaini, B. Raja (St Augustine and Tobago, Trinidad - Tobago) 213 126 YIA PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AMONG CARDIOLOGY PATIENTS IN BATUMI, GEORGIA B. Gelaye, N. Dolidze, D. Enquobahrie, G. Chapidze, A. Fitzpatrick, M. Williams (Seattle, WA, USA, Tbilisi, Georgia and Boston, MA, USA) 214 127 DETERMINANTS OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN A MEDITERRANEAN POPULATION: LARGE WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE IS THE BEST PREDICTOR OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME G. Mombelli, A.M. Zanaboni, S. Gaito, C.R. Sirtori (Milan, Italy) 215 216 129 THE ROLE OF COMPONENTS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF TWO - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL - STUDIES W. Piotrowski, M. Polakowska (Warsaw, Poland) 217 130 METABOLIC SYNDROME: CORRELATION OF BMI AND CENTRAL TYPE OBESITY V. Nikolaou, I. Tsiafoutis, X. Crinos, I. Papadakis, L. Papadimitriou, E. Dimitriou, A. Tsakiris (Athens, Greece) 218 131 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOMA INDEX, GLYCOHEMOGLOBIN, METABOLIC SYNDROME CRITERIA AND CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY RESULTS IN NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS S. Ertek, M. Cesur, A.F. Cicero, M. Akcil, U. Avcioglu, M.E. Korkmaz (Ankara, Turkey and Bologna, Italy) 219 132 PLASMA ADIPONECTIN CONCENTRATIONS AND ABNORMALITIES OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME L. Kedenko, V. Grin, I. Kedenko, B. Paulweber (Salzburg, Austria and Donetsk, Ukraine) 220 133 ENDOTHELIN-1, TNF-ALPHA AND VASOMOTOR DYSFUNCTION IN METABOLIC SYNDROME PATIENTS WITH INSULIN RESISTANCE P. Tretjakovs, A. Jurka, I. Bormane, I. Mikelsone, L. Balode, D. Reihmane, A. Stifts, J.I. Aivars, V. Pirags (Riga, Latvia) 221 134 CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM AND METABOLIC SYNDROME: IMPAIRED FASTING GLUCOSE VERSUS NORMAL BLOOD GLUCOSE G. Vincentelli, M.R. Pirro, P. Di Renzi, P. Pasqualetti, D. Maggi, F. Alegiani (Rome, Italy) 222 135 LIPID PEROXIDATION IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME: RELATION TO DYSGLYCAEMIA N. Kravchun, I. Karachencev, V. Poltorak, N. Krasova, M. Gorshunska, Z. Leshchenko, A. Gladkin (Kharkiv, Ukraine) 223 136 YIA SERUM INTERLEUKIN-16 LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIABETES MELLITUS I. Kondratska, S. Melnichenko, B. Mankovsky, K. Zak (Kyiv, Ukraine) 224 137 SERUM URIC ACID IS ASSOCIATED WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME, BUT NOT INDEPENDENTLY WITH ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN KOREAN SUBJECTS Y.K. Kim, S.H. Na, Y.S. Kim, M.Y. Rhee, M.M. Lee (Goyang, South Korea) 225 138 THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE AND COMPONENTS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AMONG OUTPATIENT CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENTS IN GEORGIA N. Dolidze, B. Gelaye, D. Enquobahrie, G. Chapidze, M.A. Williams (Tbilisi, Georgia, Seattle, WA and Boston, MA, USA) 226 139 CARDIO-METABOLIC COMPLICATIONS OF SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM IN WOMEN WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME V. Romanov, O. Mitchenko, I. Chulaevskaya, A. Logvinenko (Kiev, Ukraine) 227 140 THE LOWERING OF SMALL DENSE LDL IN PATIENTS WITH THE METABOLIC SYNDROME BY SIMVASTATIN/EZETIMIBE VERSUS FLUVASTATIN/FENOFIBRATE S. Westphal, C. Abletshauser, K. Borucki, H. Klima, C. Luley (Magdeburg, Nuernberg and Penzberg Germany) 228 WEDNESDAY IMPORTANCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AS A RISK FACTOR OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION M. Tanaka (Fukuoka, Japan) THURSDAY 128 39 40 141 YIA EXPRESSION OF ADIPONECTIN RECEPTORS IN SUBJECTS WITH IMPAIRED GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS - EFFECT OF ACUTE HYPERINSULINEAMIA AND 3-WEEK TELMISARTAN TREATMENT E. Krusinova, K. Zidkova, P. Wohl, P. Mlejnek, L. Kazdova, M. Pravenec, T. Pelikanova (Prague, Czech Republic) 229 142 CHANGES OF PLASMA LEPTIN LEVELS AND CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS DURING THE WEIGHT LOSS WITH ORLISTAT IN COMBINATION WITH HYPOCALORIC DIET E. Stokic (Novi Sad, Serbia) 230 143 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT WITH BETA-BLOCKERS IN THE METABOLIC SYNDROME A.M. Carella, G. Antonucci, M. Conte, M. Di Pumpo, E. Antonucci (San Severo, Italy) 231 144 ADULT TREATMENT PANEL III METABOLIC SYNDROME CRITERIA MORE STRONGLY THAN INTERNATIONAL DIABETES FEDERATION CRITERIA PREDICT THE INCIDENCE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES IN ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS C.H. Saely, A. Vonbank, P. Rein, S. Beer, S. Aczel, T. Marte, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 232 145 YIA METABOLIC SYNDROME AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK CHARACTERISTICS IN SEVERE AND PERSISTENTLY MENTALLY ILL S. Kaushik, R. Shrivastava, A. Khan, S. Kaushik, J.P. Lindenmayer (New York, NY and Shreveport, LA, USA) 233 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 146 - 153 WEDNESDAY GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session PREVENTION OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: Abstract Number Ref.: 146 YIA DIETARY VITAMINS INTAKE ON CZECH FORCES SOLDIERS H. Stritecka, H. Hlubik, J. Psutka (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) 234 147 LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW UP (15 YEARS) STUDY OF THE TREND OF NUTRITION OF THE 1% RANDOM SAMPLE OF POPULATION OF A DISTRICT OF CENTRAL BOHEMIA V. Adamkova, P. Suchanek, V. Lanska, J. Stochlova, R. Cifkova (Prague and Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic) 235 148 YIA PROGRESSION OF CEREBRAL DAMAGE IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ON ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AND STATIN THERAPY G. Radchenko, Y.U. Sirenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) 236 149 DEVELOPMENT OF A QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGNED TO MEASURE ADHERENCE TO SECONDARY CVD PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN POST-MI PATIENTS: THE ACT PILOT STUDY A. Zaninelli, D. Schwappach (Florence, Italy and Zurich, Switzerland) 237 150 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SELF-MANAGEMENT OF RISK FACTORS FOR HEART FAILURE C. Smith (Kansas City, MO, USA) 238 151 PHARMACOLOGICAL AND NON PHARMACOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES PATIENTS - COMPARISON OF UNIVERSITY AND DISTRICT HOSPITALS A. Serafin, K.J. Filipiak, G. Opolski (Warsaw, Poland) 239 152 YIA AFTER PTCA: IS THERE JUSTIFIED THE INITIATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR REHABILITATION PROGRAM? S. Mancas, C.A. Sarau, D.M. Duda-Seiman, V.A. Ionescu, P. Dehelean, S. Urseanu, L. Craciun (Timisoara, Romania) 240 153 VARIABLE RESPONSES IN POSTPRANDIAL LIPOPROTEIN AND INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES IN THE METABOLIC SYNDROME, AND RESPONSE TO FENOFIBRATE THERAPY R. Rosenson, I. Helenowski, C. Tangney (Ann Arbor, MI and Chicago, IL, USA) 241 THURSDAY POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: 41 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 154 - 155 GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session ANTIATHEROSCLEROTIC DRUGS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: 42 Abstract Number Ref.: 154 WARNING: GREEN TEA MAY AFFECT SIMVASTATIN TOLERABILITY P.J. Werba, M. Giroli, V. Cavalca, M.C. Nava, E. Tremoli (Milan, Italy) 242 155 SEPARATED AND COMBINED STATIN - FIBRATE THERAPY EFFECTS ON VARIOUS ATHEROTHROMBOTIC RISK FACTORS, INCLUDING PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE Z. Fras, J. Osredkar, D. Latific Jasnic, N. Ruzic Medvescek, M. Mulej, M.F. Kenda (Ljubljana and Jesenice, Slovenia) 243 Palazzo del Casino’ Wednesday, OCTOBER 22 - Thursday, OCTOBER 23 afternoon (14.00) 156 - 163 WEDNESDAY GROUP A Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Wednesday, October 22 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Thursday, October 23 from 8.30 to 14.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. of the from from from authors will be available at the poster site as follows: 12.30 to 14.00 15.45 to 16.30 12.30 to 14.00 Poster Board No.: Abstract Number Ref.: 156 IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN THE EVOLUTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS? L. Goyer, R. Dufour, J. Dechamplain, C. Janelle, C. Blais, C. Labbe, P. Larochelle (Montreal, QC, Canada) 244 157 IMPROVING CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH IN PRIMARY PREVENTION: THE EDUCOEUR INTERDISCIPLINARY RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL L. Goyer, R. Dufour, J. de Champlain, C. Blais, C. Labbe, C. Janelle, P. Larochelle (Montreal, QC, Canada) 245 158 SLEEP DISORDERS IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE F. Lari, G. Bragagni, N. Di Battista (Bologna and Faenza, Italy) 246 159 ACUTE CHANGES OF CIRCULATING OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKERS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING REGULAR APHERESIS: A COMPARISON OF FOUR DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES S. Kopprasch, J. Grässler, S.R. Bornstein, P.E.H. Schwarz, S. Tselmin, A. Frind, I. Poberschin, U. Julius (Dresden, Germany) 247 160 EFFECTS OF COMBINING ROSUVASTATIN WITH SARTANS OF DIFFERENT DEGREE OF PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR G ACTIVATION ON METABOLIC PARAMETERS C.V. Rizos, E.N. Liberopoulos, M. Florentin, H.J. Milionis, G. Liamis, M.S. Elisaf (Ioannina, Greece) 248 161 INFLUENCE OF NEOLIPIDRA ON SERUM LEVELS OF LIPOPROTEIN (a) AND HOMOCYSTEINE IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE M. Boncheva, D. Dimov, S. Tomcheva (Varna and Sofia, Bulgaria) 249 162 GROWTH HORMONE (GH) REDUCES ATHEROGENIC RISKS IN PATIENTS WITH GH DEFICIENCY AND TURNER SYNDROME H. Kohno, A. Sasaki (Fukuoka, Japan) 250 163 PROVINOLTM IMPROVES HIGHER BRAIN REGULATIONS IN NORMOTENSIVE SUBJECTS F. Jagla, O. Pechanova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) 251 THURSDAY POSTER DISCUSSION: one Wednesday, October 22: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: 43 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 1-9 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session OBESITY POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Poster Board No.: 44 Abstract Number Ref.: 1 YIA ANTIOBESE EFFECTS OF SEAWEED ETHANOL EXTRACT CONTAINING FUCOXANTHIN IN THE C57BL/6J MICE S. Jeon, M. Woo, H. Kim, G. Do, Y. Shin, M. Choi (Daegu and Jinju, South Korea) 252 2 COFFEE CONSUMPTION IS INVERSELY ASSOCIATED WITH PLASMA ADIPONECTIN C. Lee, J. Mok, C. Park, K. Lee, S. Kim, C. Kim, S. Oh, S. Kim, S. Lee, H. Lee (Guri, Bucheon, Incheon and Seoul, South Korea) 253 3 ASSOCIATION OF SLEEP DURATION WITH BODY MASS INDEX AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE J. Najafian, Z. Siadat, N. Mohamadifard, G. Sarr, M. Ramazani (Isfahan and Arak, Iran) 254 4 BODY MASS INDEX AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AS PREDICTORS OF THE INCIDENCE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS C.H. Saely, P. Rein, S. Beer, A. Vonbank, T. Marte, S. Aczel, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 255 5 RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS IS CLOSELY RELATED WITH INCREASED PLASMA LEVELS OF RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4 AND VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUE C. Park, S. Oh, Y. Yoon, J. Ko (Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea) 256 6 OBESITY, STNFR- I AND ACE GENETIC POLYMORPHISM IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS D. Zdrenghea, D. Pop, G. Bodisz, D. Petrovai, B. Borz (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) 257 7 NON PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR TREATMENT OF OBESE SUBJECTS D. Dobreva, K. Krahtova, M. Protich (Sofia, Bulgaria) 258 8 IMPACT OF WEIGHT CHANGE ON INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS OF CAROTID ARTERIES AND ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN OBESE AND OVERWEIGHT HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS K. Chagunava, G. Lomtatidze, T. Kurtanidze (Tbilisi, Georgia) 259 9 THE IMPACT OF THE GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES R. Dourado, D. Durão (Ponta Delgada and Santarém, Portugal) 260 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 10 - 45 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session DIABETES POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Abstract Number Ref.: HYPOGLYCEMIC AND HYPOLIPIDEMIC EFFECTS OF THE AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF TERMINALIA SUPERBA IN ALLOXAN DIABETIC RATS E. Momo Noumessing, G. Dongmo Fomekong, J. Enyong Oben (Yaoundé, Cameroon) 261 11 YIA ANTIDIABETIC EFFECTS OF RESVERATROL IN C57BL/KSJ-DB/DB MICE G. Do, H. Park, H. Kim, S. Jeon, M. Choi (Daegu, South Korea) 262 12 THE EFFECTS OF EARLY TREATMENT WITH INSULIN GLARGINE ON METABOLIC MARKERS IN OBESE TYPE 2 DIABETES ANIMAL MODEL J. Mok, C. Park, K. Lee, S. Kim, C. Kim, C. Lee (Bucheon, Seoul, Incheon, and Guri, South Korea) 263 13 EDTA PROTECT HUMAN’S PANCREATIC B-CELLS OF DEATH CAUSED BY 8-OXYQUINALDIN, A DIABETOGENIC METABOLITE OF TRYPTOPHAN A.G. Meyramova, G.G. Meyramov, A.A. Kikimbaeva, J.G. Meyramova (Karaganda, Kazakhstan) 264 14 DEATH OF HUMAN’S B-CELLS CAUSED BY 5-META(HYDROXYPHENYLAZO)-8OXYQUINOLIN AND ITS PREVENTION G.G. Meyramov, A.G. Meyramova, G.T. Tusupbekova, J.G. Meyramova, O.N. DuPont-Meyramova (Karaganda, Kazakhstan) 265 15 GLUTATHIONE ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS L.S. Kolesnichenko, T.P. Bardymova, E.S. Sergeeva, M.P. Sergeeva, N.V. Verlan, I.V. Belousova (Irkutsk, Russia) 266 16 OBESITY AND DIABETES L. Sokolova Djokic, S. Martinovic, B. Prosenica (Sombor, Serbia) 267 17 YIA ESTIMATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN A LOCAL POPULATION OF DIABETIC PATIENTS E. Pellegrini, M.S. Simonini, M. Maurantonio, I.M. Giannico, R. D’Amico, D. Ganazzi, L. Carulli, P. Loria, M. Bertolotti, N. Carulli (Modena, Italy) 268 FRIDAY 10 YIA SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 45 46 18 OBESITY AND DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATION WITH OTHER RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS J. Kovacevska, B. Aleksov, E. Jakimovska (Dusseldorf, Germany, Skopje, Macedonia and Paris, France) 269 19 YIA MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN PRIMARY CARE: SITUATION IN LITHUANIA A. Domeikiene, L. Valius, L. Gedminas (Kaunas, Lithuania) 270 20 ETHNIC ASPECTS OF DIABETES MELLITUS OF TYPE 1 IN PATIENTS OF BURYAT POPULATION T. Bardymova, I. Dedov, L. Kolesnikova (Irkutsk and Moscow, Russia) 271 21 YIA CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS IN WOMEN WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES I. Burazor, M. Brazor, M. Krstic, N. Burazor, Z. Burazor, J. Glasnovic, S. Nagorni, S. Antic, M. Pesic, G. Cvetanovic (Nis, Serbia) 272 22 HORMONAL-METABOLIC PROFILES OF DYSLIPIDAEMIAS IN NON-OBESE TYPE II DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS V. Anestiadi (Chisinau, Moldova) 273 23 GENDER-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIRCULATING LEPTIN AND INSULIN RESISTANCE PARAMETERS IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME M. Gorshunska, N. Krasova, I. Karachencev, E. Jansen, N. Kravchun, V. Poltorak (Kharkiv, Ukraine and Bilthoven, The Netherlands) 274 24 YIA THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOLUBLE RECEPTOR FOR ADVANCED GLYCATION END-PRODUCTS AND PRO/ANTIATHEROGENIC PARAMETERS IN OBESE TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS M. Gorshunska, N. Krasova, I. Karachencev, E. Jansen, N. Kravchun, V. Poltorak (Kharkiv, Ukraine and Bilthoven, The Netherlands) 275 25 HIGH PLASMA C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IS RELATED TO LOW PARAOXONASE-I ACTIVITY INDEPENDENTLY OF HIGH LEPTIN AND LOW ADIPONECTIN IN TYPE 2 DIABETES R.P.F. Dullaart, R. de Vries, W.J. Sluiter, H.A.M. Voorbij (Gröningen and Utrecht, The Netherlands) 276 26 SERUM TOTAL HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH NT-PROBNP IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES B. Idzior-Walus, M. Walus-Miarka, B. Katra, D. Fedak, E. Wozniakiewicz, J. Sieradzki (Krakow, Poland) 277 27 IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE STRONGLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE RISK OF FUTURE VASCULAR EVENTS AMONG ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS H. Sourij, C.H. Saely, S. Aczel, H. Jahnel, R. Zweiker, P. Langer, T. Marte, W. Benzer, T.C. Wascher, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Graz, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 278 28 PREDICTION MODEL FOR HIGH GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION AMONG ETHNIC CHINESE K. Chien, H. Hsu, B. Lee, H. Lin, Y. Lee, M. Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) 279 29 A NOVEL LABORATORY-BASED APPROACH TO SUPPORT PATIENTS WITH DIABETES: HEMOGLOBIN A1C TESTING COMPLIANCE WITH CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION GUIDELINE P. Ganske, G. Hoag (Victoria, BC, Canada) 280 30 CONTROL OF RISK FACTORS IN HEART FAILURE DIABETIC MELLITUS TYPE II PATIENTS K. Vitlianovaz, T. Donova, S. Tsonev (Sofia, Bulgaria) 281 282 32 YIA CLINICAL PREDICTORS OF ULCERS’ HEALING OF LOW EXTREMITIES IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC FOOT SYNDROME (DFS) T.A. Zykova, R. Seljelid, S.N. Zykova, K.A. Balandina, A.V. Strelkova (Arkhangelsk, Russia and Tromso, Norway) 283 33 TYPE 2 DIABETES BUT NOT THE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHIC STATE IS AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINANT OF IMPAIRED MOBILITY IN ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS C.H. Saely, T. Dyballa, P. Rein, S. Beer, A. Vonbank, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 284 34 YIA FIVE YEAR PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS, WHO WERE TREATED IN SPECIALIZED HYPERTENSIVE UNIT, WITH DIABETES MELLITUS OR INCREASED SERUM GLUCOSE LEVEL G. Radchenko, Yu. Sirenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) 285 35 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY EFFICIENCY IS IMPACT ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS FREQUENCY AT TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME O. Zemlyanitsyna, N. Kravchun, T. Grinchenko, T. Levchenko, T. Tikhonova (Kharkov, Ukraine) 286 36 EFFECT OF A SINGLE BOUT OF MODERATE EXERCISE ON GLUCOSE UPTAKE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS H. Adachi, H. Kan, J. Murakami, T. Ohno, M. Oguri, S. Oshima (Maebashi, Japan) 287 37 EFFECTS OF MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE DIET ON OXIDATIVE STRESS AND LOW-GRADE INFLAMMATION IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS N. Kravchun, M. Gorshunska, I. Karachencev, N. Krasova, E. Jansen, V. Poltorak (Kharkiv, Ukraine and Bilthoven, The Netherlands) 288 38 YIA BLOOD GLUCOSE-LOWERING EFFECTS OF CHUNGKUKJANG AND RED GINSENG-CHUNGKUKJANG IN MILD HYPERGLYCEMIC SUBJECTS S. Shin, J. Kwon, Y. Jeong, S. Jeon, H. Kim, J. Choi, G. Do, M. Choi (Daegu, South Korea) 289 39 EFFECT OF THYROXIN AND STATIN THERAPY ON LIPID METABOLISM IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM G.R. Kurashvili, R. Kurashvili, L. Tsutskiridze, E. Shelestova (Tbilisi, Georgia) 290 40 POSITIVE EFFECTS OF REPLACEMENT OF INSULIN TREATMENT BY ORAL ANTIDIABETICS ON SOME RISK FACTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN OBESE TYPE 2 DIABETICS M. Szabó, P. Peliskova, M. Matous, E. Novotna, M. Kvapil (Prague, Czech Republic) 291 41 EFFECT OF ANGIOTENSIN-II-RECEPTOR BLOCKERS ON DEVELOPMENT OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES L. Tsutskiridze, R. Kurashvili, G. Kurashvili, E. Shelestova, M. Dundua, M. Nishnianidze, E. Skhiladze, T. Gvaladze (Tbilisi, Georgia) 292 42 SITAGLIPTIN DECREASES C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN-1, MYELOPEROXIDASE ACTIVITY AND INTERLEUKIN-6 IN DIABETICS WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS L. Tan, S. Tan (Yucaipa, CA, USA) 293 FRIDAY PREVALENCE AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF DIABETES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FOR ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION A. De Monte, A. Perkan, G. Vitrella, S. Rakar, L. Cattin, G. Sinagra (Trieste, Italy) SATURDAY 31 47 48 43 THE EFFECT OF A LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX DIET ON MARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK IN TYPE 2 DIABETES C.W.C. Kendall, A.R. Josse, J.M.W. Wong, J. Sievenpiper, D.J.A. Jenkins (Toronto, ON, Canada) 294 44 FRUCTOSE’S EFFECT ON LIPIDS DEPENDS ON THE REFERENCE CARBOHYDRATE, DOSE, AND FOLLOW-UP IN TYPE 2 DIABETES: A META-ANALYSIS OF CONTROLLED TRIALS J.L. Sievenpiper, A.J. Carleton, H.Y. Jiang, R.J. De Souza, C.W. Kendall, D.J. Jenkins (Toronto, ON, Canada and Boston, MA, USA) 295 45 PULSES AS PART OF HIGH-FIBRE INTERVENTIONS FOR GLYCEMIC CONTROL: A META-ANALYSIS OF CONTROLLED TRIALS J.L. Sievenpiper, C.W. Kendall, R.P. Bazinet, J.M. Wong, A. Esfahani, D.J Jenkins (Toronto, ON, Canada) 296 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 46 - 62 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session HYPERTENSION POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 46 THE NOVEL GASEOUS VASORELAXANT HYDROGEN SULFIDE INHIBITS ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) ACTIVITY OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS H. Laggner, M. Hermann, H. Esterbauer, M. Muellner, M. Exner, B.M.K. Gmeiner, S. Kapiotis (Vienna, Austria) 297 47 NITRIC OXIDE - ITS PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL EFFECTS O. Pechanova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) 298 48 THE COMPARABLE EFFECT OF L-NAME AND SALT DIET ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND NITRIC OXIDE ACTIVITY IN THE HEART AND AORTA O. Pechanova, S. Vrankova, L. Jendekova, F. Jagla (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) 299 49 MODULATION OF OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKERS BY ESTRADIOL IN PREECLAMPSIA AND PROLONGATED PREGNANCY S. Markovic, G. Babic, N. Djordjevic, B. Ognjanovic, A. Stajn, R. Zikic, Z. Saicic (Kragujevac and Belgrade, Serbia) 300 50 ACTIVITY OF THE ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES AND MARKERS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN THE BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION A. Dimitrova, S. Tisheva, A. Russeva, T. Betova, I. Gencheva, D. Strashimirov (Pleven, Bulgaria) 301 51 YIA MEASURES OF ADIPOSITY, PLASMA LIPIDS AND BIOMARKERS AMONG HYPERTENSIVES IN GEORGIA B. Gelaye, N. Dolidze, D. Enquobahrie, G. Chapidze, M. Williams (Seattle, WA, Boston, MA, USA and Tbilisi, Georgia) 302 52 CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF WHITE-COAT EFFECT AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING AT A LIPID CLINIC M. Bo, M. Comba, A. Canade, A. Brescianini, L. Corsinovi, M.A. Astengo, A. Sona, G. Fonte, L. Pricop, V. Chiusano, I. Sciarrillo (Turin, Italy) 434 53 THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN THE PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION L. Agoston-Coldea, T. Mocan, R. Pais, D.L. Dumitrascu (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) 303 FRIDAY Abstract Number Ref.: SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 49 50 54 RISK FACTORS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES S. Martinovic, L. Sokolova Djokic, B. Prosenica (Sombor, Serbia) 304 55 RISK FACTORS IN THE PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND CEREBROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS A. Khodjaev, M. Shakirov, N. Salimova, N. Mahkamova, F. Sarmanov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) 305 56 PREVALENCE AND TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION IN POLISH POPULATION M. Polakowska, W. Piotrowski, A. Tykarski, B. Wyrzykowski, M. Kwasniewska, A. Pajak, M. Tendera (Warsaw, Poland) 306 57 THE TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS R. Manasia, C. Lazea, D. Colcear (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) 307 58 THE ROLE OF BLOOD PRESSURE WHEN TREATING ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES D. Durão, R. Dourado (Santarém and Ponta Delgada, Portugal) 308 59 MANAGEMENT OF 427 EPISODES OF DECOMPENSATED CHRONIC HEART FAILURE ATTENDED BY A HOSPITAL-AT-HOME TEAM J. Guillamont-Salvador, M. Sopena-Vallejo, I. Bonilla-Aguilar, C. Davila-Lara (Hospitalet Llobregat, Spain) 309 60 TELEMETRIC CONTROLLED TITRATION OF HIGH DOSE IRBESARTAN IN UNADEQUATELY TREATED HYPERTENSION E. Schulz, L. Neumann, A. Schwarz, N. Fischer, A. Wolf, U. Korth, M.H. Weber (Goettingen and Stolberg, Germany) 310 61 COMPARISON OF EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF ANGIOTENSIN TYPE 1 RECEPTORS BLOCKERS IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION T. Morozova, T. Andrushishina (Moscow, Russia) 311 62 YIA EFFECTS OF ESTRADIOL ON ANTIOXIDATIVE ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN ERYTHROCYTE IN WOMEN WITH PREECLAMPSIA N. Djordjevic, G. Babic, S. Markovic, B. Ognjanovic, A. Stajn, R. Zikic, Z. Saicic (Kragujevac and Belgrade, Serbia) 312 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 63 - 67 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session HEART AND INFLAMMATION POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 63 PROTEIN AND GENE EXPRESSION OF HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX 1 IN HYPERLIPIDEMIC MODELS R. Haraba, L. Ivan, V. Suica, F. Antohe (Bucharest, Romania) 313 64 ACTIVATED PLATELETS INTERNALIZE VIRUSES IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY. E. Gupalo, L. Buryachkovskaya, A. Sumarokov (Moscow, Russia) 314 65 THE METABOLIC SYNDROME, ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, AND SUBCLINICAL INFLAMMATION S. Beer, P. Rein, C.H. Saely, A. Vonbank, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 315 66 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS IN ACUTE VIRAL MYOCARDITIS IN CHILDREN C. Lazea, R. Manasia, P. Grigorescu-Sido, C. Lazar, C.L. Denes (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) 316 67 YIA A CASE OF INTRAPERICARDIAL INJECTION OF LORNOXICAM IN PATIENTS WITH POSTPERICARDIOTOMY SYNDROME N. Lomakin, A. Gruzdev, D. Privalov (Moscow, Russia) 317 FRIDAY Abstract Number Ref.: SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 51 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 68 - 70 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session HEART AND OTHER ORGANS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Poster Board No.: 52 Abstract Number Ref.: 68 A COMPARISON OF CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS VERSUS HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS L.C. Dima Cozma, D. Radulescu, C. Dascalu, C. Ghiciuc, C. Lupusoru, G.I. Pandele (Iasi, Romania) 318 69 PLAQUES IN THE COMMON CAROTID ARTERY ARE INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS OF ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS P. Rein, T. Kathrein, A. Vonbank, C.H. Saely, S. Beer, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 319 70 EFFECT OF GLYCEMIC CONTROL ON CARDIAC DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE H. Kan, H. Adachi, J. Murakami, H. Hoshizaki, S. Oshima (Maebashi, Japan) 320 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 71 - 76 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session STROKE POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Abstract Number Ref.: HOMOCYSTEINE AND ACUTE CEREBROVASCULAR EVENTS B. Zazzaro, G. Cascone, E. Valvo, R. Risicato, E. Vasques, C. Arcoraci, M. Stornello (Siracusa, Italy) 321 72 CORRELATION BETWEEN LIPIDS, INFLAMMATORY MARKERS, SOME 322 PARAMETERS OF HEMEOSTASIS AND CAROTID ARTERIES ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE M. Akhvlediani, E. Vorobiova, M. Emukhvari, N. Sharasidze, D. Berulava (Tbilisi, Georgia) 73 ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN ISCHEMIC STROKE HOSPITAL PRESENTATION AMONG WOMEN M. Smith, L. Morgenstern, L. Lisabeth (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) 323 74 NADROPARIN FOR STROKE PREVENTION AFTER CARDIOVERSION IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION I. Korneluk, Y. Persidskikh, I. Alekseevskaja, O. Sugaeva, I. Ustinova (Belgorod and Minsk, Belarus) 324 75 EARLY EFFECT OF STATIN ON INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE Y. Kim, E. Kim (Seoul and Busan, South Korea) 325 76 MULTIPLE LIPID FRACTION TARGET LEVEL AND ISCHEMIC STROKE EVENTS S. Webb, R. Quimbo, M. Cziraky, S. Balu, R. Simko (Abbott Park, IL and Wilmington, DE, USA) 326 FRIDAY 71 SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 53 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 77 - 86 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session RENAL DISEASES POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Poster Board No.: 54 Abstract Number Ref.: 77 THE DIAGNOSIS OF RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS - AN EVERPRESENT PROBLEM R. Motoc, C. Motoc, M.I. Laszlo, I. Silivastru, L. Cozlea (Targu Mures, Romania) 327 78 VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS M. Krotin, B. Todic, B. Milovanovic, A. Djokovic, M. Zaja (Belgrade, Serbia) 328 79 ALBUMINURIA, THE GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE, AND ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS P. Rein, C.H. Saely, L. Risch, S. Beer, A. Vonbank, U. Neyer, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 329 80 DECREASING KIDNEY FUNCTION PREDICTS VASCULAR EVENTS INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE AT BASELINE: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY P. Rein, C.H. Saely, L. Risch, T. Marte, S. Aczel, S. Beer, U. Neyer, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 330 81 DETERMINANTS OF SHORT- AND LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN PREVALENT HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS W. Mantovani, V. Bedogna, S. Tardivo, A. Poli, N. Tessitore (Verona, Italy) 331 82 IMPACT OF NUTRITIONAL ADVICE ON DYSLIPIDEMIA AND LIPID PEROXIDATION IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE PATIENTS K. Mekki, A. Boukaddoum, N. Bekada-Bouzidi, A. Kaddous, M. Bouchenak (Oran, Algeria) 332 83 THE EFFECT OF N-3 FATTY ACIDS ON HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS IN HYPERHOMOCYSTEINAEMIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS L. Rasmussen, M. Svensson, E.B. Schmidt, J.H. Christensen (Aalborg, Denmark) 333 334 85 EFFECT OF NANDROLONE DECANOATE ON THE SERUM LEVELS OF LIPOPROTEIN(A) AND TRIGLYCERIDES IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS N. Rashtchizadeh, A. Ghorbanihaghjo, H. Argani, M. Rohbaninoubar, A. Vatankhah (Tabriz, Iran) 335 86 NEPHROPROTECTIVE ROLE OF COMBINED VALSARTAN - FLUVASTATIN THERAPY IN CRF PATIENTS L. Di Lullo, R. Addesse, C. Comegna, C. Galderisi, G.R. Iannacci, F. Floccari, P. Polito (Tivoli, Italy) 336 FRIDAY THE EFFECT OF ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION ON PARAOXONASE ACTIVITY IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS A. Ghorbanihaghjo, N. Rashtchizadeh, H. Argani, M. Rohbaninoubar, J. Safa, A. Vatankhah, B. Rahimi (Tabriz, Iran) SATURDAY 84 55 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 87 - 93 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Poster Board No.: 56 Abstract Number Ref.: 87 ANKLE-BRACHIAL INDEX IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS P. Rein, T. Kathrein, A. Vonbank, S. Beer, C.H. Saely, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 337 88 IMPLICATIONS OF ROUTINELY MEASURING ANKLE-BRACHIAL INDEX (ABI) AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING AT A LIPID CLINIC M. Bo, A. Sona, M. Comba, A. Brescianini, L. Corsinovi, M. Zanocchi, G. Fonte, M.A. Astengo, A. Canade, L. Pricop, V. Chiusano, I. Sciarrillo (Turin, Italy) 435 89 HIGH PREVALENCE OF ABNORMAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH SONOGRAPHICALLY DIAGNOSED PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE P. Rein, S. Beer, T. Kathrein, C.H. Saely, A. Vonbank, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 338 90 CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY OR STENTING: WHAT INFLUENCES THE CHOICE FOR INTERVENTION? R. Shrivastava, P. Venkatesh, V. Jeevanantham, V. Rajaram, N. Tandon (Shreveport, LA and Winston-Salem, NC, USA) 339 91 CLINICAL FEASIBILITY AND ANGIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP OF ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFT FOR TYPE B DISSECTION (STANTFORD). EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CENTER IN BRAZIL A. Daige, R. de Barros Wanderley, M. Wanderley Júnior, I. Kury Nunes, R. Favero, C. Albernaz (Campo Grande, Brazil) 340 92 CORRELATIONS BETWEEN HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA, EARLY ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS C. Hotoleanu, M. Dronca, E. Dronca, M.L. Rusu (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) 341 93 EXAMINATION OF 14 PULMONARY ARTERY EMBOLISM AND VEIN THROMBUS SYNDROME EXAMPLES IN RECENT 4YEARS Y. Minagawa (Kuji, Japan) 342 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 94 - 97 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session RHEUMATIC DISEASE POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 94 INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS OF CAROTID ARTERIES IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS ACCORDING TO PRESENCE OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME M. Krotin, L.J. Stojanovic, A. Djokovic, V. Bisenic (Belgrade, Serbia) 343 95 PREVENTION, PHYSICAL EXERCISE M. Hochleitner, A. Bader (Innsbruck, Austria) 344 96 HOW TO DO PREVENTION IN IMMIGRANT WOMEN - IS LANGUAGE A REAL BARRIER? A. Bader, M. Hochleitner (Innsbruck, Austria) 345 97 ARRHYTHMIA PREVALENCE IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS A. Djokovic, M. Krotin, L.J. Stojanovic, R. Pokrajac, B. Milovanovic (Belgrade, Serbia) 346 FRIDAY Abstract Number Ref.: SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 57 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 98 - 100 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session HIV AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Poster Board No.: 58 Abstract Number Ref.: 98 CARDIOVASCULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL STATUS IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV-1(SUBTYPE C) BLACK SOUTH-AFRICANS. J. Van Rooyen, C.M.T. Fourie, H.W. Huisman, R. Schutte, N.T. Malan, L. Malan, A. Kruger, A.E. Schutte (Potchefstroom, South Africa) 347 99 DYSLIPIDEMIA AND LIPODYSTROPHY IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV-1 (SUBTYPE C) BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS C. Fourie, J.M. van Rooyen, H.W. Huisman, R. Schutte, N.T. Malan, L. Malan, A. Kruger, A.E. Schutte (Potchefstroom, South Africa) 348 100 ELEVATED C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH CAROTID LESIONS, BUT NOT WITH MEAN CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS, IN HIV-INFECTED AND HIV-UNINFECTED WOMEN R. Kaplan, L. Benning, J. Lazar, W.A. Meyer, P.C. Tien, A.R. Sharrett, K. Anastos, H.N. Hodis (Bronx, NY, Baltimore, MD, Brooklyn, NY, San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA, USA) 349 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 101 - 114 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session GENETICS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Abstract Number Ref.: LIPID EXCHANGE DISTURBANCES IN NEONATES AND HEREDITARY PREDISPOSE TO ATHEROSCLEROSIS K. Nadaraia, N. Kipshidze, M. Khelaia, A. Jabauri, M. Gudushauri (Tbilisi, Georgia) 350 102 LIPID PROFILE AND ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS IN GIRLS WITH TURNER SYNDROME A. Tabor, M. Schlegel-Zawadzka, J. Starzyk (Krakow, Poland) 351 103 APOLIPOPROTEIN E POLYMORPHISM AS A RISK FACTOR FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN YOUNG EGYPTIAN ADULTS O. Leheta, E. Abdallah, M. ElShabrawy, G. Nasr (Ismailia, Egypt) 352 104 YIA APOLIPOPROTEIN E GENE POLYMORPHISM AND OBESITY STATUS IN MIDDLE-AGED MEN WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE G. Kolovou, K. Anagnostopoulou, P. Kostakou,V. Giannakopoulou, I. Vasiliadis, C. Mihas, O. Diakoumakou, M. Stamatelatou, D.P. Mikhailidis, D.V. Cokkinos (Athens, Greece and London, UK) 353 105 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS IN PPAR-DELTA AND PPARGC1A IN RELATION TO METABOLIC SYNDROME AND TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS Z. Krivosikova, D. Kuba, Z. Dzupinkva, M. Gajdos, J. Tirpakova, V. Fedelesova, V. Mongiellova, A. Oksa, K. Gazdikova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) 354 106 YIA -308 G/A TNF-ALFA AND I/D ACE POLYMORPHISMS AS GENETIC RISK FACTORS FOR METABOLIC SYNDROME N. Kondratova, G. Roytberg, A. Tikhonravov (Moscow, Russia) 355 107 T1264G CD36 GENE POLYMORPHISM ASSOCIATION WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME IN KYRGYZ DISLIPIDEMIC MEN O. Lunegova, A. Bairamukova, M. Pavlenko, A. Noruzbaeva, A. Kerimkulova, Z.H. Isakova, E. Yusupova, A. Aldashev, M. Mirrakhimov (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) 356 108 ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION AND ITS NATURAL SELECTION IN MODERN CONDITIONS O. Khizhnyak, S. Shtandel, Y. Karachentsev, I. Barilyak, I. Snegurskaya, D. Miloslavsky (Kharkov and Kiev, Ukraine) 357 FRIDAY 101 SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 59 60 109 MUTATIONS IN HOMOCYSTEINE METABOLISM CONFER HIGH RISK OF VASCULAR EVENTS IN RUSSIAN PATIENTS WITH STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE A. Komarov, O. Shakhmatova, D. Stambolsky, D. Rebrikov, A. Deev, E. Panchenko (Moscow, Russia) 358 110 YIA ROLE OF P22PHOX, ENDOTHELIAL NO SYNTHASE AND PAI-1 GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE E. Andreenko, L. Samokhodskaya, A. Ershova, S. Boytsov (Moscow, Russia) 359 111 Q192R POLYMORPHISM AND ACTIVITY OF PARAOXONASE 1 IN HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK SUBJECTS ON HYPOLIPIDEMIC DRUGS T. Domagala, S. Dziedzina, S. Polanski, A. Szczeklik (Krakow, Poland) 360 112 YIA POLYMORPHISMS IN STATIN METABOLISM PATHWAY GENES PREDICT STATIN MEDIATED LDL CHOLESTEROL LOWERING IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS A. Poduri, A. Bahl, Y.P. Sharma, M. Khullar (Chandigarh, India) 361 113 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VARIANTS IN THE GENES FOR LEPTIN, LEPTIN RECEPTOR AND PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE IN THE CZECH POPULATION A. Vasku, J. Bienertova Vasku, L. Spinarova, P. Bienert (Brno, Czech Republic) 362 114 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GENETIC VARIANTS ON THE CHROMOSOMAL LOCI 9P21.3, 6Q25.1, AND 2Q36.3 AND ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE A. Muendlein, C.H. Saely, G. Sonderegger, S. Rhomberg, S. Loacker, P. Rein, S. Beer, A. Vonbank, T. Winder, H. Drexel (Feldkirch, Austria and Triesen, Liechtenstein) 363 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 115 - 124 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session SPECIAL POPULATIONS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Abstract Number Ref.: FACTOR ANALYSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SERBIA S. Spasic, D. Dzelajlija, N. Bogavac-Stanojevic, Z. Jelic-Ivanovic, V. Spasojevic-Kalimanovska (Belgrade, Serbia) 364 116 YIA OBESITY, OVERWEIGHT AND DIETARY HABITS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN H. Stritecka, P. Hlúbik (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) 365 117 OBESITY, INSUFFICIENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SMOKING AS CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN YOUNG WOMEN D. Stojanovic, J. Jelenkovic, B. Miladinovic, D. Joksimovic Stevanovic (Nis, Serbia) 366 118 NON-INVASIVE TESTS OF EARLY ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN POPULATION-BASED COHORT OF YOUNG POLICE OFFICERS T. Domagala, K. Kotula-Horowitz, M. Kaszuba, B. Krzyzanowski, A. Szczeklik (Krakow, Poland) 367 119 YIA SPORT RELATED HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA: ADAPTATION TO MUSCULAR DEMAND TO BE NOTICED FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK A. Spaccamiglio, L. Grasso, A. Angeli, F. Pigozzi, P. Borrione (Turin and Rome, Italy) 368 120 RISK FACTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND LIFESTYLE IN FIRST GRADERS: A FIVE-YEAR FOLLOW UP IN THE PEP FAMILY HEART STUDY G. Haas, E. Liepold, P. Schwandt (Muenchen, Germany) 369 121 PRIORITY POPULATIONS FOR STROKE MORTALITY RISK IN LOWER APPALACHIA T. Aldrich, J. Savoy, V. Yalamanchali, K. Cole (Johnson City, TN, USA) 370 122 CVD RISK FACTORS AND LIFESTYLE IN THE ELDERLY - A THREE-YEAR FOLLOW UP: THE PEP FAMILY HEART STUDY P. Schwandt, T. Bertsch, K. Gallert, E. Liepold, G.M. Haas (Muenchen and Nuernberg, Germany) 371 FRIDAY 115 SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 61 62 123 YIA THE CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF PREINFARCTION ANGINA IS LOST IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Y. Pak (Tyumen, Russia) 372 124 YIA DEGERATIVE AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS - MOST COMMON IN THE ELDERLY MEANING OF INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS INDEX K. Koleva, M. Klisurski, P. Stamenova, N. Zlatareva, A. Gourev (Sofia, Bulgaria) 373 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 125 - 131 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session GENDER PERSPECTIVES IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Abstract Number Ref.: CHANGES OF SERUM LEVEL OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND NITRIC OXIDE BY ESTROGEN THERAPY IN NORMOTENSIVE AND HYPERTENSIVE OVARIECTOMIZED RATS M. Khazaei, M. Nematbakhsh, J.L. Mobarakeh (Isfahan and Tehran, Iran) 374 126 LOW-ENERGY DENSE DIETS BY ADDING FRUITS REDUCE WEIGHT AND ENERGY INTAKE OF WOMEN AND REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR RISKS M.C. de Oliveira, M. de Paula, E. Sombra, E. Morais, F.M. Rod Costa, M. De Fátima Pereira, S.R.D. Menezes, A. Silva de Almeida, A. Pessoa Ferreira, A. de Oliveira Abtibol, M.C. de Arruda, S.M. Mundim, A. Pinho Rodrigues (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 375 127 EFFECTS OF GENDER AND MENOPAUSAL STATUS ON SMALL DENSE LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL AND APOLIPOPROTEIN B CONCENTRATIONS V. Spasojevic-Kalimanovska, A. Zeljkovic, J. Vekic, Z. Jelic-Ivanovic, S. Spasic, L. Memon (Belgrade, Serbia) 376 128 INCREASED HIGH SENSITIVE C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IS DETERMINED BY HIGHER PLASMA LEPTIN IN WOMEN R.P.F. Dullaart, W.J. Sluiter (Groningen, The Netherlands) 377 129 HOMOCYSTEINE CONCENTRATIONS IN NEONATES FROM THE MERIDA COHORT. INFLUENCE OF CORTISOL AND GH LEVELS F. Sánchez-Muniz, S. Bastida, E. Gesteiro (Madrid, Mérida and Badajos, Spain) 378 130 RISK FACTORS, CLINICAL AND ANGIOGRAPHIC PARTICULARITIES OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN PERI AND POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN C. Motoc, R. Motoc, M.I. Laszlo, I. Tilea, I. Silivastru, M. Ursu, L. Cozlea (Targu Mures, Romania) 379 131 MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES: THERE ARE GENDER DIFFERENCES? R. Dourado, D. Durão (Ponta Delgada and Santarém, Portugal) 380 FRIDAY 125 YIA SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 63 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 132 - 136 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session SMOKING AND MULTIPLE RISKS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Poster Board No.: 64 Abstract Number Ref.: 132 A POTENTIAL MODEL TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF TOBACCO SMOKE ON VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS E. Bishop, I.M. Fearon, M. Gaca (Southampton, UK) 381 133 SMOKING BEHAVIOR, SENSATION SEEKING AND RISK PERCEPTIONS IN ADOLESCENTS S. Ristic, M. Uljarevic, M. Nesic (Nis, Serbia) 382 134 TOBACCO SMOKING IN POLISH POPULATION - RESULTS FROM THE WOBASZ STUDY M. Polakowska, W. Piotrowski (Warsaw, Poland) 383 135 YIA ‘SMOKING’ A CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR’: ROLE OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA TO PREVENT IT IN A SELECTED AREA IN THE CAPITALCITY (DHAKA) OF BANGLADESH N. Khurshid, J. Naznin, S. Alam (Dhaka, Bangladesh) 384 136 SMOKING CESSATION AND WEIGHT GAIN H. Cena, R. Niniano, A. Tesone, G. Turconi, C. Roggi, I. Cerveri (Pavia, Italy) 385 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 137 - 151 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND NUTRITION POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 137 YIA ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF L-ASPARTATE PLUS L-GLUTAMATE PREVENTS AORTIC FATTY STREAKS DEVELOPMENT AND ATTENUATES LIVER DAMAGE IN CHOLESTEROL-FED RABBIT A. Yanni, G. Agrogiannis, T. Nomikos, E. Fragopoulou, A. Pantopoulou, S. Antonopoulou, D. Perrea (Athens, Greece) 386 138 ANTHOCYANIN SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVED SERUM LDL-C, HDL-C LEVELS AND ENHANCED CAPACITY OF CELLULAR CHOLESTEROL EFFLUX TO SERUM IN DYSLIPIDEMIC SUBJECTS W. Ling (Guangzhou, China) 387 139 THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC L-ARGININE ADMINISTRATION ON SERUM LIPID PROFILE IN NORMAL AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL FED MALE RABBITS M. Khazaei, J.L. Mobarakeh, A. Rahimi (Isfahan and Tehran, Iran) 388 140 DIFFERENT GALENIC FORMULATIONS OF FLUVASTATIN HAVE EQUAL LIPID-LOWERING ACTION BUT DIFFER IN REDUCING LIPEMIA-INDUCED ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION S. Westphal, C. Abletshauser, C. Luley (Magdeburg and Nuernberg, Germany) 389 141 HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AND ANTIOXIDATIVE EFFECTS OF HESPERETIN AND ITS METABOLITES IN THE SYRIAN GOLDEN HAMSTERS H. Kim, S. Jeon, G. Do, M. Woo, M. Choi (Daegu, South Korea) 390 142 BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF SARDINE PROTEINS ON TISSUES LIPID PEROXIDATION AND ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE ENZYMES IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC RATS M. Lamri-Senhadji, S. Hamza Reguig, S. Louala, S. Bouderbala, A. Boualga, M. Bouchenak (Oran, Algeria) 391 143 YIA THE INFLUENCE OF CLA ISOMERS ON THE CATALASE ACTIVITY AND ROS GENERATION IN MACROPHAGES M. Rybicka, E. Stachowska, D. Chlubek (Szczecin, Poland) 392 FRIDAY Abstract Number Ref.: SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 65 66 144 EFFECT OF DIETARY CHANGES ON PLASMA TRIGLYCERIDES AFTER A FAT LOAD WITH OR WITHOUT ALCOHOL AND AN ALMOST COMPLETE ABSTINENCE FROM FAT: THE DAY AFTER I. Georgoulis, M. Giovannini, M. Bove, A.F.G. Cicero, A.V. Gaddi (Bologna, Italy) 393 145 RESEARCH OF THE THERAPEUTICS ACTION OF THE SOYBEAN FLAVONOID SUPPLEMENT IN THE PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME V. Kapetivadze, R.I.T. Tabukashvili, Z.G.G. Grigorashvili, K.M.T. Tchaava, I.G.K. Kapetivadze, N.D.G. Gegeshidze (Tbilisi, Georgia) 394 146 CAN A HUMAN EVOLUTION BASED DIET, COMBINED WITH SIMPLE SUPPLEMENTS, REVERSE THE METABOLIC SYNDROME? S. Gundry, W. Ehrman (Palm Springs, CA, USA) 395 147 FISH PROTEIN VS CASEIN ON BLOOD PRESSURE, GLYCEMIA, LIPIDEMIA AND REDOX STATUS, IN SHR AND STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETIC SHR RATS M. Bouchenak, F.O. Boukortt, D. Ait-yahia, J. Prost (Oran, Algeria and Dijon, France) 396 148 APOLIPOPROTEIN E DETERMINES THE HEPATIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILE OF DIETARY MASLINIC ACID IN MICE J. Osada, N. Guillen, S. Acín, J.C. Surra, C. Arnal, A. García-Granados, P. Muniesa, V. Ruiz-Gutiérrez (Zaragoza, Granada, Seville and Madrid, Spain) 397 149 WALNUT-ENRICHED MEAT CONSUMPTION IMPROVES THE THROMBOGENIC STATUS IN INDIVIDUALS AT HIGH CHD RISK. A CROSS-OVER, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY F. Sánchez-Muniz, S. Bastida, A. Canales, M. Nus, J. Librelotto, J. Benedí (Madrid, Spain) 398 150 THE EFFECT OF A LOW CARBOHYDRATE WEIGHT REDUCING PLANT BASED DIET ON APOLIPOPROTEINS AND BLOOD PRESSURE J.M.W. Wong, C.W.C. Kendall, A. Esfahani, V.W.Y. Ng, K.A. Greaves, G. Paul, D.J.A. Jenkins (Toronto, ON, Canada and St. Louis, MO, USA) 399 151 BARLEY PROTEIN AND OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN J.M.W. Wong, K. Srichaikul, N. Fozdar, A.R. Josse, C.W.C. Kendall, D.J.A. Jenkins (Toronto, ON, Canada) 400 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 152 - 162 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND INTERVENTION POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 152 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFECTS OF HIGH POTASSIUM INTAKE IN YOUNG AND ADULT SALT HYPERTENSIVE DAHL RATS J. Zicha, Z. Dobesova, J. Kunes (Prague, Czech Republic) 401 153 THE EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS AND ETHANOL EXTRACTS OF ALLIUM SATIVUM ON THE ISOLATED HEART ATRIA OF RAT M. Radenkovic, S. Brankovic, D. Kitic, S. Veljkovic, V. Ivetic, M. Nesic (Nis, Serbia) 402 154 ATHEROGENIC LIPID MODIFICATIONS AS A RESULT OF A SINGLE SESSION OF SUBMAXIMAL EXERCISE IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS Z. Caparevic, N. Kostic, S. Ilic, J. Radojkovic, B. Pencic, M. Dekleva, V. Celic, L.J. Konstantinovic (Belgrade, Serbia) 403 155 FEASIBILITY AND EFFICACY OF A PHYSICAL EXERCISE PROGRAM IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN A PUBLIC OUTPATIENT CLINIC P. Auletta, G. Annuzzi (Frattamaggiore and Naples, Italy) 404 156 REDUCTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS USING YAN XIN QIGONG EXTERNAL QI TREATMENT - A PILOT STUDY X. Yan, H. Shen, W. Zhang, D. Hu, J. Wang, X. Wu, M.C. Tsai (Chongqing, China, New York, NY, Houston, TX and Boston, MA, USA) 405 157 THE EFFECT OF PALATINOSE ON MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN CHINESE M. Mori, J. Wen Xu, H. Mori, Z. Sixiu, W. Wentao, G. Hongwei, Y. Yamori (Nishinomiya, Japan and Shanghai, China) 406 158 PREVENTIVE EFFECT OF PALATINOSE ON THE RISK OF LIFESTYLE - RELATED DISEASE H. Mori, M. Mori, Y. Yamori (Nishinomiya, Japan) 407 159 YIA HYPOTENSIVE AND NEGATIVE CHRONOTROPIC AND INOTROPIC EFFECTS OF THE AQUEOUS AND ETHANOL EXTRACT FROM PARSLEY LEAVES (PETROSELINUM CRISPUM) S. Brankovic, S. Djosev, D. Kitic, M. Radenkovic, S. Veljkovic, M. Nesic, D. Pavlovic (Nis, Serbia) 408 FRIDAY Abstract Number Ref.: SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 67 68 160 HUMOR, AS ADJUNCT THERAPY IN DIABETIC CARE, ATTENUATES CATECHOLAMINES, INFLAMMATORY MARKERS, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OCCURRENCE S.A. Tan, L.G. Tan, L.S. Berk (Yucaipa, CA, USA) 409 161 PACEMAKER DERIVED MINUTE VENTILATION IMPROVING OUTCOMES WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PATIENTS - THE MOVE STUDY J. Adams, W.A. Bradley, J.R. Adams, B.L. Strunk, M.L. Baer, A.K. Kao, D.C. Sperling, R.T. Sperling, M.P. Wexman, J. Sklar, J. Young, B. Keeffe, K.N. Gershengorn, M. Nisam (San Francisco, CA, USA) 410 162 BODY WEIGHT TELEMETRY IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS REDUCES SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE, INTERDIALYTIC WEIGHT GAIN AND ULTRAFILTRATION E. Schulz, F. Wagner, N. Fischer, A. Schwarz, A. Wolf, U. Korth, M.H. Weber (Goettingen and Stolberg, Germany) 411 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 163 - 168 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session HEALTH ECONOMICS POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 163 PERSISTENCE AND ADHERENCE TO HYPOLIPEMIC THERAPY IN REAL PRACTICE: RESULTS OF A LARGE ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASE. L.G. Mantovani, C. Fornari, F. Madotto, V. Chiodini, G. Veronesi, M. Ferrario, G. Cesana (Naples, Monza and Varese, Italy) 412 164 YIA EDUCATIONAL PREVENTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION (CLINIC EFFICIENCY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS) A. Kontsevaya, A. Kalinina (Moscow, Russia) 413 165 COST -UTILITY ANALYSIS OF A NATIONAL PROJECT TO REDUCE HYPERTENSION IN ISRAEL D. Gavish, H. Yosefy, G. Ginsberg, R. Viskoper, D. Dicker (Holon, Ashkelon, Jerusalem and Petach Tikva, Israel) 414 166 THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF BETTER RISK PREDICTION: A PROJECTION FROM THE CHD POLICY MODEL M. Pletcher, L. Lazar, K. Bibbins-Domingo, A. Moran, N. Rodondi, P. Coxson, J. Lightwood, L. Williams, L. Goldman (San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Boston, MA, USA and Lausanne, Switzerland) 415 167 MEDICARE POLICIES: TRANSLATING RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION AMONG OLDER ADULTS TO POLICY C.C. Quinn (Baltimore, MD, USA) 416 168 MOBILE PHONE DIABETES MANAGEMENT: IMPACT ON PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBING BEHAVIOR FOR PATIENTS WITH COMORBID HEART DISEASE C.C. Quinn (Baltimore, MD, USA) 417 FRIDAY Abstract Number Ref.: SATURDAY Poster Board No.: 69 Palazzo del Casinò Friday, OCTOBER 24 - Saturday, OCTOBER 25 afternoon (13.00) 169 - 170 GROUP B Posters marked with YIA are competing for the Young Investigator Awards. Poster Session GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICE POSTER DISPLAY: for the duration of 11/2 days (Friday, October 24 from 9.00 to 18.30 and on Saturday, October 25 from 8.30 to 13.00). Participants may view the posters displayed during these hours. POSTER DISCUSSION: one of the authors will be available at the poster site as follows: Friday, October 24: from 13.00 to 14.00 Friday, October 24: from 16.00 to 16.30 Saturday October 25: from 10.45 to 11.15 Poster Board No.: 70 Abstract Number Ref.: 169 FOLLOW-UP PROGRAMME FOR PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) - THE WAY TO IMPLEMENT GUIDELINES IN PRACTICE I. Mintale, I. Zake, A. Erglis (Riga, Latvia) 418 170 DRUG CHOICES IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN BULGARIA B. Georgiev, N. Gotcheva, V. Baytcheva, A. Genov, M. Hazan (Sofia, Bulgaria) 419 Index of Abstract Contributors (The numbers refer to the Abstract Number) -AAbate, N. ........................................................................165 Abdallah, E. ..................................................................352 Abdelaal, M. ..................................................................139 Abletshauser, C. ................................................228, 389 Accardo, A. ....................................................................137 Acin, S. ..............................................................................78 Acín, S. ............................................................................397 Aczel, S. ..................................44, 121, 151, 232, 255, 278, 330 Adachi, H. ............................................................287, 320 Adamkova, V. ..............................................................235 Adams, J. ........................................................................410 Addesse, R. ....................................................................336 Adorni, M.P. ........................................................176, 178 Aeta, M. ..........................................................................159 Afanasieva, O. ..............................................................122 Aggarwal, A. ................................................................101 Agoston-Coldea, L. ....................................................303 Agrawal, R. ....................................................................149 Agrogiannis, G. ............................................................386 Ahnhström, J. ..................................................................58 Ait-yahia, D. ..................................................................396 Aivars, J.I. ......................................................................221 Akcil, M. ........................................................................219 Akhvlediani, M. ..........................................................322 Alabakovska, S. ..........................................................194 Alabakovski, M. ..........................................................194 Alam, S. ..........................................................................384 Alarcón Gonzalez, J.A. ............................................152 Albernaz, C. ..................................................................340 Aldashev, A. ..................................................................356 Aldrich, T. ......................................................................370 Alegiani, F. ....................................................................222 Alegria, E. ......................................................................210 Alegría, A. ......................................................................210 Alekseevskaja, I. ..........................................................324 Aleksov, B. ....................................................................269 Alexandru, N.................................................................140 Al-Hani, A. ......................................................................75 Aliakseyeuskaya, I. ....................................................117 Alissa, E. ........................................................................108 Alshali, K. ......................................................................108 Alter, P. ..............................................................................29 Alves, S. ..........................................................................115 Amato, M. ............................................................128, 197 Ambegaonkar, B.M. ......................................................92 Aminov, S. ..........................................................161, 163 Amuzescu, M. ..............................................................140 Anagnostopoulou, K. ................................................353 Anand, I. ........................................................................440 Anastos, K. ....................................................................349 Andreenko, E. ..............................................................359 Andreev, D. ....................................................................129 Andrushishina, T. ........................................................311 Anestiadi, V. ..................................................................273 Angeli, A. ......................................................................368 Angello, J. ......................................................................104 Anker, S.D. ....................................................................440 Annuzzi, G. ....................................................................404 Antic, S. ..........................................................................272 Antohe, F. ............................................................179, 313 Antonellis, I. ..................................................................131 Antonopoulou, S. ................................................51, 386 Antonucci, E. ................................................................231 Antonucci, G. ................................................................231 Anzivino, C. ....................................................................62 Arbones-Mainar, J.M. ..................................................78 Arcoraci, C. ..................................................................321 Argani, H. ............................................................334, 335 Arnaboldi, L. ..............................................64, 188, 211 Arnal, C. ..................................................................78, 397 Arnsdorf, M. ....................................................................75 Arquati, M. ............................................................48, 197 Arroyo-Espliguero, R.........................................31, 133 Astengo, M.A. ....................................................434, 435 Atella, V. ............................................................................89 Auletta, P. ......................................................................404 Avanzas, P...............................................................31, 133 Avcioglu, U. ..................................................................219 Axler, O. ............................................................................58 Ayrton, N. ........................................................................96 Azevedo, A. ........................................................180, 181 -BBabic, G. ..............................................................300, 312 Bader, A. ....................................................105, 344, 345 Badila, A. ........................................................................140 Baek, S. ..........................................................................123 Baetta, R. ........................................................................211 Bahl, A.............................................................................361 Bahs, G.......................................................................93, 94 Bairamukov, A. ............................................................356 Bakirov, T. ......................................................................124 Bakris, G. ..........................................................................75 Balandina, K. ................................................................147 Balandina, K.A.............................................................283 Balcou-Debussche, M. ................................................13 Baldassarre, D. ............................................................197 Ballantyne, C.M...........................................................165 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 71 Ballantyne, C. ..............................................................166 Ballerio, R. ....................................................................198 Balode, L. ......................................................................221 Balsamo, A. ....................................................................211 Balu, S. ............................................................................326 Banbury, M.K. ..............................................................100 Banfi, C. ............................................................................59 Barbieri, S.S.....................................................................41 Barbuto, J. ............................................................180, 181 Barcella, S. ......................................................................59 Bardymova, T.P. ..........................................................266 Bardymova, T. ..............................................................271 Barilyak, I. ....................................................................357 Barth, J. ..........................................................................114 Basile, J.......................................................167, 170, 171 Bastida, S. ............................................................378, 398 Basu, S. ..............................................................................55 Bauduceau, B. ................................................................99 Bauer, D. ..........................................................................16 Bays, H. ............................................................................23 Baytcheva, V. ......................................................156, 419 Bazinet, R.P. ..................................................................296 Bedogna, V. ....................................................................331 Beer, S. ............................20, 44, 127, 232, 255, 284, 315, 319, 329, 330, 337, 338, 363 Bekada-Bouzidi, N. ....................................................332 Bellacosa, I. ..................................................................436 Bellosta, S. ..................................................60, 189, 198 Belotti, F. ..........................................................................89 Belousova, I.V. ............................................................266 Benedí, J. ........................................................................398 Benning, L. ....................................................................349 Benzer, W. ............................................................121, 278 Beraia, M. ......................................................................192 Berk, L.S. ................................................................33, 409 Bernini, F. ............................................................176, 178 Bertolotti, M. ........................................................62, 268 Bertsch, T. ..............................................................36, 371 Berulava, D. ..................................................................322 Betova, T.........................................................................301 Bi, X.M. ..........................................................................145 Bianco, S. ......................................................................103 Biasioli, B. ....................................................................136 Bibbins-Domingo, K. ................................................415 Bienert, P. ......................................................................362 Bienertova Vasku, J. ..................................................362 Bird, S. ............................................................................166 Bisenic, V. ......................................................................343 Bishop, E. ......................................................................381 Black, H.............................................................................75 Blais, C. ................................................................244, 245 Blankenberg, S. ............................................................107 Blauw, G. ..........................................................................37 Bliddal, H. ........................................................................25 Bloise, A. ........................................................................103 Bo, M. ....................................................................434, 435 Bodisz, G. ......................................................................257 Boeger, R. ......................................................................110 Boehnel, C. ......................................................................20 Bogani, P.........................................................................201 Bogavac-Stanojevic, N. ............................................364 Boiocchi, C. ..................................................................132 Bolego, C. ......................................................................183 Bolgiano, D. ....................................................................91 Boncheva, M. ................................................................249 Bond, D. ............................................................................17 Bongo, A.S. ......................................................................18 Bonilla-Aguilar, I. ......................................................309 Borai, A. ................................................................138, 139 Bordier, L. ........................................................................99 Borghi, C. ......................................................................425 Bormane, I. ....................................................................221 Bornstein, S.R. ............................................................247 Borrione, P. ....................................................................368 Borucki, K. ....................................................................228 Borz, B. ..........................................................................257 Boschetti, F. ..................................................................198 Boualga, A. ....................................................................391 Bouchenak, M. ........................................332, 391, 396 Bouderbala, S. ..............................................................391 Boukaddoum, A. ..........................................................332 Boukortt, F.O. ..............................................................396 Bove, M. ..............................................................113, 393 Boytsov, S. ....................................................................359 Bozzini, S. ......................................................................132 Bragagni, G. ..................................................................246 Brambilla, M. ................................................................201 Brankovic, S. ......................................................402, 408 Brazor, M. ......................................................................272 Brescianini, A. ....................................................434, 435 Brinton, E. ............................................................168, 169 Brioschi, M. ....................................................................59 Brohee, D. ............................................................106, 182 Brotons, C. ....................................................................104 Brudi, P. ............................................................................63 Bruun, J. ............................................................................55 Bujisic, N. ......................................................................126 Buko, I. ............................................................................186 Burazor, I. ............................................................199, 272 Burazor, M. ....................................................................199 Burazor, N. ....................................................................272 Burazor, Z. ....................................................................272 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 72 Burge, R. ..............................................................157, 158 Burgmaier, M. ................................................................19 Buryachkovskaya, L. ......................................200, 314 Butler, J. ............................................................................16 -CCafiero, M. ....................................................................103 Cahill, P. ............................................................................61 Calabresi, L. ..................................................................176 Calder, P.C. ......................................................................82 Callebert, J. ......................................................................40 Camera, M. ................................................197, 198, 201 Canade, A. ............................................................434, 435 Canales, A. ....................................................................398 Canavesi, M. ................................................60, 189, 198 Caparevic, Z. ................................................................403 Capewell, S. ....................................................................84 Caprnda, M. ..........................................................90, 148 Capuano, E. ..................................................................436 Capuano, V. ....................................................................436 Carella, A.M. ................................................................231 Cariolou, M.A. ................................................................96 Carleton, A.J. ................................................................295 Carroll, S.........................................................................114 Carulli, L. ................................................................62, 268 Carulli, N. ..............................................................62, 268 Casazza, G. ......................................................................48 Cascone, G. ....................................................................321 Casscells, S.W. ..................................................................3 Catapano, A.L. ....8, 14, 86, 112, 165, 175, 177, 183 Cattin, L. ................................................................43, 282 Cavalca, V. ................................................129, 135, 242 Cebanu, M. ......................................................................50 Celic, V. ..........................................................................403 Cena, H. ..........................................................................385 Ceppa, F. ............................................................................99 Cerveri, I.........................................................................385 Cesana, G. ......................................................................412 Cesur, M. ........................................................................219 Chagunava, K. ..............................................................259 Chai, Y. ............................................................................160 Chait, A. ............................................................................68 Chandra, N.C. ..............................................................144 Chapidze, G. ......................................24, 214, 226, 302 Chapman, M.J...............................................................441 Charland, S. ........................................................157, 158 Chen, M. ........................................................................279 Cherenkevich, S.N. ....................................................186 Cheriyath, P. ....................................................................22 Chiariello, M. ..................................................................77 Chien, K. ........................................................................279 Chin-Dusting, J...............................................................30 Chiodini, V. ....................................................................412 Chironi, G. ........................................................................40 Chiusano, V. ........................................................434, 435 Chiurlia, E. ......................................................................73 Chlubek, D. ....................................................................392 Cho, K. ............................................................................123 Choi, J. ............................................................................289 Choi, M. ............................................252, 262, 289, 390 Christensen, R. ................................................................25 Christensen, J.H. ..........................................................333 Christenson, R. ............................................................440 Chulaevskaya, I. ..........................................................227 Cicero, A.F. ....................................................................219 Cicero, A.F.G. ....................................................113, 393 Cifkova, R. ....................................................................235 Clopton, P. ......................................................................440 Cokkinos, DV. ..............................................................353 Colcear, D. ....................................................................307 Cole, K. ..........................................................................370 Comba, M. ..........................................................434, 435 Comegna, C. ..................................................................336 Conte, M. ........................................................................231 Copeland, K.A. ............................................................100 Cordero, A. ....................................................................210 Cornuz, J. ..........................................................................16 Corsini, A. ........................10, 64, 178, 188, 189, 211 Corsinovi, L. ......................................................434, 435 Cortellaro, M. ........................................................48, 197 Costa, S. ..........................................................................178 Costanzo, P. ......................................................................77 Coxson, P. ......................................................................415 Cozlea, L. ............................................................327, 379 Craciun, L. ....................................................................240 Crea, F. ..............................................................................66 Crestani, M. ..................................................................189 Cricelli, C. ......................................................................104 Crinos, X. ......................................................................218 Critchley, J.A. ..................................................................84 Crosetti, M. ......................................................................64 Cuccia, M. ......................................................................132 Cuccurullo, P. ................................................................103 Cuchel, M. ........................................................................15 Cui, J. ..............................................................................174 Cullen, J.............................................................................61 Cvejic, J. ........................................................................141 Cvetanovic, G. ..............................................................272 Cvirn, G. ........................................................................204 Cziraky, M.J. ................................................................154 Cziraky, M. ....................................................................326 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 73 -DDahlbäck, B. ....................................................................58 Daige, A. ........................................................................340 Daida, H. ........................................................................426 Dalamaga, M.................................................................131 Dallinga-Thie, G.M. ....................................................56 Daniels, L.B. ................................................................440 D’Amico, F.......................................................................89 D’Amico, R. ..................................................................268 D’Arminio, T. ..............................................................436 Dascalu, C. ............................................................32, 318 Davidson, M.H. ....................................................69, 165 Davila-Lara, C. ............................................................309 de Arruda, M.C. ..........................................................375 De Backer, G.................................................................421 de Barros Wanderley, R. ..........................................340 De Caterina, R. ............................................................420 De Fátima Pereira, M. ..............................................375 De Feo, P. ..........................................................................52 De Francesco, A. ........................................60, 189, 198 De Groot, E. ..................................................................119 de Kievit, P. ..................................................................193 de Kievit, J. ....................................................................193 de la Llera-Moya, M. ..................................................15 De Monte, A. ........................................................43, 282 de Oliveira Abtibol, A. ..............................................375 De Oliveira Sarkis, M.C. ..........................................375 De Souza, R.J. ..............................................................295 De Stefano, A. ..............................................................103 de Vries, R. ....................................................................276 Debussche, X...................................................................13 Deby-Dupont, G. ........................................................185 Dechamplain, J...................................................244, 245 Dedov, I...........................................................................271 Deev, A. ..........................................................................358 Dehelean, P. ..................................................................240 Dekkers, D. ....................................................................193 Dekleva, M. ..................................................................403 Del Pino, M. ....................................................................40 Del Puppo, M. ................................................................62 Delbello, G. ..................................................................136 Denes, C.L. ....................................................................316 Denisevich, T. ..............................................................207 Derdemezis, C. ............................................................162 Derochette, S.................................................................185 Despres, J.-P.....................................................................47 Detopoulou, P. ................................................................51 Devlin, J. ..........................................................................37 Dhaliwal, S. ......................................................................21 Diakoumakou, O. ........................................................353 Di Battista, N. ..............................................................246 Dicker, D. ......................................................................414 Di Lullo, L. ....................................................................336 Dima Cozma, LC.................................................32, 318 Di Martino, E. ..............................................................198 Dimitriou, E...................................................................218 Dimitrova, A. ................................................................301 Dimov, D. ......................................................................249 Dionyssiou-Asteriou, A. ..........................................131 Di Pumpo, M. ..............................................................231 Di Renzi, P. ....................................................................222 Di Somma, S. ................................................................440 Dittmer, W. ....................................................................193 Djokovic, A. ..............................................328, 343, 346 Djordjevic, N. ....................................................300, 312 Djosev, S. ........................................................................408 Do, G. ................................................252, 262, 289, 390 Dobesova, Z. ................................................................401 Dobreva, D. ..................................................................258 Dolidze, N. ........................................24, 214, 226, 302 Domagala, T. ......................................................360, 367 Domeikiene, A. ............................................................270 Dong, X...........................................................................174 Dongmo Fomekong, G. ............................................261 Donova, T. ......................................................................281 Doorey, A.J. ..................................................................100 Dourado, R. ..............................................260, 308, 380 Dozio, E. ........................................................................112 Drexel, H. ....20, 44, 118, 121, 127, 151, 232, 255, 278, 284, 315, 319, 329, 330, 337, 338, 363 Dronca, M. ....................................................................341 Dronca, E. ......................................................................341 Duan, Y. ............................................................................22 Duão, D. ..........................................................................260 Duca, P.G. ........................................................................48 Ducobu, J. ............................................................106, 182 Duda-Seiman, D.M.....................................................240 Dufour, R. ............................................................244, 245 Dukat, A. ................................................................90, 148 Dullaart, R.P.F. ......................................2, 56, 276, 377 Dumitrascu, D.L. ........................................................303 Dundua, M. ....................................................................292 DuPont-Meyramova, O.N. ......................................265 Dupuy, O. ..........................................................................99 Durão, D. ..............................................................308, 380 Dwivedi, S. ....................................................................101 Dyballa, T. ......................................................................284 Dyzma, M. ....................................................................106 Dzelajlija, D. ................................................................364 Dziedzina, S. ................................................................360 Dzupinkva, Z. ..............................................................354 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 74 -EEason, S. ............................................................................91 Ebrahimi, R. ....................................................................39 Eckel, R.H. ......................................................................67 Ehnholm, C. ....................................................................58 Ehrman, W. ............................................................12, 395 Elisaf, M.S. ..........................................................162, 248 Ellrott, T. ..........................................................................79 ElShabrawy, M. ............................................................352 Emukhvari, M...............................................................322 Engelen, S. ....................................................................104 Enquobahrie, D. ..............................24, 214, 226, 302 Enyong Oben, J. ..........................................................261 Erglis, A. ........................................................................418 Ershova, A. ....................................................................359 Ertek, S. ..........................................................................219 Esfahani, A. ........................................................296, 399 Esterbauer, H.................................................................297 Evers, T. ..........................................................................193 Exner, M. ........................................................................297 Ezenwaka, C. ......................................................102, 213 Ezhov, M. ......................................................................122 -FFalasca, M. ....................................................................175 Falcone, C. ....................................................................132 Farhaut, B. ......................................................................106 Farnier, M.......................................................................428 Favari, E. ..............................................................176, 178 Favero, R. ......................................................................340 Fearon, I.M. ..................................................................381 Fedak, D. ........................................................................277 Fedelesova, V. ....................................................111, 354 Feinman, R. ..................................................................209 Ferns, G. ....................................................108, 138, 139 Ferrario, M. ....................................................................412 Ferraro, S. ........................................................................18 Ferri, N. ..........................................................................188 Ferstl, U. ........................................................................204 Filipiak, K. ....................................................................155 Filipiak, K.J. ..................................................................239 Filippatos, G. ................................................................440 Fine, E. ............................................................................209 Fischer, N. ............................................................310, 411 Fisher, M.........................................................................104 Fitzpatrick, A. ..............................................................214 Fleg, J.L. ............................................................................11 Floccari, F.......................................................................336 Florentin, M. ......................................................162, 248 Fodor, J.G. ........................................................................90 Fonte, G. ..............................................................434, 435 Foody, J. ............................................................................72 Ford, I. ................................................................................37 Fornari, C. ............................................................348, 412 Fourie, C.M.T. ..............................................................347 Fozdar, N. ..................................................................6, 400 Fragopoulou, E. ....................................................51, 386 Franceschini, G. ..........................................................176 Franculli, F. ....................................................................436 Frank, T. ..........................................................................185 Fras, Z. ............................................................................243 Fraser, N. ..........................................................................45 Freidig, A. ......................................................................146 Friedman, M. ................................................................157 Frikke-Schmidt, R. ........................................................58 Frind, A. ..........................................................................247 Frostegard, J. ................................................................120 Fruchart, J.-C. ..............................................................439 Fruttero, R. ......................................................................64 -GGabbi, C. ..........................................................................62 Gaca, M...........................................................................381 Gach, O. ..........................................................................185 Gaddi, A.V. ..........................................................113, 393 Gaito, S. ..........................................................................215 Gajdos, M. ............................................................111, 354 Galderisi, C. ..................................................................336 Gallert, K. ......................................................................371 Galli, C. ............................................................................81 Galli Kienle, M. ..............................................................62 Ganazzi, D. ....................................................................268 Ganske, P. ......................................................................280 García-Granados, A. ..................................................397 Garcia, C. ..........................................................................99 Garlanda, C. ....................................................................14 Garlaschelli, K. ............................................................112 Gasco, A. ..........................................................................64 Gately, P. ........................................................................114 Gatti, R. ..........................................................................178 Gavish, D. ......................................................................414 Gavornik, P. ..................................................................148 Gayet, C.............................................................................26 Gazdikova, K. ....................................................111, 354 Gaziano, J.M. ................................................................104 Gedminas, L. ................................................................270 Gegeshidze, N.D.G. ....................................................394 Gelaye, B. ..........................................24, 214, 226, 302 Gencheva, I. ..................................................................301 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 75 Generalov, V. ................................................................124 Genov, A. ........................................................................419 Georgescu, A. ................................................................140 Georgiev, B. ........................................................156, 419 Georgoulis, I. ......................................................113, 393 Georgiou, N. ...................................................................17 Gertow, K. ......................................................................201 Gesteiro, E. ....................................................................378 Ghamdi, H. ....................................................................139 Ghiciuc, C...............................................................32, 318 Ghorbanihaghjo, A. ..........................................334, 335 Giampaoli, S. ....................................................................7 Giannakopoulou, V. ....................................................353 Giannico, I.M. ..............................................................268 Gidlund, M. ..............................................115, 180, 181 Gilardi, F. ........................................................................189 Gillies, P. ..........................................................................53 Ginsberg, G. ..................................................................414 Ginsberg, H.N. ................................................................26 Giovannini, M. ............................................................393 Giroli, M. ........................................................................242 Gladkih, A. ....................................................................223 Glasnovic, J. ..................................................................272 Gmeiner, B.M.K. ........................................................297 Godio, C. ........................................................................189 Gojkovic Bukarica, Lj. ..............................................141 Goldberg, R. ..........................................................46, 164 Goldenberg, H. ............................................................184 Goldman, L. ..................................................................415 Gollub, S.........................................................................191 Gomez Ruiz, M. ..........................................................152 Gorshunska, M...............................223, 274, 275, 288 Gorudko, I.V. ................................................................186 Gotcheva, N. ......................................................156, 419 Gotto, A...........................................................................187 Goudev, A. ....................................................................373 Goyer, L. ..............................................................244, 245 Graessler, J. ....................................................................247 Granata, A. ....................................................................178 Grandi, E.........................................................................113 Grassi, P. ........................................................................136 Grasso, L. ......................................................................368 Greaves, K.A. ..............................................................399 Green, J.W. ......................................................................53 Griffin, M. ........................................................................17 Grigorashvili, Z.G.G. ................................................394 Grigore, L. ......................................................................112 Grigorescu-Sido, P. ....................................................316 Grin, V. ............................................................................220 Grinchenko, T. ..............................................................286 Gromov, A. ....................................................................124 Grünfeldova, H. ..........................................................212 Grundy, S.............................................................................4 Gruzdev, A. ....................................................................317 Gryszkiewicz, M. ........................................................104 Gudushauri, M. ............................................................350 Guerra, G. ......................................................................113 Guillamont-Salvador, J. ............................................309 Guillen, N. ..............................................................78, 397 Gulati, M. ..........................................................................75 Gundry, S. ..............................................................12, 395 Gupalo, E. ......................................................................314 Gusev, D. ........................................................................129 Gustafson, K. ..........................................................23, 45 Guyton, J. ................................................................46, 164 Gvaladze, T. ..................................................................292 -HHaas, G. ..................................................................38, 369 Haas, G.M. ............................................................36, 371 Hadjivassiliou, M. ........................................................96 Hajjar, D. ........................................................................187 Haj-Yahya, S. ..................................................................65 Hamza Reguig, S.........................................................391 Hanus, P. ........................................................................212 Haraba, R. ............................................................179, 313 Hardeman, W. ..............................................................193 Harris, T. ............................................................................16 Havekes, L.M. ..............................................................146 Havulinna, A. ..................................................................58 Hazan, M. ............................................................156, 419 Heinle, H. ......................................................................141 Helenowski, I. ..............................................................241 Henry, P. ............................................................................63 Hermann, M. ................................................................297 Hernandez-Ono, A.........................................................26 Hess, K. ............................................................................19 Hiro, T. ............................................................................426 Hlubik, H. ......................................................................234 Hlubik, J. ..........................................................................95 Hlubik, P. ................................................................95, 365 Hoag, G. ..........................................................................280 Hoang, A. ..........................................................................30 Hobbs, R. ..........................................................................87 Hobkirk, J. ......................................................................114 Hochleitner, M. ........................................105, 344, 345 Hodis, H.N. ....................................................................349 Hogan, C.........................................................................440 Hongwei, G. ..................................................................406 Hoshizaki, H. ................................................................320 Hosmane, V.R. ..............................................................100 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 76 Hotoleanu, C. ................................................................341 Howard, B.V. ........................................................11, 429 Howard, W.J.....................................................................11 Hsu, H. ............................................................................279 Hu, D. ..............................................................................405 Hu, M. ..............................................................................143 Hu, S. ..............................................................................143 Huang, Z.J. ....................................................................145 Huisman, H.W. ..................................................347, 348 Hussaini, S. ..........................................................102, 213 -IIakoubova, O. ..................................................................37 Iannacci, G.R. ..............................................................336 Idzior-walus, B. ............................................................277 Ilic, S. ..............................................................................403 Imbrici, L. ......................................................................177 Insull, W. ....................................................167, 170, 171 Ionescu, V.A. ................................................................240 Isakova, Z.H. ................................................................356 Ivan, L. ..................................................................179, 313 Ivanov, I. ........................................................................156 Ivetic, V. ..........................................................................402 -JJabauri, A. ......................................................................350 Jagla, F...................................................................251, 299 Jahnel, H. ........................................................................278 Jain, S. ............................................................................149 Jakimovska, E...............................................................269 Janelle, C. ............................................................244, 245 Jankovic, V. ......................................................................20 Jansen, E. ....................................................274, 275, 288 Jardini, M. ......................................................................115 Jauhiainen, M. ................................................................58 Jeevanantham, V. ........................................................339 Jelenkovic, J. ................................................................366 Jelic-Ivanovic, Z. ....................................126, 364, 376 Jendekova, L. ................................................................299 Jenkins, D.J. ........................................................295, 296 Jenkins, D.J.A. ....................................6, 294, 399, 400 Jeon, S. ..............................................252, 262, 289, 390 Jeong, K. ........................................................................160 Jeong, Y. ..........................................................................289 Jessup, W. ......................................................................176 Jiang, H.Y. ......................................................................295 Jiang, P. ............................................167, 168, 170, 172 Johns, A...........................................................................104 Johnson-Levonas, A.O.................................................63 Joksimovic Stevanovic, D. ......................................366 Jones, P. ............................................................................45 Jones-LeClointe, A. ....................................................102 Josse, A.R. ......................................................6, 294, 400 Josse, R.G. ..........................................................................6 Jovanova, S. ..................................................................194 Juergens, G. ..................................................................204 Jukema, J...........................................................................37 Julius, U. ........................................................................247 Jullien, G. ......................................................................131 Jurka, A. ..........................................................................221 -KKaddous, A. ..................................................................332 Kahya, N.........................................................................193 Kalinina, A. ....................................................................413 Kalvelis, A. ..............................................................93, 94 Kamps, R. ......................................................................193 Kan, H. ..................................................................287, 320 Kapetivadze, I.G.K. ....................................................394 Kapetivadze, V. ............................................................394 Kapiotis, S. ....................................................................297 Kaplan, R. ......................................................................349 Karachencev, I. ..............................223, 274, 275, 288 Karachentsev, Y. ..........................................................357 Karagrigoriou, A. ..........................................................96 Kardas, P. ........................................................................153 Karnialiuk, I. ................................................................117 Kashyap, M. ........................................................168, 169 Kaski, J.C. ..............................................................31, 133 Kastelein, J.J.P. ............................................................119 Kaszuba, M. ..................................................................367 Kathrein, T. ................................................319, 337, 338 Katra, B. ..........................................................................277 Kaushik, S. ....................................................................233 Kazanis, K. ....................................................................131 Kazdova, L. ..................................................................229 Kedenko, I. ....................................................................220 Kedenko, L. ..................................................................220 Kelly, M. ....................................................................23, 45 Kenda, M.F. ..................................................................243 Kendall, C.W.......................................................295, 296 Kendall, C.W.C. ..................................6, 294, 399, 400 Kerimkulova, A. ..........................................................356 Kerkhofs, M. ................................................................106 Khan, A. ..........................................................................233 Khanin, M. ..........................................................202, 203 Khazaei, M. ........................................................374, 388 Khelaia, M. ....................................................................350 Khizhnyak, O. ..............................................................357 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 77 Khmelnitskaya, K. ......................................................206 Khodjaev, A. ..................................................................305 Kholeif, M. ....................................................................139 Khullar, M. ..........................................................125, 361 Khurshid, N. ..................................................................384 Kikimbaeva, A.A. ........................................................264 Kim, C. ..................................................................253, 263 Kim, E. ............................................................................325 Kim, H. ............................................252, 262, 289, 390 Kim, J. ..................................................................123, 160 Kim, S. ..................................................................253, 263 Kim, Y. ............................................................................325 Kim, Y.K. ........................................................................225 Kim, Y.S. ........................................................................225 Kimura, K. ....................................................................426 Kimura, T. ......................................................................426 King, R. ..........................................................................114 Kipshidze, N. ................................................................350 Kitic, D. ................................................................402, 408 Klima, H. ........................................................................228 Klisurski, M...................................................................373 Ko, J. ................................................................................256 Koch, L. ..........................................................................118 Kochar, A. ......................................................................149 Kochar, D.K. ................................................................149 Koestenberger, M. ......................................................204 Kohno, H. ......................................................................250 Kolesnichenko, L.S. ..................................................266 Kolesnikova, L. ............................................................271 Kolev, K. ........................................................................205 Koleva, K. ......................................................................373 Kolovou, G. ..................................................................353 Komarov, A. ..................................................................358 Kondratova, N. ............................................................355 Kondratska, I.................................................................224 Konstantinovic, LJ. ....................................................403 Kontsevaya, A. ............................................................413 Kopprasch, S. ................................................................247 Korkmaz, M.E. ............................................................219 Korneluk, I. ....................................................................324 Korth, U. ..............................................................310, 411 Kostakou, P. ..................................................................353 Kostic, N.........................................................................403 Kotula-Horowitz, K. ..................................................367 Kovacevska, J. ..............................................................269 Krahtova, K. ..................................................................258 Krasova, N. ......................................223, 274, 275, 288 Kratzer, A. ........................................................................65 Kravchun, N. ........................223, 274, 275, 286, 288 Krikken, J.A.....................................................................56 Kris-Etherton, P.M. ......................................................53 Krivosikova, Z. ..................................................111, 354 Krotin, M. ..................................................328, 343, 346 Krousel-Wood, M. ........................................................98 Krstic, M.........................................................................272 Kruchinina, M. ............................................................124 Kruger, A. ............................................................347, 348 Krusinova, E. ................................................................229 Krzyzanowski, B. ........................................................367 Kuba, D. ..........................................................................354 Kuhn, H...........................................................................183 Kumar, P. ........................................................................101 Kunes, J...........................................................................401 Kurashvili, G.................................................................292 Kurashvili, G.R. ..........................................................290 Kurashvili, R. ......................................................290, 292 Kurbanov, R. ......................................................161, 163 Kurilovich, S. ................................................................124 Kurtanidze, T. ..............................................................259 Kury Nunes, I. ..............................................................340 Kutschera, J. ..................................................................204 Kuznetsov, V. ................................................................196 Kvantaliani, T. ..............................................................116 Kvapil, M. ......................................................................291 Kwasniewska, M. ........................................................306 Kwon, J. ..........................................................................289 -LLabbe, C. ..............................................................244, 245 Labudovic, D. ..............................................................194 Laggner, H. ..........................................................184, 297 Lamon, B. ......................................................................187 Lamri-Senhadji, M. ....................................................391 Landsberg, J. ................................................................440 Langer, P. ........................................................................278 Lanska, V. ......................................................................235 Lansky, A. ........................................................................39 Lari, F...............................................................................246 Larochelle, P. ......................................................244, 245 Laszlo, M.I. ........................................................327, 379 Latific Jasnic, D. ..........................................................243 Latyshev, S.....................................................................207 Launay, J.-M. ..................................................................40 La Vecchia, C. ................................................................71 Lawn, R. ..............................................................................9 Lazar, A. ..........................................................................130 Lazar, C. ..........................................................................316 Lazar, J. ..........................................................................349 Lazar, L. ................................................................130, 415 Lazea, C. ..............................................................307, 316 Lazzarato, L. ....................................................................64 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 78 Leal, J. ................................................................................83 Leal Hernández, M. ....................................................152 Le Berre, J.P.....................................................................99 Lee, B. ............................................................................279 Lee, C. ..................................................................253, 263 Lee, H. ............................................................................253 Lee, K. ........................................................160, 253, 263 Lee, M.M. ......................................................................225 Lee, S. ....................................................................160, 253 Lee, Y. ..............................................................................279 Legrand, V. ....................................................................185 Leheta, O. ......................................................................352 Leiter, L.A. ..........................................................................6 Lejnieks, A. ..............................................................93, 94 Leshchenko, Z. ............................................................223 Levchenko, T. ..............................................................286 Li, L.H. ............................................................................174 Liamis, G. ......................................................................248 Liao, D. ..............................................................................22 Libby, P. ..........................................................................422 Liberopoulos, E.N.............................................162, 248 Librelotto, J. ..................................................................398 Lichtenstein, A.H. ......................................................424 Liepold, E. ............................................36, 38, 369, 371 Lietava, J. ..........................................................................90 Lightwood, J. ................................................................415 Lim, S.T. ............................................................................63 Lin, H. ..............................................................................279 Lin, J. ....................................................................165, 166 Lincoff, A. ........................................................................39 Lindenmayer, J.P. ........................................................233 Lindgren, P. ......................................................................88 Ling, W. ..........................................................................387 Lisabeth, L. ....................................................................323 Liu, J. ..................................................................................22 Liu, W. ................................................................................61 Livingstone, C. ..................................................138, 139 Loacker, S. ....................................................................363 Logvinenko, A. ............................................................227 Lomakin, N. ..................................................................317 Lomtatidze, G. ..............................................................259 Loria, P. ..........................................................................268 Louala, S.........................................................................391 Lovell, C. ........................................................................173 Luley, C.................................................................228, 389 Lund, P. ..............................................................................55 Lunegova, O. ................................................................356 Lupi, A. ..............................................................................18 Lupusoru, C. ..........................................................32, 318 Lyakishev, A. ................................................................122 Lykasova, E. ..................................................................196 -MMachovich, R. ..............................................................205 Madjid, M. ..........................................................................3 Madotto, F. ....................................................................412 Maffucci, T. ..................................................................175 Maggi, D.........................................................................222 Magni, P. ........................................................................112 Mahkamova, N. ............................................................305 Maisch, B. ........................................................................29 Maisel, A. ......................................................................440 Malan, L. ..............................................................347, 348 Malan, N.T. ..........................................................347, 348 Malysh, N.............................................................202, 203 Mamcarz, A. ..................................................................155 Manasia, R. ..........................................................307, 316 Mancas, S. ......................................................................240 Mancia, G. ..........................................................................5 Mangge, H. ......................................................................65 Maniu, H.........................................................................140 Mankovsky, B. ..............................................................224 Manolis, A.S. ................................................................131 Mantovani, A. ..................................................................14 Mantovani, L.G. ..........................................................412 Mantovani, W. ..............................................................331 Marchesi, P. ......................................................................14 Marchie, A. ........................................................................6 Marciano, C. ....................................................................77 Marcovina, S.M. ................................................177, 423 Marcu, F. ........................................................................130 Marenzi, G. ....................................................................128 Marius, R. ......................................................................135 Markovic, S. ........................................................300, 312 Marques-Vidal, P. ..........................................................16 Marte, T. ..........44, 118, 121, 151, 232, 255, 278, 330 Martens, M. ..................................................................193 Martinovic, S. ....................................................267, 304 Marx, N. ............................................................................19 Massaad, R. ......................................................................63 Mateva, N. ......................................................................109 Matous, M. ....................................................................291 Maurantonio, M. ..........................................................268 Mavlyanova, M. ..........................................................163 Mayaudon, H. ..................................................................99 Matsuzaki, M. ..............................................................426 Mazzone, T. ............................................................46, 164 McCormick, S. ................................................................30 McKenney, J. ................................................................172 Mehata, S. ......................................................................139 Mehran, R. ........................................................................39 Mekki, K.........................................................................332 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 79 Melnichenko, S. ..........................................................224 Memon, L. ......................................................................376 Menezes, S.R.D. ..........................................................375 Menih, M. ......................................................................195 Menzin, J. ......................................................................158 Mete, M. ............................................................................11 Meyer, W.A. ..................................................................349 Meyramov, G.G. ................................................264, 265 Meyramova, A.G. ..............................................264, 265 Meyramova, J.G. ..............................................264, 265 Micheli, W. ....................................................................136 Mihas, C. ........................................................................353 Mikelsone, I...................................................................221 Mikhailidis, D.P. ..........................................................353 Miki, I. ............................................................................426 Miladinovic, B. ............................................................366 Milionis, H.J. ................................................................248 Miloslavsky, D. ............................................................357 Milovanovic, B. ................................................328, 346 Minagawa, Y. ................................................................342 Minardi, F. ............................................................128, 134 Minematsu, S. ..............................................................426 Mintale, I. ......................................................................418 Mironchik, V. ................................................................207 Mirrakhimov, M...........................................................356 Mitchenko, O. ..............................................................227 Mitro, N. ........................................................................189 Miyauchi, K...................................................................426 Mlejnek, P. ....................................................................229 Mobarakeh, J.I. ..................................................374, 388 Mocan, T. ........................................................................303 Möckel, M. ....................................................................440 Modena, M.G. ................................................................73 Mohamadifard, N. ......................................................254 Mohta, N.........................................................................149 Mok, J. ..................................................................253, 263 Mombelli, G. ................................................................215 Momo Noumessing, E...............................................261 Mongiellova, V. ..................................................111, 354 Monorchio, A. ..............................................................103 Monteiro, A. ..............................................115, 180, 181 Moon, B.............................................................................26 Morais, E. ......................................................................375 Moran, A.........................................................................415 Moreno, J. ......................................................................210 Morgenstern, L. ............................................................323 Mori, H. ................................................................406, 407 Mori, M. ................................................................406, 407 Moriarty, P. ....................................................................191 Morimoto, T. ................................................................426 Morisky, D. ......................................................................98 Morita, T. ..........................................................................42 Morozova, T. ................................................................311 Morrow, D. ......................................................................61 Moser, M. ......................................................................184 Motoc, C. ..............................................................327, 379 Motoc, R. ..............................................................327, 379 Muellner, M. ..................................................................297 Muendlein, A. ..............................................................363 Mukhamedova, N. ........................................................30 Mulej, M. ........................................................................243 Müller, C.........................................................................440 Mundim, S.M. ..............................................................375 Muniesa, P. ....................................................................397 Muntner, P.........................................................................98 Murakami, J. ......................................................287, 320 Murphy, A. ........................................................................30 Murphy, M. ......................................................................37 Myasoedova, V. ..............................................................57 -NNa, S.H. ..........................................................................225 Nadaraia, K. ..................................................................350 Nagorni, S. ....................................................................272 Najafian, J. ....................................................................254 Nakagawa, Y. ................................................................426 Nam, G. ............................................................................54 Naruszewicz, M. ..........................................................155 Nasr, G. ..........................................................................352 Nava, M.C. ..........................................................201, 242 Navarro, M.A. ................................................................78 Navis, G.J. ........................................................................56 Naznin, J. ........................................................................384 Neath, S.-X. ..................................................................440 Nebieridze, G. ..............................................................192 Nematbakhsh, M. ........................................................374 Nemecz, M. ..................................................................140 Nesic, M. ....................................................382, 402, 408 Neto, A. ..........................................................................115 Neumann, L. ..................................................................310 Newman, A. ....................................................................16 Neyer, U. ..............................................................329, 330 Ng, L. ..............................................................................440 Ng, V.W.Y.......................................................................399 Nguyen, T.H. ......................................................................6 Nicolaides, A. ..................................................................17 Nicolaides, A.N. ............................................................96 Nicolini, V.........................................................................64 Nikolaou, V. ..................................................................218 Niniano, R. ....................................................................385 Nishnianidze, M. ........................................................292 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 80 Nomikos, T. ............................................................51, 386 Norata, G.D. ................................................14, 112, 175 Noruzbaeva, A. ............................................................356 Nounopoulos, C. ..........................................................131 Novotna, E. ....................................................................291 Nowak, R. ......................................................................440 Nus, M. ............................................................................398 Nuyens, V. ............................................................106, 182 Nwagbara, E. ......................................................102, 213 -OOgnjanovic, B.....................................................300, 312 Oguri, M. ........................................................................287 Oh, S. ....................................................................253, 256 Ohno, T. ..........................................................................287 Okali, F. ................................................................102, 213 Oksa, A. ................................................................111, 354 Opolski, G. ....................................................................239 Oravec, S. ......................................................................148 Orekhov, A. ............................................................57, 190 Orman, I. ..........................................................................78 Osada, J. ..................................................................78, 397 Ose, L. ................................................................................34 Oshima, S. ............................................................287, 320 Osredkar, J. ....................................................................243 Ota, T. ................................................................................26 Otvos, J.D. ........................................................................11 Ou, X. ..............................................................................145 Ozaki, Y...........................................................................426 -PPadley, R. ..........167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173 Pagoni, S. ................................................................97, 142 Pais, R. ............................................................................303 Pajak, A. ..........................................................................306 Pak, Y. ....................................................................196, 372 Palazzetti, V. ..................................................................113 Paltseva, E. ....................................................................129 Panagiotakos, D. ............................................................51 Panayiotou, A. ................................................................17 Panchenko, E. ..............................................................358 Pandele, G.I. ..........................................................32, 318 Pankuweit, S. ..................................................................29 Pantopoulou, A. ............................................................386 Pantziaris, M. ..................................................................96 Papadakis, I. ..................................................................218 Papadimitriou, L. ........................................................218 Pargalava, N.SH...........................................................116 Park, C.........................................................253, 256, 263 Park, H.............................................................................262 Park, S. ............................................................................160 Parolari, A. ....................................................................134 Parreno, R. ....................................................................169 Pasqualetti, P. ................................................................222 Pastor, A.M. ..................................................................152 Patrono, C. ........................................................................28 Paul, G. ............................................................................399 Paulweber, B. ................................................................220 Pavlenko, M. ................................................................356 Pavlovic, D. ..................................................................408 Paximadas, S. ........................................................97, 142 Peacock, W.F. ................................................................440 Pearson, T. ............................................................104, 166 Pechanova, O. ..........................................251, 298, 299 Peetz, D. ..........................................................................107 Peleska, J. ......................................................................212 Pelikanova, T. ..............................................................229 Peliskova, P. ..................................................................291 Pellegrini, E. ..................................................................268 Pemberton, P. ................................................................114 Pencic, B.........................................................................403 Peoc’h, K. ........................................................................40 Perego, F. ................................................................48, 197 Perkan, A. ..............................................................43, 282 Perrea, D. ........................................................................386 Perrone-Filardi, P. ..........................................................77 Persidskikh, Y. ....................................................117, 324 Pesic, M. ........................................................................272 Pessoa Ferreira, A. ......................................................375 Petretta, M. ......................................................................77 Petrovai, D. ....................................................................257 Phillips, J.A. ....................................................................15 Pierard, L. ......................................................................185 Pigozzi, F. ......................................................................368 Pille, J. ................................................................................76 Piñeiro, R. ......................................................................175 Pines, A. ............................................................................74 Pinho Rodrigues, A. ..................................................375 Piotrowski, W. ..........................................217, 306, 383 Pirags, V. ........................................................................221 Pirillo, A. ..............................................................177, 183 Pirotta, A.........................................................................132 Pirro, M.R. ....................................................................222 Pi-Sunyer, F.X. ................................................................47 Pitsavos, C. ......................................................................51 Pletcher, M. ....................................................................415 Poberschin, I. ................................................................247 Poduri, A.........................................................................361 Pokrajac, R. ..................................................................346 Pokrovsky, S. ................................................................122 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 81 Polakowska, M. ......................................217, 306, 383 Polanski, S. ....................................................................360 Poli, A. ............................................................................331 Polis, A. ..................................................................46, 164 Polito, P. ..........................................................................336 Polonetsky, L. ..............................................................207 Polonetsky, L.Z. ..........................................................186 Poltorak, V. ......................................223, 274, 275, 288 Pomykaj, T. ......................................................................63 Ponikowski, P. ..............................................................440 Ponomar, E. ..................................................................129 Pop, D. ....................................................................50, 257 Popescu, M. ..................................................................135 Popov, D. ........................................................................140 Popov, E. ........................................................................200 Porta, B. ..................................................................48, 197 Prassl, R.............................................................................65 Pravenec, M...................................................................229 Pricop, L. ..............................................................434, 435 Princi, T. ..........................................................................137 Privalov, D. ....................................................................317 Procopciuc, L. ................................................................50 Prosenica, B. ......................................................267, 304 Prost, J. ............................................................................396 Prostran, M. ..................................................................141 Protic, D. ........................................................................141 Protich, M. ....................................................................258 Psutka, J. ........................................................................234 Putnina, A.V. ............................................................93, 94 -QQuiles, J. ..................................................................31, 133 Quimbo, R. ..........................................................154, 326 Quinn, C.C. ..........................................................416, 417 -RRabko, A. ........................................................................124 Radchenko, G. ....................................................236, 285 Radenkovic, M. ..................................................402, 408 Rader, D.J. ........................................................................15 Radojkovic, J. ..............................................................403 Radulescu, D. ........................................................32, 318 Raff, M...............................................................................55 Rahimi, A. ......................................................................388 Rahimi, B. ......................................................................334 Raja, B. ..................................................................102, 213 Rajaram, V. ....................................................................339 Rakar, S. ..........................................................................282 Ramakrishnan, G. ........................................................144 Ramazani, M. ................................................................254 Ranocchi, M. ................................................................434 Raselli, S. ........................................................................112 Rashtchizadeh, N. ............................................334, 335 Rasmussen, L. ..............................................................333 Ratner, RE. ......................................................................11 Rebrikov, D. ..................................................................358 Reckless, J.P.D. ..............................................................63 Redmond, E. ....................................................................61 Reihmane, D. ................................................................221 Rein, P.....................20, 44, 121, 127, 232, 255, 284, 315, 319, 329, 330, 337, 338, 363 Remaley, A. ......................................................................30 Remuzzi, G. ....................................................................27 Rendu, F. ..........................................................................40 Renesto, E.........................................................................48 Rhee, M.Y. ....................................................................225 Rhomberg, S. ................................................................363 Richards, A.M...............................................................440 Ricter, V. ........................................................................124 Risch, L. ................................................................329, 330 Risicato, R. ....................................................................321 Ristic, S. ..........................................................................382 Rizos, C.V. ..........................................................162, 248 Robertson, J. ....................................................................39 Robertson, M. ..................................................................37 Rod Costa, F.M. ..........................................................375 Roddier, M. ......................................................................13 Rodina, A. ......................................................................129 Rodondi, N. ............................................................16, 415 Rodriguez, M. ..............................................................210 Rodriguez-Colon, S. ....................................................22 Roediger, A. ....................................................................92 Roggi, C. ........................................................................385 Rohbaninoubar, M. ..........................................334, 335 Roman, M.J. ....................................................................11 Romanov, V. ..................................................................227 Roncalli, E. ....................................................................188 Ronda, A. ........................................................................178 Rosenberg, E. ......................................................165, 166 Rosenson, R.S. ..................................................241, 433 Rossi, L. ............................................................................18 Rossi, R. ............................................................................73 Rosso, R. ..........................................................................18 Roth, E. ..............................................................................45 Rothblat, G.H. ................................................................15 Roumeguere, T. ............................................................182 Rousseau, A. ..................................................................182 Rowland, C. ....................................................................37 Roytberg, G. ..................................................................355 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 82 Ruiz-Gutiérrez, V. ................................................78, 397 Rus, M. ............................................................................130 Russell, M. ........................................................................11 Russeva, A. ....................................................................301 Rusu, ML. ......................................................................341 Ruzic Medvescek, N. ................................................243 Rybicka, M. ..................................................................392 -SSaely, C.H. ................................20, 44, 118, 121, 127, 151, 232, 255, 278, 284, 315, 319, 329, 330, 337, 338, 363 Safa, J. ............................................................................334 Saicic, Z. ..............................................................300, 312 Saji, T. ................................................................................42 Saito, S. ..........................................................................426 Salimova, N. ..................................................................305 Salomaa, V. ......................................................................58 Salon, J. ..........................................................................168 Samokhodskaya, L. ....................................................359 Sánchez-Muniz, F. ............................................378, 398 Sansa, M. ..........................................................................18 Santagostino, M. ............................................................18 Sarau, C.A. ....................................................................240 Sarawate, S. ..................................................................154 Sarkar, S. ........................................................................208 Sarmanov, F. ..................................................................305 Sarr, G. ............................................................................254 Sartirana, D. ..................................................................211 Sasaki, A. ........................................................................250 Sasaki, J. ........................................................................159 Satterfield, S. ..................................................................16 Savoy, J. ..........................................................................370 Sayers, M.H. ...................................................................91 Sazonov, V. ......................................................................92 Scheen, A. ........................................................................47 Schlegel-Zawadzka, M. ............................................351 Schmid, F. ......................................................................118 Schmidt, E.B. ................................................................333 Schmidt, K. ......................................................................49 Schoeneberger, A. ..........................................................49 Schreier, S. ....................................................................184 Schulz, E. ..............................................................310, 411 Schutte, A.E.........................................................347, 348 Schutte, R. ............................................................347, 348 Schwandt, P. ........................................36, 38, 369, 371 Schwappach, D. ..........................................................237 Schwarz, P.E.H. ............................................................247 Schwarz, A. ..........................................................310, 411 Sciarrillo, I. ..........................................................434, 435 Scotti, E...........................................................................189 Seales, D. ..............................................................102, 213 Sedova, M. ....................................................................212 Segovia, J.C. ....................................................................78 Seljelid, R. ......................................................................283 Semenov, D. ..................................................................124 Serafin, A. ......................................................................239 Sergeeva, E.S. ..............................................................266 Sergeeva, M.P. ..............................................................266 Setze, C. ....................................................................23, 45 Severin, S. ......................................................................129 Sevruk, T. ........................................................................117 Shah, A. ..................................................................54, 166 Shakhmatova, O. ........................................................358 Shakirov, M. ..................................................................305 Sharasidze, N. ..............................................................322 Sharma, A. ......................................................................125 Sharma, P. ......................................................................149 Sharma, Y.P. ........................................................125, 361 Sharrett, A.R. ................................................................349 Shek, A. ................................................................161, 163 Shelestova, E. ....................................................290, 292 Shen, H. ..........................................................................405 Shepherd, J. ..............................................................35, 37 Shin, D.............................................................................123 Shin, S. ............................................................................289 Shin, Y. ............................................................................252 Shlyakhto, E.V. ............................................................206 Shrivastava, R.....................................................233, 339 Shtandel, S. ....................................................................357 Siadat, Z. ........................................................................254 Siebert, J. ........................................................................155 Sieradzki, J. ..................................................................277 Sievenpiper, J. ..............................................................294 Sievenpiper, J.L. ................................................295, 296 Silivastru, I. ........................................................327, 379 Silva de Almeida, A. ..................................................375 Simko, R. ....................................................157, 158, 326 Simko, R.J. ....................................................................154 Simon, A. ..........................................................................40 Simonini, M.S. ............................................................268 Sinagra, G. ..............................................................43, 282 Singer, W. ............................................................................6 Sinner, F.............................................................................65 Sirenko, Y.U. ......................................................236, 285 Sirtori, C.R. ............................................................70, 215 Sisillo, E. ........................................................................134 Sitar-Taut, A. ....................................................................50 Sitnikova, M.Y. ............................................................206 Sixiu, Z. ..........................................................................406 Skhiladze, E...................................................................292 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 83 Sleep, D. ....................................................................23, 45 Sluiter, W.J. ..........................................................276, 377 Smith, C. ........................................................................238 Smith, M. ........................................................................323 Snegurskaya, I. ............................................................357 Sobenin, I. ..............................................................57, 190 Sokolova Djokic, L. ........................................267, 304 Soler Garcia, R. ............................................................152 Sombra, E. ......................................................................375 Sona, A. ................................................................434, 435 Sonderegger, G.............................................................363 Sopena-Vallejo, M. ....................................................309 Sosland, R. ....................................................................191 Sourij, H. ........................................................................278 Spaccamiglio, A. ..........................................................368 Spasic, S. ....................................................126, 364, 376 Spasojevic-Kalimanovska, V. ............126, 364, 376 Spinarova, L. ................................................................362 Spirito, R. ......................................................................198 Squellerio, I. ........................................................128, 134 Srichaikul, K. ................................................................400 Stachowska, E. ............................................................392 Stajn, A. ................................................................300, 312 Stamatelatou, M. ..........................................................353 Stambolsky, D. ............................................................358 Stamenova, P. ................................................................373 Stanley, E. ........................................................................98 Starzyk, J. ......................................................................351 Stenner, E. ............................................................136, 137 Stifts, A. ..........................................................................221 Stizaker, R. ......................................................................30 Stochlova, J. ..................................................................235 Stojanovic, D. ..............................................................366 Stojanovic, L.J. ..................................................343, 346 Stokic, E. ........................................................................230 Stolzenbach, J. ................................................................23 Stomeo, G. ....................................................................176 Stone, G. ............................................................................39 Stornello, M...................................................................321 Straarup, E. ......................................................................55 Strashimirov, D. ..........................................................301 Strasser, J.F. ..................................................................100 Strelkova, A. ..................................................................147 Strelkova, A.V...............................................................283 Stritecka, H. ................................................95, 234, 365 Stukena, I. ................................................................93, 94 Su, W. ..............................................................................174 Suchanek, P. ..................................................................235 Sugaeva, O. ....................................................................324 Suica, V. ..........................................................................313 Sumarokov, A. ....................................................200, 314 Superko, H. ..........................................................172, 173 Surra, J.............................................................................397 Sutton-Tyrrell, K. ..........................................................16 Svensson, M. ................................................................333 Sviridov, D. ......................................................................30 Syrkin, A.........................................................................129 Szabó, M.........................................................................291 Szczeklik, A. ......................................................360, 367 Szucs, T. ............................................................................92 -TTabor, A...........................................................................351 Tabukashvili, R.I.T. ....................................................394 Talwar, KK. ..................................................................125 Tan, L. ..............................................................................293 Tan, L.G. ................................................................33, 409 Tan, S. ..............................................................................293 Tan, S.A...................................................................33, 409 Tanaka, M. ....................................................................216 Tandon, N. ......................................................................339 Tang, Y.T. ........................................................................145 Tang, C.K. ......................................................................145 Tangney, C. ....................................................................241 Tanka-Salamon, A. ......................................................205 Tanna, A. ..........................................................................64 Tardivo, S. ......................................................................331 Tarlea, F...........................................................................130 Tatebe, J.............................................................................42 Tavazzi, L.............................................................437, 438 Tchaava, K.M.T. ..........................................................394 Teibe, U. ....................................................................93, 94 Tendera, M. ....................................................................306 Terada, E. ..........................................................................42 Tershakovec, A. ..........................................46, 164, 166 Tershakovec, A.M. ......................................................165 Terzieva, D.....................................................................109 Tesone, A. ......................................................................385 Tessitore, N. ..................................................................331 Thakkar, R. ........167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173 Tholstrup, T. ....................................................................55 Tibolla, G. ......................................................................175 Tien, P.C. ........................................................................349 Tikhonova, T. ................................................................286 Tikhonravov, A.............................................................355 Tilea, I. ............................................................................379 Ting, C. ............................................................................150 Tirpakova, J. ..................................................................354 Tisheva, S. ......................................................................301 Toadere, A. ....................................................................135 Todic, B...........................................................................328 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 84 Todorova, B. ..................................................................194 Todosiychuk, V. ............................................................196 Tognoni, G. ....................................................................104 Tomassini, J. ..........................................................46, 164 Tomcheva, S. ................................................................249 Tomeckova, M. ............................................................212 Tomonaga, Y. ..................................................................92 Tong, C. ............................................................................37 Tosheska, K. ..................................................................194 Tremoli, E. ..........41, 59, 128, 134, 197, 198, 201, 242 Tretjakovs, P. ................................................................221 Truhan, O. ......................................................................207 Trukhacheva, E. ..........................................................122 Tsai, M.C. ......................................................................405 Tsakiris, A. ....................................................................218 Tselmin, S. ....................................................................247 Tsiafoutis, I. ..................................................................218 Tsiklauri, P,A. ................................................................116 Tsimihodimos, V. ........................................................162 Tsonev, S. ......................................................................281 Tsutskiridze, L. ..................................................290, 292 Turconi, G. ....................................................................385 Tusupbekova, G.T. ......................................................265 Tybjaerg-Hanssen, A. ..................................................58 Tykarski, A.....................................................................306 Tyllis, T. ............................................................................17 -UUboldi, P. ..............................................................177, 183 Uchitel, I. ........................................................................200 Ugliano, D. ....................................................................103 Uledeva, L. ....................................................................147 Uljarevic, M. ................................................................382 Umans, JG. ......................................................................11 Undwin, N.C. ..................................................................84 Urseanu, S. ....................................................................240 Ursu, M. ..........................................................................379 Ustinova, I. ..........................................................117, 324 Uyy, E. ............................................................................179 -VVacula, I. ........................................................................148 Valius, L. ........................................................................270 Valvo, E...........................................................................321 Van Antwerpen, P. ......................................................182 Vanbelle, S. ....................................................................185 Vanden Heuvel, J.P. ......................................................53 Vandormael, K. ..............................................................63 Van Gaal, L.F...................................................................47 Vanhaeverbeek, M. ..........................................106, 182 Van Meerhaeghe, A. ..................................................106 Van Meerhaeghe, P. ....................................................106 Van Rooyen, J. ..............................................................347 van Rooyen, J.M. ........................................................348 van Schalkwijk, B. ......................................................146 van Schalkwijk, D.B. ................................................146 van Schalkwijk, K.......................................................146 Vanuzzo, D. ..................................................................427 Vasan, S. ............................................................................54 Vasiliadis, I. ..................................................................353 Vasku, A. ........................................................................362 Vasques, E. ....................................................................321 Vatankhah, A. ......................................................334, 335 Veglia, F. ....................................................128, 134, 201 Vekic, J. ..........................................................................376 Veljkovic, S. ........................................................402, 408 Velliquette, R.A. ............................................................53 Veltri, E. ..........................................................................166 Venkatesh, P...................................................................339 Verlan, N.V. ..................................................................266 Veronesi, G. ..................................................................412 Villa, D. ..........................................................................201 Villaescusa Pedemonte, M.......................................152 Vincentelli, G. ..............................................................222 Visioli, F. ..........................................................................80 Viskoper, R. ..................................................................414 Vissers, J. ........................................................................193 Vitlianovaz, K. ..............................................................281 Vitrella, G. ..............................................................43, 282 Vittinghoff, E...................................................................16 Viviani, B. ......................................................................189 Vladimirova-Kitova, L. ............................................109 Vo, A. ......................................167, 168, 169, 170, 171 Vögele, C. ........................................................................79 Vojdani, A.......................................................................199 Volek, J. ..........................................................................209 Volpe, M. ..........................................................................85 Volpe, R. ............................................................................76 Volpi, E. ............................................................................64 Vonbank, A. ....................20, 44, 121, 127, 151, 232, 255, 284, 315, 319, 329, 337, 338, 363 Voorbij, H.A.M. ..........................................................276 Vorobiova, E. ................................................................322 Voulgari, C. ............................................................97, 142 Vrankova, S. ..................................................................299 -WWagner, F. ......................................................................411 Wagner, T. ......................................................................204 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 85 Wait, R. ..............................................................................59 Walcher, D. ......................................................................19 Walus-Miarka, M. ......................................................277 Wanderley Júnior, M. ................................................340 Wang, J. ..........................................................................405 Wang, K. ........................................................................150 Wang, Z.Q. ....................................................................174 Wascher, T.C. ................................................................278 Webb, S. ................................................................154, 326 Webber, L. ........................................................................98 Weber, M.H. ........................................................310, 411 Weinstock, R. ........................................................46, 164 Weissman, N.J. ................................................................11 Weksler, B.B. ..................................................................41 Welborn, T. ......................................................................21 Wen Xu, J. ......................................................................406 Wentao, W. ....................................................................406 Werba, J.P. ......................................................................201 Werba, P.J. ......................................................................242 Wespes, E. ......................................................................182 Westphal, S. ........................................................228, 389 Whiting, D.R. ..................................................................84 Williams, A.M. ............................................................226 Williams, L. ..................................................................415 Williams, M. ................................................24, 214, 302 Winder, T. ......................................................................363 Wohl, P. ..........................................................................229 Wolf, A. ................................................................310, 411 Wolf, P.A. ............................................................................1 Wolfe, M.L. ......................................................................15 Wong, J.M. ....................................................................296 Wong, J.M.W. ......................................6, 294, 399, 400 Woo, M. ................................................................252, 390 Wood, D.A. ....................................................................430 Woolard, K. ......................................................................30 Wozniakiewicz, E. ......................................................277 Wu, A.H.B. ....................................................................440 Wu, C. ................................................................................22 Wu, X. ..............................................................................405 Wu, Z.H. ........................................................................145 Wyrzykowski, B. ........................................................306 -XXenophontos, S. ............................................................96 Xu, X. ..............................................................................165 -Y- Yalamanchali, V. ..........................................................370 Yamazaki, J. ....................................................................42 Yamori, Y. ............................................................406, 407 Yan, X. ............................................................................405 Yang, D. ..........................................................................171 Yanni, A. ........................................................................386 Yoon, Y. ..........................................................................256 Yosefy, H. ......................................................................414 Yoshino, G. ......................................................................42 Young, F. ..........................................................................84 Yusupova, E...................................................................356 -ZZacchi, E. ..........................................................................41 Zaja, M. ..........................................................................328 Zak, K. ............................................................................224 Zake, I. ............................................................................418 Zambon, A. ..........................................................431, 432 Zamfir, C. ......................................................................140 Zanaboni, A.M. ............................................................215 Zaninelli, A. ..................................................................237 Zanocchi, M. ................................................................435 Zanotti, I. ........................................................................178 Zarif, H. ................................................................138, 139 Zazzaro, B. ....................................................................321 Zdrenghea, D. ........................................................50, 257 Zeljkovic, A. ..................................................................376 Zemlyanitsyna, O. ......................................................286 Zhang, B. ..............................................................157, 158 Zhang, Q.Y. ....................................................................145 Zhang, W. ......................................................................405 Zhao, G. ............................................................................53 Zhao, S. ..........................................................................143 Zhao, Z.X. ......................................................................174 Zhou, X.H. ....................................................................145 Zhou, Z.J.........................................................................145 Zicha, J. ..........................................................................401 Zidkova, K. ....................................................................229 Zikic, R. ................................................................300, 312 Zimmer, A.........................................................................65 Zlatareva, N. ..................................................................373 Zocchi, L. ..........................................................................48 Zou, J.H. ........................................................................145 Zouaoui Boudjeltia, K. ....................................106, 182 Zweiker, R. ....................................................................278 Zykova, T. ......................................................................147 Zykova, T.A...................................................................283 Zykova, S.N. ................................................................283 Yamagishi, M. ..............................................................426 Yamaguchi, T. ..............................................................426 The numbers refer to the Abstract Number. 86 Note 87 Note 88 Note 89 Note 90 Legend � Congress Venue � San Marco Square � Piazzale Roma � S.M. 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