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Volume 118, Issue 18 Supplement; October 28, 2008 / Abstracts From Scientific Sessions 2008

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AHA Council Early Career Investigator Awards 2008:Back

Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator Prize in Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention for Investigators in Training

Laennec Young Clinician Award

Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prize for Young Investigators

Martha N. Hill New Investigator Award

Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Radiology

Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Awards in Cardiovascular Science

NPAM New Investigator Award (winner)

Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Award

Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Award

AHA Named and Invited Lectures 2008:Back

Basic Science:Back

Cardiac Development/Genetics/Molecular Biology:Back

Cardiac Development

Cardiac Development and Congenital Heart Disease

Cardiac Homeostasis and Repair

Cardiac Regeneration and Cellular Therapy

Epigenetics and Cardiac Growth

Experimental Cardiovascular Gene Transfer

Gene Expression and Cardiac Biology

Genetically Engineered Models of Cardiac Hypertrophy

Genetically Engineered Models of Human Disease

Genetics and Genomics of Coronary Artery Disease

Genetics and Pharmacogenomics of Cardiovascular Disease

Genetics and Pharmacogenomics of Coronary Artery Disease

Human Progenitor Cells and Myocardial and Vascular Regeneration

In Vivo Imaging of Progenitor Cells and Optical Mapping

MicroRNAs and Myocyte and Vascular Function

Molecular Modulators of Cardiac Hypertrophy

Molecular Pathways in Progenitor Cell Growth and Differentiation

Molecular Signals of Cardiac Growth and Function

Myocyte Proliferation in the Postmitotic Heart

Physiological and Pathological Hypertrophy

Progenitor Cell Types and Cardiac Repair

Signaling Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy

The Multipotency of Progenitor Cells

Transcription Factors in the Developing and Adult Heart

Ventricular Remodeling

Cardiac and Vascular Signaling:Back

Adaptive and Maladaptive Cardiac Hypertrophy

Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis

Cardiac Remodeling and Inflammatory Response

Cardiorenal Connections: Receptor Pharmacology

Causes and Consequences of Oxidative Stress

Cell Death in Myocardium and Vascular Structures

Death and Proliferation of Vascular Cells

Endothelial Cells and Vascular Injury

Endothelial and Vascular Signaling

Molecular Modulation of Autophagy and Apoptosis

Molecular Signaling by Reactive Oxygen Species

Myocardial Signaling in Structural Heart Disease

Myocyte Death, Growth and Survival

ROS as Modulators of Stem Cells and Disease

Reactive Oxygen Species in the Heart

Receptor Pharmacology

Signal Transduction in Vessels and Adipose Tissue

Ventricular Dysfunction: Growth Factors and Cytokines

Cardiorenal Physiology/Pathophysiology:Back

Cardiorenal Physiology/Pathophysiology I

Cardiorenal Physiology/Pathophysiology II

Cardiorenal Physiology/Pathophysiology III

The Heart-Kidney Interface

Electrophysiology:Back

Action Potential Propagation and Arrhythmias

Calcium Currents/Intracellular Calcium and Arrhythmias

Cell/Gene Transfer and Cardiac Arrhythmias

Cellular Aspects of Excitation-Contraction Coupling

Cellular Electrophysiology/Electropharmacology

Cellular/Molecular Substrates of Ventricular Arrhythmias

Channelopathies: Structure and Rhythm

Intracellular Calcium and Cardiac Arrhythmias

Ion Channel Expression and Regulation

Ion Channels and Cardiomyocyte Function

Molecular Regulation of Ion Channels in Heart Disease

Myocyte Contractility and Relaxation

Signaling in Atrial Tachyarrhythmias

Sodium, Calcium and Potassium Channels

General:Back

Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prize for Young Investigators Finalists

Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Sciences Finalists

Hypertension:Back

Hypertension: Experimental Oxidative Stress, Enzymatic, Immunologic and Age-Related Influences

Hypertension: Experimental-Diabetes, Renal Na Retention, Angiotensin II and Cardiovascular Responses

Hypertension: Experimental. Dopaminergic/Adrenergic Systems, Renin-Angiotensin System and Cardiovascular Effects

Hypertension-Experimental:Back

Hypertension: Experimental Nitric Oxide/Myocardial Responses

Myocardial Function/Metabolism/Ventricular Function:Back

Biochemical and Mechanical Modulation of Contractile Proteins

Cellular Bases of Cardiac Dysfunction and Repair

Critical Signaling Pathways in Hypertrophy and Failure

Mechanism of Stem Cell-Mediated Cardiac Repair

Mechanisms of Cardiac Dysfunction

Mechanisms of Cardiac Remodeling

Myocardial Energetics and Metabolism

Myocardial Structure and Pathology

New Developments in Stem Cell Therapy

Prevention of Cardiac Dysfunction and Remodeling

Regulatory Mechanisms of Cardiac Metabolism and Energetics

Sarcomere Function and Regulation

Myocardial Ischemia:Back

Experimental Models of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Experimental Models of Myocardial Infarction

Experimental Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure

Experimental Myocardial Infarction and Ventricular Dysfunction

Ischemia-Reperfusion and Cardioprotection

Ischemia-Reperfusion, Cardioprotection and Ventricular Function

Ischemic Injury and Cardioprotection

Ischemic Pre- and Postconditioning

Mechanisms of Cardioprotection

Myocardial Ischemia and Ventricular Dysfunction

New Developments in Preconditioning and Postconditioning

Progenitor Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease

Neurohormonal Control of Circulation:Back

Autonomic Control of the Circulation: Basic Mechanisms

Mechanisms of Control of the Coronary Circulation

Reflex Control of the Circulation: Clinical Implications

Pulmonary Ventilation, Circulation and Injury:Back

Cournand and Comroe Early Career Award Finalists

Insights into Pulmonary Vascular and Parenchymal Injury

Mechanistic Insights into Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Vascular Biology (Atherosclerosis/Hemostasis/Lipid Metabolism):Back

Adhesion Molecules and Chemokines

Angiogenesis

Angiogenesis and Revascularization

Angiogenesis, Arteriogenesis and Collateral Growth

Angiogenic Signaling

Antiplatelet Therapy

Cell and Developmental Vascular Biology

Coagulation in Thrombosis and Therapeutics Targeting Coagulation

Coronary, Regional and Microcirculation

Dysfunctional Endothelium: Mediator and Marker of Vascular Disease

Endothelial Progenitor Cells

Endothelium and Nitric Oxide: Disease Mechanisms

Endothelium and Nitric Oxide: Mechanisms of Disease

Endothelium and Nitric Oxide: Therapy-Related Mechanisms

Endothelium, Vascular Tone and Nitric Oxide

Endothelium: NO-Related Signaling

Inflammation and Adhesion Molecules I

Inflammation and Adhesion Molecules II

Inflammation and Atherosclerosis

Lipid Lowering: Combinations and New Agents

Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism: Basic and Cellular I

Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism: Basic and Cellular II

Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism: Clinical

Lipoproteins, Genetics and Treatments

Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis I

Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis II

Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis III

Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis IV

Mechanisms of Extracellular Matrix Modulation

Mechanisms of Vascular Disease I

Mechanisms of Vascular Disease II

Modification of HDL and Risk

NOS Isoforms and Signaling

New Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets in Thrombosis and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

New Pro- and Antithrombotic Mechanisms

Nitric Oxide: Cardiac Effects

Platelets in Arterial Thrombosis

Proinflammatory Cytokines and Their Receptors

Proliferation, Remodeling and the Extracellular Matrix

Redox and Inflammatory Influences on the Coronary Circulation

Reverse Cholesterol Transport: Proteins and Pathways Influencing Cholesterol Movement from Cells

Role of the T Cell in Atherosclerosis

Signaling and Vascular Differentiation

Signaling in Diverse Functions of Endothelial Cells

Stem/Progenitor Cells I

Stem/Progenitor Cells II

The Extracellular Matrix in Vascular Injury and Atherosclerosis

The Role of the Macrophage in Atherosclerosis

Vascular Remodeling and the Extracellular Matrix

Clinical Science:Back

Acute Coronary Syndromes:Back

ACS: ECG, Angiography, Imaging-Diagnostic, Pathophysiologic, Prognostic Insights

ACS: Emerging Tools for Diagnosis and Risk Assessment

ACS: Evolving Use of Cardiac Troponin

ACS: Initial Assessment-Old and New Tools

ACS: New Insights into Pathophysiology

ACS: Pathophysiology and Prognosis

ACS: What Is High Risk?

Advances in Antithrombotic Therapies in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Bleeding and Other Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

Contemporary STE and NSTE ACS Care

Evidence-Based Acute and Subacute Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Importance of Bleeding Among Patients with ACS

Issues in STEMI Care: DTB Times, Transfers and the ECG

Issues with Oral Antiplatelet Therapy in ACS Care

Mechanistic and Prognostic Insights from Biomarkers in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Novel Approaches to the Treatment of STEMI

Novel Treatments and Treatment Strategies in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Predictors of Risk in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

Revascularization for Patients with STEMI and NSTE ACS

Understanding Variability in Antiplatelet Drug Effects in Acute Coronary Syndromes

CV Imaging:Back

Cardiac CT in Practice I

Nuclear Cardiology: Isotope Imaging and PET

CV Imaging: Echocardiography/Exercise/MR/CT:Back

Advances in Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Aortic and Mitral Valve Disease

Applications of 3-Dimensional Echocardiography

Assessment of the Coronary Microvasculature: Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Coronary Flow Reserve

Cardiac CT Assessment of Atherosclerotic Plaque

Cardiac CT in Practice

Cardiac CT in Practice II

Cardiac CT/MR: Optimized Interpretation

Cardiac CT: Novel Techniques

Cardiac CT: Perfusion and Delayed Enhancement Imaging

Cardiac CT: Risk Assessment

Cardiac MRI: Clinical

Cardiac MRI: Clinical I

Cardiac MRI: Clinical II

Cardiac MRI: Novel Techniques

Cardiac MRI: Prognostic Value

Contrast Echocardiography: Utility of Contrast Echo in Acute Coronary Syndromes and Chronic CAD

Determinants of Exercise Capacity: Novel Observations

Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Echocardiography in Patients with Chest Pain

Dotter Lecture: Coronary CTA Today and Tomorrow

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Dyssynchrony

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Systolic Function in Ischemia and Cardiomyopathy

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Systolic Function: Use New Methods but Keep the Old

Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Aorta and Aortic Valve

Echocardiography in Clinical Syndromes and Disease States: Predicting Outcome

Echocardiography in the Athletic Heart and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Echocardiography: Diastolic Function Evaluation Techniques and Effects of Intervention

Echocardiography: Diastolic Function Revisited

Echocardiography: Diastolic Function and Clinical Outcome

Echocardiography: Emerging Technologies

Echocardiography: Emerging Technologies in Contrast

Echocardiography: Evaluation of Systolic Function

Echocardiography: New Insights in Diastolic Function

Emerging Echocardiographic Technologies: Applications in Ischemic and Nonischemic Heart Disease

Emerging Technologies in Evaluation of Right Heart Function

Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award Finalists

New and Novel Echocardiographic Tools to Predict Clinical Outcome

Noncoronary Arterial Wall Imaging

Nuclear Cardiology: Basic Science

Nuclear Cardiology: Basic Science and Clinical

Nuclear Cardiology: Clinical

CV Surgery:Back

Cardiac Surgery: Valvular Heart Disease I

CV Surgery (Coronary Artery Disease/Valve/Transplant Devices):Back

Cardiac Surgery: Coronary Artery Disease I

Cardiac Surgery: Coronary Artery Disease II

Cardiac Surgery: Coronary Artery Disease III

Cardiac Surgery: Valvular Heart Disease

Cardiac Surgery: Valvular Heart Disease I

Cardiac Surgery: Valvular Heart Disease II

Cardiac Surgery: Valvular Heart Disease III

Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease

Heart Failure: Cell and Gene-Based Therapies

Myocardial Protection/Intraoperative Management

Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure Transplantation and Arrhythmias

Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure Transplantation and Arrhythmias I

Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure Transplantation and Arrhythmias II

Thoracic Aortic Disease

Valvular Heart Disease: Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Medical Management

Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Award Finalists

Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care:Back

Clinical Studies in Resuscitation

Experimental Advances in Resuscitation and Trauma I

Experimental Advances in Resuscitation and Trauma II

Resuscitation, CPR, Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Critical Care, AED and Trauma I

Resuscitation, CPR, Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Critical Care, AED and Trauma II

Resuscitation, CPR, Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Critical Care, AED and Trauma III

Cardiovascular Nursing:Back

Advances in Palliative Care

Depression and Heart Disease

Effect of Heart Failure on the Patient and Family

Enhancing Quality of Life: Helping People Live with Heart Disease

Integrative Therapies to Manage Anxiety in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

Katherine A. Lembright Award/Lecture and Martha N. Hill New Investigator Award Finalists

Patients with Heart Failure and Implanted Cardiac Devices: Putting It All Together

Recognizing Symptoms and Accessing Care

Recognizing and Reducing Risk in Heart Disease

You Are What You Eat: Nutrition and Heart Disease

Clinical Electrophysiology/Pacing:Back

AF Ablation: Anatomy and Complications

Ablation Lesion Creation and Assessment

Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: New Techniques and Targets

Ablation of Supraventricular Arrhythmias

Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathies

Arrhythmias: Basic Mechanisms

Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Electrophysiology

Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical and Physiologic Observations

Atrial Fibrillation: Physiology

Brugada Syndrome

Cardiac Arrhythmias I

Cardiac Arrhythmias II

Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment

Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

ECG Predictors of Cardiac Disease

ECG and Noninvasive Arrhythmia Testing/Risk

Hereditary Syndromes of Sudden Cardiac Death

Pharmacologic Treatment of Arrhythmias

Sudden Cardiac Death in Special Populations

Therapy of Atrial Fibrillation

Treatment of Arrhythmias: ICD/Pacemaker-Excluding CRT I

Treatment of Arrhythmias: ICD/Pacemaker-Excluding CRT II

Ventricular Arrhythmias: Physiology

Congenital:Back

Outcomes of Cardiac Disease in the Young

The Growing Health Burden of Adult Congenital Heart Disease

General:Back

Laennec Young Clinician Award

Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Award Finalists

Heart Failure:Back

Cardiomyopathies: Determinants of Remodeling

Cardiomyopathies: Translational Aspects

Diastolic Heart Failure: Diagnosis, Mechanisms and Comorbidities

Heart Failure: Adjunctive Therapies and Their Mechanisms

Heart Failure: Assessment, Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes

Heart Failure: Assessment, Treatment and Clinical Outcomes

Heart Failure: Disease Management and Quality of Care

Heart Failure: Monitoring and Disease Management

Heart Failure: Natural History, Biomarkers and Prognosis

Heart Failure: Novel Risk Factors and Therapies

Heart Failure: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis I

Heart Failure: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis II

Heart Failure: Pharmacologic Therapy

Heart Failure: Prognostic Factors and Disease Management

Heart Failure: Resynchronization Therapy I

Heart Failure: Resynchronization Therapy II

Heart Failure: Resynchronization Therapy and Arrhythmias

Insights into the Pathophysiology of Anemia in Heart Failure

Management of Heart Failure: Using the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory

Medical Aspects of End-Stage Heart Failure: Transplantation and Device Therapies

Myocardial (Including Hypertrophy)/Pericardial Disease I

Myocardial (Including Hypertrophy)/Pericardial Disease II

Pulmonary Hypertension

Resynchronization Therapy: Choosing the Right Device for the Right Patient

Resynchronization Therapy: How Should Dyssynchrony Be Measured?

Systolic Heart Failure: Insights into Novel Pathophysiology and Potential Therapies

Ventricular Function/Hemodynamics and Biomarkers I

Ventricular Function/Hemodynamics and Biomarkers II

Ventricular Function/Hemodynamics and Biomarkers III

Ventricular Function: B-Type Natriuretic Peptides in Clinical Practice

Ventricular Function: Biomarkers and Therapeutic Approaches

Human Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease and Therapy:Back

Biomarkers of Cardiomyopathy and Coronary Artery Disease

Genetic Determinants for Arrhythmia

Genetics and Genomics of Arrhythmias and Ion Channels

Genetics and Pharmacogenomics of Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Disease

Hypertension:Back

Cardiac Physiology and Imaging

Hypertension and Myocardial Function

Hypertension: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations

Hypertension: Emerging Treatment Strategies

Hypertension: Mediators of Therapeutic Response

Hypertension: Vascular Function and CV Risk

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk Factors:Back

Subspecialty: Hypertension

Hypertension: Mechanisms of Target-Organ Dysfunction:Back

Subspecialty: Hypertension

Hypertension: Vascular Function:Back

Subspecialty: Hypertension

Interventional Cardiology:Back

Advanced Angiographic and Intracoronary Imaging Techniques I

Advanced Angiographic and Intracoronary Imaging Techniques II

Advanced Coronary Imaging III

Carotid, Renal and Femoral Vascular Interventions

Comparing Bare Metal and Drug Eluting Stent Outcomes

Complex Coronary Interventions I

Complex Coronary Interventions II

Coronary Physiology, Histology and Endothelial Function Assessments

Coronary Plaque Characteristics

Coronary Plaque and Flow

Drug Eluting Stent Thrombosis I

Drug Eluting Stent Thrombosis II: Novel Stent Designs

Drug Eluting Stents I

Drug Eluting Stents II

Drug Eluting Stents and Restenosis

Drug Eluting Stents in Diabetes and Renal Disease

New Coronary and Valvular Technologies

New Insights into Coronary Technology, Physiology and Pharmacology

Ongoing Controversies in Drug Eluting Stenting

PCI Pathophysiology, Technique and Technology

PCI Pharmacology

PCI Technology, Pathology and Outcomes

PCI for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Percutaneous Aortic Valve and Septal Defect Interventions

Percutaneous Aortic, Mitral and Septal Repairs

Predicting Adverse Events After PCI

Second- and Third-Generation Drug Eluting Stent Technology

PAD:Back

Pathophysiology of Peripheral Arterial Disease.

Peripheral Arterial Disease Therapeutics

Surrogate Markers in Atherosclerosis

Vascular Potpourri

Pediatric:Back

Advances in Percutaneous Valve Technology

Alexander S. Nadas Memorial Lecture and Outstanding Research Award in Pediatric Cardiology

Assessing the Risk of Sudden Death in Pediatric Arrhythmias

Cardiac and Vascular Dysfunction in Children with Heart Disease

Current Imaging Techniques to Assess Cardiac Structure and Function

Defining Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Failure

Fetal Origins of Cardiac Malformations: Can the Phenotype Be Reversed?

Impact of Perioperative Management on Surgical Outcomes

It's Not Just the Heart: Assessing the Aortic, Coronary and Pulmonary Circulation

Repairing Complex Congenital Heart Defects: How Well Does the Heart Adapt?

ssFetal Origins of Cardiac Malformations: Can the Phenotype Be Reversed?

Pulmonary Ventilation, Circulation and Injury:Back

Pulmonary Hypertension and Circulation

Stroke:Back

Cerebrovascular/Cardiovascular Connection

Hemorrhagic Stroke/Other

Stroke Evaluation and Management

Stroke: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

Population Science:Back

Epidemiology:Back

Adiposity, Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes

Arterial and Venous Assessment and Risk

Atherosclerosis

Cardiovascular Risk

Cardiovascular Risk in Populations

Diet, Lifestyle, Blood Pressure

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award for Young Investigators in Training

Epidemiology and Risk of Heart Failure

Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation

Gender Considerations of CVD Risk

Genetic Epidemiology

Inflammatory and Nontraditional Risk Factors

Inflammatory and Nontraditional Risk Markers

Lipids, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

Lipids, Lipoproteins and Hypertension

Novel Means for Assessing CV Risk and Function

Predictors of Cardiovascular Mortality

Trends in CVD

Health Policy and Outcomes Research:Back

Influencing the Costs and Outcomes of Cardiac Care

Insights into Effective and Efficient Cardiac Care

Novel Mediators of Outcomes in AMI

Selecting Optimal Patients for Revascularization: Opportunities to Improve Quality, Costs and Patient Outcomes

Obesity: Mechanisms and Cardiac Risk:Back

Subspecialty: Prevention

Prevention:Back

Ancel Keys Lecture: Risk Assessment

Cardiac Rehabilitation/Exercise

Clinical and Experimental Aspects of Nutrition

Diabetes, Insulin Resistance and CVD

Diabetic CVD: Diabetic Dyslipidemia

Diabetic CVD: Effect of Diabetes on Myocardial Function, Structure and Metabolism

Diabetic CVD: Vascular and Myocardial Biology

Drug Interventions

Exercise and Exercise Training

Lifestyle Interventions

Lipid Interventions

Obesity, CVD and NPAM Young Investigator Award Winner

Obesity: Cardiac Imaging

Obesity: Causes and Cardiac Risk

Obesity: Mechanisms and Cardiac Risk

Physical Activity and Cardiac Risk

Preventive Cardiology Programs

Prognostic Factors for CVD

Resuscitation Science Symposium:Back

 

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