IS001
Keynote Lecture
Molecular
Mechanisms Underlying Heterogeneities in Repolarization
Jeanne M. Nerbonne, M.D.
Department of Molecular
Biology and Pharmacology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
IS011
Keynote Lecture
New Strategies
for Cardiovascular Imaging: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
in Coronary Disease
Dudley Pennell, M.D.,
FRCP, FESC, FACC
Cardiovascular Magnetic
Resonance Unit
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, England, UK
IS012
Cardiac
Magnetic Resonance for the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Ischemic Heart
Disease
Eike Nagel, M.D.
Cardiology-CMR
German Heart Institute
Berlin, Germany
IS013
Delayed Contrast-enhanced
MRI and Reversible Myocardial Injury
Raymond J. Kim, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
Northwestern Medical School
Chicago, IL, USA
IS022
Use of Gene Transfer as
a Systemic Approach to Atherosclerosis
Daniel J. Rader, M.D.
Department of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA
IS029
Gene
Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease
Todd K. Rosengart, M.D.
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Evanston, IL, USA
IS031
Keynote Lecture
Do Statins
Change Plaque Composition in Human?
Prediman K. Shah, M.D.,
FACC
Division of Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
IS038
Keynote Lecture
Using Genomic
Technology to Identify New Targets in Cardiovascular Disease
Richard T. Lee, M.D.
Cardiovascular
Division
Brigham & Womens Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
IS044
Use of 3-Dimensional
Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease
Jiefen Yao, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
New England Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
IS047
Quantification
of Myocardial Blood Flow Based on the Observation of Contrast
Intensity Decay Following the Abrupt Shortening of Pulsing Interval
Akira Oshita, M.D.
Kagawa Medical
University
Kagawa, Japan
IS054
Keynote Lecture
Diabetes
as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease
Jaakki Tuomilehto, M.D.
Diabetes and Genetic Epidemiology Unit
National Public Health Institute, Finland
IS058
Diabetes,
PAI-1, and Atherogenesis
David J. Schneider, M.D.
Cardiovascular Division
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT, USA
IS066
Keynote Lecture
Ischemic
Preconditioning and Cardioprotection: Mechanisms by which Early
(First Window) and Late (Second Window) Phases of Protection are
Induced
James M. Downey, M.D.
Department of Medical Physiology
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL, USA
IS076
Preconditioning
in Humans
Derek M. Yellon, M.D.
University College
London Hospitals and Medical School
London, UK
IS077
Keynote Lecture
Radiation for the Treatment
of Restenosis
David P. Faxon, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, US
IS082
Endovascular
Stent Grafts for Descending Thoracic Aortic Pathology
Marc R. Moon, M.D.
Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery
Washington University
St. Louis, MO, USA
IS096
Keynote Lecture
Clinical
Assessment of Endothelial Function
Hiroaki Shimokawa, M.D.,
Ph.D.
Department of
Cardiovascular Medicine
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
IS097
Keynote Lecture
Signaling
Events in Cardiomyocyte Dropout
Gerald W. Dorn II, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, USA
IS106
Genetic Manipulation
of Beta-adrenergic Signaling in the Failing Heart
Walter J. Koch, Ph.D.
Department of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA
IS108
Keynote Lecture
Role of
Inflammation in Athero-thrombosis
Prediman K. Shah, M.D.,
FACC
Division of Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
IS110
Lipid
Lowering as an Anti-inflammatory Therapy on Vulnerable Atherosclerotic
Plaques
Masanori Aikawa, M.D.,
Ph.D.
Cardiovascular
Division
Brigham & Womens Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
IS118
Keynote Lecture
The Use
of Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Imaging for Assessment of Coronary
Pathology
Jonathan M. Tobis, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA
IS146
Keynote Lecture
Transcatheter
Assessment of Coronary Pathophysiology
Morton J. Kern, M.D.
Department of Cardiology
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO, USA
IS147
Coronary
Pressure Measurement and Fractional Flow Reserve
Nico H.J. Pijls, M.D.,
Ph.D.
Department of Cardiology
Catharina Hospital
Eindoven, The Netherlands
IS154
Keynote Lecture
Cell
Cycle Regulation and Myocardial Regeneration?
Harold S. Bernstein, M.D.,
Ph.D.
Cardiovascular
Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco, USA
San Francisco, USA
IS155
Genetic
Dissection of Cardiac Life and Death Cascades
Michael D. Schneider,
M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
IS165
Evolving Clinical Applications
of Tissue Doppler Echocardiography
John Gorcsan III, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
IS173
AMPD1 Genotype Predicts Survival
in Patients with Heart Failure
Evan Loh, M.D.
Cardiovascular Division
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA, USA
IS178
Functional
Recovery of Human Cardiac Myocytes Following Mechanical Circulatory
Support
Kenneth B. Margulies, M.D.
Cardiovascular
Research Group
Temple University Medical School
Philadelphia, PA, USA
IS-182
Keynote Lecture
Novel Treatment for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation
Marcus Wharton, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA
IS183
Ablation of Focal Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation
Marcus Wharton, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA
IS186
Atrial
Fibrillation: Identifying Sites Critical to the Maintenance of
Atrial Fibrillation
Jeffrey J. Goldberger,
M.D.
Division of Cardiology
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA