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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:ii-xviii. doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.0000S3 © 2008 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Programme/List of AbstractsSuppl. 1 to Vol. 7 (April 2008)
C1-1 IS MECC THE BEST APPROACH FOR CABG? A. de la Fuente, J. Barado, J.L. Frenandez, R. Sanchez, L. Esparza, I. Oses, I. Moriones (Spain) C1-2 MINIMAL EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION AND OFF-PUMP COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN CORONARY SURGERY H. Hausmann, A. Bauer, G. Panday, D. Metz, T. Eberle (Germany) C1-3 TOTAL LAD AREA REVASCULARIZATION USING AUTO LITA Y-GRAFT ITSELF; 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP RESULTS Y. Kilsoo, R. Se Min, C.S. Joon, W.J. Soo (Republic of Korea) C1-4 MULTI VESSEL OFF-PUMP MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION THROUGH A MINI-THORACOTOMY APPROACH M. Lemma, G. Gelpi, A. Mangini, M. Pettinari, M. Contino, C. Antona (Italy) C1-5 RANDOMISED COMPARISON OF VASODILATOR EFFECTS OF ILOPROST VS. DILTIAZEM ON FLOW AND PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN RADIAL ARTERIES: MID-TERM ANGIOGRAPHIC CONTROL STUDY H. Ustunsoy, H. Kazaz, M.A. Celkan, H. Deniz, V. Davutoglu, K. Bakir, O. Burma (Turkey) C1-6 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION S. Ferrarese, G. Mariscalco, M. Zanobini, P. Borsani, M. Napoleone, G. Belli, V. Mantovani, A. Sala (Italy) C1-7 IS THE OCCLUSION TIME VALUE, MEASURED BY PLATELET FUNCTION ANALYZER (PFA-100), A GOOD PREDICTOR OF POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING COMPLICATIONS IN CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY B. Zych, W. Kuliczkowski, J. Kaczmarski, W. Saucha, J. Pacholewicz, M. Zembala (Poland) C1-8 LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER CABG IN DIABETICS WITH AGGRESSIVE RISK FACTOR MANAGEMENT G. Trachiotis, P. Kokkinos, M. Greenberg (USA) C1-9 NO-TOUCH AORTA TECHNIQUE IMPROVES OUTCOMES OF CABG SURGERY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS G. Bisleri, P. Piccoli, A. Moggi, C. Muneretto (Italy) C1-10 TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION COMBINED WITH HUMAN RECOMBINANT ENDOTHELIAL CELLULAR GROWTH FACTOR (ALFA-ECGF) THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: RANDOMISED SINGLE-BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED PILOT STUDY L.A. Bockeria, I.I. Berishvili, B.U. von Specht, I.Yu Sigaev, E.G. Sarjveladze (Russian Federation, Germany)
C2-1 26-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION SURGICAL TREATMENT: LONG-TERM RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF THE INVOLVED VARIABLES P. Borsani, G. Mariscalco, S. Ferrarese, A. Scannapieco, M. Napoleone, C. Cantore, V.D. Bruno, A. Sala (Italy) C2-2 INTENDING COMPLETE THORACIC AORTIC REPAIR IN ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION WITH A HYBRID STENTGRAFT PROSTHESIS K. Tsagakis, M. Kamler, P. Tossios, N. Pizanis, M. Thielmann, H. Kuehl, H. Eggebrecht, H. Jakob (Germany) C2-3 REIMPLANTATION VALVE-SPARING AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT WITH THE VALSALVA GRAFT: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT AFTER 100 CASES? F. Settepani, M. Bergonzini, A. Barbone, E. Citterio, A. Eusebio, A. Basciu, D. Ornaghi, R. Gallotti (Italy) C2-4 FATE OF THE RESIDUAL DISTAL AORTA AFTER ACUTE TYPE A DISSECTION REPAIR A. Mikamo, T. Kamota, M. Murakami, T. Kobayashi, B. Shirasawa, K. Hamano (Japan) C2-5 EFFICACY OF TOTAL ARCH REPLACEMENT WITH BRANCHED OPEN STENTGRAFTING TECHNIQUE FOR ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION M. Takeuchi, T. Kuratani, K. Shimamura, Y. Shirakawa, Y. Sawa (Japan) C2-6 NEW SYNTHETIC VALVECONTAINE CONDUIT E. Rosseykin, U. Sinelnikov, M. Boriskov, N. Molchanova, P. Petshakhovskiy (Russian Federation) C2-7 TREATMENT OF ANEURYSMS IN THE AORTA COARCTATION CORRECTION ZONE L. Sytar, V. Popov, A. Antoshchenko, G. Knyshov (Ukraine) C2-8 EXEPERIENCE WITH DJUMBODIS SYSTEM DURING SURGICAL TREATMENT OF AORTIC TYPE A DISSECTION A. Dell'Amore, D. Magnano, S. Calvi, T.M. Aquino, M. Pagliaro, A. Tripodi, G. Noera, M. Lamarra (Italy)
C3-1 WHEN THE AMPLATZER® ATRIAL SEPTAL OCCLUDER CAN MIGRATE R. Martinezsanz, F. Bosa, R. de la LLana, C. Perera, I. Nassar, F. Marrero, P. Garrido, C. Vaquero (Spain) C3-2 SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ARCH HYPOPLASIA IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS L. Bockeria, V. Arakelyan, S. Drobyazgo (Russian Federation) C3-3 IN-HOSPITAL RESULTS OF SURGERY IN GROWN-UP CONGENITAL HEARTS (GUCH) F. Abbasov, F. Abdullayev, S. Tarlanova, L. Shikhiyeva, V. Rustamov (Azerbaijan) C3-4 SURGICAL STRATEGY IN COMPLEX CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS: ONE AND ONE HALF VENTRICULAR REPAIR L.A. Bockeria, V.P. Podzolkov, M.R. Chiaureli, B.N. Sabirov, O.A. Makhatchev, I.A. Yurlov, I.E. Chernogrivov, S.B. Zaets (Russian Federation) C3-5 PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS AFTER ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION: TIMING FOR REOPERATION S. Ozkan, M. Ozkan, T. Akay, S. Ozcobanoglu, S. Aslamaci (Turkey) C3-6 TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION FOR APICOCAVAL JUXTAPOSITION - CONSIDERATION ABOUT THE ROUTE OF CONDUIT M. Yoshida, Y. Oshima, A. Maruo, C. Shimazu, T. Higuma, T. Inoue, Y. Okita (Japan) C3-7 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LEFT SIDED HEART TUMORS G. Knyshov, R. Vitovsky, V. Popov, A. Popova (Ukraine) C3-8 40 YEARS OF SURGICAL EXPERIENCE OF INTRACARDIAC MYXOMAS: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS U.P.F. Schurr, O. Reuthebuch, B. Bode, A. Häussler, M.I. Turina, M.L. Lachat, M. Genoni (Switzerland) C3-9 SINGLE PULMONARY ARTERY IN CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS: METHODS AND RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT L. Bockeria, V. Podzolkov, O. Makhachev, M. Zelenikin, B. Alekyan, T. Khiriev, K. Shatalov, A. Gadjiev (Russian Federation)
C4-1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL-RELATED RELAXATION BY LEVOSIMENDAN IN THE HUMAN INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY V. Yildirim, O. Yildiz, S. Doganci, C. Bolcal, U. Demirkilic (Turkey) C4-2 CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY COMBINED WITH CABG CAN BE DONE WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY G. Chrisostomidis, S. Fragoulis, J. Iliopoulos, G. Kantidakis, E. Papadakis, F. Chronidou, G. Astras, G. Palatianos (Greece) C4-3 ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM AND COEXISTENT ARTERIAL LESIONS: RESULTS OF STAGED AND SIMULTANEOUS SURGICAL REPAIR L. Bockeria, V. Arakelyan, V. Merzlyakov, I. Sigaev, M. Alshibaya, N. Chigogidze, O. Shirinbek, G. Chemurziev (Russian Federation) C4-4 CAROTID ARTERY STENTING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SYNCHRONOUS CARDIAC SURGERY F. Filippi, M. Mastroddi, M. Taurino, N. Stella, C. Fantozzi, V. Faraglia (Italy) C4-5 INTERPLEURAL VS. EPIDURAL ANALGESIA WITH ROPIVACAINE FOR POSTTHORACOTOMY PAIN AND RESPIRATORY FUNCTION C. Bolcal, V. Yildirim, S. Doganci, U. Demirkilic, H. Tatar (Turkey) C4-6 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS, IS TUBERCULOSIS STILL A COMMON CAUSE? A.A. Ghavidel, M.-B. Tabatabaie, H. Javadpour, A. Adambeig, S. Hosseini, M. Gholampour, N. Givtaj (Iran) C4-7 POTASSIUM CHANNEL-RELATED RELAXATION BY LEVOSIMENDAN IN THE HUMAN INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY V. Yildirim, O. Yildiz, S. Doganci, C. Bolcal, U. Demirkilic (Turkey) C4-8 BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE A WORTHY PREDICTIVE MARKER IN CARDIAC SURGERY S. Attaran, R. Sherwood, J. Desai, R. Langworthy, P. Mandhu, L. John, A. El-Gamel (UK) C4-9 CARDIAC SURGERY AFTER STENT ANGIOPLASTY: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE SURGEON! S. Raab, F. Dziewior, H. Quinz, F. Oertel, M. Beyeer (Germany)
V1-1 EFFECT OF EVAR WITH TRF AND IRF ON RENAL FUNCTION COMPARED TO OPEN REPAIR: RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY M. Antonello, P. Frigatti, M. Menegolo, A. Dall'Antonia, F. Grego, G.P. Deriu (Italy) V1-2 WHY SHOULD THE POWERLINK DEVICE BE THE ENDOGRAFT OF CHOICE FOR SHORT AND ANGULATED NECKS? D. Raithel (Germany) V1-3 DUPLEX ULTRASOUND IMAGING WITH AN ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT: THE ALTERNATIVE TO CT ANGIOGRAPHY FOR AORTIC STENT GRAFT SURVEILLANCE P. Lerut, T. De Potter, F. Urgnani, M. Da Rocha, D. Adriani, V. Riambau (Spain) V1-4 POST ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR SURVEILLANCE: HOW DOES DUPLEX COMPARE WITH COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY P. Sharma, A. Thrush, M. Matson, C. Kyriakides (UK) V1-5 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IN PATIENTS AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION J. Szmidt, Z. Galazka, O. Rowinski, T. Jakimowicz, L. Romanowski (Poland) V1-6 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE P. Brustia, G. Guzzardi, D. Moniaci, R. Fossaceca, D. Lazzaro, I. Divenuto, F. Bucci, A. Carriero (Italy) V1-7 EVAR: EARLY AND MID-TERM RESULTS IN 101 PATIENTS J.P. Salmin, M. Lameir, J.M. Goffinet, P. Eucher, Y. Louagie, M. Buche (Belgium) V1-8 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH OPERATIVE RISK J. Szmidt, Z. Galazka, O. Rowinski, T. Jakimowicz, B. Solonynko, K. Grygiel (Poland) V1-9 ANEURYSM REPAIR AND RENAL FUNCTION: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPEN AND ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR? A. Iyer, P. Sharma, M. Walsh, C. Kyriakides (UK)
V2-1 EVALUATION OF CARDIAC TROPONIN I LEVELS AND CORRELATION WITH EARLY AND LATE CARDIAC AND NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATION AFTER CAROTID REVASCULARIZATION WITH TRADITIONAL OR ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY P. Frigatti, L. Ferretto, C. Sarais, G. Deriu (Italy) V2-2 VERY EARLY SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ACUTE CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA: ON-GOING RESULTS OF THE ITALIAN REGISTRY (S.T.A.C.I.) E. Sbarigia, M. Ruggiero, L. Capoccia, M. Marino, D. Toni, F. Speziale (Italy) V2-3 COMPARISON BETWEEN SIMULTANEOUS AND STAGED BILATERAL CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY. OUR EXPERIENCE E. Tsolaki, M. Coen, M. Agnati, S. Sileno, L. Boschetti, F.G. Mascoli (Italy) V2-4 CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY WITH REMIFENTANIL ANAESTHESIA: COMPARISON WITH LOCAL AND GENERAL ANAESTHESIA W. Dorigo, E. Barbanti, L. Azas, S. Matticari, E. Giacomelli, I. Spina, R. Pulli, C. Pratesi (Italy) V2-5 CEREBRAL MONITORING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY USING A TRIPLE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE A. Ali, D. Green, H. Zayed, M. Halawa, N. Fassiadis, K. El Sakka, D. Valenti, H. Rashid (UK) V2-6 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF NON-SPECIFIC AORTOARTERITIS WITH BRACHIOCEPHALIC ARTERIAL LESION A. Pokrovsky, V. Dan, A. Zotikov, G. Kuntsevitch, E. Burtseva, V. Kulbak (Russian Federation) V2-7 SURGICAL (TRANSTHORACIC OR CERVICAL) AND ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF THE SUPRAORTIC TRUNK COMPLEX LESIONS. A SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE A. Odero, S. Pirrelli, A. Bozzani, C. Cazzaniga (Italy) V2-8 MINI SKIN INCISION FOR CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY: LONGITUDINAL VS. TRANSVERSE CERVICAL INCISION - A COMPARATIVE STUDY G. Marcucci, A. Siani, R. Antonelli, F. Accrocca, G.A. Giordano, R. Gabrielli (Italy) V2-9 ACCURACY OF CEREBRAL OXIMETRY IN PREDICTING THE NEED FOR SHUNTING IN CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHESIA H. Mistry, M. Halawa, D. Green, R.W.A. Dawson, M. Tyrrell, H. Rashid, D. Valenti (UK)
C5-1 CRYOLIFE O'BRIEN STENTLESS VALVE REOPERATION: A LOW RISK PROCEDURE WITH SATISFACTORY LONG-TERM RESULTS D. Pavoni, F. Ius, L.P. Badano, I. Vendramin, E. Mazzaro, V. Tursi, G. Thiene, U. Livi (Italy) C5-2 AORTIC VALVE REPAIR: RESULTS OF TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE L. de Kerchove, G. El Khoury (Belgium) C5-3 RESULTS OF THE SHELHIGH STENTLESS BIOPROSTHESIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: 7-YEAR SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE IN 255 PATIENTS M. Musci, M. Pasic, H. Siniawski, A. Loforte, Y. Weng, C.A. Yankah, R. Hetzer (Germany) C5-4 EARLY AND LATE RESULTS OF AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN OCTOGENARIANS I. Vendramin, L.P. Badano, F. Ius, D. Pavoni, G. Guzzi, F. Bassi, C. Lutman, U. Livi (Italy) C5-5 DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY COULD PREDICT WORSE LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH PROSTHESIS MISMATCH AFTER AVR T. Niklewski, J. Foremny, D. Puszczewicz, R. Przybylski, T. Kukulski, J. Pacholewicz, M. Zembala (Poland) C5-6 FOUR YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP OF THE ROSS PROCEDURE IN ELDERLY-PATIENTS P.M. Dohmen, D. Gabbieri, A. Lembcke, S. Holinski, S. Dushe, T. Geyer, W. Konertz (Germany) C5-7 EXPERIENCE WITH THE MATRIX-P PLUS HEART VALVE FOR PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT DURING ROSS OPERATION P.M. Dohmen, S. Holinski, H. Grubitzsch, S. Dushe, S. Beholz, W. Konertz (Germany) C5-8 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT DILATION P.B. Matthews, B. Kim, A. Azadani, J. Guccione, T.S. Guy, D. Saloner, E.E. Tseng (USA) C5-9 EXPERIENCE AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM RESULTS USING THE CONTEGRA® HETEROGRAFT FOR RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW RECONSTRUCTION IN ADULTS L. Niclauss, D. Dominique, M. Hurni, L.K. von Segesser (Switzerland)
C6-1 ACTIVE AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS: IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM RESULTS A. Tuncer, E.Y. Tuncer, S.G. Tas, M. Aksut, E. Eren, K. Kirali, M. Balkanay, C. Yakut (Turkey) C6-2 ANTICALCIFICATION TREATMENT OF VALVE TISSUE IN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL S. Raugele, V. Sirvydis, S. Tautkus, E. Gaizauskas, M. Budra, A. Dulskas, M. Klimovskij, V. Markovas (Lithuania) C6-3 ST. JUDE EPIC HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESES VS. NATIVE HUMAN AND PORCINE AORTIC VALVES - DIFFERENCES IN BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES M. Kalejs, P. Stradins, R. Lacis, I. Ozolanta, V. Kasyanov (Latvia) C6-4 EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW BIOLOGICAL VALVE MADE OF HEPATIC GLISSON'S CAPSULE: LONG-TERM RESULTS L.A. Bockeria, B.N. Sabirov, I.A. Yurlov, I.I. Kagramanov, D.V. Britikov, I.E. Chernogrivov, I.V. Kokshenev, S.B. Zaets (Russian Federation) C6-5 ELAN STENTLESS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 2000–2007 AT THE S.AMBROGIO CLINIC IN MILAN P. Paolo (Italy) C6-6 EXPERIENCE WITH THE 19-MM MEDTRONIC MOSAIC BIOPROSTHESIS IN THE ELDERLY L. Salaymeh, I. Ovcina, P. Oberwalder, M.A. Monti, H. Mächler, D. Dacar, K. Tscheliessnigg (Austria) C6-7 AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT COMBINED WITH CORONARY ARTERY BY-PASS GRAFTING IN OCTOGENARIANS: EARLY AND MID-TERM RESULTS A. Dell'Amore, S. Calvi, E. Mikus, M.D. Giglio, A. Tripodi, C. Zussa, D.M. Cristell, M. Lamarra (Italy) C6-8 ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION ACCORDING TO ESH/ESC GUIDELINES AS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF WORSE PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS SUBJECTED TO AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT M. Banach, A. Goch, K. Bartczak, M. Barylski, R. Jaszewski, J.H. Goch (Poland) C6-9 HEMODYNAMICS OF TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS H. Dwyer, P.B. Matthews, A. Azadani, L. Ge, D. Saloner, T.S. Guy, E.E. Tseng (USA)
C7-1 LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF POST INFARCT LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSMS D. Dronamraju, B. Govini, R. Jayakumar, A. Kiran, L. Bangalore, V. Bhan, N. Manni, R. Pamlati (India) C7-2 PLASMA LEVEL OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 IS INCREASED IN PATIENTS OPERATED ON CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE USING ON-PUMP TECHNIQUE (CABG) BUT NOT OFF-PUMP (OPCAB) M.O. Zembala, A. Sokal, A. Radomski, A. Kocher, J. Pacholewicz, J. Sliwka, M. Radomski, M. Zembala (Poland, Ireland) C7-3 PREOPERATIVE ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS PROTECT MYOCARDIUM FROM ISCHEMIA DURING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY U. Benedetto, R. Sinatra (Italy) C7-4 REGULATION OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND PROTEIN ADSORBTION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ROLE OF ALLOGENIC RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSION AND POLYMETHOXYETHYLACRYLATE-COATED CIRCUIT SYSTEMS S. Senay, F. Toraman, S. Gunaydin, M. Kilercik, H. Karabulut, C. Alhan (Turkey)
V3bis-1 SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CAROTID BODY TUMOR (CBT): NEW DIAGNOSTIC TOOL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH M. Piazza, M. Antonello, M. Menegolo, P. Frigatti, G. Opocher, F. Grego, G.P. Deriu (Italy) V3bis-2 EXPERIMENTAL AORTIC REPLACEMENT IN A RAT MODEL WITH DEGRADABLE SYNTHETIC VASCULAR PROSTHESIS D. Mugnai, M. Cikirikcioglu, E. Pektok, A. Kalangos, G. Bowling, D. Palombo, B. Walpoth (Italy, Switzerland, USA) V3bis-3 OPEN REPAIR VS. ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT WITH COVERED STENT FOR SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY OCCLUSION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY G. Abbiati, M. Antonello, M. D'agata, M. Menegolo, P. Frigatti, G.P. Deriu (Italy) V3bis-4 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF ACUTE TRAUMATIC AORTIC INJURIES: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 20 CASES F. Urgnani, P. Lerut, M. Da Rocha, D. Adriani, F. Leon, V. Riambau (Spain) V3bis-5 CLINICAL AND ANATOMIC PROGNOSTIC FACTORS ON THE ENDOVASCULAR AND OPEN REPAIR OF RUPTURED AAA E. Martinez (Spain) V3bis-6 THE ROLE OF CISTATIN-C IN MONITORING POSTOPERATIVE RENAL FUNCTION AFTER EVAR: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE STUDY M. Menegolo, M. Antonello, I. Morelli, M. Piazza, F. Grego, G.P. Deriu (Italy) V3bis-7 OPEN REPAIR FOR RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM: IS IT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT SURVIVAL? C. Maturi, M. Antonello, A. Segalla, I. Morelli, S. Bonvini, F. Grego, G.P. Deriu (Italy) V3bis-8 AT THE ORIGIN OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE: ROLE OF ENDOTHELIN IN ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION J.D. Haro, A. Florez, C. Varela, F. Acin (Spain) V3bis-9 UPPER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL INJURIES: FACTORS INFLUENCING TREATMENT OUTCOME M. Dragas, L. Davidovic, M. Markovic, D. Jadranin, N. Ilic, I. Banzic, I. Koncar (Serbia) V3bis-10 GENERATION AND VERIFICATION OF RISK PREDICTION MODELS FOR CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY USING DATA MINING AND NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES D. McCollum, G. Kuhan, T. Nguyen, D. Davis, I. Chetter, P. McCollum (UK) V3bis-11 VASCULAR ACCESS FOR HEMODIALISYS IN PATIENTS WITH CENTRAL VEINS THROMBOSIS T. Jakimowicz, Z. Galazka, S. Nazarewski, T. Grochowiecki, K. Madej, S. Frunze, J. Szmidt (Poland) V3bis-12 NITRIC OXIDE: THE HINGE BETWEEN ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AND INFLAMMATION IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE PATIENTS J. De Haro, E. Martinez-Aguilar, A. Florez, C. Varela, J.R. March, F. Acin (Spain) V3bis-13 SERUM LEVELS OF ADHESION MOLECULES AS A MARKER OF DEVELOPMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (AAA) - AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL J. Molacek, V. Treska, J. Kobr, L. Holubec (Czech Republic)
V4-1 DOES DIABETES INFLUENCE OUTCOME OF FEMORO-DISTAL BYPASS USING THE DISTAFLO PTFE GRAFT M. Desai, K. Brennan, M.K. Mariappen, A.H. Quddus, M. Welch (UK) V4-2 FEMORODISTAL BYPASS FOR LIMB THREATENING ISCHEMIA Y. Kalko, O.A. Sayin, T. Kosker, U. Kafa, T. Yasar (Turkey) V4-3 THE ANGIOPLASTY OF THE PROFUNDA FEMORAL ARTERY IN THE CHRONIC CRITIC ISCHEMIA OF THE LOWER LIMBS V.R. Tarulli, R. Polichetti, E. Farina, E. Nitadorakis, E. Cappello, A.E. Puca, A. Matarazzo (Italy) V4-4 CLINICAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT FOR ISOLATED EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTEY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE A. Akingboye, C. Bent, S. Dindyal, N. Tai, M. Walsh, I. Renfrew, M. Mattson, C. Kyriakides (UK) V4-5 CRYOPRESERVED HOMOLOGOUS VEINS IN LIMBS SALVAGE - 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE E. Galeazzi, M. Corato, S. Doro, A. Toffon, L. Turini, D. Masotti, L. Ganassin (Italy) V4-6 ENDOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT OF TASC-2 C AND D LESIONS: EARLY AND MID-TERM RESULTS R. Pulli, G. Pratesi, A. Fargion, N. Troisi, M. di Mare, S. Bellandi, C. Pratesi (Italy) V4-7 RARE FORMS OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL EMBOLISM D.B. Jadranin, M.M. Markovic, L.B. Davidovic, D.M. Kostic, M.V. Dragas (Serbia) V4-8 MANAGEMENT OF UPPER EXTREMITY THROMBOEMBOLISM IN OCTOGENARIANS M. Sargin, M. Bicer, S. Albeyoglu, B. Ozay, E. Kurc, A.K. Tuygun, B. Ketenci, S.A. Aka (Turkey) V4-9 RESULTS OF DISTAL REVASCULARIZATION IN GENERAL POPULATION, DIALYSED, PATIENTS AFTER FAILED PTA F. Spinelli, F. Stilo, M. La Spada, G.De Caridi, F. Benedetto (Italy) V4-10 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF TASC C AND D AORTO-ILIAC OCCLUSIVE DISEASE N.T. Mirada, F.S. Ruiz, A.V. Artazcoz, P.B. Ortí, R.R. Vázquez, P.L. Vilardell (Spain)
C8-1 THE MODIFIED BENTALL (BUTTON-BENTALL) TECHNIQUE: AN EXCELLENT OPERATION WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS S. Calvi, A. Dell'Amore, M. Pagliaro, A. Tripodi, M.D. Giglio, G. Noera, A. Albertini, M. Lamarra (Italy) C8-2 CAN THE CONVENTIONAL AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT BE IMPROVED? C. Blume, A. Lenos, M. Zacher, A. Diegeler, P.P. Urbanski (Germany) C8-3 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TYPE 1 DISSECTING AORTIC ANEURYSMS: IS THE EXTENSION OF THE INTERVENTION ONTO THE ARCH JUSTIFIED? L. Bockeria, A. Malashenkov, N. Rusanov, V. Arakelyan, S. Rychin, V. Tereshchenko, N. Liakhova, M. Padjev (Russian Federation) C8-4 CORRECTION OF POSTSTENOTIC ANEURYSM OF ASCENDING AORTA V. Popov, O. Bolshak, G. Knyshov (Ukraine) C8-5 VALVE SPARING TECHNIQUES IN THE SURGERY OF ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSMS S. Rychin, N. Rusanov, V. Tereshchenko, N. Kopylova, O. Zankina, A. Malashenkov, L. Bockeria (Russian Federation) C8-6 COMPLEX REOPERATIONS ON THE THORACIC AORTA D. Pacini, L. Di Marco, A. Leone, D. Marsilli, E. Pilato, R. Di Bartolomeo (Italy) C8-7 REDUCTION AORTOPLASTY: EFFECTIVE, USELESS OR HARMFUL? RESULTS AT 10 YEARS P. Maggio, F. Carbone, G. Lucchese, M. Chiavarelli (Italy) C8-8 EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH A NOVEL PREFABRICATED STENTLESS VALVED-CONDUIT K.K.W. Lau, K. Bochenek-Klimczyk, M. Galiñanes, A. Sosnowski (UK) C8-9 COMPARISON OF REAL AND SIMULATED AORTIC INTERLEAFLETS TRIANGLES ANNULOPLASTY A. Mangini, M. Lemma, G. Gelpi, M. Contino, M. Soncini, E. Votta, A. Redaelli, C. Antona (Italy)
C9-1 P-CIRCUIT TECHNIQUE FOR CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION: FIVE-YEAR EXPERIENCE S. Prapas, I. Panagiotopoulos, V. Kotsis, D. Protogeros, I. Linardakis, A. Michalopoulos (Greece) C9-2 OFF-PUMP CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION LOWERS MORTALITY, MORBIDITY AND COST IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS. PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL A. Se Ramadan, C. Stefanidis, W. Ngatchou, J.-L. Janssens, J.-M. Desmet, M. Antoine, D. De Canniere (Belgium) C9-3 RESULTS OF OFF-PUMP CABG SURGERY USING BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFTS IN OCTOGENARIAN PATIENTS DURING TEN YEARS M. El Diasty, J.A. Gonzalez, J.L. Perez, V. Mosquera, F. Cid, A.J. Stein, J. Cuenca (Spain) C9-4 CLINICAL APPLICATION OF AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW MONONUCLEAR CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP) V. Sedov, A. Nemkov, B. Afanasyev, S. Beliy, D. Ryzhkova, O. Stovpiuk, N. Petrov, S. Burnos (Russian Federation) C9-5 TRANSIT TIME FLOW MEASUREMENT: WHAT ROLE IN ON-PUMP VS. OFF-PUMP CORONARY SURGERY T. Owais, M. Sweilam, T. El Tawil, M. Helmy, A. Khallaf, A. Fouad, K. Saad, Y. Balbaa (Egypt) C9-6 TOTAL ARTERIAL REVASCULARIZATION WITH BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERIES: EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS IN 913 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS A. Dell'Amore, S. Calvi, E. Mikus, M. Pagliaro, A. Albertini, M.D. Giglio, C. Zussa, M. Lamarra (Italy) C9-7 OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY (OPCAB) IN 2156 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS: EARLY AND MID-TERM RESULTS L. Marino, S. De Notaris, F. Numis, I. Bellino, R. Mancusi, E. Mango, L. Savarese, V. Lucchetti (Italy) C9-8 EFFECT OF TRAINING ON LONG-TERM OUTCOME IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING P. Olszowka, A. Szafranek, H. Luckraz, P.A. O'Keefe (UK) C9-9 OFF-PUMP CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR PATIENTS WITH MAIN LEFT DISEASE J. Pacholewicz, J. Sliwka, A. Farmas, P. Knapik, M. Zembala, T. Hrapkowicz, M. Zembala (Poland) C9-10 PERIVASCULAR TISSUE OF INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY RELEASES VESSEL-SPECIFIC ANTICONTRACTILE FACTOR M. Malinowski, M.A. Deja, K.S. Golba, P. Janusiewicz, T. Roleder, S. Wos (Poland)
C10-1 REINTUBATION AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY N. Koumallos, A. Paschalis, C. Antoniades, M. Garipi, N. Sfyras, V. Gata, G. Koulaxouzidis, G. Economopoulos (Greece) C10-2 PRECONDITIONING PROPERTIES OF SEVOFLURANE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY SURGERY WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS N.B. Karakhalis, A.A. Skopets, A.A. Makarov, E. Dumanyan, O.S. Vastyanova, S.U. Boldyrev, K.O. Barbuhatty, V.A. Porhanov (Russian Federation) C10-3 COMBINATION SEDOANALGESIA WITH REMIFENTANIL AND PROPOFOL VS. REMIFENTANIL AND MIDAZOLAM FOR ELECTIVE CARDIOVERSION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING S. Doganci, V. Yildirim, C. Bolcal, U. Demirkilic, H. Tatar (Turkey) C10-4 PREDICTION OF RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY P. Knapik, P. Rozentryt, P. Nadziakiewicz, L. Polonski, M. Zembala (Poland) C10-5 PREOPERATIVE ANEMIA AS A RISK FACTOR ON OUTCOME IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY A. Paschalis, N. Koumallos, C. Antoniadis, I. Panagiotou, M. Litrivi, N. Koufakis, T. Psarros, G. Economopoulos (Greece) C10-6 PREDICTING SURVIVAL FOLLOWING MAJOR COMPLICATION(S) IN CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS J.G. Castillo, F. Filsoufi, P.B. Rahmanian, D.H. Adams (USA) C10-7 RENAL PROTECTION IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS WITH RENAL DYSFUNCTION I. Ali, A. Naas (Canada) C10-8 INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER COLONIZATION AND RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION IN THE HEART SURGERY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT K. Hashemzadeh, R. Ghotaslou, S. Hashemzadeh, M. Dehdilani, M. Dehdilani (Iran)
V5-1 WILL FEMORO-POPLITEAL BYPASS BECOME OBSOLETE? A STUDY OF INFRA-INGUINAL STENTING IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE P.W.H. Collins, R. O'Neill, T. Richards, S. Habib, S. Whitaker, B.D. Braithwaite (UK) V5-2 AUTOGENOUS AORTOFEMORAL RECONSTRUCTION IN PROSTHETIC VASCULAR GRAFT INFECTION; HOW TO MANAGE? Y. Kalko, O.A. Sayin, T. Kosker, U. Kafa, T. Yasar (Turkey) V5-3 AORTOBIFEMORAL BYPASS GRAFTING USING EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE STRETCH GRAFTS IN PATIENTS WITH OCCLUSIVE ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE E.M. Marone, Y. Tshomba, D. Logaldo, C. Brioschi, R. Castellano, A. Kahlberg, G. Melissano, R. Chiesa (Italy) V5-4 IMPLANTATION OF AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA A. Florio, O. Sassi, E. Cappello, C. De Rosa, A. Pontarelli, G. Guardascione, A. Matarazzo (Italy) V5-5 LONG-TERM PLAVIX CLOPIDOGREL ADMINISTRATION INCREASES WALKING DISTANCE AND ANKLE BLOOD PRESSURE IN CLAUDICANTS: A 10-YEAR STUDY Y. Lukianov, V. Sedov, G. Sokurenko, E. Parusova, L. Vdovina (Russian Federation) V5-6 PATENCY RATES FOR AXILLOFEMORAL BYPASS FOR AORTOILIAC OCCLUSIVE DISEASE E. Kurc, M. Sargin, S. Cetemen, A.K. Tuygun, S. Erdogan, S. Sanioglu, H. Kuplay, B. Cinar (Turkey) V5-7 NEW RESULTS OF SUBINTIMAL BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY AS ONE OF A NEW METHODS IN TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA I.E. Borovsky, V.V. Soroka, M.Y. Kaputin, D.V. Ovcharenko, M.Y. Zakharova (Russian Federation) V5-8 RISK FACTORS AND CARDIOVASCULAR PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE DIFFER ACCORDING TO THE DISEASE LOCALIZATION V. Aboyans, A.L. Guyader, I. Desormais, P. Lacroix, J. Salazar, M. Laskar (France) V5-9 COMBINED TREATMENT WITH ILOPROST DURING FEMORO-POPLITEAL BYPASS SURGERY M.W. Guerrieri, G. Nasso, A. Anselmi, F.D. Tano, M. Ciavarella, F. Martiradonna, I. Francavilla, M. Cifarelli (Italy) V5-10 ISOLATED ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSMS. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND THERAPEUTICAL APPROACH G.L. Barbera, G.L. Marca, G. Mavaro, G. Ferro, F. Valentino, M.V. Vallone, A. Martino, G. Pumilia (Italy)
V5bis-1 SHORT LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM G. Atturu, S. Brouilette, N.J. Samani, N.J.M. London, M.J. Bown, R. Sayers (UK) V5bis-2 EFFECTS OF INFRARENAL AND HIATAL CLAMPING IN REPAIR OF RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS F. Islamoglu, C. Engin, A.Z. Apaydin, H. Posacioglu, T. Yagdi, I. Durmaz (Turkey) V5bis-3 AORTO-ILIAC RECONSTRUCTION PRIOR TO KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION Z. Galazka, J. Szmidt, S. Nazarewski, T. Grochowiecki, T. Jakimowicz (Poland) V5bis-4 OUTCOME IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR OF INFRARENAL AORTIC ANEURYSM M.M. Marrocco-Trischitta, A. Kahlberg, G. Melissano, S. Spelta, D. de Dominicis, R. Chiesa (Italy) V5bis-5 MODELLING BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND NON-LINEAR GROWTH IN A COMPLEX PHENOTYPE: APPLICATION TO ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM EXPANSION B.A. Obukofe, M. Bown, R. Sayers, N. London (UK) V5bis-6 TREATMENT OF COMPLEX ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS S. Ghiro, R. Girardi, R. Stramanà, E. Galzignan, M.J. Bartesaghi, D. Cognolato (Italy) V5bis-7 ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM: A 5-YEAR EXPERIENCE IN THE NORTHWEST OF IRAN S. Hashemzadeh, K. Hashemzadeh, A. Pourzand, M. Dehdilani, M. Dehdilani (Iran)
V6-1 THORACIC AORTA ENDOGRAFT AS AN ADJUNCT TO RESECTION OF A LOCALLY INVASIVE TUMOR: A NEW INDICATION TO ENDOGRAFT S. Lepidi, P. Frigatti, M. Antonello, G. Marulli, F. Rea, F. Grego, G.P. Deriu (Italy) V6-2 PERIVASCULAR ABSCESS OF THE CAROTID BIFURCATION WITH INFECTION OF THE ARTERIAL WALL BY SALMONELLAE U. Gratzer, P. Konstantiniuk, S. Schweiger, A. Baumann, T.U. Cohnert (Austria) V6-3 CHALLENGING ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF A PREVIOUS COARCTATION SURGERY: A CASE REPORT D.A. Adriani, M.F.M.D. Rocha, S. Miranda, F. Urgnani, P. Lerut, V. Riambau (Spain) V6-4 HAEMOPTYSIS DUE TO A ‘LOST’ WIRE-A RARE COMPLICATION OF THE CAROTID STENTING V. Matoussevitch, M. Aleksic, V. Reichert, J. Brunkwall, M. Gawenda (Germany) V6-5 ENDOVASCULAR CORRECTION OF A DISTAL RE-ENTRY IN AN ISOLATED ABDOMINAL AORTIC DISSECTION - CASE REPORT M.F.M. Da Rocha, D. Adriani, F. Urgnani, P. Lerut, X. Montañá, V. Riambau (Spain) V6-6 IDIOPATHIC SUPERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY ANEURYSM IN A 40-DAY-OLD INFANT: FIRST CASE REPORT M. Coen, E. Tsolaki, M. Agnati, L. Boschetti, S. Sileno, F.G. Mascoli (Italy) V6-7 SUCCESSFUL ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR COMBINED SURGICAL PROCEDURE OF BLEEDING AORTODUODENAL FISTULA P.N. Antoniadis, G.I. Geropapas, K. Paraskeva, D.N. Staramos, A.G. Kalamaras, E.A. Kounougeri (Greece) V6-8 ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE IN A YOUNG WOMAN WITH INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS: CASE REPORT L. Boschetti, E. Tsolaki, M. Coen, M. Agnati, S. Sileno, F.G. Mascoli (Italy) V6-9 CASE REPORT: A CASE OF PARAGANGLIOMA WITH TINNITUS AND CAROTID-JUGULAR ARTEROVENOUS FISTULA F. Bellini, G. Piazzalunga, E. Morlacchi (Italy) V6-10 A FACE AND NECK VEIN MALFORMATION DUE TO A DYSPLASTIC EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN D. Parthenis, D. Kardoulas, G. Eleutheriou, E. Mpelia, E. Rigopoulou (Greece)
C11-1 HUMAN ADULT SKELETAL MUSCLE STEM CELLS DIFFERENTIATE INTO CARDIOMYOCYTE AND IMPROVE LV FUNCTION IN AN ISCHEMIC INJURY MODEL P. Piccoli, G. Bisleri, G. Invernici, P. Madeddu, U. Fascio, G. Alessandri, E. Parati, C. Muneretto (Italy, UK) C11-2 PREVENTION OF RETROSTERNAL ADHESION FORMATION IN A RABBIT MODEL USING DEXTRAN SOLUTION C. Narin, G. Sarkilar, H. Toy, A. Ozkara, E. Ege, A. Sarigul, M. Yeniterzi (Turkey) C11-3 SYSTOLIC VENTRICULAR PRESSURE DROP IN LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION: THE VOLUMETRIC PARADOX M. Vergnat, B. Perrin, C.H. Huber, L.K. von Segesser (Switzerland, France) C11-4 RELAXIN-ENHANCED RETROGRADE SKELETAL MYOBLAST CARDIOMYOPLASTY FOR EFFECTIVE CELL ENGRAFTMENT AND MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION RECOVERY M. Bonacchi, C. Nanni, D. Bani, S. Zecchi-Orlandini, M. Maiani, G. Di Lascio, M. Targetti, S. Gelsomino (Italy) C11-5 CARDIOSPHERES AND TISSUE ENGINEERING FOR MYOCARDIAL REGENERATION: POTENTIAL FOR CLINICAL APPLICATION G. Pugliese, L. Muzzi, J.C. Chachques, I. Chimenti, M. Ricci, A. Giacomello, E. Messina, G. Frati (Italy, France) C11-6 COMPARISON OF TUBULAR AND MOLDED AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESES WITH SINGLE POINT ATTACHED COMMISSURES: A DYNAMIC SIMULATION F. Xiong, W.A. Goetz, K.H. Lim, Y.L. Chua, J.H. Yeo (Singapore, Germany) C11-7 METABOLIC CHANGES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE DURING OFF-PUMP VERSUS ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY: THE MICRODIALYSIS STUDY M. Pojar, J. Mandak, N. Cibicek, J. Dominik, V. Palicka, J. Kubicek (Czech Republic) C11-8 IMPROVEMENT IN CEREBRAL NEURONAL METABOLISM WITH OFF-PUMP CARDIAC SURGERY AS DETECTED BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY Y. Abu-Omar, M. Wylezinska, P.M. Matthews, D.P. Taggart (UK) C11-9 IMPROVING CARDIAC FUNCTION AND ANGIOGENESIS THROUGH MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI) INDUCED IN SHEEP ANIMAL MODEL H. Ahmadi, S. Rabbani, S.M. Nassiri, M. Soleimani, M. Daliri, M. Sehebjam, M.J. Pourkhayyat, A. Karimi (Iran)
C12-1 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: CLINICAL RESULTS AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ATRIAL FUNCTION FOLLOWING ABLATION G. Bisleri, N. Berlinghieri, P. Piccoli, S. Mangili, A. Manzato, C. Muneretto (Italy) C12-2 COMBINED OFF-PUMP EPICARDIAL BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION AND OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (OPCAB) FOR ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION P. Suwalski, G. Suwalski, F. Majstrak, J. Kochanowski, P. Scislo, R. Wilimski, K.B. Suwalski (Poland) C12-3 SINUS RHYTHM BEFORE OPERATION DIFFERENTIATES PATIENTS DEVELOPING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION FROM THE PATIENTS THAT REMAIN IN SINUS RHYTHM AFTER CARDIAC REVASCULARIZATION J.M. Kalisnik, J. Ksela, P. Suwalski, G. Suwalski, V. Avbelj, G. Vidmar, K. Suwalski, B. Gersak (Slovenia, Poland) C12-4 SIMILAR CARDIAC AUTONOMIC REGULATION IN SINUS RHYTHM FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL ABLATION OF PERMANENT AND PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; WHAT CAN WE SEE ON THE LEVEL OF STRUCTURAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE OF THE HEART? J.M. Kalisnik, P. Suwalski, G. Suwalski, V. Avbelj, G. Vidmar, K. Suwalski, B. Gersak (Slovenia, Poland) C12-5 THORACOSCOPIC EPICARDIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION IS A REALISTIC ALTERNATIVE FOR ENDOCARDIAL RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION: LOWER RISK OF ARTERIAL EMBOLISM L. Sauren, M.L. Meir, L. de Roy, L. Pison, E. van der Veen, W. Mess, H. Crijns, J. Maessen (Netherlands, Belgium) C12-6 A NOVEL DEVICE TO DETECT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DURING FOLLOW-UP AFTER SUCCESSFUL MAZE PROCEDURE L. Sternik, P. Ghosh, D. Luria, M. Glikson, E. Raanani (Israel) C12-7 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF STAND-ALONE LONGLASTING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING A MONOLATERAL THORACOSCOPIC APPROACH M.L. Meir, L. de Roy, D. Blommaert, M. Buche, J. Maessen (Netherlands, Belgium) C12-8 MINIMALLY INVASIVE VIDEO-ASSISTED OFF-PUMP PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION P. Suwalski, G. Suwalski, R. Wilimski, J. Kochanowski, P. Scislo, Z. Popiel, M. Sledz, K.B. Suwalski (Poland) C12-9 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF DELIRIUM AND STROKE AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY: A PRELIMINARY RESULT FROM CODACS STUDY M. Banach, P. Okonski, J. Kazmierski, M. Kowman, T. Sobow, I. Kloszewska, A. Goch, R. Jaszewski (Poland)
C13-1 RESULTS OF MITRAL VALVE REPAIR VS. MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR ISOLATED ACTIVE INFECTIVE MITRAL VALVE ENDOCARDITIS: 20-YEAR SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE M. Musci, M. Pasic, H. Siniawski, Y. Weng, A. Loforte, C.A. Yankah, R. Hetzer (Germany) C13-2 SIZING IN MITRAL REPLACEMENT FOR CHRONIC MITRAL REGURGITATION ACCORDING TO INTERTRIGONAL SIZE R. Martinezsanz, R. de la LLana, I. Nassar, P. Garrido, A. Lacruz, J. Iribarren, J. Jimenez, C. Vaquero (Spain) C13-3 OUTCOME OF TRICUSPID VALVE ANNULOPASTY IN PATIENTS WITH UNEXPECTED INTRAOPERATIVE SEVERE TRICUSPID REGURGITATION L.K.C. Nagappa, C.R. Mascarenhas, R.L. Hooker (USA) C13-4 MASKED MITRAL VALVE DISEASE IN HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY: NOTE OF CAUTION DURING SEPTAL MYECTOMY B. Sheick-Yousif, E. Schwammenthal, P. Ghosh, A. Shinfeild, l. Sternik, E. Raanani (Israel) C13-5 CLINICAL RESULTS OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY: ENDOCLAMP VERSUS EXTERNAL AORTIC CLAMP TECHNIQUES F. Ius, D. Pavoni, L.P. Badano, E. Mazzaro, V. Tursi, G. Guzzi, L. Vetrugno, U. Livi (Italy) C13-6 FATE OF MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY FOLLOWING ISOLATED AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR SEVERE STENOSIS M.-D. García-Cosío, I. Valverde, M. Alvarez, P.P. Lima, L.F. López-Almodovar, A. Cañas, C. Maicas, L. Rodriguez-Padial (Spain) C13-7 SURGICAL MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY - ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP A. Duszanska, I. Jaworska, T. Niklewski, W. Streb, A. Zielinska-Meus, Z. Kalarus, M. Zembala, T. Kukulski (Poland) C13-8 MITRAL ANNULAR LONGITUDINAL FUNCTION PRESERVATION AFTER MITRAL VALVE REPAIR: THE MARTE STUDY F. Gandolfo, M. Lisi, S. Mondillo, M. Chiavarelli (Italy)
V7-1 COMBINED SURGICAL AND RETROGRADE ENDOVASCULAR TECHNIQUE FOR TREATMENT OF CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION-CASE REPORT J. Szmidt, O. Rowinski, I. Nawrot, L. Romanowski, T. Jakimowicz, Z. Galazka (Poland) V7-2 ENDOVASCULR REPAIR OF ASCENDING AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSM: TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS USING THE RELAY BOLTON NON BARE STENT ENDOGRAFT P. Lerut, F. Urgnani, X. Montana, M. Azqueta, J.L. Pomar, V. Riambau (Spain) V7-3 CEAS EVERSION AND ROUTINE USE OF INTRALUMINAL SHUNT. WHY NOT? E. Galeazzi, M. Corato, S. Doro, A. Toffon, L. Turini, D. Masotti, L. Ganassin (Italy) V7-4 ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM AND COEXISTENT ARTERIAL LESIONS: RESULTS OF STAGED AND SIMULTANEOUS SURGICAL REPAIR L. Bockeria, V. Arakelyan, V. Merzlyakov, I. Sigaev, M. Alshibaya, N. Chigogidze, O. Shirinbek, G. Chemurziev (Russian Federation) V7-5 OUTCOME AND SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS AGED 75 YEARS AND OLDER COMPARED TO YOUNGER PATIENTS AFTER ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM RUPTURE (RAAA). DO THE RESULTS JUSTIFY THE EFFORT? S. Shahidi (Denmark) V7-6 ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMECTOMY IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS R.J. Gil, A.M. Pérez, F.B. Pascual, F.M. Gimeno (Spain) V7-7 THE EFFECT OF ILOPROST ON RENAL DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING RENAL ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY O. Sahsivar, C. Narin, A. Kiyici, H. Toy, E. Ege, A. Sarigul (Turkey) V7-8 ADULT STEM CELL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION IN CHRONIC CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA C. Vaquero, R. Martinez, E.S. Norberto, J.A. Brizuela, V. Gutierrez, J.A. Gonzalez, L. De Río (Spain) V7-9 HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE THORACIC AORTA AFTER THE INTRALUMINAL DISTENSION. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN THE RABBIT V. Carlos, M. Rafael, N. Felix, A. Javier, A.-B. Angel, G. Carmen (Spain) V7-10 TRANSMISSION OF PRESSURE EVALUATION THROUGH THE ANEURYSMATIC THROMBUS AFTER ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN THE PIG V. Carlos, N. Felix, M. Rafael, A. Javier, A.-B. Angel, G. Carmen (Spain) V7-11 PENETRATING AORTIC ULCER: AN EMERGING PATHOLOGY D. Palombo, S. Mambrini, A. Robaldo, R. Mazzei, D. Mugnai, M.C. Principato, N. Rousas, B. Pane (Italy) V7-12 THE LEVEL OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC WALL IN DIABETIC RATS Y. Kalko, O.A. Sayin, U. Kafa, T. Kosker, T. Yasar (Turkey) V7-13 EFFECTS OF CARBAMAZEPINE ON SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA M. Sirlak, S. Eryilmaz, B. Inan, L. Yazicioglu, E. Ozcinar, E. Erdemli, B. Kaya, U. Ozyurda (Turkey) V7-14 AT THE ORIGIN OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE: ROLE OF ENDOTHELIN IN ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION J.D. Haro, A. Florez, C. Varela, E. Martinez, F. Acin (Spain) V7-15 TREATMENT OPTIONS OF GRAFT INFECTIONS AFTER ABDOMINAL AORTIC SURGERY E.M. Marone, D. Astore, A. Kahlberg, Y. Tshomba, R. Chiesa (Italy) V7-16 TEZOSENTAN REDUCES THE RENAL INJURY INDUCED BY ABDOMINAL AORTIC ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION IN RATS S. Gulmen, I. Kiris, C. Narin, B.G. Ceylan, B. Mermi, R. Sutcu, I. Meteoglu (Turkey) V7-17 OPEN STENT-GRAFT PLACEMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE OF TOTAL AORTIC ARCH REPLACEMENT-FATE OF STENTED ANEURYSMS T. Sueda, K. Orihashi, K. Okada, K. Imai, T. Takasaki, S. Takahashi (Japan) V7-18 GENETIC ANALYSIS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL THORACIC ABNORMALITIES A.A. Fokin, F. Robicsek, L.T. Watts, T.L. Tickle, K.E. Bennett, Z. Bahrani-Mostafavi, T.N. Masters (USA) V7-19 LIMB SALVAGE USING HOMOGRAFT VESSELS Z. Szeberin, G.V. Szabo, G. Biro, A. Nemes, G. Acsady (Hungary) V7-20 NEW VASCULAR PROSTHESIS WITH METALLIC SILVER IN THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR GRAFT INFECTION-PRELIMINARY REPORT T. Jakimowicz, Z. Galazka, T. Grochowiecki, B. Solonynko, J. Szmidt (Poland) V7-21 CALCIUM DOBESILATE AND OXERUTIN: EFFECTIVENESS OF COMBINATION THERAPY B. Akbulut (Turkey) V7-22 THE USE OF HIGH SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND ADIPONECTIN AS BIOMARKERS FOLLOWING ENDOVASCULAR REVASCULARISATION FOR LOWER LIMB PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE C.J. Miranda, A. Bayat, M. Baguneid (UK) V7-23 ANEURYSM OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA: CASE REPORT I. Banzic, L. Davidovic, M. Dragas, V. Bozic, D. Takac (Serbia) V7-24 DEBRANCHING OF EPIAORTIC VESSELS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TYPE-B AORTIC DISSECTION INVOLVING THE ARCH G. Iannelli, L.D. Tommaso, M. Monaco, V.D. Amicis, R. Smimmo, C. Vosa (Italy) V7-25 IMPLANTATION OF AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA A. Florio, O. Sassi, E. Cappello, C. De Rosa, A. Pontarelli, G. Guardascione, A. Matarazzo (Italy) V7-26 ARTERIAL SURGERY IS ASSOCIATED WITH TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 AND 4 DECREASE WHICH IS INFLUENCED BY SMOKING J.-P. de Vries, D. Versteeg, E. Dol, I. Hoefer, D. de Kleijn, E. van Dongen, G. Pasterkamp, F. Moll (The Netherlands) V7-27 SIXTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH AORTO-ENTERIC FISTULAS V. Matoussevitch, M. Aleksic, M. Gawenda, J. Brunkwall (Germany) V7-28 EFFECTIVENESS OF USING OF A NEW COMBINED DRUG ‘CYTOFLAVIN’ FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE V.M. Sedov, M.S. Bogomolov, K.K. Tokarevich, Y.V. Lukyanov, L.N. Edovina (Russian Federation) V7-29 EXPLANTATION OF AN AORTO-UNILIAC ENDOGRAFT WITH SUPRARENAL BARB FIXATION: A CASE REPORT P. Brustia, G. Guzzardi, R. Cassatella, A. Musiani, A. Renghi, F. Casella, R. Fossaceca, L. Gramaglia (Italy) V7-30 ANATOMICAL BRANCHED VASCULAR PROSTHESIS IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA: OUR INITIAL EXPERIENCE P. Sebesta, T. Klika, P. Zdrahal, P. Sedivy, C. ElSamman, P. Vitasek (Czech Republic)
V7bis-1 HYBRID PROCEDURES FOR COMPLEX AORTIC PATHOLOGY: AN INITIAL SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE M. Fernando M. Da Rocha, D. Adriani, F. Urgnani, P. Lerut, X. Montañá, V. Riambau (Spain) V7bis-2 FIFTEEN YEAR EXPERIMENT OF ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR FOR DESCENDING THORACIC AORTIC PATHOLOGIES Y. Shirakawa, T. Kuratani, K. Shimamura, M. Takeuchi, G. Matsumiya, M. Kato, H. Takano, Y. Sawa (Japan) V7bis-3 CELIAC COVERING IN ENDOVASCULAR THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR M. Gawenda, M. Aleksic, V. Viktor, M. Libicher, J. Brunkwall (Germany) V7bis-4 ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF TRAUMATIC AORTIC RUPTURE: SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH ENDOFIT STENTGRAFT S. Nikolaos, M. Nikolaos, S. Athanasios, K. Kiriakos, L. John, L. Athanasios, T. Themistiklis, K. Dimitrios (Greece) V7bis-5 ACUTE BLUNT THORACIC AORTIC INJURY: EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE STENT-GRAFT E.M. Marone, A. Kahlberg, Y. Tshomba, C. Brioschi, R. Chiesa (Italy) V7bis-6 ENDOLEAKS AFTER THORACIC ENDOGRAFTING P. Castelli, G. Piffaretti, M. Tozzi, C. Lomazzi, N. Rivolta (Italy) V7bis-7 ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF LESIONS INVOLVING THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES S. Attia, F. Farhat, J. Villard, D. Revel, P. Douek (France) V7bis-8 INTENTIONAL COVERAGE OF THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY DURING ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFT REPAIR FOR THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE: LONG-TERM OUTCOMES C. Bent, M. Matson, I. Renfrew, M. Walsh, R. Aidas, C. Kyriakides (UK) V7bis-9 EMERGENCY ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR IN ACUTE THORACIC AORTIC PATHOLOGY N. Paraskevas, J.-M. Alsac, Y. Castier, F. Francis, P. Cerceau, J.-M. Maury, G. Lesèche (France) V7bis-10 PEARLS AND PITFALLS OF STENT-GRAFTING OF THE THORACIC AORTA IN A CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY DEPARTMENT P.J. Aranda, E. Sarria, R. Castillo, F. Calleja, J.J. Muñoz, J. Valderrama, J.G. De Loma, G. Sergio (Spain)
V8-1 IN VIVO REGENERATION OF SMALL-DIAMETER (2 MM) ARTERIES USING A POLYMER SCAFFOLD S. Lepidi, F. Grego, V. Vindigni, B. Zavan, G. Abatangelo, G.P. Deriu (Italy) V8-2 SERUM PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPANSION OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS IDENTIFIED BY PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS S. Urbonavicius, H. Vorum, E.W. Henneberg, B. Honoré, J.S. Lindholt (Denmark) V8-3 TRANSVENOUS TREHALOSE ADMINISTRATION REDUCES PARAPLEGIA DUE TO SPINAL CORD INJURY DURING AORTIC SURGERY IN RABBIT S. Takahashi, M. Isaka, K. Okada, T. Sueda (Japan) V8-4 CONCENTRATION AND ACTIVITY OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES AND TISSUE INHIBITORS OF MATALLOPROTEINASES IN THE WALL OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM AT DIFFERENT WALL STRESS M.N.A.A. Rahman, M. Fagan, J. Greenman, P. McCollum, I. Chetter (UK) V8-5 POPULAR CEREBROPROTECTORS LIMIT NO-DEPENDANT DAMAGE OF BRAIN NEURONS WITH ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION TO DIFFERENT DEGREE DURING CAROTID ARTERIES OPERATION E. Ponomarev, V. Novochadov, N. Strepetov (Russian Federation) V8-6 THE EFFECT OF N-NITRO-L-ARGININE METHYL ESTER AND L-ARGININE ON LUNG INJURY INDUCED BY ABDOMINAL AORTIC OCCLUSION-REPERFUSION H. Okutan, I Kiris, A.K. Adiloglu, C. Savas, N. Kapucuoglu, I. Altuntas, O. Akturk (Turkey) V8-7 THE ROLE OF ADHESION MOLECULES IN THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ILOPROST AGAINST THE RENAL INJURY INDUCED BY ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION IN RATS I. Kiris, I. Tekin, N. Yilmaz, R. Sutcu, N. Karahan, A. Ocal (Turkey) V8-8 INTERMITTANT INFRARENAL ENDOCLAMPING IMPROVES RENAL BLOOD FLOW. AN EXPERIMANTAL PIG STUDY A.M. Scheule, T. Walker, M. Mayer, B. Neumann, H.P. Wendel, G. Ziemer (Germany) V8-9 ADHESION MOLECULES AND THE ATTENUATING EFFECT OF ILOPROST IN AORTIC ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION-INDUCED FEMORAL ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM INJURY IN RATS I. Tekin, I. Kiris, N. Karahan, O. Akturk, R. Sutcu, A. Ocal (Turkey)
C14-1 MITRAL VALVULAR DISEASE IN OCTOGENARIANS: CAN SURGERY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE? D. Gabbieri, M. Pedulli, A. Schipani, C. Stefanio, F. Zacà, A. Benassi, M. Meli, I. Ghidoni (Italy) C14-2 BLOOD BANK REQUIREMENTS IN CARDIAC SURGERY: 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER A. Kousoulakou, E. Kyriakou, F. Fragouli, I. Soufla, E. Melissari (Greece) C14-3 LONG-TERM IMPACT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME ON PATIENTS UNDERGOING ISOLATED CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING T. Kobayashi, A. Mikamo, B. Shirasawa, R. Suzuki, K. Hamano (Japan) C14-4 A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF INTEGUSEAL USE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY TO PREVENT SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS P.M. Dohmen, D. Gabbieri, A. Weymann, J. Linneweber, W. Konertz (Germany) C14-5 IS THERE A REAL CLINICAL ADVANTAGE IN THE MECC SYSTEM OR JUST LESS INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE MARKERS? I. Ovcina, L. Salaymeh, I. Knez, A. Untersweg, H. Supan, D. Dacar, H. Mächler, K. Tscheliessnigg (Austria) C14-6 TEMPORARY CAVAL STENTING IMPROVES VENOUS DRAINAGE DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS L.K. von Segesser, G. Sinischalchi, K. Kang, J. Horisberger, E. Ferrari, D. Delay, P. Tozzi (Switzerland) C14-7 DEEP SURGICAL SITE INFECTION DUE TO METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS: IMPACT OF DAPTOMYCIN P.M. Dohmen, S. Marz, G. Maneva, T. Volk, W. Konertz (Germany) C14-8 RE-INSERTION PREDICTORS OF INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMPS C. Gunay, F. Cingöz, S. Kilic, E. Kuralay (Turkey) C14-9 INHIBITION OF PLATELET GPIIB-IIIA AND P-SELECTIN EXPRESSIONS BY ASPIRIN IS IMPAIRED BY STRESS HYPERGLYCEMIA A.L. Guyader, G. Pacheco, N. Seaver, G. Davis-Gorman, J.G. Copeland, P.F. McDonagh (France, USA)
C15-1 MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND HEART TRANSPLANT S. Miniauskas, G. Zuoziene, K. Rucinskas, G. Norkunas, V. Sirvydis (Lithuania) C15-2 PERITRANSPLANT ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES H. Welp, Ö. Sezer, A. Rukosujew, T.T. Tjan, H.H. Schled, A. Hoffmeier (Germany) C15-3 ACUTE CARDIAC SUPPORT FOR CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: A SINGLE NON-TRANSPLANT CENTER EXPERIENCE A. Barbone, M. Bergonzini, F. Settepani, A. Eusebio, A. Basciu, E. Citterio, D. Ornaghi, R. Gallotti (Italy) C15-4 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AS MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT IN ADULTS E. Mikus, A. Loforte, P.M. Mikus, S.M. Suarez, E. Pilato, G. Arpesella (Italy) C15-5 SIROLIMUS PROLONGS SURVIVAL IN HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS M. Zakliczynski, M. Maruszewski, S. Zeglen, M. Zembala (Poland) C15-6 NEGATIVE IMPACT OF GENDER MISMATCH IN ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATIONS ON LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IS CONCOMITANT WITH INCREASED NUMBER AND SEVERITY OF REJECTIONS H.A. Welp, J. Stypmann, Ö. Sezer, T. Spieker, A. Rukosujew, A. Hoffmeier, H.H. Scheld (Germany) C15-7 PARTIAL LOADING OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE DURING MECHANICAL ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED METABOLISM OF NEUROENDOCRINE HORMONES AND INCREASED EXERCISE CAPACITY H.A. Welp, Ö. Sezer, A. Rukosujew, T.T. Tjan, H.H. Scheld, A. Hoffmeier (Germany) C15-8 LEFT VENTRICULAR RESTORATION-IMPORTANCE OF THE SURGICAL DETAILS P. Roman, Z. Marian (Poland) C15-9 EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RESTORATION AS ADJUNCT THERAPY FOR DILATED ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY T. Bové, Y. Van Belleghem, G. Vandenplas, F. Caes, K. François, J. De Backer, M. De Pauw, G. Van Nooten (Belgium) C15-10 HEALING HEART FAILURE BY ELECTRICAL MICROCURRENT APPLICATION. SCIENCE OR FICTION? J. Mueller, B. Kapeller, J. Holfeld, M. Hofmann, U.M. Losert, K. Macfelda (Germany, Austria)
C16-1 CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY IMPROVES RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR HEART FAILURE G. Lanzillo, M. Diena, E. Novelli, U.F. Tesler (Italy) C16-2 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STATINS IN DECREASING THE INCIDENCE OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY Y. Dereli, E. Ege, S. Kurban, C. Narin, A. Sarigul, M. Yeniterzi (Turkey) C16-3 POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND HELICOBACTER PYLORI: IS A POSSIBLE PATHOGENIC LINK? E. Penza, C. Ghislandi, F. Barili, L. Dainese, M. Trezzi, B. Micheli, F. Alamanni, G. Polvani (Italy) C16-4 THE RELATION BETWEEN LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTIONS, PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND LOCALIZATION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY I. Kiris, S. Kapan, C. Narin, M. Ozaydin, M.C. Cure, R. Sutcu, H. Okutan (Turkey) C16-5 LONG-TERM RESULTS OF VENTRICULAR RESTORATION SURGERY: IMPACT OF TRICUSPIDAL REGURGITATION I. Butkuviene, L. Ivaskeviciene, G. Nogiene (Lithuania) C16-6 MULTIVALVULAR SURGERY FOR CARCINOID HEART DISEASE J.G. Castillo, F. Filsoufi, P.B. Rahmanian, A. Anyanwu, R.R. Warner, D.H. Adams (USA) C16-7 DOES THE ROUTINE USE OF TRANEXAMIC ACID IN ADDITION TO PROTAMINE REDUCE POST OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS, RESTERNOTOMY RATE AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN CABG PATIENTS? D.A. Shaw (UK) C16-8 EVALUATION OF HEMODYNAMIC FLUCTUATIONS BY INVASIVE AND SEMI-INVASIVE MONITORING DURING OFF-PUMP MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION SURGERY E. Strike, N. Porite, M. Bekers (Latvia) C16-9 IS VARIABLE FLOW OF SUCCESSFUL LITA GRAFT FOR LAD LESION CORRELATED WITH MYOCARDIAL OXYGEN CONSUMPTION OR NOT? D. Une, S. Shimizu, T. Shishido, T. Kawada, H. Yoshitaka, M. Sugimachi, M. Kuinose (Japan) C16-10 ANEMIA AND NEEDS OF POSTOPERATIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSION DEPENDING ON RENAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING A. Drohomirecka, K. Kloc, J. Fiedukiewicz, K. Wronecki, R. Cichon (Poland) C16-11 OUTCOME AFTER REDO CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING WITH AND WITHOUT CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS J. Veriznikovas, L. Ivaskeviciene, R. Samalavicius, G. Norkunas, G. Kalinauskas, A. Valaika, I. Misiuriene, G. Uzdavinys (Lithuania) C16-12 THE EFFECT OF THE OFF-PUMP CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY. COMPARISON OF THE ON-PUMP CABG ON THE CLINICAL AND ANGIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES I.V. Zhbanov, V.A. Perevertov, A.V. Molochkov, B.V. Shabalkin (Russian Federation) C16-13 QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS TWO YEARS AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BY-PASS SURGERY V. Peric, M. Borzanovic, R. Stolic, A. Jovanovic, B. Dejanovic, D. Djikic, Z. Marcetic, S. Sovtic (Kosovo, Serbia) C16-14 EVIDENCE THAT NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION IS ATTENUATED DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM A. Le Guyader, G. Davis-Gorman, R. Watanabe, J. Duffy, L. Gatewood, P. Lichtenthal, J.G. Copeland, P.F. McDonagh (France, USA) C16-15 CORONARY ENDARTERECTOMY FOR DIFFUSE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE-WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AFTER 25 YEARS? D. Nezic, R. Huskic, P. Milojevic, A. Knezevic, L. Lausevic-Vuk, M. Jovic, B. Djukanovic (Serbia) C16-16 ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS IN PATIENTS WITH UNCLOSED ASD K. Ergunes, U. Yetkin, H. Yasa, S. Bayrak, A. Sahin, M. Aksun, C. Ozbek, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) C16-17 A SIMPLE AND SAFE TECHNIQUE TO MANAGE THE INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY IN REDO CARDIAC SURGERY I. Ali (Canada) C16-18 CONGENITAL MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY REPAIR AND LONG-TERM RESULTS L. Lauciuviene, G. Luksaite, L. Lankutiene, D. Liekiene, G. Nogiene, R. Karalius, V. Sirvydis (Lithuania) C16-19 INTRAOPERATIVE ABLATION WITH THE USE OF MEDTRONIC CARDIOABLATE RF AND ESTECH COBRA RF SYSTEMS IN PATIENTS WITH PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TREATED FOR MITRAL VALVE DEFECT. PRELIMINARY REPORT K. Bartczak, M. Banach, A. Walczak, R. Jaszewski (Poland) C16-20 CLINICAL IMPACT OF INEVITABLLY APPLIED EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM AFTER THE ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY Y. Kilsoo, R. Se Min, C.S. Joon, N.C. Young (Republic of Korea) C16-21A DEXMEDETOMIDINE PRODUCES DUAL ALPHA2-ADRENERGIC AGONIST AND ALPHA1-ADRENERGIC ANTAGONIST ACTIONS ON HUMAN ISOLATED INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY Y. Vedat, O. Yildiz, S. Doganci, U. Demirkilic (Turkey) C16-21B LONG-MEDIUM TERM FOLLOW-UP OF ST. JUDE SILZONE VALVE PROSTHESIS R. Martinez, I. Nassar, R. de la LLana, A. Lacruz, P. Garrido, J. Iribarren, J. Jimenez, C. Vaquero (Spain) C16-22 THE INCIDENCE OF SPASM IN PROXIMAL VS. DISTAL COMPOSITE RADIAL ARTERY GRAFTS A. Rouchdy, M. Sweilam, T. Farouk, M. Abueldahab, T. Owais, T. El Tawil, Y. Balbaa (Egypt) C16-23 DIABETIC PATIENTS SHOULD HAVE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY HARVESTED SKELETONIZED F. Moraes, E. Cardoso, R. Machado, C. Moraes (Brazil) C16-24 BILATERAL SKELETONIZED INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERIES: IN SITU GRAFTS FOR MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION Z. Jonjev, L. Ilic, L. Velicki, A. Redzek, M. Rosic (Serbia) C16-25 AAI PACING IS SUPERIOR TO A.V SEQUENTIAL PACING POST CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING K. Doddakula, M. Hargrove, D. Healy, J. Hinchion, A. O'Donnell, T. Aherne (Ireland) C16-26 COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF POLISH RISK SCORE (PSR) WITH THE COMMON USED SCORES IN THE GROUP OF POLISH PATIENTS OF HIGHEST RISK UNDERWENT SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION P.K. Okonski, M. Banach, J. Zaslonka, R. Jaszewski (Poland) C16-27 SMARTCANULA PERFORMANCES AND VENOUS DRAINAGE IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS UNDERGOING COMPLEX CARDIO-VASCULAR PROCEDURES AND REDO OPERATIONS E. Ferrari, P. Tozzi, G. Codeluppi, S. Bommeli, L.K. von Segesser (Switzerland) C16-28 MIDTERM RESULTS AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH LABCOR-A-TLPB J. Schubel, N. Ali, T. Valldorf, M. Wandrey, A. Bauer, T. Eberle, H. Hausmann (Germany) C16-29 LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE FOR PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY FAILURE C.P. Negueruela, J.M. Bernal, A. Pontón, I. García, A. Sarralde, E. Arnáiz, L. Diez-Solórzano, J.M. Revuelta (Spain)
V9-1 MANAGEMENT OF PROSTHETIC GRAFT INFECTIONS WITH THE USE OF HOMOGRAFT VESSELS G. Biro, Z. Szeberin, G.V. Szabo, A. Nemes, G. Acsady (Hungary) V9-2 VASCULAR PROSTHESIS INFECTION IS STILL A MAJOR CHALLENGE C.J. Zeebregts, B.R. Saleem, M.G. van der Vaart, I.F. Tielliu, E.L. Verhoeven, J.J. van der Dungen (The Netherlands) V9-3 EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM COMPLICATING RENAL TRANSPLANTATION U.M. Bracale, F. Carbone, L. del Guercio, D. Viola, M. Porcellini, G. Bracale (Italy) V9-4 DO WE NEED A RISK SCORE SYSTEM FOR HYBRID-PROCEDURES OF THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS? M. Gawenda, M. Aleksic, V. Reichert, G. Wassmer, J. Brunkwall (Germany) V9-5 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) IN DIAGNOSTIC OF VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS V. Dan, S. Sapelkin, G. Karmazanivsky, G. Kuntsevich (Russian Federation) V9-6 TACTICS OF TREATMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND PUERPERANTS IN CASE OF INFERIOR VENA CAVA AND ILIAC VEINS THROMBOSIS N.A. Gordeev, F.V. Ballusek, V.M. Sedov, N.A. Shabanova, M.O. Mjasnikova, A.E. Hon, M.Y. Zakharova (Russian Federation) V9-7 A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED TRIAL OF VNUS CLOSURE PLUS® VS. SURGERY FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNILATERAL RECURRENT LONG SAPHENOUS VARICOSE VEINS P.W.H. Collins, J. Ubhi, A. Beech, T. Richards, S. Goode, B.D. Braithwaite (UK) V9-8 RECURRENT VASCULAR ACCESS THROMBOSIS-ARE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IMPORTANT? T.U. Cohnert, U. Gratzer, P. Kostantiniuk, S. Schweiger, A. Baumann (Austria) V9-9 HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES AFTER ENDOVENOUS RADIOFREQUENCY THERAPY (VNUSCLOSURE/CLOSURE FAST) K. Brachmann (Germany) V9-10 SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS PRODUCE SEVERE CHRONIC VENOUS DESEASE V. Soroka, P. Chechulov, K. Andreychuk (Russian Federation)
V10-1 RENAL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION AS A TREATMENT OF SEVERE RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENTION-CASE REPORT WITH 20 YEARS FOLLOW-UP J. Szmidt, K. Grygiel, Z. Galazka, T. Jakimowicz, O. Rowinski (Poland) V10-2 IMPORTANCE OF ILOPROST IN THE TREATMENT OF BURGER'S DISEASE H. Ustunsoy, C. Atik, H. Kazaz, A.M. Celkan, O. Burma (Turkey) V10-3 LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION AND REDOX CHANGES FOLLOWING AORTO-BIFEMORAL BYPASS SURGERY E. Arato, L. Sínay, M. Kürthy, G. Kasza, G. Weber, L. Kollar, E. Roth, G. Jancso (Hungary) V10-4 TREATMENT OF TYPE III ENDOLEAK BY ENDOVASCULAR TECHNIQUE THREE CASES C.P. Negueruela, I. Garcia, J.M. Bernal, A. Pontón, A. Sarralde, F.G. Diez, L. Diez-Solorzano, J.M. Revuelta (Spain) V10-5 CHANGES IN CEREBRAL PERFUSION AND TISSUE OXYGENATION AFTER OCCLUSION OF EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY A.A. Divani, T.L. Berezina, H. Dussa, A.I. Qureshi (USA) V10-6 OUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCES RELATED TO E-POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE GRAFT USED FOR PERFORMING ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA IN THE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE REQUIRING HEMODIALYSIS K. Ergunes, H. Yasa, O. Aslan, N. Karahan, O. Gokalp, M. Bademci, U. Yetkin, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) V10-7 LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY OF UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES: APPLICATION IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE O.V. Fionik, V.M. Katsev, M.O. Myasnikova, N.A. Bubnova, S.V. Petrov, A.Y. Semenov (Russian Federation) V10-8 PATHOGENETICAL APPROACHES DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT OF LYMPHEDEMA OF LOWER EXTREMITIES O.V. Fionik, N.A. Bubnova, S.V. Petrov, N.P. Erofeev, R.P. Borisova, A.Y. Semenov (Russian Federation) V10-9 THE FIVE YEAR EXPERIENCE OF COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM DYSPLASIA OF SUPERFICIAL VEIN UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES L.Y. Kanina, V.V. Sabelnikov, A.I. Procopets, O. Zlobin, A.N. Yalfimov (Russian Federation) V10-10 THE TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL LYMPHEDEMA IN CHILDREN L.Y. Kanina, D.D. Kupatadze, V.V. Nabokov (Russian Federation) V10-11 THE FACTORS AFFECTING PROGNOSIS OF ACUTE LOWER LIMB ISCHEMIA M. Sargin, S. Cetemen, E. Kurc, A.K. Tuygun, B. Ketenci, S. Sanioglu, H. Kuplay, S.A. Aka (Turkey) V10-12 PERCUTANEOUS ARTERIAL CLOSURE AFTER CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY WITH ANGIO-SEAL: VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS C.P. Negueruela, A. Pontón, J.M. Bernal, A. Sarralde, I. Garcia, E. Arnáiz, L. Diez-Solórzano, J.M. Revuelta (Spain) V10-13 FASCIOTOMY FOR CRUSH INJURY; THE RESULTS OF TWO YEARS FOLLOW-UP IN BAM EARTHQUAKE A.A. Beigi, M. Safaei, H. Masoudpour (Iran) V10-14 FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSMS POST CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION SURGICALLY TREATED: EVOLUTION AND PROGNOSIS E.M.S. Norberto, L.D. Río, J.A. González-Fajardo, V. Gutiérrez, S. Carrera, C. Vaquero (Spain) V10-15 PHYSIOPATHOLOGICS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARTERY PROFUNDA FEMORIS WITH OCCLUSION OF THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY C. Vaguero, F. Nieto, C. Grajal, J. Agudo, R. Martinez (Spain) V10-16 THE INFLUENCE OF VIDEOASSISTED THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY ON FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION OF BRACHIAL ARTERY AND PERIPHERAL SKIN MICROCIRCULATION S. Przywara, P. Terlecki, M. Ilzecki, J. Wronski (Poland) V10-17 CASE REPORT: ACUTE MESENTERIAL ISCHAEMIA IN A YOUNG FEMALE H. Jarve, J. Lieberg, A. Tein, T. Ellervee (Estonia) V10-18 VISCERAL ANEURYSMS: REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE-CASE REPORT M.F.M.D. Rocha, D. Adriani, F. Urgnani, P. Lerut, X. Montañá, V. Riambau (Spain) V10-19 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF PSEUDOANEURYSM CAUSED BY PENETRATING INJURY OF THE ABDOMEN J. Szmidt, Z. Galazka, T. Jakimowicz, K. Grygiel (Poland) V10-20 EMERGENCY ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT FOR TYPE B DISSECTION COMPLICATED BY FALSE CHANNEL RUPTURE IN THE ABDOMINAL AORTA K. Milczarek, J. Szmidt, Z. Galazka, O. Rowinski (Poland) V10-21 Y-SHAPED PATCHPLASTY AND AVOIDANCE OF SURGICAL TRAUMA TO ATYPICALLY PLACED NERVUS HYPOGLOSSUS DURING CAROTID ARTERY ENDARTERECTOMY: A CASE REPORT I. Kiris, S. Gulmen, E. Dogan, H. Okutan (Turkey) V10-22 SURGERY OF NON-ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASES OF THE INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY L. Fernandez-Alonso, J.M. Jimenez, J. Alegret, M. Atienza, R. Centeno, C. Aranzadi (Spain) V10-23 OUR OPERATIVE PROCEDURES IN OUR INFRARENAL ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM CASES K. Ergunes, H. Yasa, U. Yetkin, T. Goktogan, S. Bayrak, B. Pamuk, N. Karahan, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) V10-24 THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC AORTIC RUPTURE G. Iannelli, M. Monaco, L. Di Tommaso, M. Mottola, F. Piscione, C. Vosa (Italy) V10-25 PREVENTION OF THE ENDOLEAKS AFTER EVAR WITH THE INDUCTION OF THE THROMBOSIS OF THE ANEURYSM SAC WITH RADIOFREQUENCY C. Vaquero, R. Martinez, A. Alvarez-Barcia, V. Gutierrez, J.A. Gonzalez, J.A. Brizuela, E.S. Norberto, L.D. Río (Spain) V10-26 ILOPROST ATTENUATES SKELETAL MUSCLE INJURY INDUCED BY ABDOMINAL AORTIC OCCLUSION-REPERFUSION IN RATS I. Tekin, I. Kiris, N. Karahan, O. Akturk, N. Delibas, A. Ocal (Turkey) V10-27 STUDY OF THE EFFECTS ON THE ARTERIES OF HORMONAL TREATMENT C. Vaquero, J. Agudo, C. Grajal, R. Martinez, A. Alvarez-Barcia (Spain) V10-28 VASCULAR IMAGING IN BILATERAL SPONTANEOUS CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION COMBINED WITH TYPE I AORTIC DISSECTION H. Yaliniz, M. Avsar, I. Bayraktar, U. Göcen, Z. Duman, B. Ciftci, T. Ulus, A. Tokcan (Turkey) V10-29 SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL TREATMENT OF A RARE COMPLICATION OF THE CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM V. Vavilov, K. Tokarevich, I. Batalin, Y. Pravosudova (Russian Federation) V10-30 ANEURYSM IN A PERSISTANT SCIATIC ARTERY E. Kurc, M. Sargin, C. Ariturk, S. Erdogan, A. Ozgen, S. Sahin, O. Yucel, S.A. Aka (Turkey)
V11-1 ‘VISCERAL HYBRID’ REPAIRS OF THORACO-ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: CURRENT EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE A.M.T.L. Choong, N.J.W. Cheshire, M. Almond, O.J. Warren, A.L.A. Wong, T. Athanasiou, M.P. Jenkins (UK) V11-2 NIHR HTA/BUPA FOUNDATION/UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID SURGERY TRIAL-2 A. Halliday (UK) V11-4 REMOTE ENDARTERECTOMY FOR TOTAL OCCLUSION OF THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY P. Castelli, G. Piffaretti, M. Tozzi, C. Lomazzi, N. Rivolta (Italy) V11-5 EVALUATION OF HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION THERAPY EFFECTS IN CHRONIC OCCLUSIVE DISEASE OF LOWER EXTREMITIES ARTERIES BY THE METHOD OF PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY 99M TC-TETROPHOSMINE U. Zoranovic, M. Jevtic, S. Misovic, L. Davidovic, A. Tomic (Serbia) V11-6 EXPERIENCE IN AUTOGENOUS RECONSTRUCTION WITH FEMORAL VEIN IN TREATMENT OF VASCULAR PROSTHESIS INFECTIONS D. MIlite, F. Campanile, M. Zaramella, F. Pilon, F. Tosato, D. Danieli (Italy) V11-7 RECONSTRUCTION OF LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY AFTER COVERAGE DURING THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR M. Janotta, A. Stehr, S. Krammer, P. Kasprzak (Germany) V11-8 TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION: ACUTE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES C.V. Riga, C.D. Bicknell, H.A. Lee, J.H.N. Wolfe, M.P. Jenkins, M. Hamady, N.J.W. Cheshire, R.G.J. Gibbs (UK) V11-9 MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION AND GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE ASSOCIATION: THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METHYLENE TETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (MTHFR) C677T POLYMORPHISM AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) B.A. Obukofe, M. Bown, R. Sayers, N. London (UK) V11-10 A NEW INDICATION FOR AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS M. Davins, S. Llagostera, J.M. Romero, J. Dilmé, J.R. Escudero, M. Sirvent, P. Altés (Spain) V11-11 ARTERIAL REVASCULARIZATION AND COMPRESSION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF MIXED ARTERIAL/VENOUS LEG ULCERS D. Milic, S. Zivic, M. Jovanovic, I. Smiljkovic, N. Djordjevic (Serbia)
CP1 IMPACT OF TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY CARDIOMYOPATHY: NOTE OF CAUTION DURING SEPTAL MYECTOMY B. Sheick-Yousif, P. Ghosh, A. Kogan, A. Malachy, L. Sternik, S. Tager, E. Raanani (Israel) CP2 SURGICAL CHALLENGES FOR URGENT APPROACH IN PENETRATING HEART INJURIES C. Gunay, F. Cingoz, E. Kuralay, H. Bingol, U. Demirkilic, H. Tatar (Turkey) CP3 THE ROLE OF MODIFIED COMPUTERIZED THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY IN THE PRESERVATION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS IN CARDIAC SURGERY N.P. Theakos, M. Argiriou, A. Roussakis, V. Panagiotakopoulos, I. Koukis, I. Kouerinis, G. Benakis, C. Charitos (Greece) CP4 SURGICAL TECHNIQUES IN PATIENTS WITH DISSECTION ASCENDING AORTA ANEURYSM K. Barbukhatti, S. Boldyrev, S. Belash, L. Sherstyuk, N. Karakhalis, V. Porhanov (Russian Federation) CP5 TWO CASES OF ALCAPA TREATED WITH TAKEUCHI AND MODIFIED TAKEUCHI OPERATION A. Kutsal, H. Aydin, K. Ozisik, V. Ulusan, M. Koc, B. Ocal, U.A. Orun, F. Senocak (Turkey) CP6 FOUR CASES OF COR TRIATRIATUM TREATED BY SURGICAL RESECTION A. Kutsal, O. Moldibi, H. Aydin, V. Ulusan, M. Koc, U.A. Orun, B. Ocal (Turkey) CP7 THE MODIFIED BLALOCK-TAUSSIG SHUNT FOR NON CURABLE CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: A 7-YEAR EXPERIENCE H. Benyoussef, C. Benlafqih, A. Belkhadir, J. Rhissassi, R. Sayah, A. Bakkali, M. Kettani, W. Maazouzi (Morocco) CP8 10 YEAR RESULTS FOR PRIMARY BYPASS GRAFTING (CABG) WITHOUT CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (CPB) PRIOR TO STABILIZATION DEVICES: HISTORICAL REVIEW G.D. Trachiotis (USA) CP9 A RARE FINDING DURING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY: RIGHT ATRIAL THROMBUS I. Kiris, S. Gulmen, U. Saglam, E. Kuralay, A. Ocal (Turkey) CP10 BEATING HEART CORONARY BYPASS PROCEDURE IN A HEPATIC HYDATID CYSTIC PATIENT L. Ylk, U. Yetkin, B. Özpak, A. Ozelci, I. Yurekli, M. Aksun, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) CP11 AN ADDITIONAL VALVE FOR INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF THE MITRAL VALVE J. Spillner, A. Goetzenich, N. Hatam, M.S. Harwoko, R. Autschbach, G. Dohmen (Germany) CP12 RIGHT TO LEFT SHUNT THROUGH A PATENT FORAMEN OVALE LEFT OPEN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE RIGHT HEART FAILURE AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION: REPORT OF A CASE M.E. Ozdogan, D. Erer, E. Iriz, G.L. Oktar, S. Kula, M. Buyukates (Turkey) CP13 AUTOLOGOUS INTRACORONARY MONONUCLEAR BONE MARROW CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY A. Nemkov, V. Sedov, B. Afanasyev, S. Beliy, O. Zverev, S. Burnos, V. Kreil, E. Babenko (Russian Federation) CP14 INITIAL RESULTS OF MONONUCLEAR CELLS TRANSPLANTATION FOR ISCHEMIC CHRONIC MYOCARDIOPATHY D. da Rocha Loures, J.M. da Souza, R.J. Westphal, M.F. Nedfeld, M. Malvezzi, L. Ervilha, C.P. da Cunha, T. Borgonovo (Brazil) CP15 ACUTE PERICARDITIS AS PRESENTATION OF A RARE CARDIAC TUMOR P.P. Lima, A. Alguacil, J.L. Orradre, L.F. López-Almodovar, A. Cañas, J. Buendia, M. Alvarez (Spain) CP16 BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA AND RIGHT ATRIAL RUPTURE U. Yetkin, K. Ergunes, H. Yasa, C. Ozbek, C. Cakir, O. Ergene, M. Aksun, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) CP17 POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER SURGERY OF CHRONIC CONSTRICTIVE TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS U. Yetkin, L. Yilik, M. Kestelli, C. Ozbek, O. Gokalp, A. Sahin, M. Akyuz, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) CP18 MULTI-SLICE TOMOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY-PULMONARY ARTERY FISTULA: A CASE REPORT I. D'Angeli, F. Bizzarri, L. Muzzi, G. Pugliese, I. Chirichilli, C. Santo, D. Rose, G. Frati (Italy) CP19 INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY N. Koumallos, A. Paschalis, C. Antoniades, M. Garipi, M. Litrivi, V. Gata, N. Koufakis, G. Economopoulos (Greece) CP20 CARDIAC TUMORS: 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN 50 PATIENTS L. Velicki, A. Redzek, Z. Jonjev, M. Fabri, S. Nicin, M. Rosic (Serbia) CP21 LEFT VENTRICLE AND RIGHT ATRIAL MYXOMA-SECOND RECCURECNCE 6 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST OPERATION V.A. Iliescu, L.F. Dorobantu, O. Stiru, A.G. Iosifescu, S. Marin, D. Filipescu (Romania) CP22 MACROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE SUBSCAPULAR AND THORACODORSAL ARTERIES P. Djukic, G. Teofilovski-Parapid, V. Lackovic, P. Djukic (Serbia) CP23 HISTOLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUBSCAPULAR AND THORACODORSAL ARTERIES P. Djukic, M. Labudovic-Borovic, V. Lackovic, G. Teofilovski-Parapid (Serbia) CP24 A SIMPLE METHOD FOR MAKING PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS UNDER STERILE CONDITION C.-L. Kao (Taiwan) CP25 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY - 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE A. Paschalis, N. Koumallos, G. Koulaxouzidis, A. Antonopoulos, M. Garipi, N. Sfyras, I. Tolios, G. Economopoulos (Greece) CP26 A NOVEL ELASTASE INHIBITOR MAY REDUCE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS S. Takahashi, T. Sueda (Japan) CP27 IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR IN MITRAL VALVE SURGERY FOR ISCHAEMIC REGURGITATION-OUR EXPERIENCE S.V. Micovic, P. Milacic, P. Otasevic, N. Tasic, S. Boskovic, P. Milojevic, M. Vukovic, B. Djukanovic (Serbia) CP28 EARLY AND LATE RESULTS OF TOTAL CORRECTION OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT K. Hashemzadeh, S. Hashemzadeh, M. Dehdilani, M. Dehdilani (Iran) CP29 THE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO PATIENTS WITH END STAGE HEART FAILURE G. Zuoziene, S. Miniauskas, K. Rucinskas, V.V. Maneikiene, V. Sirvydis, A. Laucevicius (Lithuania) CP30 MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN A PATIENT WITH IDIOPATHIC HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME AND PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION I. Kiris, H. Okutan, T. Peker, S.M. Aslan, M. Sahin, S. Bircan (Turkey) CP31 SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF IRRIGATION WITH 1.5% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION OF THE INFECTED AREA FOR ACTIVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS K. Onoda, K. Hirano, Y. Sawada, T. Komada, T. Shimono, H. Shimpo (Japan) CP32 THROMBOTIC OBSTRUCTION OF A MECHANICAL PROSTHETIC VALVE IN TRICUSPID POSITION C.-L. Kao (Taiwan) CP33 MEDICAL TREATMENT PROTOCOL BEFORE AND AFTER OPERATION IN BRUCELLA ENDOCARDITIS U. Yetkin, L. Yilik, N. Yakut, I. Ozsoyler, H. Yasa, M. Aksun, C. Ozbek, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) CP34 LOCAL CEFALOSPORIN ANTIBIOTIC COVERAGE OF PROSTHETIC CARDIAC VALVES IN SURGICAL TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS N.G. Sibagatullin, I.Y. Ponedelkina, V.V. Plechev, N.G. Gataullin, A.A. Evsyukov, I.M. Karamova, A.R. Sharafutdinov (Russian Federation) CP35 TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR MONITORING LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT DURING BEATING HEART SURGERY: HEMODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS G.D. Trachiotis, E. Zena, M. Greenberg (USA) CP36 THE PREDICTORS OF THE SALINE IRRIGATED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION TREATMENT SUCCESS RATES FOR THE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION H. Kazaz, H. Ustunsoy, M.A. Celkan, O. Burma, I. Kork (Turkey) CP37 REDUCTION OF GIANT LEFT ATRIUM IN PATIENT WITH MITRAL VALVE DISEASE K. Barbukhatti, S. Boldirev, E. Rosseikin, O. Strigina, A. Scopec, V. Porhanov (Russian Federation) CP38 PULMONARY VEIN ANEURYSM DUE TO MITRAL REGURGITATION E. Kurc, M. Sargin, S. Bayer, H. Kuplay, S. Albeyoglu, S. Sahin, O. Yucel, S.A. Aka (Turkey) CP39 DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR AORTIC ARCH AND SUPRAAORTIC BRANCH ANEURYSM REPAIR S.N. Tkhor, D. Krievinsh, A. Lacis, K. Kupchs, H. Kidikas, J. Jansons (Latvia) CP40 VAC THERAPY AND PLATE FIXATION SYSTEM FOR COMPLICATED STERNAL WOUND INFECTION: A NEW STERNAL-SPARING TECHNIQUE L.F.L. Almodóvar, P.L. Cañadas, A.C. Cañas, J.A.B. Miñano (Spain) CP41 NEOANGIOGENESIS AND MYOCARDIAL REGENERATION WITH TRANSEPICARDIAL BONE MARROW STEM CELL IMPLANTATION B. Harmandar, T. Tansel, E. Onursal, N. Gurses, S. Besisik, D. Sargin (Turkey) CP42 NEW LYOPHILIZED BIOPROSTHESIS FOR EXPERIMENTAL ASD CLOSURE J.A. Santibáñez-Salgado, J.R. Olmos-Zúñiga, M.T. Pérez-Lopez, R. Jasso-Victoria, A. Sotres-Vega, C.M. Aboitiz-Rivera, M.O. Gaxiola-Gaxiola, J. Villalba-Caloca (Mexico) CP43 TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR WITH COSGROVE RING IN AGED PATIENTS RECEIVING COMPLEX PROCEDURES IS ASSOCIATED TO A SIGNIFICANT FUNCTIONAL CLASS IMPROVEMENT A. Spina, E. Calderon, C. Bentini, P. Pugliese (Italy) CP44 ROLE OF SIDENAFIL IN MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION DURING AND AFTER MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT A.E.M. Enin (Egypt) CP45 APROTININ REEXPOSURE: RISK OF ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION STARTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER FIRST EXPOSURE A.M. Scheule, B. Kober, V. Voth, H.P. Wendel, G. Ziemer (Germany) CP46 SAFE AND COST-EFFECTIVE USE OF QUIXIL, A NEW HUMAN SURGICAL SEALANT, IN CARDIAC SURGERY P. Totaro, M. Rambaldini (Italy) CP47 RISK FACTORS OF RED CELL TRANSFUSION IN ISOLATE OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS E.S. Chung, J. Choi, C. Lim, K. Park (Republic of Korea) CP48 ISOLATED MITRAL VALVE DISEASE COMPLICATED MASSIVE THROMBOSES OF LEFT ATRIUM V. Popov, V. Mnishenko, V. Shimon, O. Gurtovenko, S. Neplyaha, G. Knyshov, K. Popova (Ukraine) CP49 RETROGRADE CARDIOPLEGIA FOR ISOLATED MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT V. Popov, O. Gurtovenko, S. Neplyaha, A. Popova, V. Popova, G. Knyshov (Ukraine) CP50 COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MITRAL VALVE DISEASE V. Popov, G. Knyshov, I. Jhekov, K. Popova (Ukraine) CP51 RESULTS OF DIFFERENT SURGICAL THERAPY IN TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION V. Shumavets, Y. Ostrovski, N. Maroz-Vodolajskaja, A. Januskko, A. Shket, O. Kardash, T. Jasko (Belarus) CP52 QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MITRAL ANNULUS DYNAMICS IN PRE- AND POST-SURGICAL MITRAL REPAIR WITH IMPLANTED ANNULAR PROSTHESIS USING REAL-TIME 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY M. Naliato, M. Zanobini, C. Loardi, M. Trezzi, G. Tamborini, M. Pepi, E. Caiani, F. Alamanni (Italy) CP53 IMPROVED DESIGN TO ENHANCE PATIENT-PROSTHESIS INTERACTION AND POSTOPERATIVE HEMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING STENTED AORTIC BIOPROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION P. Totaro, V. Argano (Italy) CP54 SILDENAFIL FOR TREATMENT OF SECONDARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN HEART TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES M. Zakliczynski, M. Maruszewski, S. Zeglen, M. Zembala (Poland) CP55 ACHIEVING TIGHT BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL IN A CARDIAC SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT N. Shwaihet, E. Saad, A. Mousa, B. Afrane, M. Guy, A. Kalloghlian, C. Canver (Arabia) CP56 EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH MINIATURIZED CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (MINI-PUMP) IN CARDIAC SURGERY G.D. Trachiotis, D. Baldwin, E. Zena, M. Greenberg (USA) CP57 USAGE OF A BALLOON FOR TEMPORAL OCCLUSION OF COMPLEX PENETRATING CARDIAC LESIONS, TO FACILITATE REPAIR. REPORT ON THREE CASES H. Orellana, M. Discua (Argentina) CP58 INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH A NOVEL BIODEGRADABLE RING IN PATIENTS WITH FUNCTIONAL TRICUSPID INSUFFICIENCY: KALANGOS BIODEGRADABLE TRICUSPID RING O. Burma, H. Ustunsoy, V. Davutoglu, A.M. Celkan, H. Kazaz (Turkey) CP59 PREDICTIVE RISK FACTORS FOR EARLY MORTALITY IN OPERATIVE TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC ISCHEMIC MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY O. Burma, H. Ustunsoy, M.A. Celkan, V. Davutoglu, H. Kazaz, C. Atik (Turkey) CP60 TRAUMATIC VALVULAR HEART DISEASE: A CONSERVATIVE VALVULAR SURGICAL APPROACH J. Toscano, A. Miralles, E. Castells, E. Saura, D. Ortiz, D. Toral, A. Lopez, A. Blasco (Barcelona, Spain) CP61 NEW SYNTHETIC VALVECONTAINE CONDUIT E. Rosseykin, U. Sinelnikov, M. Boriskov, N. Molchanova, P. Petshakhovskiy (Russian Federation) CP62 INNOMINATE ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION S.N. Tkhor, H. Kidikas, J. Rits (Latvia) CP63 CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING OF A PATIENT WITH PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA: REPORT OF A CASE M. Kaplan, C. Duzyol, A.K. Gür, A. Olsun, R. Tosun, I. Yekeler (Turkey) CP64 SURGICAL CHALLENGES FOR URGENT APPROACH IN PENETRATING HEART INJURIES C. Gunay, F. Cingoz, E. Kuralay, H. Bingol, U. Demirkilic, H. Tatar (Turkey) CP65 THE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ASSAY OF MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE AND APOPTOSIS IN HEART MUSCLE OF PATIENTS OPERATED ON WITH USED EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION AND CARDIOPLEGIC ARREST M. Dumanska, J. Saczko, J. Kulbacka, M. Daczewska, M. Pelczar, A. Gozdzik, W. Kustrzycki (Poland) CP66 ANGIOGENIC AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF A NOVEL CONTROLLED RELEASE BFGF FORMULATION IN AN EXPERIMENTAL LARGE ANIMAL ISCHEMIC HEART MODEL M. Imani, H. Ahmadi, S. Rabbani, S.M. Nassiri, M. Daliri, M. Soleimani, M. Sehebjam, M.J. Pourkhayyat (Iran) CP67 NEW TECHNIQUE FOR AORTIC ROOT REMODELLING E. Rosseykin (Russian Federation) CP68 NEW LABORATORY METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF VENOUS CANNULA S.F. Abdel-Sayed (Switzerland) CP69 METABOLIC SYNDROME: A NEW FACTOR TO PREDICT UNFAVOURABLE POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME FOLLOWING ISOLATED CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT P. Totaro, V. Argano (Italy) CP70 CORONARY SPASM COMPLICATING VALVULAR SURGERY. REPORT OF TWO CASES T. Hüttl, I. Hartyánszky, O. Friedrich, L. Daróczi, G. Veres, Z. Szabolcs, T. Hüttl (Hungary) CP71 SEQUENTIAL CABG WITH RADIAL ARTERY Y.A. Schneider, K.V. Kouznetsov, A.V. Krasikov, M.D. Tsoi (Russian Federation) CP72 SEQUENTIAL CABG WITH INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY Y.A. Schneider, K.V. Kouznetsov, A.V. Krasikov, M.D. Tsoi (Russian Federation) CP73 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEPID BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA DURING THE COMPLEX SURGERY OF THE DIRECT MYOCARDIUM REVASCULARIZATION WITH VALVE RECONSTRUCTION Y. Schneider, O. Slivin, A. Shatalov, S. Zhorin (Russian Federation) CP74 THE TECHNIQUE OF SEQUENTIAL CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS USING THE SIDE BRANHCHES OF THE SAPHENOUS VEIN CONSTRUCTING Y-GRAFT M. Balkanay, E. Eren, B. Özkaynak, C. Keles, M. Guler, K. Kirali, C. Yakut (Turkey) CP75 PERICARDIAL APPROXIMATION IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY (NOBEL IDEA) A.S. Asil, G. Reyes, J.M. Nuche, J. Bustamante, J. Duarte (Spain) CP76 LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM PLASTY USING OVERLAPPING METHOD WITH CORRECTION OF MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY AND CABG Y.A. Schneider, K.V. Kouznetsov, A.V. Krasikov, A.P. Youferov (Russian Federation) CP77 CORONARY OSTIAL RECONSTRUCTION: SURGERY OR STENTING? E. Raanani, I. Gat, P.K. Ghosh, N. Horev, N. Golubev, V. Guetta, Y. Shapira, B.A.Vidne (Israel) CP78 POSTOPERATIVE CARDIAC TROPONIN I IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF IN-HOSPITAL DEATH AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING SURGERY K. Hashemzadeh, S. Hashemzadeh, M. Dehdilani, M. Dehdilani (Iran) CP79 NASAL CPAP CARE OF PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS AT THE POSTOPERATIVE STATE F. Guzelmeric, A. Sasmazel, K. Kirali, M. Alp, T. Kocak, C. Yakut (Turkey) CP80 SELF-BUTTRESSING PATCH: A NEW TECHNIQUE TO SURGICAL CLOSURE OF THE SECUNDUM TYPE ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT F. Kargar, S. Hosseini, M.H. Aazami (Iran) CP81 PERIOPERATIVE MAGNESIUM SUPPLEMENTATION TO PREVENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY: IS THERE STILL A NEED FOR A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY? S. Waligórski, O. Mirecki, T. Jedrzejczak, A. Karczmarczyk, K. Mokrzycki, M. Brykczynski (Poland) CP82 SURGICAL ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH IRRIGATED RADIOFREQUENCY: RECOVERY OF SINUS RHYTHM, ATRIAL CONTRACTILITY AND SAFE DISCONTINUATION OF ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY M. Naliato, M. Zanobini, M. Trezzi, C. Loardi, G. Maccabelli, C. Galli, F. Alamanni, P. Biglioli (Italy) CP83 VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY (VATS)- GUIDED LEFT VENTRICULAR EPICARDIAL LEADS IMPLANTATION FOR BIVENTRICULAR RESYNCHRONISATION M. Roberto, M. Naliato, M. Zanobini, C. Loardi, M. Trezzi, F. Giraldi, F. Alamanni, P. Biglioli (Italy) CP84 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING SURGERY REDUCES LATE POSTOPERATIVE SURVIVAL G. Mariscalco, P. Borsani, S. Ferrarese, M. Zanobini, V.D. Bruno, C. Cantore, G.P. Cozzi, A. Sala (Italy) CP85 ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY IN PATIENT WITH ISTHMUS AORTIC COARCTATION L. Bockeria, A. Malashenkov, V. Arakelyan, N. Rusanov, V. Tereshchenko, S. Rychin, R. Movsesyan (Russian Federation) CP86 THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS-6 YEARS EXPERIENCE D. Dornamraju, A. Kiran, R. Jayakumar, L. Bangalore, V. Bhan, N. Malni, R. Palati (India) CP87 ISOLATED MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMANT AFTER PREVIOUS CLOSED MITRAL COMMISSUROTOMY: RISK-FACTORS OF SURGERY V. Popov, V. Shimon, S. Neplyaha, O. Gurtovenko, G. Knyshov (Ukraine) CP88 SURGICAL RESULTS OF ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION IN A SINGLE HOSPITAL: 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE E.Y. Tuncer, A. Tuncer, A. Caliskan, E. Eren, M. Guler, K. Kirali, M. Balkanay, C. Yakut (Turkey) CP89 EARLY, MID-TERM, AND LATE RESULTS OF AORTIC VALVE REMODELING WITH DR URBANSKI SEPARATE PATCHES TECHNIQUE M. Bitner, R. Jaszewski, S. Ostrowski, S. Jander, A. Walczak (Poland) CP90 RETROGRADE CEREBRAL PERFUSION FOR THE ASCENDING AORTA AND ARCH ANEURYSMS CORRECTION L. Sytar, I. Kravchenko, V. Kravchenko, V. Popov, A. Tretjak (Ukraine) CP91 DYNAMIC STJ REMODELING M. Dzsinich (Hungary) CP92 THE INFLUENCE OF INTACT PLEURA ON POSTOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY DYSFUNCTION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (CABG) USING BILATERAL INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERIES (BIMA) T. El Tawil, M. Sewielam, A. Khallaf, M. Mansy, K. El Khashab, A. El Masry, T. Owais, Y. Balbaa (Egypt) CP93 AORTIC VALVE SPARING OPERATIONS - LONG-TERM RESULTS S. Batkiewicz, R. Pawlaczyk, P. Siondalski, K. Roszak, J. Jurowiecki, K. Szyndler, J. Rogowski (Poland) CP94 NEW DEVICE FOR THE MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDOSCOPIC GRAFT HARVESTING PROCEDURE-LESS INVASIVE AND ECONOMICAL GRAFT HARVESTING METHOD T. Ujiie, M. Tsubota (Japan) CP95 HOW TO KEEP IN SITU INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY TENSION-FREE: PERICARDIAL MOBILIZATION TECHNIQUE IN LEFT-SIDED CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION WITH LITA C. Bakay, A.A. Korkmaz, B. Onan, A. Ozkara, I.S. Onan, O. Sen (Turkey) CP96 A NEW METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF TRICUSPID ANNULAR DYNAMICS USING REAL-TIME 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY M. Lemma, A. Redaelli, M. Soncini, E. Votta, A. Mangini, G. Gelpi, P. Vanelli, C. Antona (Italy) CP97 STAGED VS. COMBINED CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY AND CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: SINGLE SURGEON EXPERIENCE S. Arsan, A.T. Kunt, S. Akgun, N. Atalan, T. Yildirim, S. Isbir (Turkey) CP98 MICROEMBOLI IN CARDIAC SURGERY. PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A NEW AUTOMATIC EMBOLUS DETECTION SYSTEM G. Ferro, E. Boni, L. Boni, P. Tortoli, M. Chiavarelli (Italy) CP99 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACUTE REJECTION IN ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSIES AND PLASMA LEVELS PLASMA BARRIER OXIDATION IN HEART TRANSPLANTED PATIENTS E. Borrelli, S. Bernazzali, F. Diciolla, M. Maccherini (Italy) CP101 OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (OPCABG) IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION K. Musayev, F. Abdullayev, F. Kazimov (Azerbaijan) CP102 DOUBLE VS. SINGLE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY HARVESTING IN DIABETIC PATIENTS: ROLE IN PERIOPERATIVE INFECTION RATE M. Agrifoglio, M. Trezzi, F. Barili, L. Dainese, M. Roberto, C. Ghislandi, V. Stringi, P. Biglioli (Italy) CP103 LONG-TERM CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP OF A PORCINE STENTLESS AORTIC PROSTHESIS F. Barili, L. Dainese, C. Borsetti, A. Parolari, F. Alamanni, A. Sala, P. Biglioli, G. Polvani (Italy) CP104 DELAYED STERNAL CLOSURE-AN EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR LIFE-SAVING ON PUMP CARDIAC SURGERY H. Yasa, B. Lafc, M. Bademci, A. Sahin, U. Yetkin, M. Kestelli, C. Ozbek, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) CP105 CORONARY ARTERY FISTULAS; OUR EXPERIENCE H. Yasa, L. Ylk, O. Gokalp, B. Ozcem, T. Goktogan, B. Lafci, M. Aksun, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) CP106 CHOICE OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT MATERIAL IN PATIENTS OVER 70-YEARS-OLD J. Volkolakovs, R. Lacis, P. Stradins, U. Strazdins, A. Koris (Lativa) CP107 MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING M. Francisco (Portugal) CP108 INTERLEUKIN-6 ACTIVITY BEFORE AND AFTER REMOVAL OF A RARE CARDIAC LYMPHOMA F. Gandolfo, E. Borrelli, M. Chiavarelli (Italy) CP109 RE-COARCTATION OF THE THORACIC AORTA AND ANEURYSM OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTA - A SURGICAL CHALLENGE R. Pereira, M. Guerra, F. Leal, C. Fonseca, D. Brandão, A. Canedo, L. Vouga (Portugal) CP110 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACUTE REJECTION IN ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSIES AND LEVELS OF PLASMATIC ANTIOXIDANTS IN HEART TRANSPLANTED PATIENTS E. Borrelli, S. Bernazzali, F. Diciolla, M. Maccherini (Italy) CP111 PREOPERATIVE BLOOD DONATION IS PREVENTING HOMOLOGOUS EXPOSURE IN ELECTIVE CARDIAC SURGERY S. Alshammary, D. Bouchard (Canada) CP112 LONG-TERM OUTCOME AFTER CORONARY ENDARTERECTOMY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING COMBINED CORONARY AND VALVULAR SURGERY S. Kumar, S. Agarwala, C. Talbot, R.U. Nair (UK) CP113 MINIMAL ACCESS CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING WITH CORONARY ENDARTERECTOMY S. Kumar, R.U. Nair (UK) CP114 SYMPTOMATIC GIANT FALSE ANEURYSM OF SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT AFTER CORONARY REVASCULARISATION S. Kumar, R.W. White, P.H. Kay (UK) CP115 PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING K. Greberski, W. Greberska, P. Bugajski, R. Kalawski, P. Guzik, R. Jarzabek (Poland) CP116 BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR FOR RIGHT ATRIAL ISOMERISM ASSOCIATED WITH DORV, PS, LPSVC, HEMIAZYGOUS CONTINUATION OF INTERRUPTED IVC K. Kirali, A. Sasmazel, F. Guzelmeric, O. Konukoglu (Turkey) CP117 PROPHYLACTIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS AFTER TOTAL CORRECTION OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT A. Sasmazel, F. Guzelmeric, K. Kirali, M. Alp, C. Yakut (Turkey) CP118 AXILLARY ARTERY APPROACH FOR INSERTION OF AN INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP CATHETER IN A PATIENT WITH SEVERE OCCLUSIVE AORTOILIAC DISEASE S. Yavuz, C. Eris, M. Sezen, T. Turk (Turkey) CP119 CYTOKINE REDUCTION BY AUTOTRANSFUSION DEVICES DURING CARDIAC SURGERY M. Chiavarelli, E. Borrelli, D. Castellani, N. Barneschi, I. Orrù (Italy)
VP1 ANALYSIS OF INTRASAC PRESSURE AFTER THE IMPLANTATION OF ENDOPROSTHESIS WIDTH OF DIFERENT DIAMETERS, IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM C. Vaquero, R. Martinez, E.S. Norberto, A. Alvarez-Barcia (Spain) VP2 HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE AORTA WALL AFTER THE IMPLANTATION OF SENSORS FOR EVALUATION OF INTRASAC PRESSURE IN THE ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM C. Vaquero, R. Martinez, E.S. Norberto, J. Agudo, A. Alvarez-Barcia (Spain) VP3 VOLUMETRY STUDY OF THE ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM SAC THROMBUS IN PATIENT ELECTED AND RUPTURE TREATED C. Vaquero, R. Martinez, E.S. Norberto, V. Gutierrez, L.D. Río, J.A. González (Spain) VP4 COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE INDICATIONS, DEVICES AND RESULTS IN TREATMENT ENDOVASCULAR OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM V. Carlos, G. Vicente, G.J. Antonio, S.N. Enrique, D.R. Lourdes (Spain) VP5 TRANSMISSION OF PRESSURE EVALUATION THROUGH THE ANEURYSMATIC THROMBUS AFTER ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN THE PIG V. Carlos, N. Felix, M. Rafael, A. Javier, A.-B. Angel, G. Carmen (Spain) VP6 DISSECTION OF ABDOMINAL AORTA-A CASE REPORT R. Eshraghi, A.A. Beigi (Iran) VP7 ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMECTOMY IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS R.J. Gil, A.M. Pérez, F.B. Pascual, F.M. Gimeno (Spain) VP8 ANATOMICAL BRANCHED VASCULAR PROSTHESIS IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA: OUR INITIAL EXPERIENCE P. Sebesta, T. Klika, P. Zdrahal, P. Sedivy, C. ElSamman, P. Vitasek (Czech Republic) VP9 TREATMENT OF TYPE III ENDOLEAK BY ENDOVASCULAR TECHNIQUE THREE CASES C.P. Negueruela, I. Garcia, J.M. Bernal, A. Pontón, A. Sarralde, F.G. Diez, L. Diez-Solorzano, J.M. Revuelta (Spain) VP10 OUR OPERATIVE PROCEDURES IN OUR INFRARENAL ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM CASES K. Ergunes, H. Yasa, U. Yetkin, T. Goktogan, S. Bayrak, B. Pamuk, N. Karahan, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) VP11 THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC AORTIC RUPTURE G. Iannelli, M. Monaco, L.D. Tommaso, M. Mottola, F. Piscione, C. Vosa (Italy) VP12 DEBRANCHING OF EPIAORTIC VESSELS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TYPE-B AORTIC DISSECTION INVOLVING THE ARCH G. Iannelli, L.D. Tommaso, M. Monaco, V.D. Amicis, R. Smimmo, C. Vosa (Italy) VP13 SURGERY IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS OF RENAL ARTERIES V. Arakelyan, A. Mamyrbaev, E. Tutov (Russian Federation) VP14 ENDOVASCULR REPAIR OF ASCENDING AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSM: TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS USING THE RELAY BOLTON NON BARE STENT ENDOGRAFT P. Lerut, F. Urgnani, X. Montana, M. Azqueta, J.L. Pomar, V. Riambau (Spain) VP15 MANAGEMENT APPROACHES OF CHYLOUS ASCITES AFTER ABDOMINAL AORTIC SURGERY TEN YEARS EXPERIENCES D. Nikolic, V. Popovic, Z. Horvat, M. Kacanski, J. Pasternak, J. Obradovic, J. Pfau (Serbia) VP16 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION V. Arakelyan, A. Mamyrbaev, K. Petrosyan (Russian Federation) VP17 SURGERY IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS OF RENAL ARTERIES V. Arakelyan, A. Mamyrbaev, E. Nutov (Russian Federation) VP18 ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTION AND THE IMPACT ON VASCULAR SURGICAL TRAINING T. Parkinson, P. Davey, J. Rose, M. Wyatt (UK) VP19 MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION AND GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE ASSOCIATION: THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METHYLENE TETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE(MTHFR) C677T POLYMORPHISM AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) B.A. Obukofe, M. Bown, R. Sayers, N. London (UK) VP20 COMBINED SURGICAL AND RETROGRADE ENDOVASCULAR TECHNIQUE FOR TREATMENT OF CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION-CASE REPORT J. Szmidt, O. Rowinski, I. Nawrot, L. Romanowski, T. Jakimowicz, Z. Galazka (Poland) VP21 SURGERY OF NON-ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASES OF THE INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY L. Fernandez-Alonso, J.M. Jimenez, J. Alegret, M. Atienza, R. Centeno, C. Aranzadi (Spain) VP22 VASCULAR IMAGING IN BILATERAL SPONTANEOUS CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION COMBINED WITH TYPE I AORTIC DISSECTION H. Yaliniz, M. Avsar, I. Bayraktar, U. Göcen, Z. Duman, B. Ciftci, T. Ulus, A. Tokcan (Turkey) VP23 SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL TREATMENT OF A RARE COMPLICATION OF THE CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM V. Vavilov, K. Tokarevich, I. Batalin, Y. Pravosudova (Russian Federation) VP24 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF PSEUDOANEURYSM CAUSED BY PENETRATING INJURY OF THE ABDOMEN J. Szmidt, Z. Galazka, T. Jakimowicz, K. Grygiel (Poland) VP25 EMERGENCY ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT FOR TYPE B DISSECTION COMPLICATED BY FALSE CHANNEL RUPTURE IN THE ABDOMINAL AORTA K. Milczarek, J. Szmidt, Z. Galazka, O. Rowinski (Poland) VP26 EXPLANTATION OF AN AORTO-UNILIAC ENDOGRAFT WITH SUPRARENAL BARB FIXATION: A CASE REPORT P. Brustia, G. Guzzardi, R. Cassatella, A. Musiani, A. Renghi, F. Casella, R. Fossaceca, L. Gramaglia (Italy) VP27 ENDOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION IN PATIENTS AFTER CABG SURGERY V. Kozulin, I. Esipovich, D. Zverev, D. Shaposhnikov, O. Roussanov, A. Panov, M. Gordeev, E. Shlyakhto (Russian Federation) VP28 A NEW SHUNT METHOD IN A PATCH PLASTY OPERATION FOR ADULT TYPE OF COARCTATION OF AORTA I. Kiris, S.M. Aslan, S. Gulmen, H. Okutan (Turkey) VP29 THE INFLUENCE OF VIDEOASSISTED THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY ON FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION OF BRACHIAL ARTERY AND PERIPHERAL SKIN MICROCIRCULATION S. Przywara, P. Terlecki, M. Ilzecki, J.Wronski (Poland) VP30 GENETIC ANALYSIS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL THORACIC ABNORMALITIES A.A. Fokin, F. Robicsek, L.T. Watts, T.L. Tickle, K.E. Bennett, Z. Bahrani-Mostafavi, T.N. Masters (USA) VP31 NEW VASCULAR PROSTHESIS WITH METALLIC SILVER IN THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR GRAFT INFECTION-PRELIMINARY REPORT T. Jakimowicz, Z. Galazka, T. Grochowiecki, B. Solonynko, J. Szmidt (Poland) VP32 OUR SCIENTIST WHO INTRODUCED THE LETTER ‘Ç’ TO WORLD LITERATURE: ORD. PROF. DR. HULUSI BEHÇET (IN THE MEMORY OF HIS DEATH'S 60TH YEAR) U. Yetkin, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) VP33 DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF A GIANT SEROMA CASE DEVELOPED 3 MONTHS AFTER FEMORAL EMBOLECTOMY U. Yetkin, A. Ozelci, M. Bademci, O. Aslan, A. Durmus, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) VP34 TEZOSENTAN REDUCES THE RENAL INJURY INDUCED BY ABDOMINAL AORTIC ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION IN RATS S. Gulmen, I. Kiris, C. Narin, B.G. Ceylan, B. Mermi, R. Sutcu, I. Meteoglu (Turkey) VP35 RENAL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION AS A TREATMENT OF SEVERE RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION-CASE REPORT WITH 20 YEARS FOLLOW-UP J. Szmidt, K. Grygiel, Z. Galazka, T. Jakimowicz, O. Rowinski (Poland) VP36 BROKEN CATHETER IN THE LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIES H. Yaliniz, M.K. Avsar, I. Bayraktar, U. Göcen, B. Ciftci, Z. Duman, T. Ulus, A. Tokcan (Turkey) VP37 CASE REPORT: ACUTE MESENTERIAL ISCHAEMIA IN A YOUNG FEMALE H. Jarve, J. Lieberg, A. Tein, T. Ellervee (Estonia) VP38 VISCERAL ANEURYSMS: REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE-CASE REPORT M.F.M.D. Rocha, D. Adriani, F. Urgnani, P. Lerut, X. Montañá, V. Riambau (Spain) VP39 CORONARY-SUBCLAVIAN-VERTEBRAL STEAL SYNDROME. A CASE REPORT S. Yavuz, C. Eris, T. Bozat (Turkey) VP40 PERCUTANEOUS ARTERIAL CLOSURE AFTER CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY WITH ANGIO-SEAL: VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS C.P. Negueruela, A. Pontón, J.M. Bernal, A. Sarralde, I. Garcia, E. Arnáiz, L. Diez-Solórzano, J.M. Revuelta (Spain) VP41 FASCIOTOMY FOR CRUSH INJURY; THE RESULTS OF TWO YEARS FOLLOW-UP IN BAM EARTHQUAKE A.A. Beigi, M. Safaei, H. Masoudpour (Iran) VP42 ADULT STEM CELL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION IN CHRONIC CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA C. Vaquero, R. Martinez, E.S. Norberto, J.A. Brizuela, V. Gutierrez, J.A. Gonzalez, L.D. Río (Spain) VP43 FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSMS POST CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION SURGICALLY TREATED: EVOLUTION AND PROGNOSIS E.M.S. Norberto, L.D. Río, J.A. González-Fajardo, V. Gutiérrez, S. Carrera, C. Vaquero (Spain) VP44 PHYSIOPATHOLOGICS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARTERY PROFUNDA FEMORIS WITH OCCLUSION OF THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY C. Vaquero, F. Nieto, C. Grajal, J. Agudo, R. Martinez (Spain) VP45 COMPARISON OF RESULTS OF DISTAL REVASCULARIZATION IN DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PATIENTS: GENERAL POPULATION, DIALYSED, PATIENTS AFTER FAILED PTA F. Spinelli, F. Stilo, G.D. Caridi, M.L. Spada, F. Benedetto (Italy) VP46 TO REVIEW LITERATURE AND PRESENT 2 CASES OF SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY ANEURYSM DUE TO CERVICAL RIB R.E. Samani, A.A. Beigi (Iran) VP47 EFFECTIVENESS OF USING A NEW COMBINED DRUG ‘CYTOFLAVIN’ FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE V.M. Sedov, M.S. Bogomolov, K.K. Tokarevich, Y.V. Lukyanov, L.N. Edovina (Russian Federation) VP48 BYPASS SURGERY FOR INFRAPOPLITEAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE WITH POOR DISTAL FLOW ON ANGIOGRAPHY H. Yasa, K. Ergunes, T. Goktogan, C. Cakr, B. Ozpak, M. Kestelli, C. Ozbek, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) VP49 TWINS ANEURYMS OF THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY DUE TO ATHEROSCLEROSIS: A CASE REPORT H. Yasa, L. Ylk, S. Yurekli, A. Ozelci, A. Sahin, O. Tetik, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) VP50 SUCCESSFUL RE-REVASCULARIZATION OF A HIGH RISK CASE WITH FEMORO-FEMORAL EXTRAANATOMIC BYPASS U. Yetkin, B. Ozpak, M. Akyüz, A. Durmus, N. Karahan, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) VP51 OUR LATE PTFE GRAFT INFECTION CASES IN LOWER EXTREMITY WITH LIMB SALVAGE A. Gurbuz, U. Yetkin, O. Tetik, T. Goktogan, S. Bayrak, M. Bademci, B. Ozcem (Turkey) VP52 HEMODYNAMIC PROGNOSIS OF THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS AFTER INFRAINGUINAL VEIN BYPASS GRAFTING AT THE PATIENTS WITH A CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA P.I. Nikulnikov, V.N. Pshenychnyy, A.A. Ivanenko, E.V. Kashirova, Y.V. Pshenychna (Ukraine) VP53 LIMB SALVAGE USING HOMOGRAFT VESSELS Z. Szeberin, G.V. Szabo, G. Biro, A. Nemes, G. Acsady (Hungary) VP54 THE USE OF HIGH SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND ADIPONECTIN AS BIOMARKERS FOLLOWING ENDOVASCULAR REVASCULARISATION FOR LOWER LIMB PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE C.J. Miranda, A. Bayat, M. Baguneid (UK) VP55 IMPORTANCE OF ILOPROST IN THE TREATMENT OF BURGER'S DISEASE H. Ustunsoy, C. Atik, H. Kazaz, A.M. Celkan, O. Burma (Turkey) VP56 THE USAGE OF ILIOMEDIN IN CRITICAL LEG ISCHEMIA H. Ustunsoy, C. Atik, H. Kazaz, A.M. Celkan, O. Burma, Y. Arslanoglu (Turkey) VP57 ANEURYSM IN A PERSISTANT SCIATIC ARTERY E. Kurc, M. Sargin, C. Ariturk, S. Erdogan, A. Ozgen, S. Sahin, O. Yucel, S.A. Aka (Turkey) VP58 ADAPTATION AND DEADAPTATION OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD CIRCULATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ARTERIAL INCOMPETENCE E. Dutikova, T. Kulagina, E. Lebedeva, V. Sandrikov (Russian Federaion) VP59 THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ERYTHROPOIETIN ON RENAL INJURY INDUCED BY ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION IN RATS I. Kiris, S. Kapan, A. Kilbas, N. Yilmaz, I. Altuntas, N. Karahan, H. Okutan (Turkey) VP60 LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION AND REDOX CHANGES FOLLOWING AORTO-BIFEMORAL BYPASS SURGERY. E. Arato, L. Sínay, M. Kürthy, G. Kasza, G. Weber, L. Kollar, E. Roth, G. Jancso (Hungary) VP61 STUDY OF THE EFFECTS ON THE ARTERIES OF HORMONAL TREATMENT C. Vaquero, J. Agudo, C. Grajal, R. Martinez, A. Alvarez-Barcia (Spain) VP62 INFLUENCE OF SIZE TYPE II ENDOLEAK ON ENDOVASCULAR ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM REPAIR FOR MEASURING INTRASAC PRESSURE C. Vaquero, R. Martinez, F. Nieto, J. Agudo, A. Alvarez-Barcia, C. Grajal (Spain) VP63 HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE THORACIC AORTA AFTER THE INTRALUMINAL DISTENSION. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN THE RABBIT C. Vaquero, R. Martinez, F. Nieto, J. Agudo, A. Alvarez-Barcia, C. Grajal (Spain) VP64 ILOPROST ATTENUATES SKELETAL MUSCLE INJURY INDUCED BY ABDOMINAL AORTIC OCCLUSION-REPERFUSION IN RATS I. Tekin, I. Kiris, N. Karahan, O. Akturk, N. Delibas, A. Ocal (Turkey) VP65 POSTMASTECTOMY LYMPHEDEMA-POSSIBILITIES OF PROGNOSIS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT M. Myasnikova, N. Gordeev, M. Bogomolov (Russian Federation) VP66 CEPHALIC TO JUGULAR VEIN BYPASS AS NEW TREATMENT FOR VENOUS HYPERTENSION DUE TO SUBCLAVIAN VEIN THROMBOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH BRACHIAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA R.E. Samani, A.A. Beigi (Iran) VP67 RESULTS OF CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF THE ISCHEMIC DIABETIC FOOT M. Bogomolov, V. Sedov, Y. Lukyanov, Y. Pravosudova, L. Edovina (Russian Federation) VP68 TISSUE-ENGINEERED VALVE: FROM RESEARCH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE. OUR PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE L. Dainese, F. Barili, A. Guarino, A. Rossini, G. Polvani, V. Bona, M. Fusari, P. Biglioli (Italy) VP69 THE LEVEL OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC WALL IN DIABETIC RATS Y. Kalko, O.A. Sayin, U. Kafa, T. Kosker, T. Yasar (Turkey) VP70 CHEMICAL PROFILING OF VASCULAR ULCERS BY DETECTION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS USING A NOVEL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC VISUALISATION A. Thomas, W. Cheung, S. Riazanskaia, P. Thomas, M. Baguneid, A. Bayat (UK) VP71 INTRAVENOUS PAMIDRONATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY LYMPHEDEMA A.A. Beigi, A.M.M. Sadeghi, S. Shirazinejad, H. Masoudpour (Iran) VP72 SERUM PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPANSION OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS IDENTIFIED BY PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS S. Urbonavicius, G. Urbonaviciene, H. Vorum, E.W. Henneberg, B. Honore, J.S. Lindholt (Denmark) VP73 THE COMPARISON OF INTRALUMINAL WITH INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF ANTIBIOTICS IN PERMANENT HAEMODIALYSIS CATHETER ON THE RATE OF CATHETER REMOVAL A.A. Beigi, M. Safaei, H. Masoudpour (Iran) VP74 OUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCES RELATED TO E-POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE GRAFT USED FOR PERFORMING ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA IN THE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE REQUIRING HEMODIALYSIS K. Ergunes, H. Yasa, O. Aslan, N. Karahan, O. Gokalp, M. Bademci, U. Yetkin, A. Gurbuz (Turkey) VP75 A PSEUDOANEURYSM COMPLICATION OF ARTERIOVENOUS ACCESS DIALYSIS GRAFT IN THE LOWER EXTREMITY Y. Haydar, Y. Ufuk, O. Berkan, B. Mehmet, E. Kazim, G. Ali (Turkey) VP76 EARLY FAILURE OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA FOR HEMODIALYSIS J. Pasternak, V. Popovic, J. Pfau, M. Kacanski, D. Nikolic, Z. Horvat (Serbia) VP77 CALCIUM DOBESILATE AND OXERUTIN: EFFECTIVENESS OF COMBINATION THERAPY B. Akbulut (Turkey) VP78 ANEURYSM OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA: CASE REPORT I. Banzic, L. Davidovic, M. Dragas, V. Bozic, D. Takac (Serbia) VP79 LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY OF UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES: APPLICATION IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE O.V. Fionik, V.M. Katsev, M.O. Myasnikova, N.A. Bubnova, S.V. Petrov, A.Y. Semenov (Russian Federation) VP80 PATHOGENETICAL APPROACHES DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT OF LYMPHEDEMA OF LOWER EXTREMITIES O.V. Fionik, N.A. Bubnova, S.V. Petrov, N.P. Erofeev, R.P. Borisova, A.Y. Semenov (Russian Federation) VP81 THE FIVE YEAR EXPERIENCE OF COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM DYSPLASIA OF SUPERFICIAL VEIN UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES L.Y. Kanina, V.V. Sabelnikov, A.I. Procopets, O. Zlobin, A.N. Yalfimov (Russian Federation) VP82 THE TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL LYMPHEDEMA IN CHILDREN L.Y. Kanina, D.D. Kupatadze, V.V. Nabokov (Russian Federation)
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