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ISCE 1997 Sessions and Poster Session Speakers
| Session I | |
NEW AND INVENTIVE APPROACHES FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGING Session Chair Yoram Rudy Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio USA Session Co-Chair TBD Yoram Rudy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio USA Overview Bruno Taccardi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City Utah USA The Relationship between Myocardial Activity and Potentials on the Ventricular Surfaces Arnold Greenspon, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA Use of Basket Catheter in Endocardial Mapping of Ventricular Tachycardia Jeffrey Olgin, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indianapolis Indiana USA Intra-atrial Electrical Mapping in Combination with Intra-atrial Ultrasound for Electrical-Anatomical Correlation David Wilber, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago Illinois USA A Guided Catheter for Endocardial Mapping and Ablation Stephen Knisley, University of Alabama - Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama USA Optical Mapping of Cardiac Rhythm and Electrical Stimulation Yoram Rudy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio USA Noninvasive Imaging and Catheter Imaging of Potentials, Electrograms and Isochrones on the Ventricular Surfaces |
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| Poster Session 1 | |
Toshihiko Ohara, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo Japan A New Non-Invasive Technique to Disclose Hidden Abnormal Micropotentials in QRS Complex Popov R. J. A. Schijvenaars, Erasmus University, Rotterdam The Netherlands Stability of Automated ECG Classification for Chest Electrode Displacements Akihiko Sasaki, Tokyo Medical College Hospital, Tokyo Japan The Differential Diagnosis between Old Myocardial Infarction and Normal Subjects with QS Pattern Shahid Hameed, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Northern Ireland Body Surface Mapping for Detection of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy M. T. Harbinson, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Northern Ireland Shock Tolerability Is Increased during Transvenous Catheter Atrial Defibrillation with a Novel Rounded Waveform Junji Toyama, Nagoya University, Nagoya Japan Computed Simulation of the Waveform Distortion Induced by FIR Filter in Ambulatory ECG Henri P. Vanttinen, Tampere University Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere Finland Windows Based System for Electrophysiology Studies and Ablation Treatment of the Heart Noriaki Ikeda, Kitasato University, Sagamihara Japan Phase-resetting Property of the Conduction Pathway as a Basis for the Model of Atrioventricular Block: Experimental Study and the Modeling John E. Madias, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst New York USA Transient Exercise-induced Reduction of the Amplitude of Infarctional Q-waves: A Novel Index of Reversible Ischemia of the Contralateral to the Infarction Myocardial Wall Mutsuo Kaneko, Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd., Tokyo Japan Automatic Detection of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Holter ECG Yasuo Morohoshi, Kitasato University, Sagamihara Japan A New Method for Coronary Occlusion and Reperfusion with a Guide-Controlled Bead for the Study of Myocardial Ischemia |
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| Session II | |
NEW AND REVISITED ASPECTS OF ATRIAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY Session Chair Rory Childers University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago Illinois USA Session Co-Chair TBD Rory Childers, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago Illinois USA Overview Rajiva Goyal, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan USA TBA Shankara Reddy, Marquette Medical Systems, Milwaukee Wisconsin USA Detection of P Waves in Resting ECG under Low Signal-to-Noise Conditions Anwer Dhala, Universidy of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Wisconsin USA Gender Differences in Signal-Averaging of the P Wave: Impact on Identifying Patients Prone to Atrial Fibrillation Jonathan Steinberg, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York New York USA Value of Signal Averaged P Wave Analysis in Predicting Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery Rory Childers, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago Illinois USA New and Neglected Aspects of Atrial Depolarisation and Repolarisation |
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| Session III | |
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL AND PEDIATRIC STANDPOINT Session Chair George Van Hare CWRU/Rainbow Babies' & Children's Hospital Cleveland Ohio USA Session Co-Chair Shen Luo, Burdick, Inc., Milton Wisconsin USA George Van Hare, CWRU/University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio USA Overview J. Phillip Saul, Harvard University/Children's Hospital, Boston Massachusetts USA Heart Rate Variability Analysis and Autonomic Development Mark Russell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan USA Heritability of Electrocardiogram Features, Based on the NHLBI Twin Study Robert Hamilton, University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Ontario Canada Fetal Complete Atrioventricular Block in Utero ECG, Immunologic Animal Model Richard Friedman, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas USA Continuous Loop Temperature Control in RF Ablation George F. Van Hare, CWRU/University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio USA Electrical-Anatomic Correlations between Typical Atrial Flutter and Intra-atrial Reentry following Atrial Surgery Burt Bromberg, Washington University, St. Louis Missouri USA Model of Atrial Flutter after Lateral Tunnel Fontan |
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| Poster Session 2 | |
Steven L. Horner, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming USA Intrauterine Catheter and Non-invasive Fetal Electrocardiogram Enhancement M. Oeff, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Berlin Germany Magnetocardiographic Evaluation of Abnormal Ventricular Activation in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and Ventricular Tachycardias (VT) or Ventricular Fibrillation (VFib) Konrad Czerski, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Berlin Germany Magnetocardiographic Turbulence Analysis in Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia and Coronary Heart Disease Konrad Czerski, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Berlin Germany Spatio-Temporal turbulence Analysis in Magnetocardiography Konrad Brockmeier, Humboldt University, Berlin Germany Substantial Differences between Magnetocardiogram and HRECG in Repolarization Correlate with Heartrate Changes Joao Freitas, Centro Estudos da Funcao Autonomica, Porto Portugal Circadian Pattern of Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Severe Dysautonomia (Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy - Type 1) Joao Freitas, Centro Estudos da Funcao Autonomica, Porto Portugal Effect of Reduced Pre-load (Tilt Manoeuvre), Augmented Pre-load (Leg Elevation) and Enhanced Vagal Tone (Controlled Respiration) on Arterial Baroreflex Gain James J. Bailey, National Institutes of Health, Rockville Maryland USA Simultaneous Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variability Analysis: Insight into Possible Mechanisms Underlying Vasodepressor Syncope Motohisa Osaka, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo Japan Quantification of Mutual Dependence among Heart Rate, Sympathetic Activity and Blood Pressure in Artificial-Heart Implanted Goats Hirokazu Saitoh, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo Japan Wavelet Transform of Heart Rate Variability in the Analysis of Autonomic Nervous Activity Robert A. Warner, Syracuse VAMC, Syracuse, New York, USA Quantitative Directional Analysis of the ECG Henri P. Vanttinen, Tampere University Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere Finland Visualiser for ST-Segment Depression/Heart Rate Analysis Data of the Exercise ECG |
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| Session IV | |
SELECTED PAPERS FROM ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS Session Chair Peter Okin Cornell University Medical College New York New York USA Session Co-Chair Stacy Gehman Quinton Instrument Co. Bothell Washington Peter Okin, Cornell University Medical College, New York New York USA Overview M. C. de Bruyne, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands QTc-Dispersion and Cardiac Mortality in Older Adults: The Rotterdam Study Shahid Hameed, Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Belfast Northern Ireland Initial Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction: Body Surface Mapping Osamu Okazaki, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo Japan Possible Mechanism of ECG Features in Patient with Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Studied by Heart Model and Computer Simulation L. Schmitz, Humboldt University, Berlin Germany Magnetocardiographic Turbulence Analysis in Patients with the Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) Robert S. MacLeod, University of Utah CVRTI, Salt Lake City Utah USA A Possible Mechanism for Electrocardiographically Silent Changes in Cardiac Repolarization |
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| Session V | |
NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF IMPLANTABLE ANTIARRHYTHMIC DEVICES Session Chair Janice M. Jenkins University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA Session Co-Chair Walter Olson Medtronic, Inc. Minneapolis Minnesota USA Janice M. Jenkins, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan USA Overview Paul Busemi, PharmaTarget, Inc., Minneapolis Minnesota USA The Effect of Antiarrhythmics on Atrial Electrocardiograms Ken Ripley, InControl, Inc.,Virginia Beach Virginia USA Clinical Performance of Atrial Fibrillation Detection and Shock Synchronization William Hsu, CPI-Guidant, St. Paul Minnesota USA Multiple Feature Pattern Recognition System for ICD Walter Olson, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis Minnesota USA Holter Analysis of a Dual-chamber ICD Detection Algorithm Janice M. Jenkins, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan USA A Testing System for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators |
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| Poster Session 3 | |
Norihiko Ohno, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo Japan Proarrhythmic Effect of Class III Antiarrhythmic Agent in Relation to its Effects on Both QT Interval and QT Dispersion Samir Fareh, Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal, Montreal Canada The Electrocardiological Mechanisms of Quinidine-induced Dispersion of the Ventricular Repolarisation Duration on the Surface ECG; A Multivariate Analysis Mohammed Zaidi, St. Luc Hospital, Brussels Belgium Predictive Value of the Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization after Myocardial Infarction Jan A. Kors, Erasmus University, Rotterdam The Netherlands Measurement Inaccuracy as the Cause of QT Dispersion in the Extremity Leads Assanelli I Assanelli II Peter M. Okin, Cornell Medical Center, New York New York USA Electrocardiographic Correlation of Surface ECG Measures of Heterogeneity of Repolarization Peter M. Okin, Cornell Medical Center, New York New York USA Relation of QT Dispersion to Left Ventricular Mass and Hypertrophy Peter W. Macfarlane, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow Scotland New Insight into QT Disperson Robert E. Bruce, Medicomp Inc., Melbourne Florida USA QT Interval Measurement of the Ambulatory ECG Dan Balda, Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village Illinois USA Gender and Aging Effects on QT, QTa, QTc, and QTac Determinations Using 24 Hour ECG and Defined Cycle Lengths J. M. Gregoire, CHE-Ixelles, Brussels Belgium Early Alteration of Ventricular Repolarization in Asymtomatic HIV Seropositive Patients Laura Burattini, University of Rochester, Rochester New York USA Automatic TWA Detection in Precordial vs. Limb Leads in LQTS Patients |
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| Session VI | |
JOS WILLEMS YOUNG INVESTIGATORS COMPETITION Session Chair Benjamin Scherlag University of Oklahoma Health Science Center Oklahoma City Oklahoma USA Session Co-Chair TBD Stephanie A. Caswell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan USA Comprehensive Ventricular Fibrillation Detection Scheme for ICDs Peter Steinbigler, University of Munich, Munich Germany T-Wave-Spectral-Variance - A New Method to Determine Inhomogeneous Repolarization by T-Wave Beat-to-Beat Variability in Patients Prone to Ventricular Arrhythmias Hideo Takayama, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo Japan Wavelet Transform System Makes One-beat Analysis Possible in Late Potential Evaluation Gan-Xin Yan, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica New York USA Cellular Basis for the Normal T-Wave and the Electrocardiographic Manifestations of the Long QT Syndrome |
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| Session VII | |
ISCHEMIA MONITORING Session Chair Mitchell W. Krucoff Duke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina USA Session Co-Chair Barbara J. Drew UCSF School of Nursing San Francisco California USA Mitchell W. Krucoff, Duke University Medical Center, Durham North Carolina USA Overview Arthur Maas, Thoraxcentrum, Rotterdam The Netherlands Core Laboratory Quality Control Issues and Solutions in a Multicenter Trial of Therapy for Unstable Angina and Non-Q Myocardial Infarction Samuel Sclarovsky, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Ilasharon Israel TBA Mitchell Krucoff, Duke University Medical Center, Durham North Carolina USA Determination of Reperfusion in Thrombolytic Trials: Is Angiography a "Gold" or a "Tin" Standard Compared to Continuous 12-Lead ST-segment Recovery Analysis? Barbara Drew, UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco California USA Noise vs. Ischemia Recognition at the Bedside with Current ST-segment Monitoring Technology: Can This Tool Be Used for Real-Time Clinical Trial Designs? Stacy Gittleson, Duke University Medical Center, Durham North Carolina USA Comparison of Two 12-lead ECG Monitors during PTCA: Implications for Clinical Trials Peter Klootwijk, Erasmus University Thoraxcentrum, Rotterdam The Netherland TBA |
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| Session VIII | |
QT DISPERSION Session Chair Paul D. Kligfield Cornell University Medical Center New York New York USA Session Co-Chair Lou Conti SpaceLabs Medical Redmond Washington USA Paul D. Kligfield, Cornell University Medical Center, New York New York USA Overview Charles Antzelevitch, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica New York USA Cellular Basis for QT Dispersion Robert L. Lux, University of Utah CVRTI, Salt Lake City Utah USA QT Interval Dispersion: Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization or Dispersion of QT Interval? Quizhen Xue, Marquette Electronics, Inc., Milwaukee Wisconsin USA Methodologic Issues in Definition and Measurement of QT Dispersion Andrea Natale, Duke University Medical Center, Durham North Carolina USA QT Dispersion in Ischemia Wojciech Zareba, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester New York USA QT Dispersion in the Long QT Syndrome |