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ISCE 2000 Sessions and Poster Session Speakers
| Session I | |
Cellular Mechanisms of Inherited ECG Abnormalities Associated with Cardiac Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Session Chair Charles Antzelevitch Session Co-Chair Rahul Mehra Charles Antzelevitch, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica NY USA Cellular Mechanisms of Inherited ECG Abnormalities Associated with Cardiac Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death - Overview Frank I. Marcus, University of Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson AZ USA Electrocardiographic Features of Inherited Diseases that Predispose to the Development of Cardiac Arrhythmias (LQTS, ARVD, Brugada) Jeffrey A. Towbin, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX USA Genetics of the Brugada, Long QT and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Syndromes David Rosenbaum, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Campus, Cleveland OH USA Cellular and Ionic Mechanisms Responsible for Long QT Intervals and Torsade de Pointes Charles Antzelevitch, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica NY USA Cellular and Ionic Mechanisms Responsible for the Brugada Syndrome Josep Brugada, University of Barcelona Cardiovascular Institute, Barcelona SPAIN Pharmacologic and Device Approach to Therapy of Inherited Diseases Associated with Cardiac Arrhythmias and Sudden Death (LQTS, Brugada) Domenico Corrado, University of Padua Medical Center, Padua ITALY Clinical Diagnosis and Management Strategies in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy |
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| Poster Session 1 | |
Mary G. Adams, UCSF, San Francisco CA USA Is There More Information about Acute Ischemia in Body Surface Potential Maps Estimated from Standard Leads than in the Standard 12-Lead ECG Alone? Fabio Badilini, University of Rochester, Rochester NY USA Computerized Q-T Analysis for an Ambulatory Monitoring System Konrad Brockmeier, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg GERMANY T-wave Alternans in a Patient with LQTS 3: Tools for Assessing Repolarization-Rate Dynamics from 12 lead Holter Data Laura Burattini, Heart Research/INRCA, Fermo (AP) ITALY Beat-to-Beat QRS Variability Is Increased in LQTS Patients with the SCN5A Gene Mutation Clara Carpeggiani, C.N.R. Instituto de Fisiologia Clinica, Pisa ITALY Heart Rate Variability Changes in Acute Myocardial Infarction Konrad Czerski, Free University of Berlin, Berlin GERMANY Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Dilative Cardiomyopathy and Coronary Artery Disease by Means of Spatial-Temporal turbulence Analysis Rok Hren, Ljubljana SLOVENIA Magnetocardiographic QRST Integral Maps in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias Nicos Maglaveras, Aristotelian University Medical Sch,ool, Thessaloniki GREECE Wigner-Ville Analysis of ECG during Thrombolysis Suzanne Maynard, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast N. IRELAND Prediction of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Acute Myocardial Infarction Using QRST Isointegral Maps Jae Patton, NHLBI, Bethesda MD USA Use of ST Segment Monitoring in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Jari Viik, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere FINLAND Overall Diagnostic Performance of ST-Segment Depression at Recovery Phase of Exercise Test in Detection of Coronary Artery Disease |
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| Session II | |
ECG Predictors of Outcome in the Era of Modern Reperfusion and Antithrombotic Treatments for Acute Ischemic Syndromes Session Chair Peter Clemmensen Session Co-Chair Shen Luo Peter Clemmensen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen DENMARK ECG Predictors of Outcome in the Era of Modern Reperfusion and Antithrombotic Treatments for Acute Ischemic Syndromes - Overview Galen S. Wagner, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC USA Diagnosis of AMI in the New Millenium: ECG vs. Biochemical Markers Alex Barbagelata, Buenos Aires ARGENTINA ECG Predictors of Outcome in Unstable Angina and Non-Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction Peter Clemmensen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen DENMARK Non-Q-wave infarction in patients presenting with ST segment elevation AMI James de Lemos, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston MA USA ST Resolution as a Marker of Tissue Level and Microvascular Perfusion after Thrombolysis: Impact of Adjunctive Pharmacologic and Interventional Therapies Yochai Birnbaum, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tiqva ISRAEL Outcome After Reperfusion Therapy: ECG Predictors Beyond the QRS Complex |
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| Session III | |
The Branching Bundle of HIS: New or Revised Aspects Session Chair Rory Childers Session Co-Chair Doug Ramseth Rory W. Childers, University of Chicago, Chicago IL USA The Branching Bundle of His: New or Revised Aspects - Overview Benjamin J. Scherlag, Oklahoma University HSC/CARI, Oklahoma City OK USA Mechanisms Underlying ECG Changes due to Longitudinal His Bundle Dissociation and Other His-Purkinje Pathologies Elena Sgarbossa, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago IL USA Myocardial Infarction with LBBB Rory W. Childers, University of Chicago, Chicago IL USA LBBB with Right Axis Deviation Sergio Pinski, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago IL USA The Right Ventricular Tachycardias Laszlo Littmann, University of North Carolina, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte NC USA Hemodynamic Implications of LBBB Ronald H. S. Selvester, Memorial Heart Institute of Long Beach, Long Beach CA USA Non-specific IVCD - Specific Pathoanatomic and Electrophysiologic Correlates |
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| Poster Session 2 | |
Felipe Aquel, Tulane University, New Orleans LA USA Virtual Electrodes Induced throughout Myocardium by ICD Defibrillation: Can We Predict the Sites of Postshock Break Excitation? Samir Fareh, Hopital Cardiologique, Bron FRANCE Can a Calcium Blocker Prevent Sustained Atrial Tachycardia-Induced Electrical Remodeling and Its AF-promoting Effect? Ronald Fischer, Medical School Hannover/OE, Hannover GERMANY Determination of QT Dispersion in View of Measurement Accuracy Yuji Kasamaki, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo JAPAN Repetitive Atrial Pacing Reduces the Magnitude of T-wave Alternans in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease / Possible Involvement of Ischemic Preconditioning Anton Mateasik, International Laser Center, Bratislava SLOVAKIA 3D Visualisation of the Dipolar Content of Cardiac Electric Field Pisut Raphisak, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV USA Use of the Kalman Filter in Arrhythmia Detection Robert J. A. Schijvenaars, Erasmus University, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS Improved Interpretation of Electrocardiograms Using Beat-to-Beat Analysis and Simulated Electrode Position Shifts Robert A. Warner, Hill-Warner Enterprises, Durham NC USA The Importance of Accounting for the Individual Variability of ECG Data within Diagnostically Similar Populations Christoph W. Zywietz, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover GERMANY Use of a Reduced Lead Set (Limb Leads) for Computerized ECG Analysis |
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| Session IV | |
The Electrophysiology of Atrial Fibrillation Session Chair Steven Swiryn Session Co-Chair Shankara Reddy Steven Swiryn, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston IL USA Overview Basel H. Taha, GE Marquette Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI USA Automated Discrimination Between Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter Rhythms in the Resting 12-lead ECG Alan V. Sahakian, Northwestern University, Evanston IL USA Multi-Site MAP Mapping of Atrial Repolarization in vivo: Is Atrial Repolarization a Two or Three-Dimensional Process? Milton M. Morris, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul MN USA Detection of Atrial Arrhythmia for Cardiac Rhythm Management by Implantable Devices Haris J. Sih, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN USA Evidence of Heterogeneous Remodeling in Canine Atrial Fibrillation Parvin Dorostkar, CWRU, Cleveland OH USA Electroanatomic Mapping as a Supportive Tool to Map Complex Post-operative Atrial Reentrant Tachycardias in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease |
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| Session V | |
Selected Papers From Abstract Submissions Session Chair Peter Galen Session Co-Chair Mitchell Krucoff James J. Bailey, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD USA Meta-analysis by ROC: ECG Diagnostic Methods Compared Milan Horacek, Dalhousie University, Halifax CANADA Diagnostic Value of Standard vs. Derived 12-Lead ECG Rami Lehtinen, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere FINLAND Should ST-Segment Elevation Be Included in Definition of ST/HR Index? Stefan Nelwan, Thoraxcentrum, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS Minimal Lead Sets for Reconstruction 12-lead Electrocardiograms Shu-Fen Wung, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL USA Thoracic Location of the Lead with Maximal ST Segment Deviation during Right Ventricular (RV) and Posterior Wall Ischemia: Comparison of Right Ventricular and Posterior Leads with Estimated Body Surface Leads Wojciech Zareba, Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY USA Repolarization Morphology, Variability, and Alternans in Patients with Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrilators |
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| Poster Session 3 | |
R. Martin Arthur, Washington University, St. Louis MO USA Improved Inference of Heart Potentials with the Multipole-Equivalent Method Ljuba Bacharova, International Laser Center, Bratislava SLOVAK REPUBLIC Decrease of Specific Potential of Myocardium during the Early Stage of Experimental Hypertension Jean-Philippe Couderc, University of Rochester, Rochester NY USA Contribution of Lead Configuration to the Measure of Repolarization Complexity Using Principal Component Analysis of the Surface ECG Rok Hren, Ljubljana SLOVENIA Localization of Multiple Ventricular Events Using Electrocardiographic Imaging Mutsuo Kaneko, Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd., Tokyo JAPAN New Additional Criteria for Computer Programs in Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction John E. Madias, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst NY USA Marked Reduction of ECG Voltage in Patients with Anasarca: A New ECG Syndrome Suzanne Maynard, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast N. IRELAND Analysis of Body Surface Maps by Rotational Vectors Aids Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction Charles Olson, ECG-TECH Corp., New York NY USA The Quantitative 3-Dimensional Vectorcardiogram Gopi Shah, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC USA Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: A Comparison of Diagnostic Systems Robert A. Warner, Hill-Warner Enterprises An Individualized Approach to ECG Diagnosis |
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| Session VI | |
Jos Willems Young Investigators Competition Session Chair Benjamin Scherlag Session Co-Chair Robert Warner Edward Gerstonfeld, UCSF, San Francisco CA USA Derivation of an Optimal Electrode Set for Measuring Atrial Activation from the Pulmonary Veins Using Body Surface Potential Mapping Ganesh Manoharan, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast NORTHERN IRELAND Transvenous Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Novel Passive Implantable Atrial Defibrillator Quan Ni, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT USA Computing and Visualizing Electrical Potentials and Current Pathways in the Thorax Peter Rijnbeek, Erasmus University, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS Continuous Age-dependent Normal Limits for the Pediatric Electrocardiogram |
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| Session VII | |
How to Deal with Variability Due to Electrode Misplacement, Changing Heart Position and the Pitfall of Sex Session Chair Gerard van Herpen Session Co-Chair David Mortara Gerard van Herpen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS Standards of Performance: Inaccurate Lead Placement, Inherent Errors - Overview Robert Lux, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT USA A Review of Uncertainty and Variability of the ECG: Old and New Ideas for Assessment and Interpretation Jan A. Kors, Erasmus University, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS A Novel Method to Detect Electrocardiographic Electrode Interchanges Donald Brodnick , GE Marquette Medical Systems, Milwaukee WI USA A Method to Locate Electrode Placement Adriaan van Oosterom, Kathalieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS Geometrical Factors Affecting the Inter-Individual Variability of the ECG Robert S. MacLeod, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT USA Effects of Heart Position on the Body-Surface ECG Peter W. Macfarlane, University of Glasgow, Glasgow SCOTLAND Chest ECG Electrode Placement in Women |
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| Session VIII | |
Prehospital Electrocardiography: Triage Tools and Decision Aids Session Chair Robert Zalenski Session Co-Chair Sophia Zhou Robert Zalenski, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit MI USA Overview Robert Zalenski, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit MI USA Prediction Models for Prehospital Triage of Patients with Suspected Cardiac Ischemia Sophia Zhou, Agilent Technologies, Andover MA USA Methodological Issues in ECG Predictive Instruments Mary Grzybowski, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit MI USA Aldrich Scores, QRS Distortion and TIMI Risk for Prehospital Acute MI Triage Sam Bell, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC USA The Thrombolytic Predictive Instrument David Kent, New England Medical Center, Boston MA USA Decision Aids for Optimal Selection of Thrombolytic Therapy |