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ISCE 2001 Sessions and Poster Session Speakers
| Session I | |
ECG Imaging and Mapping Session Chair Elena Sgarbossa Session Co-Chair TBD Elena Sgarbossa, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL USA Overview Charles William Olson A Dynamic 3D Display of Ventricular Excitation and the Generation of the Vector- and Electrocardiogram Sergio L. Pinski Electromechanical Mapping of the Left Ventricle in Coronary Artery Disease Jukka Nenonen Current Density Estimation in Localizing Chronic Ischemia Yochai Birnbaum Outcome of Patients with ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparing the Effects of Primary Angioplasty and Thrombolytic Therapy in Patients with Grade II and Grade III Ischemia on the Enrollment ECG Markus Zabel T Wave Morphology Variables for Post MI Assessment Rob MacLeod Inverse Electric Imaging of Myocardial Ischemia: Getting the Most from What We Know |
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| Poster Session 1 | |
Mary G. Adams, UCSF, San Francisco CA USA Evaluation of a Website Electrocardiogram Training Program Ljuba Bacharova, International Laser Center, Bratislava SLOVAK REPUBLIC Voltage-Duration Product in the Estimation of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Spontaneously Hypertensive RatsKathy Booker, Loyola University, Chicago IL USA Kathy Booker, Loyola University, Chicago IL USA Challenges Associated with Continuous 12-Lead ECG Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients Admitted for Noncardiac Conditions Jean-philippe Couderc, University of Rochester, Rochester NY USA Repolarization Morphology and Cardiac Events in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Katerina Hnatkova, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London UK Noninvasive Wedensky Modulation - Comparison of Healthy Controls, Patients with Arrhythmic Complications and Patients with Uncomplicated Post-Myocardial Infarction Follow-up Morrison Hodges, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis MN USA Prevalence of Abnormal ECG Risk Factors in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and an Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillator Pen-Wie Hsia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA USA Sudden Increase of Electrical Organization Prior to Spontaneous Termination of Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) in Isolated Rabbit Heart |
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| Session II | |
Cardiac Conduction and its Role in Arrhythmogenesis Session Chair Yoram Rudy Session Co-Chair TBD Yoram Rudy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH USA Overview Jeffrey Saffitz, Washington University, St. Louis MO USA Gap Junctions: Structure and Function Jan Kucera, University of Bern, Bern SWITZERLAND Cardiac Conduction: Insights from Optical Mapping Yoram Rudy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH USA The Ionic Mechanisms of Conduction in Cardiac Tissue Madison Spach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC USA Effects of Anisotropy and Cell Size on Conduction in the Changing Myocardium Andrew Wit, Columbia University Medical Center, New York NY USA Structural and Electrophysiological Remodeling of Gap Junctions in Cardiac Disease |
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| Session III | |
Selected Papers from Submitted Abstracts Session Chair Janice M. Jenkins Session Co-Chair Peter M. Okin Janice M. Jenkins, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI USA Overview Peter Rijnbeek, Erasmus University, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS A Computer Program for the Interpretation of Pediatric Electrocardiograms Konrad Brockmeier, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg GERMANY T-Wave Alternans in LQTS: Repolarization-rate Dynamics from Digital 12 Lead Holter Data Michele Pelter, UCSF, San Francisco CA USA Frequency and Consequences of Transient Myocardial Ischemia in the Setting of a Telemetry Unit Detected with Continuous 12-lead ST Monitoring Milan Horacek, Dalhousie University, Halifax N.S. CANADA Optimal Leads for Detecting Acute Myocardial Ischemia Katerina Hnatkova, St. George's Hospital Medical School T-Wave Morphology Differences between Patients with and without Arrhythmic Complication of Ischemic Heart Disease Robert Stadler, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis MN USA A Real-Time Ambujlatory Myhocardial Ischemia Detection Algorithm for Applications in Implantable Devices |
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| Poster Session 2 | |
Leo Cheng, The University of Auckland, Auckland NEW ZEALAND The Inverse Problem of Electrocardiology: Effects of Experimental Errors on Activation and Potential Inverse Formulations Katerina Hnatkova, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London UK T-Wave Morphology Changes Induced by Noninvasive Wedensky Modulation Suzanne Maynard, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast UK Use of Body Surface Mapping to Aid Accurate Measurement of Electrocardiographic Changes during Angioplasty Tsunetoyo Namba, Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences, Kagawa JAPAN Prompt Visualization of Random Activation Sequences furing Atrial Fibrillation from Basket Catheter Mapping of In-vivo Human Atrial Endocardium Jukka Nenonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo FINLAND Computer Simulations of Acute Myocardial Ischemia Andrew Pullan, University of Auckland, Auckland NEW ZEALAND An In-vivo Experimental-Computational Framework for Validating Inverse ECG Methods Shu-Fen Wung, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL USA Specific ST Segment Changes in Right Ventricular and Posterior Leads during Coronary Angioplasty Takeshi Yamada, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo JAPAN Dispersion of Signal-Averaged P-Wave Duration from Standard 12-lead in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Session IV | |
New Technologies, New Concepts: How Ablation Has Changed Our Ideas of Basic and Clinical Electrophysiology Session Chair Benjamin Scherlag Session Co-Chair TBD Benjamin Scherlag, University of Oklahoma CARI, Oklahoma City OK USA Overview Eugene Patterson, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma HSC, Oklahoma City OK 73104 USA Functional anatomy of AV conduction: Changing concepts in the ablation era Peter S. Spector, M.D., University of Oklahoma HSC, Oklahoma City OK 73104 USA New concepts of atrial fibrillation based on clinical ablation procedures Marty Burke, M.D., University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637 USA Re-examining Safe Currents in the Age of Ablation and Internal Electromedical Devices Edward J. Ciaccio, PhD, Columbia University, New York NY 10032 Automatic Selection of Catheter Ablation Sites Based on Dynamic Changes in Reentry Circuit Geometry Benjamin Scherlag, University of Oklahoma CARI, Oklahoma City OK USA TBA |
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| Session V | |
The Electrophysiology of Sudden Death in Children Session Chair Charles Antzelevitch Session Co-Chair TBA Charles Antzelevitch, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica NY USA Overview Wataru Shimizu, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka JAPAN TBD Wojciech Zareba, Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY USA TBD Jeffrey A. Towbin, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX USA TBD Jerome Liebman, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH USA TBD TBA TBD Charles Antzelevitch, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica NY USA TBD |
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| Poster Session 3 | |
Olle Pahlm, University Hospital, Lund SWEDEN Comparison of Waveform Measurements in Conventional 12-lead ECGs and Those Derived from EASI Leads in Children in Various Age Groups Ulrika Pahlm-Webb, Rockville MD USA Use of a 24-Lead ECG Including Both Positive and Negative Polarities of Standard Leads to Improve Regional Localization of Acute Epicardial Injury Hanna-Greta Puurtinen, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere FINLAND Effect of Electrode Configuration and Noise on Localization Accuracy of ECG Inverse Problem Robert J. A. Schijvenaars, Erasmus University, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS Automatic Digitization of Paper Electrocardiograms Jari Viik, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere FINLAND Chronotropic Incompetence in Detection of Coronary Artery Disease - Comparison of Different Formulas Galen S. Wagner, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC USA Evaluation of Advanced Diagnostic Software for Detection of Prior MI Shu-Fen Wung, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL USA Baseline ST Segments in Maximum Estimated Body Surface Bipolar Leads |
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| Session VI | |
Jos Willems Young Investigators Competition Session Chair Barbara J. Drew Session Co-Chair TBD Barbara J. Drew, UCSF, San Francisco CA USA Overview Martin Buist, The University of Auckland, Auckland NEW ZEALAND From Cell to Body Surface: A Fully Coupled Approach Carl W. Musser, Jr., Wake Forest University Medical School, Winston-Salem NC USA Computer-Assisted ECG Interpretation for Confirmation of Premature Atrial Complexes Xueyan Xu, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV USA Automatic Detection of Artifacts in Heart Period Data |
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| Session VII | |
The Simonson Session: The ST-T -- Limits of Normal and Abnormal in the ECG and the Influence of Age, Gender, Race, Body Position, etc. Session Chair Gerard van Herpen Session Co-Chair Shankara B. R. Reddy Gerard van Herpen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS Overview Mary G. Adams, UCSF, San Francisco CA USA A Novel Approach to Reduce False Positives Due to Body Position Changes during ST Segment Monitoring Stefan Nelwan, Erasmus University Thorax Center, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS Correction of ECG Variations Due to Body Position Changes and Electrode Placement during ST-T Monitoring Adriaan van Oosterom, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS Modelling the Normal T Wave Based on the Equivalent Surface Source Joel Q. Xue, GE Marquette Medical Systems, Milwaukee WI USA Role of Gender and Age on ST Segment Voltages in Acute Myocardial Infarction Peter W. Macfarlane, University of Glasgow Medical Cardiology, Glasgow SCOTLAND Age, Sex and the ST Amplitude in Health and Disease Siegfried Perz, GSF-Medis Institute, Neuberberg GERMANY Does Air Pollution Affect the Electrocardiogram? Results from a Population-Based Study |
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| Session VIII | |
Update on Electrocardiologic Algorithms Session Chair Paul Kligfield Session Co-Chair TBD Paul Kligfield, Cornell University Medical College, New York NY USA Overview Patti Arand, Inovise Medical, Newberg OR USA Performance of New ECG Criteria for Myocardial Infarction Sophia Zhou, Agilent Technologies, Andover MA USA ECG Classification of RVH and RV Conduction Delay in Pediatric Population Robert L. Lux, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT USA Electrocardiographic Measures of Repolarization Revisited: Why? What? How? David Mortara, Mortara Instrument, Inc., Milwaukee WI USA Approaches to T Wave Alternans Robert W. Stadler, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis MN ST Segment Changes in ECG and Intracardiac Electrograms During Ventricular Paced and Normal Sinus Rhythms |