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ISCE 2002 Sessions and Poster Session Speakers
| Session I |
Transformations of Electrocardiographic Leads Session Chair Milan Horacek Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Session Co-Chair Robert Lux University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA Milan Horacek, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Overview Robert Lux, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Electrocardiographic Potential Correlations: Rationale and Basis for Lead Selection and ECG Estimation Jan Kors, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands How Many Electrodes and Where: A "Poldermodel" for Electrocardiography Michele Pelter, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Comparison of a 12-lead ECG Constructed from Two Frontal and Two Chest Leads with the Standard ECG for Diagnosing Arrhythmias and Ischemia Dirk Feild, Philips, Oxnard, CA, USA Improved EASI Coefficients, Their Derivation, Values and Performance Pentti Rautaharju, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Comparability of EASI Leads with Standard 12-lead ECG in Classification of Acute Myocardial Ischemia and Old Infarction Milan Horacek, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada A Statistical vs. Deterministic Approach to the Design of Electrocardiographic Lead Transformations |
| Poster Session 1 |
Deodato Assanelli, University of Brescia, Brescia ITALY T-Axis and QT-Disperson As Risk Indicators in Patients with Previous Myocardial Infarction Ljuba Bacharova, International Laser Center, Bratislava SLOVAKIA The Fusion of ECG and Spect Information in Cases of Regional Perfusion Defects of the Heart Jocelyne Fayn, INSERM ERM107, Lyon FRANCE Spatiotemporal Comparison of Original and Synthesized 3-lead ECGs from Recorded and Predicted 12-lead ECGs Using the CAVIAR Method Norimoto Isobe, Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd., Tokyo JAPAN Automatic Detection of Brugada Type ECG Janne Kallio, Ragnar Granit Institute Tampere Univ. of Technology, Tampere FINLAND Software for Exercise Test Database Acquisition and Analysis Rami Lehtinen, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere FINLAND Exercise ECG Database for Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Methods and Signal Processing Algorithms James M. Lindauer, Philips Medical Systems, Palo Alto CA USA Problems in ECG Interpretation Evaluation Proposed by IEC 60601-2-51 Jesus A. Lopez, University of Ulster Jordanstown, Newtownabbey NORTHERN IRELAND Parallel Consensual Neural Networks to Support the Discovery of Lead-positioning in Body Surface Cardiac Mapping to Improve Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis Charles W. Olson, ECG-TECH Corp., Huntington Station NY USA New Methods to Distinguish Positional from Ischemic ECG Changes Using Vector Changes in Magnitude and Angle over Segments of the QRS, ST and the T Wave Lawrence Park, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC USA The Utility of the Minnesota Code Option of 12SL Program in Classification of Prevalent and Incident Myocardial Infarction and Arrhythmias Jonas Pettersson, University Hospital, Lund SWEDEN Standard and High-frequency ECG during Reperfusion Therapy of Acute Myocardial Infarction Maja Pivec, Technikum Joanneum, Graz AUSTRIA New Approach to Digital ECG Knowledge Management John Riddell, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast NORTHERN IRELAND Inverse Electrocardiography during Angioplasty Maria Sejersten, Duke University, Durham NC USA Similar Accuracies of Precordial Lead Waveforms in ECGs Derived from the EASI Leads and Those Acquired by Paramedics from the Standard Leads Jodat Seyal, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow SCOTLAND Computer Assisted Decision Making for Administration of Thrombolytic Therapy Heikki Väänänen, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT FINLAND Relation of T-vector Loop Parameters in the 12-lead ECG to Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Daming Wei, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu City JAPAN Monitoring 12-lead Electrocardiogram Using Four Standard Leads Shu-Fen Wung, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ USA Influence of Intracoronary Low Osmolar Ionic Contract Media on Electrocardiography |
| Session II |
Multimodal Cardiac Imaging Session Chair Galen Wagner Duke University Durham, NC, USA Session Co-Chair Robert MacLeod University of Utah Salt Lake City UT USA Galen Wagner, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Overview Paul R. M. van Dijkman, Bronovo Hospital, The Hague THE NETHERLANDS Dobutamine Stress Magnetic Resonance Tomographic Imaging (DS-MRI): A Valuable Method in the Non-invasive Diagnosis of Ischemic Heart Disease Elliot McVeigh, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD & NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA On Simultaneous Epicardial Electrical Mapping and MRI Tagging of Cardiac Motion Robert MacLeod, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA On Cardiac Mapping Using Venous Catheter Measurements with Body Surface Mapping Thom Oostendorp, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands On Using Open Chest Epicardial Mapping to Validate Activation-Based Inverse Solutions Bernhard Tilg, University for Health Informatics and Technology Tyrol, Innsbruck, Austria On Clinical Validation of Activation-Based Inverse Solutions with Endocardial Catheter Measurements |
| Session III |
Selected Papers from Submitted Abstracts Session Chair Jan Kors Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Session Co-Chair Fritz Kroon Cardio Control NV Delft, The Netherlands Jan Kors, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Overview Henk J. Ritsema van Eck, Advanced Medical Systems, Maasdam, The Netherlands Fiducial Segment Averaging Improves Cardiac Time Interval Estimates Eric Helfenbein, Philips Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA, USA A Pacemaker Pulse Detection and Paced Rhythm Classification Algorithm Jukka Nenonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland Optimal Electrocardiographic Leads for Detection of Acute Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Alan Andresen, Inovise Medical, Inc., Newberg, OR, USA An Improved Automated ECG Algorithm for Detecting Prior Myocardial Infarction by Incorporating Quantitative ST-T Abnormalities Peter M. Okin, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Improved Performance of Electrocardiographic Detection of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Timothy R. Church, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Risk Stratification Applied to CAST Registry Data: Combining Nine Predictors |
| Session IV |
Willem Einthoven and the Human Electrocardiogram: A Centennial Tribute Willem G. Einthoven, General Semiconductor, ret., Bellemead, NJ, USA Willem Einthoven: His Life and His String Galvanometer Paul Kligfield, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA The Historical Context of the Electrocardiogram as a Physiologic Tool |
| Session V |
Minimal Invasive and Non-Invasive Electrophysiology: Rose of the Transesophageal Electrocardiogram and Transesophageal Pacing Session Chair Konrad Brockmeier University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany Session Co-Chair Sreeram Narayanswami University of Utrecht Utrecht, The Netherlands Konrad Brockmeier, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Overview Sreeram Narayanswami, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Indication for and Value of Implantable Holter Devices Robert Arzbaecher, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA Noninvasive Cardiac Electrophysiology: The Esophageal Approach Gabriele Hessling, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Transesophageal Electrocardiography in Neonates, Infants and Children David J. McEneaney, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, North Ireland Transesophageal Pacing in Adults: Role of Ventricular Stimulation Konrad Brockmeier, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Therapeutical Aspects of Esophageal Leads: Termination of Atrial Flutter George van Hare, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA Invasive Electrophysiology in Children: State of the Art |
| Poster Session 2 |
James J. Bailey, NIH, Bethesda MD USA Risk Stratification Applied to CAST Registry Data: Extended Criteria for Prophylactic Use of ICDs after Myocardial Infarction Alan Berson, Bioresearch Funding Group, Novato CA USA Relaxing with Relaxed Current Limits Natalia Bulanova, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow RUSSIA P-wave Characteristics in Patients with First Hospitalization Due to Paroxysmal Atrial Flutter or Fibrillation Richard Clayton, School of Biomedical Sciences, Leeds UNITED KINGDOM Transmural Differences in Electrophysiology and the Stability of Re-entry in Mammalian Ventricular Myocardium Debra R. Ely, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI USA Detection of Hemodynamic Compromise by Blood Pressure Analysis in an Implantable Defibrillator Noriaki Ikeda, Kitasato University, Sagamihara JAPAN Bidirectional Modulated Parasystole Model and Its Application to the Cyclic Bursts of Ventricular Premature Contraction Chun-Cheng Lin, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology, Hsinchu TAIWAN Impacts of RMS Noise Level on Time Domain Signal-Averaged ECG Chun-Cheng Lin, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology, Hsinchu TAIWAN Frequency Domain Signal-Averaged ECG in Hemodialysis Patients Suave Lobodzinski, CA State Long Beach, Long Beach CA USA New Technique for Optical ECG Waveform Recognition Ganesh Manoharan, Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Belfast NORTHERN IRELAND A Novel Monophasic Waveform in Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation Carol Marians, Inovise Medical, Inc., Newberg OR USA Improved Noise Reduction of Phonocardiographic Signals Siegfried Perz, GSF-Institute of Medical Informatics, Neuherberg GERMANY What Do People Know about Their ECG? Results from a Population-based Study Heikki Väänänen, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT FINLAND A Method for Analyzing QT - RR Relation from Holter ECG Recordings Heikki Väänänen, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT FINLAND Detection of Microvolt-level T Wave Alternans from Holter Recordings S. J. Walsh, Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Belfast NORTHERN IRELAND A Novel Biphasix Waveform for Transvenous Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation Robert A. Warner, Duke University, Durham NC USA The Waterfall Display for Continuous Electrocardiographic Monitoring Mary Wycheck, Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA USA Fetal Electrocardiogram Enhancement |
| Session VI |
Jos Willems Young Investigators Competition Session Chair Barbara Drew University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA Session Co-Chair Justin Mortara Mortara Instrument, Inc. Milwaukee WI USA Barbara Drew, University of California, San Francisco CA USA Overview Mary G. Adams, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA Efficacy of Two Strategies to Detect Body Position ST Segment Changes During Continuous 12-lead Electrocardiographic Monitoring Therese Billgren, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Definement and Interobserver Agreement for the Electrocardiographic Sclarovsky-Birnbaum Ischemia Grading System Henrik Engblom, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Development and Validation of Techniques for Quantitative Clinical Assessment of Myocardial Infarction by ECG and MRI Owen Farris, Johns Hopkins University & National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Assessment of Electrical and Mechanical Function in the Paced LBBB Failing Heart Using Tagged MRI and Epicardial Mapping |
| Session VII |
The ECG in Acute Ischemia Session Chair Mitchell W. Krucoff Duke University Durham, NC, USA Session Co-Chair David Mortara Mortara Instrument Milwaukee WI USA Mitchell W. Krucoff, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Overview Clinical Panel: Moderator - David Mortara, Mortara Instrument, Milwaukee, WI, USA Industry Panel: Moderator - Mitchell Krucoff, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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| Session VIII |
Neuro-Electrocardiology: The Central and Autonomous Nervous System Reflected in the ECG Session Chair Vladimir Shusterman University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA Session Co-Chair Cees Swenne Leiden University Medical Center Leiden, The Netherlands Vladimir Shusterman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Overview Riek J. M. Somsen, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Behavioral Modulation of Cardiac Sinus Rate Cees A. Swenne, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Neurocardiological Basis for Intra-individual ECG Variability Shimon Abboud, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Dynamic QT-RR Relationship Correlates with Lesion Location and Functional Independence Measures in Ischemic Stroke Patients Vladimir Shusterman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Central Nervous System Modulation of Cardiac Rhythm and Repolarization during Direct Mechanical Stimulation of Brainstem in Humans Frank Beckers, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Leuven, Belgium Restoration of Autonomic Modulation Associated with Haemodynamic Improvement after Heart Transplantation |