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ISCE 2003 Sessions and Poster Session Speakers
| Session I | |
Ischemia: Nemesis and Challenge Session Chair Rory W. Childers University of Chicago Chicago IL, USA Session Co-Chair Jouni Erkkila Datex-Ohmeda Div., Instrumentarium Corp., Datex-Ohmeda FINLAND Rory Childers, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA Overview Charles Antzelevitch, Masonic Research Laboratory, Utica NY, USA Cellular Basis for ST Segment Changes Observed During Ischemia and Reperfusion David Kilpatrick, University of Tasmania, Hobart AUSTRALIA Mechanisms of ST Change in Partial Thickness Ischaemia Galen S. Wagner, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Data Extraction from QRS During Acute Transmural Ischemia Robert S. MacLeod, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT, USA Reduced Flow Versus Increased Demand in Acute Myocardial Ischemia B. Milan Horacek, Dalhousie University, Halifax CANADA Validation of the Inverse Solution in PTCA Patients Rory W. Childers, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA The MI Q wave: Foretaste & Aftertaste:Presentiment & Recall |
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| Poster Session 1 | |
Alan Andresen, Inovise Medical, Inc., Newberg, OR, USA An Automated ECG Algorithm for Detection of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of ECG Confounders Ljuba Bacharova, International Laser Center, Bratislava SLOVAK REPUBLIC The use of Dipolar ElectroCARdioTOpography for visualization of the ischemic changes of the QRS complex during coronary occlusion of balloon angioplasty Fabio Badilini, AMPS-LLC, New York, NY, USA ECGScan: a Method for Digitizing Paper ECG Printouts Madalena Costa, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA Multiscale Entropy Analysis: A New Measure of Complexity Loss in Heart Failure Parvin Dorostkar, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA Complex, Figure-of-8, Intra-Atrial Reentry Tachycardia in Patients after Corrective Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease is Often not Subeustachian Isthmus Dependent Masafumi Kasama , Showa University, Yokohama JAPAN Computer simulation of myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block Maria Segersten, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen DENMARK Quantitative Baseline ST Segment Elevation for Prediction of the Composite and Component Endpoints in Patients with ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated with Reperfusion Therapy: Results from the DANAMI-2 trial. R. Trobec, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana SLOVENIA Body surface Potential Mapping in Patients with partial Left Ventriculotomy Paula Vesterinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo FINLAND Segmentation of QRS Time Integral in Body Surface Potential Mapping Improves Localization of Myocardial Infarction Takeshi Yamada, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo Japan Dispersion of the filtered P wave duration from the standard 12-lead by P wave signal averaged electrocardiography: Its usefulness for determining efficacy of Cibenzoline on Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Bulent Yilmaz, University of Utah CVRTI, Salt Lake City UT, USA Training Set Selection for Statistical Estimation of Epicardial Activation mapping from Intravenous Multielectrode Catheters Sophia Zhou, Phillips Medical Systems, Oxnard CA, USA Computer Classification Algorithm for Strictly Posterior Myocardial Infarction |
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| Session II | |
ECG Models & Clinical Applicability Session Chair Rob S. MacLeod University of Utah Salt Lake City UT, USA Session Co-Chair Adam Muzikant Physiome Sciences Princeton NJ, USA Rob S. MacLeod, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT, USA Overview Andrew Pollard, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham AL, USA From Cell Models to Tissue Propagation in Anisotropic Myocardium Natalia Trayanova, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, USA Simulation of Myocardial Tissue and Defibrillation Andrew McCulloch, University of California at San Diego CA, USA Integrated Computational Modeling of Cardiac Electrochemical Interactions Andrew Pullan, Auckland University, Auckland NEW ZEALAND Cardiac Electrical Activity - From Heart to the Body Surface and Back Again Josh Leon, University of Calgary, Alberta CANADA Computational Tools for Cardiac Simulation and Modeling |
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| Session III | |
ECG Markers of Risk Session Chair Wojciech Zareba University of Rochester Rochester NY, USA Session Co-Chair David Mortara Mortara Instruments, Inc. Milwaukee WI, USA Wojciech Zareba, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, USA Overview David Rosenbaum, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA T Wave Alternans Ron Berger, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA QT Interval Variability Peter M. Okin, Cornell University Medical School, New York NY, USA T Wave Complexity Georg Schmidt Heart Rate Turbulence and Heart Rate Harmony Heikki Huikrui Nonlinear Dynamics of Heart Rate Wojciech Zareba, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, USA Comprehensive Noninvasive Risk Stratification: MADIT II Experience |
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| Poster Session 2 | |
Alan Andresen, Inovise Medical, Inc., Newberg OR, USA Gender-Specific Criteria for Detection of Acute and Prior Myocardial Infarction in an Automated ECG Algorithm Ljuba Bacharova, International Laser Center, Bratislava SLOVAK REPUBLIC The decrease of specific potential of myocardium in The early stage of physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in rats Fabio Badilini, AMPS-LLC, New York NY, USA Computerized QRS Analysis from 24 Hour Ambulatory Monitoring to Assess Pharmacodynamic Changes Kathy J. Booker, Milliken University, Decatur IL, USA 12 Lead ECG Abnormalities in Patients Undergoing Polysomnography Edward J. Ciaccio, Columbia University, New York NY, USA Short Bursts of Reentrant Ventricular Tachycardia Cynthia L. Green, Duke University , Durham NC, USA Increasing Statistical Efficiency: Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Time to First Event When Data Gaps and Multiple Events Are Possible Richard Gregg, Philips Medical Systems, Andover MA, USA Performance of a 12 lead ECG fuzzy beat classifier J. A. Lopez, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey NORTHERN IRELAND Knowledge Discovery on Body Surface Cardiac Mapping J. J. Rietta, UPV, Valencia SPAIN Source separation model for unifying the atrial activity from the 12-lead ECG Marianne Schultz, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen DENMARK Comparison of EKG estimated infarct size in patients treated with primary PCI vs. frontloaded tPA. A DANAMI 2 trial substudy. Jeroen G. Stinstra, University of Utah, CVRTI, Salt Lake City UT, USA On the Passive Conductivity of Cardiac Tissue Akihiro Takeuchi, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa JAPAN Development of simulation system of cardiac arrhythmia and artificial pacemaker Nakeo Zenda, Showa University, Yokohama City JAPAN Frequency analysis of QRS complex by wavelet transform in non-Q wave myocardial infarction |
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| Session IV | |
Papers Selected from Submitted Abstracts Session Chair Konrad Brockmeier University of Köln Köln GERMANY Session Co-Chair Peter Okin Cornell University Medical College New York NY, USA Konrad Brockmeier, University of Köln, Köln GERMANY Overview Jan A. Kors, Erasmus Medical College, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS Spatial QRS-T Angle as a Risk Indicator of Cardiac Death in an Elderly Population Jean-Phillipe Couderc, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, USA Sotalol-Induced Repolarization Abnormalities are Better Identified using T-Wave Morphology Changes than QTc Prolongation. James J. Bailey, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA Risk Stratification Tests for Myocardial Infarct Patients are Affected by the Presence of Diabetes. Henk J. Ritsema van Eck, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS The Elusive U Wave: A Simple Explanation of Its Genesis C.O. Navarro, University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland UNITED KINGDOM Use of Calculated Epicardial Potentials Improves Significantly the Sensitivity of a Diagnostic Algorithm in Detection of Acute Myocardial Infarction |
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| Session V | |
ECG Databases: Accessibility, Transfer, Confidentiality and Ownership Session Chair Suave Lobodzinski California State University Long Beach CA, USA Session Co-Chair Mitchell Krucoff Duke University Durham NC, USA Suave Lobodzinski, California State University, Long Beach CA, USA Overview George Moody, MIT- Harvard, Physionet, Boston MA, USA Overview of Public ECG Databases Guenter Schreier, Seibersdorf Research, Graz AUSTRIA Development of a New QT Algorithm Using Heterogenous ECG Databases Suave Lobodzinski, California State University, Long Beach CA, USA Current State of the Art in Digital Electrocardiography Janice M. Jenkins, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA Arrhythmia Database for Algorithm Testing: Surface Leads Plus Intracardiac Leads for Validation Paul D. Kligfield, Cornell University Medical College, New York NY, USA Overview of the ECG Genome Project Justin Mortara, Mortara Instrument, Inc., Milwaukee WI, USA Mark Khols, GEMS, Milwaukee, WI, USA Sophia Zhou, Philips Advanced Algorithm Center, Oxnard CA, USA Industry Perspective on Digital Electrocardiography |
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| Poster Session 3 | |
Matthew Biersack, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA When do Boys Differ from Girls? Yuji Kasamaki, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo JAPAN Warm-up phenomenon in elderly patients: Evidence of the attenuation of the potential for ischemic preconditioning in the aging heart IBA Menown, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast N.Ireland UK Combined Reduced Dose Fibrinolytic And IIbIIIa Blocker Compared With Full Dose Fibrinolytic Therapy Improves Spatial ST Resolution Following ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. James T. Niemann, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles CA, USA Hemodynamic and Acoustical Findings in and Experimental Model of Myocardial Ischemia Osamu Okazaki, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo JAPAN Two year follow-up of individuals with the automatic ECG detection of Brugada type Charles W. Olson, ECG-TECH Corp, Huntington, New York, USA An Interactive Instructional Program to Promote the Understanding of Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Activation and its Resultant Electrocardiograph C. G. Owens, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Northern Ireland UK Interpretation of the 80-lead body surface map by physician improves significantly the detection of acute myocardial infarction compared with a body surface map diagnostic algorithm in patients with acute ischemic type chest pain. Douglas J. Ramseth, Covance Central Diagnostics, Reno NV, USA Experience with an Interactive Digital ECG Waveform Annotation System used for Pharmaceutical Clinical Trial Data Rasmus Ripa, Duke University, Durham NC, USA Between Human Readers and Automated ECG Waveform Measurements for Calculating the Anderson-Wilkins Acuteness Score in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Robert Warner, Inovise Medical, Inc., Newberg OR, USA Diagnostic Performance of a Computerized Algorithm for Augmenting the ECG with Acoustical Data Daming Wei, The University of Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture JAPAN Evaluation of Derived 12-lead Electrocardiogram from Four Standard Leads Qin Xi, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA Short-Term vs. 24 Hours Stability of Atrial Fibrillatory Wave Characteristics: A Surface ECG Study in Clinically Stable Patients |
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| Session VI | |
Jos Willems Young Investigators Competition Session Chair Janice Jenkins University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA Session Co-Chair Paul Kligfield Cornell University Medical School New York NY, USAA Janice Jenkins, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI USA Overview Jeffrey M. Fish, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica NY, USA Cellular and Ionic Basis for Sex-related Difference in the Manifestation of the Brugada Phenotype and Progressive Conduction Defects Jason Ng, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA Atrial Flutter Vector Loops Derived from the Surface ECG: Does the Plane of the Loop Correspond Anatomically to the Macro-reentrant Circuit? Esther Pueyo, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza SPAIN QT/RR Adaptation and Relation to Arrhythmic Death Simon Walsh, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast UK Transvenous Cardioversion - A Novel Asymmetric Rectangular Biphasic Waveform from a Radiofrequency Defibrillator Compared with Conventional Waveforms in Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Session VII | |
ECG Dynamics: Unexplored Diagnostic Venues Session Chair Vladimir Shusterman University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA, USA Session Co-Chair Richard L. Verrier Harvard Medical School Boston MA, USA Vladimir Shusterman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA Overview Richard L. Verrier, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA Ambulatory ECG Monitoring of T-wave Alternans for Arrhythmia Risk Assessment Bruce D. Nearing, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA Application of Modified Moving Average and Second Central Moment Analysis of T-wave Morphology to Assess Repolarization Konrad Brockmeier, University of Cologne, Cologne GERMANYs Repolarization Analysis in Children with Long QT-Syndrome Robert L. Lux, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT, USA Cycle Length Sequence Dependent Repolarization Dynamics: A New Tool for EP Assessment? Richard Leung, University of Toronto, Toronto CANADAs Heart Rhythm Changes During Sleep in Heart Failure Patients Vladimir Shusterman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA Detecting Instabilities of Cardiac Rhythm |
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| Session VIII | |
Implantable Devices: Life Saving Technologies and Growing Issues Session Chair William M. Smith University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL, USA Session Co-Chair Bruce KenKnight Guidant Corporation St. Paul MN, USA William M. Smith, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham AL, USA Overview Julio Spinelli, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul MN, USA Evolution of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Technology G. Neal Kay, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham AL, USA Resynchronization Therapy: Current Status and Unfulfilled Promise Tom Bennett, Medtronic Corporation, Redmond WA, USA Chronic, Continuous Ambulatory Monitoring of Central Hemodynamics with an Implantable Device Doug Daum, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul MN, USA Bradycardia Therapy: State-of-the-Art Ron Berger, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA ICD Therapy: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions |