INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGYANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 201621st WORLD CONGRESS ONHEART DISEASEBOSTON, MA, USA, JULY 30 – AUGUST 1, 2016Affiliated with:
Organized by:INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGYAffiliated with:AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, CALIFORNIA CHAPTERTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGYINTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCESAcknowledgements:We would like to offer very special thanks toJanssen Pharmaceuticals IncNovartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationCME Approved by AMA:The scientific program of the International Academy of Cardiology, AnnualScientific Sessions 2016, 21st World Congress on Heart Disease, hasbeen reviewed by the American Medical Association and approved for 23AMA PRA Category 1 Credit . Physicians should claim only the creditcommensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Onecredit may be claimed for each hour of participation in approved sessions.Faculty Disclosure Policy:It is the policy of the International Academy of Cardiology to ensurebalance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all itseducational programs. All presenters are expected to disclose to theCongress audience any real or apparent conflict of interest related to thecontent of their presentations.A project of:CARDIOLOGY ONLINEPO Box 17659, Beverly Hills, CA 90209, USATel: 1 310 657 8777; Fax: 1 310 659 4781E-mail: klimedco@ucla.eduWebsite: www.CardiologyOnline.com
CONTENTS4Chairman’s Letter5Section Chairs6Scientific Executive Committee7Scientific Advisory Board9Scientific Abstract Review Committee13Awards16Opening Lectures20Acknowledgements22General Information23Social Program26List of Exhibitors and Sponsors27Satellite Symposia29Scientific ProgramIndexSaturday, July 30, 201633Sunday, July 31, 201661Monday, August 1, 201691107
Dear Friend and ColleagueOn behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is my great pleasure to welcome you toBoston and to the International Academy of Cardiology, Annual Scientific Sessions2016, 21st World Congress on Heart Disease.The Congress has been designed to provide an innovative and comprehensiveoverview of the latest research developments in cardiovascular medicine, primarilyin the areas of molecular biology, coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiacarrhythmias and cardiac surgery.Many distinguished cardiologists and scientists have joined the faculty and will takepart in this Congress. Papers will be presented in the form of plenary sessions, symposiaand posters and will include superb scientific material that was carefully selectedby the Scientific Abstract Review committee from over 700 abstracts submitted forpresentation at the meeting. These studies, originating from laboratories in 40 countries,assure that the meeting will be a major scientific event.We would like to express our thanks to the pharmaceutical and manufacturing industryfor their generous support, and to our dedicated staff, colleagues, friends and familiesfor their untiring help, support and advice in planning and arranging this meeting.We hope that you will enjoy the Congress and that your interaction with yourcolleagues from many different countries will stimulate a creative exchange of ideasand will be personally rewarding. We also hope and trust that you will enjoy your visitto the very beautiful and exciting city of Boston in July 2016.Yours sincerely,Asher Kimchi, MDChairman5
FOUNDER AND CONGRESS CHAIRMANAsher Kimchi, USASECTION CHAIRS6Naranjan S. Dhalla, CanadaMOLECULAR CARDIOLOGYKenneth Maiese, USAVASCULAR BIOLOGYJames D. Marsh, USAGENETICS OF HEART DISEASEDaniel S. Berman, USATakanobu Tomaru, JapanCARDIAC IMAGINGUdho Thadani, USACARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGYAND DRUG THERAPYWilbert S. Aronow, USAZorina Galis, USAHYPERTENSIONJeffrey S. Borer, USAVALVULAR HEART DISEASES. David Gertz, IsraelJonathan Golledge, AustraliaDISEASES OF THE AORTAHani N. Sabbah, USAMYOCARDIAL AND PERICARDIALDISEASESBodh I. Jugdutt, CanadaHEART FAILUREMichael E. Cain, USAAnne B. Curtis, USAARRHYTHMIAS ANDELECTROPHYSIOLOGYGeorge W. Vetrovec, USAINTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGYJohn A. Elefteriades, USALouis P. Perrault, CanadaCARDIOVASCULAR SURGERYLaurence Sperling, USANathan D. Wong, USAPREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEJeffrey S. Borer, USA (Chairman)Takashi Akasaka, JapanMatthew A. Allison, USAMartin A. Alpert, USAEzra A. Amsterdam, USAMadhu B. Anand-Srivastava, CanadaWilbert S. Aronow, USAElizabeth Barrett-Connor, USAGregory Barsness, USALewis C Becker, USADaniel S. Berman, USADeepak L. Bhatt, USARobert W. W. Biederman, USAYochai Birnbaum, USAEduardo Bossone, ItalyRobert C Bourge, USANeil E. Bowles, USAEugene Braunwald, USASorin J. Brener, USAMichael E. Cain, USAYzhar Charuzi, USAAnne B. Curtis, USALawrence S.C. Czer, USASergio Dalla Volta, ItalyAlexander H.J. , The NetherlandsThomas Deneke, GermanyNaranjan S. Dhalla, CanadaLuc Djousse, USASamuel C. Dudley, USAJohn A. Elefteriades, USAAbdou Elhendy, USAUri Elkayam, USAMichael Farkouh, CanadaMichael A. Fifer, USAJanos G. Filep, CanadaGordon L. Fung, USAWilliam H. Gaasch, USAZorina S. Galis, USAFeng Gao, ChinaJulius M. Gardin, USAA. Martin Gerdes, USAS. David Gertz, IsraelSidney Goldstein, USAPaul A. Heidenreich, USADonald D. Heistad, USACharles H. Hennekens, USARamon C. Hermida, SpainRoland Hetzer, GermanyDaniela Jezova, SlovakiaMaryl R. Johnson, USABodh I. Jugdutt, CanadaEdo Kaluski, USAIlan Kedan, USALorrie A. Kirshenbaum, CanadaArthur L. Klatsky, USAAnne A. Knowlton, USAStephen L. Kopecky, USAAdarsh Kumar, IndiaLih Kuo, USAStephanie Lehoux, CanadaCarlin S. Long, USAGary Lopaschuk, CanadaJohn J. Mahmarian, USAKenneth Maiese, USATadeusz Malinski, USARoberto Manfredini, ItalyJames D. Marsh, USAJawahar L. Mehta, USALuisa Mestroni, USADan M. Meyer, USALeslie W. Miller, USAJames K. Min, USAFreny Vaghaiwalla Mody, USASamia Mora, USAMohammad-Reza Movahed, USASherif F. Nagueh, USANavin C. Nanda, USAMohamad Navab, USADemosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Greece7
SCIENTIFIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Cont.)8Kailash N. Pandey, USAKaushik P. Patel, USAPatricia A. Pellikka, USALouis P. Perrault, CanadaChristos Pitsavos, GreeceMaria Vittoria H. Pitzalis, USAMaria Prokudina, RussiaShahbudin H. Rahimtoola, USANalini M. Rajamannan, USAHanumanth. K. Reddy, USAClive Rosendorff, USARobert S. Rosenson, USAHani Sabbah, USAMasood Sadiq, PakistanTiziano M. Scarabelli, USASaul Schaefer, USAHoward D. Sesso, USAJamshid Shirani, USAHorst Sievert, GermanyMarc Silver, USAPawan K. Singal, CanadaDinender K. Singla, USAChristopher Snyder, USALaurence Sperling, USAFrancis G. Spinale, USAAshok K. Srivastava, CanadaJean-Francois Tanguay, CanadaUdho Thadani, USATakanobu Tomaru, JapanBalwant Tuana, CanadaBarry F. Uretsky, USAGeorge Vetrovec, USANanette K. Wenger, USANathan D. Wong, USA
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARDMazen Abu-Fadel, USAChris Adamopoulos, GreeceAli Ahmed, USAElena Aikawa, USAMasanori Aikawa, USAKannayiram Alagiakrishnan, CanadaFernando Alfonso, SpainAman Amanullah, USAGiuseppe Ambrosio, ItalyDominick J. Angiolillo, USANestor J. Angomachalelis, GreeceFrancisco Arabia, USAJuan M. Aranda, Jr., USAPankaj Arora, USAMuhammad Ashraf, USADan Atar, NorwayMehnaz Atiq, PakistanDiana E. Ayala, SpainMaciej Banach, PolandDietmar Bänsch, GermanyAdrian Baranchuk, CanadaGiuseppe Barbaro, ItalyPhilip Barter, AustraliaAlexei G. Basnakian, USARonen Beeri, IsraelAtta Behfar, USAJonathan N. Bella, USAGerald S. Berenson, USALuigi Marzio Biasucci, ItalyErik A.L. Biessen, The NetherlandsVera Bittner, USARon Blankstein, USAPeter C. Block, USAWilliam E. Boden, USAVicente Bodi, SpainLeonardo Bolognese, ItalyMichiel Bots, The NetherlandsHarisios Boudoulas, GreeceThomas Brand, UKJohn C. Burnett, Jr., USAGianfranco Butera, ItalySamuel M. Butman, USAHua Linda Cai, USADuncan J. Campbell, AustraliaUğ ur Canpolat, TurkeyFilip Casselman, BelgiumTurgay Çelik, TurkeyHari P. Chaliki, USAJulie Y.H. Chan, TaiwanSubroto Chatterjee, USAFarooq A. Chaudhry, USAAsim N. Cheema, CanadaChangyi (Johnny) Chen, USAJaw-Wen Chen, TaiwanShao-Liang Chen, ChinaShih-Ann Chen, TaiwanShiyou Chen, USAYabing Chen, USAYi-Jen Chen, TaiwanYingjie Chen, USASusan Cheng, USAXian Wu Cheng, JapanYiu-fai Cheung, Hong KongAnand Chockalingam, USAKee-Joon Choi, KoreaPierre Chouraqui, IsraelChristina Chrysohoou, GreeceShorena Chumburidze, GeorgiaQuirino Ciampi, ItalyLeslie T. Cooper, Jr., USADomenico Corrado, ItalyFilippo Crea, ItalyLuciano Daliento, ItalyMichael Dandel, GermanyRamprasad Dandillaya, USAHaim D. Danenberg, IsraelPrakash Deedwania, USAGiuseppe De Luca, ItalyGiovanni de Simone, ItalyChristopher DeSouza, USAYvan Devaux, LuxembourgRobert DiBianco, USADobromir Dobrev, GermanyGerald Dorros, USAStavros G. Drakos, USAJie Du, ChinaDaniel A. Duprez, USAVictor J. Dzau, USAMohaned Egred, UKAndrew J. Einstein, USAMarguerite M. Engler, USAGeorg Ertl, GermanyBrendan M. Everett, USAGuo-Chang Fan, USAMohamed Eid Fawzy, EgyptMark W. Feinberg, USA9
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (Cont.)10Gemma Figtree, AustraliaGerasimos Filippatos, GreeceDan Fintel, USADaniel Flammang, FranceJerome L. Fleg, USAStanley S. Franklin, USATohru Fukai, USAJoel A. Garcia, USAPeter Gaskin, USAJacob George IsraelGuido Germano, USABernard J. Gersh, USAJ. Rod Gimbel, USAAlessia Gimelli, ItalyRobert J. Goldberg, USAJonathan Golledge, AustraliaMichael H. Gollob, CanadaShmuel Gottlieb, IsraelAndrew Grace, UKPeter J. Grant, UKRajiv Gulati, USAMahesh Gupta, USAFinn Gustafsson, DenmarkMarianne Gyöngyösi, AustriaAbdul Hakeem, USAJihong Han, ChinaLouise Harris, CanadaZuo-Xiang He, ChinaCharles A. Henrikson, USAMichel Henry, LuxembourgGerd Heusch, GermanyAkihiro Hirashiki, JapanPaul C. Ho, USAUlrich Hofmann, GermanyBrian D. Hoit, USAMyeong-Ki Hong, South KoreaMasatsugu Hori, JapanMasatsugu Horiuchi, JapanJohn Horowitz, AustraliaGang Hu, USAHeikki V. Huikuri, FinlandThomas J. Hund, USAIgnatios Ikonomidis, GreeceMassimo Imazio, ItalyJoanne Ingwall, USATakafumi Ishida, JapanWarren M. (Sonny) Jackman, USAAllan S. Jaffe, USAFarouc Jaffer, USADeepak Jain, GermanyJesper K. Jensen, DenmarkKai Jiao, USAXueting Jin, USAZheng-Gen Jin, USAHanjoong Jo, USAJames W. Jones, USAJ. Wouter Jukema, The NetherlandsAndreas Kalogeropoulos, USAHideo Kanaide, JapanSamir Kapadia, USAChandrasekharan C. Kartha, IndiaJuan Carlos Kaski, UKMasaya Kato, JapanTomoko S. Kato, JapanDemosthenes G. Katritsis, USAOsami Kawarada, JapanAmir Kazory, USAHenning Kelbaek, DenmarkMatyas Keltai, HungaryBijoy K. Khandheria, USAJin Won Kim, KoreaYong-Jin Kim, KoreaRaj Kishore, USAMasafumi Kitakaze, JapanLloyd W. Klein, USAWolfgang Koenig, GermanyPeter Kokkinos, USAPhilippe Kolh, BelgiumWei Kong, ChinaIgor E. Konstantinov, AustraliaBruce A. Koplan, USATatiana Korolenko, RussiaSmadar Kort, USASanthosh K.G. Koshy, USARungroj Krittayaphong, ThailandHoward S. Kruth, USARakesh Kukreja, USASudhir Kurl, FinlandRoger J. Laham, USADhanunjaya Lakkireddy, USAGaetano A. Lanza, ItalyMartin J. LaPage, USAHwa Mu Lee, USAStephan E. Lehnart, GermanyDario Leosco, ItalyStamatios Lerakis, USA
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (Cont.)Amir Lerman, USAEran Leshem-Rubinow, USARobert A. Levine, USAT. Barry Levine, USAKlaus Ley, USAHongliang Li, ChinaQiangrong Liang, USAYulin Liao, ChinaShing-Jong Lin, TaiwanSteven E. Lipshultz, USAPeter Liu, CanadaAvraham Lorber, IsraelChaim Lotan, IsraelAmir S. Lotfi, USAHarry C. Lowe, AustraliaAlexandra Rose Lucas, USAJincai Luo, ChinaPaolo Madeddu, UKMohammad Madjid, USABernhard Maisch, GermanyRaj R. Makkar, USAShaista Malik, USAGiuseppe Mancia, ItalyFabio Manfredini, ItalyRaffaele Marfella, ItalyAkira Marui, JapanAntoni Martínez-Rubio, SpainNilanjana Maulik, USAPascal McKeown, IrelandBruce M. McManus, CanadaMark Mercola, USAHenning Morawietz, GermanyRyuichi Morishita, JapanToshisuke Morita, JapanAlexander Morss, USANandini Nair, USASreejayan Nair, USAHiroshi Nakagawa, USAKhurram Nasir, USAChristopher Newton-Cheh, USAArnold C.T. Ng, AustraliaJens Cosedis Nielsen, DenmarkAlexander Niessner, AustriaJae K. Oh, USAGuilherme H. Oliveira, USANiels Thue Olsen, DenmarkBrian Olshansky, USATorbjorn Omland, NorwayMichael K. Ong, USAEric A. Osborn, USANoriyuki Ouchi, JapanGavin Y Oudit, CanadaPasquale Pagliaro, ItalyRamdas G. Pai, USACam Patterson, USAWalter J. Paulus, The NetherlandsHakan Paydak, USAJan J. Piek, The NetherlandsLuc A. Pierard, BelgiumPeipei Ping, USAYigal M. Pinto, The NetherlandsCristina Pislaru, USASorin Pislaru, USALaurent Pison, The NetherlandsSunny S. Po, USADon Poldermans, The NetherlandsKatrina K. Poppe, New ZealandKailash Prasad, CanadaKarin Przyklenk, USAVijay Puri, UKLu Qi, USAJeffrey J. Rade, USASatish R. Raj, CanadaShahzad G. Raja, UKKatya Ravid, USAJun Ren, USAWilliam C. Roberts, USAJoe L. Rod, USAGiuseppe M. C. Rosano, ItalyEric Rosenthal, UKMartin H. Ruwald, DenmarkRajesh Sachdeva, USAChristoph Saely, AustriaPrashanthan Sanders, AustraliaNaritatsu Saito, JapanNilesh J. Samani, UKRaul D. Santos, BrazilMaria J. Sanz, SpainHiroshi Sato, JapanNaveed Sattar, UKJitendra P.S. Sawhney, IndiaHeinrich R. Schelbert, USAIngolf Schimke, GermanyThomas H. Schindler, USARoland E. Schmieder, GermanyPaul Schoenhagen, USA11
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (Cont.)12Morten Schou, DenmarkSam Schulman, CanadaKarlheinz Seidl, GermanyPeter Sever, UKMadhan Shanmugasundaram, USANeeru Sharma, USARakesh K. Sharma, USAFayaz Shawl, USAMichael Shechter, IsraelRobert S. Sheldon, CanadaWin-Kuang Shen, USAGuo-Ping Shi, USAAvraham Shotan, IsraelRosa Sicari, ItalyMandeep S. Sidhu, USARobert J. Siegel, USAAlan Simon, FranceElsayed Z. Soliman, USAVirend K. Somers, USALong-Sheng Song, USAYiqing Song, USAKomandoor Srivathsan, USAChristof Stamm, GermanyPaul Steendijk, The NetherlandsBodo E. Strauer, GermanyKaihong Su, USAPhyllis G. Supino, USAJesper Hastrup Svendsen, DenmarkA. Jamil Tajik, USAMasahiko Takagi, JapanMasafumi Takahashi, JapanAkira Tamura, JapanParamjit S. Tappia, CanadaAhmed Tawakol, USAMitsuyasu Terashima, JapanLuca Testa, ItalyDimitris Tousoulis, GreeceRonald J.A. Trent, AustraliaTeresa S.M. Tsang, CanadaMasahiko Tsuchiya, JapanDan Tzivoni, IsraelYasunori Ueda, JapanMark K. Urman, USAMasuko Ushio-Fukai, USAHéctor H. Valdivia, USANiels van Royen, The NetherlandsPeter van der Meer, The NetherlandsStephen F. Vatner, USARudi Vennekens, BelgiumHector O. Ventura, USAFrancesco Violi, ItalyJohannes Waltenberger, GermanyDa-Zhi Wang, USALu Wang, USAShi-Qiang Wang, ChinaXuejun Wang, USAS. Goya Wannamethee, UKHiroshi Watanabe, JapanHelmut P. Weber, GermanyXander H.T. Wehrens, USAA. Teddy Weiss, IsraelWang Wenru, SingaporeCornelia M. Weyand, USAHarvey White, New ZealandMichel White, CanadaNorbert Wilke, USAJames T. Willerson, USAJames Wong, UKScott Wright, USAZhong-Qun Yan, SwedenLei Yang, USAPhillip C. Yang, USAQinglin Yang, USAMasafumi Yano, JapanJian (James) Ye, CanadaErtan Yetkin, TurkeyMitsuhiro Yokota, JapanHongki Yoo, KoreaHiroshi Yoshida, JapanCheuk-Man Yu, ChinaMaliha Zahid, USAJianyi “Jay” Zhang, USAYouhua Zhang, USAZhixin (Jason) Zhang, USAXi-Long Zheng, CanadaYi Zhou, USA
SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEEMazen Abu-Fadel, USAChris Adamopoulos, GreeceKannayiram Alagiakrishnan, CanadaMadhu B. Anand-Srivastava, CanadaDominick J. Angiolillo, USAFrancisco A. Arabia, USAJuan M. Aranda, USAWilbert S. Aronow, USAPankaj Arora, USAMuhammad Ashraf, USADiana E. Ayala, SpainAdrian Baranchuk, CanadaGiuseppe Barbaro, ItalyElizabeth Barrett-Connor, USAGregory Barsness, USAPhilip Barter, AustraliaAlexei B. Basnakian, USALewis C. Becker, USARonen Beeri, IsraelAtta Behfar, USAJonathan N. Bella, USALuigi M. Biasucci, ItalyYochai Birnbaum, USAVera A. Bittner, USAJeffrey S. Borer, USAEduardo Bossone, ItalySorin J. Brener, USAJohn C. Burnett, Jr., USAGianfranco Butera, ItalySamuel M. Butman, USAMichael E. Cain, USADuncan J. Campbell, AustraliaUgur Canpolat, TurkeyFilip Casselman, BelgiumTurgay Celik, TurkeyHari P. Chaliki, USAJulie Y.H. Chan, TaiwanYzhar Charuzi, USASubroto Chatterjee, USAChangyi (Johnny) Chen, USAShiyou Chen, USAYabing Chen, USAYi-Jen Chen, TaiwanYingjie Chen, USASusan Cheng, USAXian Wu Cheng, JapanYui Fai Cheung, Hong KongAnand Chockalingam, USAPierre Chouraqui, IsraelChristina Chrysohoou, GreeceLuciano Daliento, ItalySergio Dalla Volta, ItalyAlexander H.J. Danser, The NetherlandsYvan Devaux, LuxembourgLuc Djousse, USAJie Du, ChinaDaniel Duprez, USAAbdou Elhendy, USAMarguerite M. Engler, USABrendan M. Everett, USAMohamed Eid Fawzy, EgyptMark W. Feinberg, USAMichael A. Fifer, USAJanos G. Filep, CanadaDaniel Flammang, FranceWilliam H. Gaasch, USAJoel A. Garcia, USAJulius M. Gardin, USAPeter Gaskin, USAJacob George, IsraelA. Martin Gerdes, USAS. David Gertz, IsraelJ. Rod Gimbel, USAAlessia Gimelli, ItalyRobert J. Goldberg, USAJonathan Golledge, AustraliaShmuel Gottleib, IsraelAndrew Grace, UKRajiv Gulati, USAMahesh Gupta, USAMariann Gyöngyösi, AustriaJihong Han, ChinaLouise Harris, CanadaPaul A. Heidenreich, USA13
SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE (Cont.)14Donald D. Heistad, USACharles H. Hennekens, USACharles A. Henrikson, USAMichel Henry, LuxembourgRamon C. Hermida, SpainGerd Heusch, GermanyAkihiro Hirashiki, JapanPaul C. Ho, USAUlrich Hofmann, GermanyBrian D. Hoit, USAMyeong-Ki Hong, South KoreaMasatsugu Hori, JapanMasatsugu Horiuchi, JapanIgnatios Ikonomidis, GreeceTakafumi Ishida, JapanWarren M. Jackman, USADeepak Jain, GermanyJesper K. Jensen, DenmarkDaniela Jezova, SlovakiaXueting Jin, USAZheng-Gen Jin, USAMaryl R. Johnson, USABodh I. Jugdutt, CanadaAndreas Kalogeropoulos, USAEdo Kaluski, USAHideo Kanaide, JapanChandrasekharan C. Kartha, IndiaMasaya Kato, JapanOsami Kawarada, JapanAmir Kazory, USAIlan Kedan, USAMatyas Keltai, HungaryJin Won Kim, KoreaRaj Kishore, USAMasafumi Kitakaze, JapanAnne A. Knowlton, USAWolfgang Koenig, GermanyWei Kong, ChinaTatiana Korolenko, RussiaHoward S. Kruth, USAAdarsh Kumar, IndiaLih Kuo, USASudhir Kurl, FinlandMartin LaPage, USAHwa Mu Lee, USAEran Leshem, USAHongliang Li, ChinaYulin Liao, ChinaShing-Jong Lin, TaiwanGary Lopaschuk, CanadaAvraham Lorber, IsraelChaim Lotan, IsraelJincai Luo, ChinaKenneth Maiese, USABernhard Maisch, GermanyMohammad Madjid, USAFabio Manfredini, ItalyRoberto Manfredini, ItalyRaffaele Marfella, ItalyJames D. Marsh, USAAkira Marui, JapanNilanjana Maulik, USAPascal McKeown, IrelandJawahar L. Mehta, USADan M. Meyer, USALeslie W. Miller, USASamia Mora, USAToshisuke Morita, JapanM. Reza Movahed, USASherif N. Nagueh, USANandini Nair, USAMohamad Navab, USAArnold Ng, AustraliaJens Cosedis Nielsen, DenmarkBrain Olshansky, USAMichael K. Ong, USAKailash N. Pandey, USACam Patterson, USAWalter J. Paulus, The NetherlandsHakan Paydak, USAPatricia A. Pellikka, USALouis P. Perrault, CanadaJan J. Piek, The NetherlandsYigal M. Pinto, The Netherlands
SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE (Cont.)Sunny S. Po, USAKatrina K. Poppe, New ZealandKailash Prasad, CanadaMaria Prokudina, RussiaKarin Przykelnk, USALu Qi, USAShahbudin H. Rahimtoola, USASatish R. Raj, CanadaShahzad G. Raja, UKNalini M. Rajamannan, USAJun Ren, USAClive Rosendorff, USARobert S. Rosenson, USAMartin H. Ruwald, DenmarkHani N. Sabbah, USARajesh Sachdeva, USAMaria J. Sanz, SpainHiroshi Sato, JapanNaritatsu Saito, JapanNaveed Sattar, UKSaul Schaefer, USAIngolf Schimke, GermanyRoland E. Schmieder, GermanyPaul Schoenhagen, USAMorten Schou, DenmarkSam Schulman, CanadaMadhan Shanmugasundaram, USARakesh K. Sharma, USAMichael Shechter, IsraelRobert S. Sheldon, CanadaGuo-Ping Shi, USAJamshid Shirani, USAAvraham Shotan, IsraelRose Sicari, ItalyHorst Sievert, GermanyMarc Silver, USALong-Sheng Song, USAChristopher S. Snyder, USAYiqing Song, USALaurence Sperling, USAFrances G. Spinale, USAAshok K. Srivastava, USABodo E. Strauer, GermanyMasafumi Takahashi, JapanParamjit Tappia, CanadaMitsuyasu Terashima, JapanTakanobu Tomaru, JapanRonald J.A. Trent, AustraliaMasahiko Tsuchiya, JapanYasunori Ueda, JapanBarry F. Uretsky, USAHéctor H. Valdivia, USANiels van Royen, The NetherlandsStephen F. Vatner, USAHector O. Ventura, USADa-Zhi Wang, USAS. Goya Wannamethee, UKHelmut P. Weber, GermanyNanette K. Wenger, USAWang Wenru SingaporeJames Wong, UKNathan D. Wong, USALei Yang, USAMasafumi Yano, JapanJian Ye, CanadaErtan Yetkin, TurkeyMitsuhiro Yokota, JapanHongki Yoo, KoreaMaliha Zahid, USAYoujua Zhang, USAXi-Long Zheng, Canada15
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY MEMORIAL AWARDSThe International Academy of Cardiology has established five awards to honor the memoryof distinguished colleagues who made a major contribution to Medicine and Cardiologyand who were members of the faculty for previous International Academy of Cardiologymeetings. As in previous years, the recipients were selected by a very prestigious AwardsCommittee. The awards for 2016 will be presented at the Opening Ceremony of theCongress.16AWARD RECIPIENTSThe WALTER BLEIFELD MEMORIAL AWARDfor distinguished work in the field of Clinical Research1995William Ganz, USA1996John B. Barlow, South Africa1997Sidney Goldstein, USA2000E. Douglas Wigle, Canada2002Uri Elkayam, USA2003John A. Elefteriades, USA2005James H. Chesebro, USA2007Clive Rosendorff, USA2008Harisios Boudoulas, Greece2010Wilbert S. Aronow, USA2011Maryl R. Johnson, USA2012Anne B. Curtis, USA2013Horst Sievert, Germany2014Paul A. Heidenreich, USA2015Ezra A. Amsterdam, USAThe ALBRECHT FLECKENSTEIN MEMORIAL AWARDfor distinguished work in the field of Basic 112012201320142015Lionel H. Opie, South AfricaPeter Ganz, USAJutta Schaper, GermanyNaranjan S. Dhalla, CanadaHani N. Sabbah, USAJawahaw L. Mehta, USAFrancis G. Spinale, USAThomas Force, USARobert Roberts, CanadaPawan K. Singal, CanadaDipak K. Das, USATeruhiko Toyo-Oka, JapanAnne A. Knowlton, USAKenneth Maiese, USASamuel C. Dudley, USA
AWARD RECIPIENTS (Cont.)The JAN J. KELLERMANN MEMORIAL AWARDfor distinguished work in the field of Cardiovascular Disease 20112012201320142015Nanette Kass Wenger, USAJames S. Forrester, USACharles H. Hennekens, USABodh I. Jugdutt, CanadaWilliam T. Abraham, USADean Ornish, USARodolfo Paoletti, ItalyGerald S. Berenson, USAPhilip R. Liebson, USAElizabeth L. Barrett-Connor, USANathan D. Wong, USAUlrich Keil, GermanyStephen L. Kopecky, USAHoward D. Sesso, USAMichael E. Farkouh, CanadaThe HANS-PETER KRAYENBUEHL MEMORIAL AWARDfor distinguished work in the field of Research in Cardiac 112012201320142015Edmund H. Sonnenblick, USAHarold J.C. Swan, USAWilliam H. Gaasch, USARalph Shabetai, USAJeffrey S. Borer, USASergio Dalla-Volta, ItalyMichael E. Cain, USALewis C. Becker, USASherif F. Nagueh, USAGerd Heusch, GermanyMartin A. Alpert, USALouis P. Perrault, CanadaKailash N. Pandey, USAPatricia A. Pellikka, USAJohn J. Mahmarian, USA17
AWARD RECIPIENTS (Cont.)The MELVIN L. MARCUS MEMORIAL AWARDfor distinguished contribution as a Gifted 0112012201320142015Kanu Chatterjee, USAShahbudin H. Rahimtoola, USARobert A. O’Rourke, USAA. Jamil Tajik, USADaniel S. Berman, USADavid H. Spodick, USAShlomo Stern, IsraelGeorge W. Vetrovec, USAUdho Thadani, USANavin C. Nanda, USAMichael H. Criqui, USABarry F. Uretsky, USAJulius M. Gardin, USAJames D. Marsh, USAGregory W. Barsness, USA
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY DISTINGUISHEDFELLOWSHIP AWARDSThe International Academy of Cardiology has established Distinguished Fellowship Awardsto honor colleagues who have made significant contributions to Cardiovascular Medicineand provided important service to the Academy. The Awards will be presented each year toFaculty Members of the World Congress on Heart Disease at the opening Ceremony of theCongress.DISTINGUISHED FELLOWSHIP AWARD 15Jeffrey S. Borer, USAKanu Chatterjee, USAJames H. Chesebro, USAUri Elkayam, USAFrancis G. Spinale, USAMartin Alpert, USANaranjan S. Dhalla, CanadaJohn A. Elefteriades, USAAnne B. Curtis, USALewis C. Becker, USADaniel S. Berman, USABodh I. Jugdutt, USARobert Roberts, CanadaElizabeth Barrett-Connor, USAMichael E. Cain, USAMichael H. Criqui, USAYzhar Charuzi, USAJawahar L. Mehta, USAGeorge W. Vetrovec, USANathan D. Wong, USAS. David Gertz, IsraelAnne A. Knowlton, USAUdho Thadani, USA19
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGYOPENING LECTURESSince 2005, the Opening Lecture has been presented as the J.H.C Swan Memorial Lecture.1989 HEART FAILURE: ETIOLOGICAL MODELS AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONSEdmund H. Sonnenblick, USA201993 THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY AND FAILURE:THE POTENTIAL FOR MOLECULAR INTERVENTIONRobert Roberts, USA1995 CARDIOMYOPATHY OF OVERLOAD: AN UNNATURAL GROWTH RESPONSE INTHE FAILING HEARTArnold M. Katz, USA1996 PREVENTION OF HEART FAILURE - FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLEKanu Chatterjee, USA1997 MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE LEFTVENTRICLE IN HEART FAILURESidney Goldstein, USA1998 PREVENTION OF CORONARY DISEASE EVENTS: MYTHS AND OPPORTUNITIESHarold J.C. Swan, USA1999 NEW CONCEPTS CONCERNING THE CELL BIOLOGY OF VULNERABLE PLAQUESJames S. Forrester, USA2000 THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF HEART FAILURE IN VALVULARREGURGITATION: RELATION TO CLINICAL OUTCOMEJeffrey S. Borer, USA2001 MODERN PERSPECTIVES ON DISEASES OF THE THORACIC AORTAJohn A. Elefteriades, USA2002 GENETIC MECHANISMS OF HEART FAILUREJeffrey A. Towbin, USA2003 HEART FAILURE AND THE NEED FOR DEVICE THERAPYWilliam T. Abraham, USA2005 INTEGRATION OF CARDIAC MRI, CARDIAC CT SCANNING, AND NUCLEARCARDIOLOGY IN CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH KNOWN ORSUSPECTED CHRONIC CAD: WHICH TEST IN WHICH PATIENT?D.S. Berman, USA
2007 HOW BEST TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS AT RISK FOR SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATHM.E. Cain, USA2008 WOMEN AND HEART DISEASE IN THE POST-WHI ERAE.L. Barrett-Connor, USA2010 VOODOO DEATH REVISITED: THE MODERN LESSONS OF NEUROCARDIOLOGYM.A. Samuels, USA2011 ANGIOGENESIS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS: MECHANISM, ROLE AND THERAPEUTICIMPLICATIONJ.L. Mehta, USA2012 PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY: NEW CONCEPTS IN PATHOPHYSIOLOGYAND MANAGEMENTU. Elkayam, USA2013 CVD IN WOMEN: A FRESH PERSPECTIVEE.A. Amsterdam, USA2014 GENDER DISPARITY IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE: BIAS, BIOLOGY, OR BOTH?N.K. Wenger, USA2015 STATE-OF-THE-ART CVD PREVENTION: LOOKING BEYOND ANDINTERPRETING THE ACC/AHA PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEGUIDELINESN.D. Wong, USA21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe would like to offer very special thanks to the following companies for providingunrestricted educational grants.GOLD LEVEL22Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationThe International Academy of Cardiology expresses its sincere thanks to our dedicated staffwho helped bring this meeting to reality.Steve AdlerTomer AharonKarin ArcherRoland ArcherDror Ben-TzviKaren H. BursteinLiron BursteinMaytal BursteinNoam BursteinCirina CataniaSergey FedchinRami GurOrly HalevyOren HirschenzoneCaroline L. JiaRebeca KimchiVicky KlugMicha LedermanShannon J. LeungHila NahariKaryn NahariEinat PeledMike PerchigTuyet T.M. TranThe music is provided with pleasure by Dr. Justin Chen, Dr. Psyche Loui, and Dr. AndreaSpencer from Folie à Quatre, a Boston-based string quartet whose members are cliniciansand researchers.Our grateful thanks also to Gerald F. Edelstein, partners, associates and staff of Edelstein,Laird & Sobel, P.C., Los Angeles, USA, for their continuing support and invaluablecontribution in arranging the legal aspects of the Congress.
GENERAL INFORMATIONVENUE AND HEADQUARTERS HOTELThe Westin Copley Place, Boston is the venue and headquarters hotel of theInternational Academy of CardiologyAnnual Scientific Sessions 201621st World Congress on Heart DiseaseHotel Address:Westin Copley Place, Boston10 Huntington AvenueBoston, MA, 02116, USAPhone: 1 617 262 9600LANGUAGEThe official language of the Congress is English.REGISTRATION DESKThe Registration Desk will operate as follows:Friday, July 29, 201617:00 – 18:30 hoursSaturday, July 30, 201608:00 – 18:00 hoursSunday, July 31, 201608:00 – 18:00 hoursMonday, August 1, 201608:00 – 13:30 hoursPROJECTION EQUIPMENTIf using a Powerpoint (or any other computer) presentation, please note you need to providethe presentation on a CD, DVD or memory stick (using the USB port in the computer ) andload it onto one of the congress’ computers in the Speaker Ready Room, at least 1 hourbefore the start of your session. You may bring your own computer as back up but pleasecheck it together with the technician in the session hall where your lecture will take placeduring the break prior to your session.If combining video film with PowerPoint, please make sure to check your presentation inthe session hall where your lecture is taking place during a coffee or lunch break prior toyour session, at least 30 minutes before the start of the session – even after checking it inthe Speaker Ready Room.Please note that the congress’ computers in the session halls are supplied with Office 2010(at least).Important note for Macintosh users:If using a Macintosh laptop computer, please note that you must provide your owncomputer and confirm that it has a VGA socket for external signal. On arrival at theCongress, please check your computer in the Speaker Ready Room and again in the sessionhall where your lecture will take place, at least 1 hour before the start of your session.Please note that VHS video projection, 35 mm’ slide projection and overhead projectionwill not be available.23
GENERAL INFORMATION (Cont.)POSTER PRESENTATIONSPlease see the program for the exact date of your poster presentation. Presenters must putup their posters by 07:50 if presenting in the morning session on the relevant day of theirpresentation and remove them by 13:00. If presenting in the afternoon session, postersshould be put up by 13:30 and dismantled by 18:30 on the same day.24PLEASE NOTE: The Congress Organizers are not responsible for posters that have notbeen removed / collected by the end of designated sessions.Please make
Daniel S. Berman, USA Takanobu Tomaru, Japan CARDIAC IMAGING Udho Thadani, USA CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG THERAPY Wilbert S. Aronow, USA Zorina Galis, USA HYPERTENSION Jeffrey S. Borer, USA VALVULAR HEART DISEASE S. David Gertz, Israel Jonathan Golledge, Australia DISEASES OF THE AORTA Hani N. Sabbah, USA MYOCARDIAL AND
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