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QS7. Endothelin-1 Induces Human Coronary Microvascular Contraction via Endothelin-A Receptors Activation and Protein Kinase Cα Signaling Pathways
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ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC SURGERY AND SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY SURGEONS—ABSTRACTS F. W. Sellke; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA QS8. REDUCED FATTY ACID METABOLISM AND ELEVATED MITOCHONDRIAL H2O2 EMISSION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED PPAR〈 IN DIABETIC HUMAN MYOCARDIUM. E. Rodriguez, A. P. Kypson, C. A. Anderson, T. Ferguson, P. Neufer, E. J. Anderson; East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC QS9. REDUCTION OF INFARCTION AREA AND IMPROVEMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION BY OMENTOPEXY COMBINED WITH GRANULOCYTE COLONYSTIMULATING FACTOR ADMINIDTRATION IN A CORONARY OCCLUSION AND REPERFUSION RABBIT MODEL. N. Ishida, H. Takemura, H. Iwata, K. Shimabukuro, E. Murakami, Y. Umeda; Graduate School of Medicine Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
QUICK SHOTS: WEDNESDAY 2/4 3:30 PM CARDIOTHORACIC 3
QS10. INTERNET LUNG CANCER SUPPORT WEBSITE: USE AND INTEREST. S. Asfaw, T. Boley, B. Phelps, J. Quin; Southern IL University, Springfield, IL
QS1. OUTCOMES OF AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT PERFORMED BY CARDIOTHORACIC RESIDENTS IN OCTOGENARIAN PATIENTS. F. G. Bakaeen, D. Chu, S. Omer, S. Sansgiry, B. Kar, D. Paniagua, B. A. Carabello, S. A. LeMaire, J. S. Coselli, J. Huh; Baylor College of Medicine and The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
QS11. TUMOR-ASSOCIATED INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATES CORRELATE WITH DISEASE RECURRENCE IN PATIENTS WITH LARGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) TUMORS. A. Kilic, R. J. Landreneau, J. D. Luketich, A. Pennathur, M. J. Schuchert; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
QS2. OUTCOMES OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS OPERATIONS AT A VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL VERSUS OTHER HOSPITALS IN 49,000 PATIENTS. J. Choi1, F. G. Bakaeen2, J. Huh2, T. K. Dao2, S. A. LeMaire3, J. S. Coselli3, D. Chu2; 1 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 2Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 3Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX
QS12. FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY OF OSTEOPONTIN ISOFORMS IN LUNG CANCER. J. S. Donington, C. V. Goparaju, A. Ivanova, S. Ivanov, H. I. Pass; NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
QS3. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AMIODARONE PROTOCOL TO TREAT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN POSTOPERATIVE CARDIAC PATIENTS. R. S. Higgins1, J. Smiley2, A. Oates1, C. Temenek1, R. Nubani1; 1Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; 2University of Illinois, Chicago, IL QS4. ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY (EBUS) AND EBUS-GUIDED FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION (FNA) IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ISOLATED MEDIASTINAL MASS LESIONS. N. Ballian, T. L. Weigel; University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI QS5. RESECTION OF MIDDLE MEDIASTINAL TUMORS USING THE DA VINCI ROBOT. M. Latif, J. N. Afthinos, S. J. Belsley, G. J. Todd, C. P. Connery, F. Y. Bhora; St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Centre, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY QS6. CARDIAC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH MAJOR LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATION. L. Hawes, D. Chu, T. Misselbeck, C. Chi, P. H. Lin, P. Kougias, S. A. LeMaire, J. S. Coselli, J. Huh, F. G. Bakaeen; Baylor College of Medicine and The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX QS7. ENDOTHELIN-1 INDUCES HUMAN CORONARY MICROVASCULAR CONTRACTION VIA ENDOTHELIN-A RECEPTORS ACTIVATION AND PROTEIN KINASE C␣ SIGNALING PATHWAYS. J. Feng, Y. Liu, K. R. Khabbaz, N. R. Sodha,
QS13. TEAM CHANGEOVER IN THE OPERATING ROOM INCREASES TOTAL OPERATING ROOM TIME IN CARDIOVACULAR SURGERY. M. L. Brown, S. E. Henrickson, T. M. Sundt, III; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN QS14. AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT INCREASES RISK OF STROKE, BUT DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE MORTALITY IN ELECTIVE ANEURYSM REPAIR AND EMERGENT TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION REPAIR. R. A. Kulina, J. Sarik, B. Youdelman, J. Diehl; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA QS15. FLEXIBLE BIOPROSTHETIC AORTIC VALVES ENABLE LARGER IMPLANTATION SIZE DURING SUPRAAORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY. E. D. Kozin, Y. J. Woo; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA QS16. THE DYNAMICS AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ALPHA 2 PLASMIN INHIBITOR-PLASMIN COMPLEX AND THROMBIN-ANTI THROMBIN COMPLEX IN POSTOPERATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION FOLLOWING PULMONARY LOBECTOMY. F. Shoji, T. Yano, D. Kawano, T. Takenaka, N. Miura, K. Ito, Y. Morodomi, Y. Maehara; Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan QS17. IS THE ULTRASONIC SCALPEL SUPERIOR TO ELETROCAUTERY IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY? B. Weksler1, R. Gavina2, Z. B. Souza2;
ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC SURGERY AND SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY SURGEONS—ABSTRACTS F. W. Sellke; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA QS8. REDUCED FATTY ACID METABOLISM AND ELEVATED MITOCHONDRIAL H2O2 EMISSION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED PPAR〈 IN DIABETIC HUMAN MYOCARDIUM. E. Rodriguez, A. P. Kypson, C. A. Anderson, T. Ferguson, P. Neufer, E. J. Anderson; East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC QS9. REDUCTION OF INFARCTION AREA AND IMPROVEMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION BY OMENTOPEXY COMBINED WITH GRANULOCYTE COLONYSTIMULATING FACTOR ADMINIDTRATION IN A CORONARY OCCLUSION AND REPERFUSION RABBIT MODEL. N. Ishida, H. Takemura, H. Iwata, K. Shimabukuro, E. Murakami, Y. Umeda; Graduate School of Medicine Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
QUICK SHOTS: WEDNESDAY 2/4 3:30 PM CARDIOTHORACIC 3
QS10. INTERNET LUNG CANCER SUPPORT WEBSITE: USE AND INTEREST. S. Asfaw, T. Boley, B. Phelps, J. Quin; Southern IL University, Springfield, IL
QS1. OUTCOMES OF AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT PERFORMED BY CARDIOTHORACIC RESIDENTS IN OCTOGENARIAN PATIENTS. F. G. Bakaeen, D. Chu, S. Omer, S. Sansgiry, B. Kar, D. Paniagua, B. A. Carabello, S. A. LeMaire, J. S. Coselli, J. Huh; Baylor College of Medicine and The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
QS11. TUMOR-ASSOCIATED INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATES CORRELATE WITH DISEASE RECURRENCE IN PATIENTS WITH LARGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) TUMORS. A. Kilic, R. J. Landreneau, J. D. Luketich, A. Pennathur, M. J. Schuchert; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
QS2. OUTCOMES OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS OPERATIONS AT A VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL VERSUS OTHER HOSPITALS IN 49,000 PATIENTS. J. Choi1, F. G. Bakaeen2, J. Huh2, T. K. Dao2, S. A. LeMaire3, J. S. Coselli3, D. Chu2; 1 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 2Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 3Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX
QS12. FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY OF OSTEOPONTIN ISOFORMS IN LUNG CANCER. J. S. Donington, C. V. Goparaju, A. Ivanova, S. Ivanov, H. I. Pass; NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
QS3. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AMIODARONE PROTOCOL TO TREAT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN POSTOPERATIVE CARDIAC PATIENTS. R. S. Higgins1, J. Smiley2, A. Oates1, C. Temenek1, R. Nubani1; 1Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; 2University of Illinois, Chicago, IL QS4. ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY (EBUS) AND EBUS-GUIDED FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION (FNA) IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ISOLATED MEDIASTINAL MASS LESIONS. N. Ballian, T. L. Weigel; University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI QS5. RESECTION OF MIDDLE MEDIASTINAL TUMORS USING THE DA VINCI ROBOT. M. Latif, J. N. Afthinos, S. J. Belsley, G. J. Todd, C. P. Connery, F. Y. Bhora; St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Centre, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY QS6. CARDIAC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH MAJOR LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATION. L. Hawes, D. Chu, T. Misselbeck, C. Chi, P. H. Lin, P. Kougias, S. A. LeMaire, J. S. Coselli, J. Huh, F. G. Bakaeen; Baylor College of Medicine and The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX QS7. ENDOTHELIN-1 INDUCES HUMAN CORONARY MICROVASCULAR CONTRACTION VIA ENDOTHELIN-A RECEPTORS ACTIVATION AND PROTEIN KINASE C␣ SIGNALING PATHWAYS. J. Feng, Y. Liu, K. R. Khabbaz, N. R. Sodha,
QS13. TEAM CHANGEOVER IN THE OPERATING ROOM INCREASES TOTAL OPERATING ROOM TIME IN CARDIOVACULAR SURGERY. M. L. Brown, S. E. Henrickson, T. M. Sundt, III; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN QS14. AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT INCREASES RISK OF STROKE, BUT DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE MORTALITY IN ELECTIVE ANEURYSM REPAIR AND EMERGENT TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION REPAIR. R. A. Kulina, J. Sarik, B. Youdelman, J. Diehl; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA QS15. FLEXIBLE BIOPROSTHETIC AORTIC VALVES ENABLE LARGER IMPLANTATION SIZE DURING SUPRAAORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY. E. D. Kozin, Y. J. Woo; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA QS16. THE DYNAMICS AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ALPHA 2 PLASMIN INHIBITOR-PLASMIN COMPLEX AND THROMBIN-ANTI THROMBIN COMPLEX IN POSTOPERATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION FOLLOWING PULMONARY LOBECTOMY. F. Shoji, T. Yano, D. Kawano, T. Takenaka, N. Miura, K. Ito, Y. Morodomi, Y. Maehara; Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan QS17. IS THE ULTRASONIC SCALPEL SUPERIOR TO ELETROCAUTERY IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY? B. Weksler1, R. Gavina2, Z. B. Souza2;