16th Annual Meeting of the Alpe Adria Association of Cardiology

General information
aac2008@sicardio.org

Meeting venue
Adriatic Resort & Convention Center St. Bernardin
Grand Hotel Bernardin
hoteli.bernardin@siol.net
http://www.h-bernardin.si/

Information about registration
Cankarjev dom
Congress and Cultural Centre Ljubljana
Ms. Mojca Juvančič
registration@cd-cc.si

Hotel accommodation
Ms. Darja Kovačevič
Grand Hotel Bernardin
booking@h-bernardin.si

	Poster presentations


14.30-18.30	Thursday, June 5, 2008 Poster session 1 Mounting from 13.30-14.00 Author presence 16.30-17.00

	HEART FAILURE
THU-01	Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation Ivana Burazor, Mirko Burazor, Miroslav Krstic, Jozef Glasnovic, Svetlana Nagorni, Snezana Ciric-zdravkovic (Nis, Serbia)
THU-02	Obesity, Hypertension and Heart Failure. Echocardiographic Study Ivana Burazor, Srdjan Stefanovic, Miroslav Krstic (Nis, Serbia)
THU-03	Chronic Heart Failure – Two-year Mortality Rate Eva Dvorakova, Marek Šebo, Aleš Tomášek, Roman Miklík, Jindrich Špinar (Brno, Czech Republic)
THU-04	Anemia in Chronic Heart Failure Peter Solik, Lubomir Flak, Martin Caprnda, Katarina Kozlikova, Jan Murin (Bratislava, Slovakia)
THU-05	The Effects of Different Drug Treatment of Hypertensive Patients with Heart Failure on Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function Improvement Ivana Burazor, Srdjan Stefanovic, Violeta Stefanovic, Miroslav Krstic (Nis, Serbia)
THU-06	Telmisartan Therapy is Associated with Improved Fasting Glucose Levels in Non-diabetic Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Bojan Vrtovec, Gregor Zemljič, Matjaž Bunc (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
THU-07	Two Echocardiographic Approaches for Interventricular Interval Optimization in Biventricular Devices Jolana Lipoldová, M Novák, J Meluzin, J Krejci, P Hude, V Feitova, L Dusek, P Kamaryt, J Vitovec (Brno, Czech Republic)
THU-08	CARTO-Guided Transseptal, Endocardial Left Ventricular Electrode Implantation: An Alternative Method for Left Ventricular Lead Implantation in Resynchronisation Therapy László A Gellér, Szabolcs Szilágyi, Endre Zima, Marianna Srej, Gábor Fülöp, Béla Merkely (Budapest, Hungary)
THU-09	5 Years Epidemiological Registry of Hospitalized with Decompensated Heart Failure Patients (INvasive HEMOdynamic cohort (INHEMO) Alexander G Arutyunov, Gregory P Arutyunov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
THU-10	Management of Hospitalized Patients with Chronic Heart Failure in Period 2001-2003 Lea Hodoscek-majc¹, Dejan Majc¹, Mitja Lainscak² (Murska Sobota, Slovenia¹, Golnik, Slovenia²)
THU-11	Impedance Cardiography As a Method for Atrio-Ventricular and Ventriculo-Ventricular Delay Optimizing of Biventricular Devices Jolana Lipoldová, M Novak, P Kamaryt, P Homolka (Brno, Czech Republic)
THU-12	Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure – Pilot Study Lenka Kubkova, Krystyna Prymusova, Jitka Vlasinova, Milan Sepsi, Martin Tesak, Jan Manousek, Jindrich Spinar (Brno, Czech Republic)

	TRANSPLANTATION
THU-13	HOBART - HOspital BAsed Registry of heart Transplant patients. Július Godava, Pavol Šajgalík, Lenka Špinarová, Petr Hude, Jan Krejcí, Helena Bedánová, Petr Nemec, Ladislav Dušek, Jirí Vítovec (Brno, Czech Republic)
THU-14	Mucormycosis after Heart Transplantation Eva Ozábalová, Lenka Špinarová, Pavla Balcárková, Petr Hude, Jan Krejčí, Jiří Vítovec, Karel Veselý, Petr Němec (Brno, Czech Republic)

	INTENSIVE CARE
THU-15	Overcooling During Mild Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest Survivors – Phenomenon we Should Keep in Mind Roman Skulec¹, Tomas Kovarnik², Gabriela Dostalova², Jan Belohlavek², Ales Linhart² (Beroun, Czech Republic¹, Prague 2, Czech Republic²)
THU-16	Induction of Mild Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest Survivors Presenting with Cardiogenic Shock Syndrome Roman Skulec¹, Tomas Kovarnik², Gabriela Dostalova², Jiri Kolar², Jan Belohlavek², Ales Linhart² (Beroun, Czech Republic¹, Prague 2, Czech Republic²)

	CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
THU-17	Bosentan Treatment of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Congenital Heart Disease in Adulthood Tomas Zatocil¹, Anna Necasova¹, Tomas Brychta¹, Lenka Kubkova¹, Jindrich Spinar¹, Pavel Jansa² (Brno, Czech Republic¹, Prague, Czech Republic²)
THU-18	Congenital Heart Diseases and Stroke Jure Dolenc, Blaž Mrevlje, Mirta Koželj (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
THU-19	Follow-up in Patients Operated on for Tetralogy of Fallot: an Interdipartimental GUCH Experience Alessandra Benettoni, Auro Gombacci, Ioanna Nikolaraki, Giulia Russo, Claudio Pandullo, Andrea Dilenarda, Gianfranco Sinagra (Trieste, Italy)

9.00-13.00	Friday, June 6, 2008 Poster session 2 Mounting from 8.00-8.30 Author presence 11.00-11.30

	ARRHYTHMIAS
FRI-01	Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Typical Atrial Flutter As a First Line Treatment of Choice Ruzena Labrova, O Toman, M Fiala, T Novotny, J Spinar (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-02	Enter Data of the Atrial Fibrillation Registry at the High-Specialized Cardiology Department Jan Kanovsky, Ruzena Labrova, Petr Lokaj, Radim Karlik, Jindrich Spinar (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-03	Short AV Interval Right Ventricular Apical Pacing in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Damijan Vokac, Viljemka Nedog, Franjo Naji, Samo Granda (Maribor, Slovenia)

	CORONARY HEART DISEASE
FRI-04	Importance of the Follow-up Programme for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Iveta Mintale, Ilja Zakke, Dace Lurina, Andrejs Erglis (Riga, Latvia)
FRI-05	A Pilot Study for a Prognostic Prospective Cohort Study of Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Petr Vojtisek¹, Jan Matejka¹, Veronika Borkova¹, Jiri Skalicky¹, Vladimira Muzakova¹, Martin Bobak² (Pardubice, Czech Republic¹, London, United Kingdom²)
FRI-06	»Euroheart Survey Conform« Flexible PCI-Registry Gábor Szabó, Ildikó Rácz , László Balkay , István édes , Zsolt Kőszegi (Debrecen, Hungary)
FRI-07	Anaemia as a Risk Factor in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Ales Tomasek, Stanislav Janousek, Roman Miklik, Marek Sebo , Eva Dvorakova, Jindrich Spinar (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-08	Stent Implantation in Aberrant Circumflex Coronary Artery Zsolt Kőszegi, Gusztáv Vajda, Gábor Szabó, Rudolf Kolozsvári, Dezső Apró, István édes (Debrecen, Hungary)

	DIAGNOSTICS
FRI-09	N-Terminal Pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Women Aged 56-65 Tatjana Shipilova, Igor Pshenichnikov, Ain Borodin, Jevgeni Riipulk, Andres Anier, Jyri Kaik (Tallinn, Estonia)
FRI-10	NT-ProBNP and Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with Deteriorated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Preliminary Study Mateja Marc Malovrh, Ana Veternik Debeljak, Pika Meško Brguljan, Mitja Lainščak (Golnik, Slovenia)
FRI-11	BNP (Brain Natriuretic Peptide) in Acute Myocardial Infarction Azra Durak-nalbantić, A Arslanagić, S Brdjanović, E Hodžić, M Dilic, M Buksa (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

	INTERESTING CLINICAL CASES
FRI-12	Critical Stenosis of Ostial Left Main Coronary Artery following Aortic Valve Replacement - Case report Martin Tretina (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-13	Acute Aortic Dissection Manifested by Stable Pericardiac Effusion in a Patient Using Peroral Anticoagulation Therapy. Case report and Our Experience in Diagnostics Marian Felsoci, Stanislav Janousek, Marek Sebo, Ales Tomasek, Jindrich Spinar, Tomas Nebesky, Petr Nemec (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-14	Giant Left Coronary Artery Aneurysm - Surgical Treatment (Case Report) Jiri Pol, Jan Cerny, Borivoj Uchytil, Petr Malik, Petr Nemec (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-15	Cholesterol Crystal Embolism with Renal Impairement: a Complication of Coronary Angiography Silva Pukšić, Višnja Hariš, Danica Ljubanović, Željko Đurašević, Krešimir Galešić (Zagreb, Croatia)
FRI-16	A Case of a Patient with a Long-term Complication of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Therapy Maša Knehtl, Franjo Naji, Tatjana Golob Gulič, David Šuran, Vojko Kanič (Maribor, Slovenia)
FRI-17	Trombangiitis Obliterans (Buerger Disease) – A Case Report Martina Nováková, Ivo Hofírek, Jiri Vitovec (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-18	Amiodarone-Induced Pneumotoxicity - Case Report Pavla Balcarkova, Antonin Krpensky, Jiri Vitovec (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-19	A Rare Case of Heart Failure Caused by Primary Amyloidosis Pavol Šajgalík, Lenka Špinarová, Jan Krejci, Petr Hude, Marta Cíhalová, Ondrej Soucek, Jirí Vorlícek, Milan Navrátil, Jirí Vítovec (Brno, Czech Republic)

14.30-18.30	Friday, June 6, 2008 Poster session 3 Mounting from 13.30-14.00 Author presence 16.30-17.00

	BASIC RESEARCH
FRI-20	Melatonin in Cardiovascular Physiology: Prevention of Spontaneous Hypertension in Rat. Anna Zemančíková, Jozef Török, Soňa Čačányiová (Bratislava, Slovakia)
FRI-21	Long-Term Treatment with Nifedipine Reduces Contractile Responses of Mesenteric Artery to Adrenergic Stimuli in Young Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Jozef Török, Anna Zemančíková (Bratislava, Slovakia)
FRI-22	Different Effect of eNOS and nNOS Inhibition on Cardiovascular System of Wistar Rats. Frantisek Kristek, Sona Cacanyiova, Maria Gerova (Bratislava, Slovakia)
FRI-23	Effect of Chronic nNOS Inhibition on Blood pressure, Vasoactivity and Arterial Wall Structure in Wistar Rats Sona Cacanyiova, Frantisek Kristek, Maria Gerova (Bratislava, Slovakia)

	RISK FACTORS
FRI-24	Determining LDL Cholesterol - Evaluation of Alternative Calculation Methods Anna Vachulova¹, Branislav Vohnout¹, Jan Lietava¹, Pavel Blazicek¹, Andrej Dukat¹, George Fodor² (Bratislava, Slovakia¹, Ottawa, Canada²)
FRI-25	Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Slovak Out-Ward Patients. Viera Kosmalova, Viera Husarova, Peter Turek, Jan Lietava (Bratislava, Slovakia)
FRI-26	The Effect of Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy on QT interval and on Heart Rate Variability. Lubomir Flak, Boris Krahulec, Lujza Strbova, Dasa Meszarosova, Peter Solik (Bratislava, Slovakia)
FRI-27	Coronary Flow Reserve is Reduced in Patients with Increased Aortic Stiffness Attila Nemes, Miklós Csanády, Tamás Forster (Szeged, Hungary)
FRI-28	Uric Acid a Marker of Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome Luminita Latea, Stefania Suta Negrea (Cluj-napoca, Romania)
FRI-29	QT Interval and QT Dispersion in Relation to Arterial Hypertension and Some Other Factors Determined 10-year Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality Igor Pshenichnikov, Tatjana Shipilova, Jyri Kaik, Ain Borodin, Jevgeni Riipulk, Andres Anier (Tallinn, Estonia)
FRI-30	Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy and its Effect on QT Interval and Heart Rate Variability Lubomir Flak, Boris Krahulec, Lujza Strbova, Dasa Meszarosova, Peter Solik (Bratislava, Slovakia)
FRI-31	Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients with Systemic Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Branislav Milovanović, L Stojanović, B Bjelaković, M Krotin (Belgrade, Serbia)
FRI-32	Use of a Combination of Noninvasive Methods for Stratification of Sudden Cardiac Deat Risk in Patiens After Myocardial Infarction Petr Lokaj, Lubomir Krivan, Milan Kozak, Milan Sepsi, Jindrich Spinar (Brno, Czech Republic)

	MISCELLANEOUS
FRI-33	Occurence of Classical Symptoms in Patients with Genetically Confirmed LQTS Diagnosis Irena Dohnalova, Tomas Novotny, Alexandra Bittnerova, Martina Sisakova, Ondrej Toman, Jitka Kadlecova, Renata Gaillyova, Karel Chroust, Martina Raudenska, Anna Vasku, Jindrich Spinar (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-34	Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy by Theophylline in Elderly Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Jan Matejka, Petr Vojtisek, Ivo Varvarovsky, Ales Herman, Jiri Kvasnicka, Vladimir Rozsival (Pardubice, Czech Republic)
FRI-35	Single Coronary Ostium: Anomalous Origin of Right Coronary Artery from the Left Main Coronary Artery Kristina Maric-besic, Bosko Skoric, Mladen Jukic, Maja Strozzi (Zagreb, Croatia)
FRI-36	Euroaction: Prevention and Rehabilitation of CVD Can Be Realised by a Multidisciplinary Team - Results of Local Experience. Maria Marila Meroni, Rudi Longhi, Valeria Munaretto, Manuela Ferri, Bortolo Martini, Giorgio Dalle Molle, Federico Bordin, Giovanna Calapai (Thiene, Italy)
FRI-37	Clinical Efficacy of Statins in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Aneta Boskovic, Lj Music, S Dragnic (Podgorica, Montenegro)
FRI-38	Do Exist the Differences in Plasma Levels of NT-proBNP and Big Endothelin Between Patients with ESRD Undergoing Haemodialysis and Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis? Ondrej Ludka, Jindrich Spinar, Z Pozdisek, L Vitovcova, D Sobotova, L Spinarova, Viktor Musil, J Vitovec, J Tomandl (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-39	Cardiovascular Risk Factors Survey in Medical Staff Viktor Musil, Zbznek Pozdisek, Ondrej Ludka, Martin Plachy, Pavla Balcarkova, Jindrich Spinar, Petr Lokaj, Marian Felsoci (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-40	The Use of Levosimendan in Clinical Practise – Only Decompensated Heart Failure or De-novo As Well? Roman Miklík, Jiří Pařenica, Marian Felšoci, Jindřich Špinar (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-41	Oral Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation - How Do We Adhere to Guidelines? Marek Šebo, Roman Miklik, Aleš Tomášek, Eva Dvořáková, Marián Felšoci, Milan Sepši, Jindřich Špinar (Brno, Czech Republic)
FRI-42	Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is associated with insulin resistance, but not with adiponectin level in normotensive offspring of hypertensive families Bogomir Žižek¹, Aleš Jerin², Andrej Trojar¹, Tadej Željko³, Pavel Poredoš¹ (¹Ljubljana, ²Maribor, Slovenia)
FRI-43	Duplex scan surveillance of arterial remodeling in proximal and distal part of carotid stents Vojko Flis¹, Anton Bergauer¹, Jože Matela², Nina Kobilica¹, Barbara Štirn¹, Erik Tetičkovič³ (Maribor, Slovenia)