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  1. Second victims in health care: current perspectives
  2. From the Obesity Tsunami to the Diabetes Avalanche: Primordial Prevention of the Diabesity-Related Cardiovascular Epidemic by Diabeto-Cardiologists
  3. Advantages and Pitfalls of the Glycated Hemoglobin A1c Measurement in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Start Simple, Evolve to More Sophisticated
  4. The fragmented QRS and epsilon wave in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: Does before -and-after the end of the QRS complex matter?
  5. Anatomical variations of the axillary vein in the “pinch-off area”: The “pinch-off” sign and venography as a poor's man ultrasound
  6. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator bridging from temporariness to permanence
  7. A novel use of cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator device in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  8. The placebo effect in atrial fibrillation ablation: Placebo or pseudo-placebo effect?
  9. Long QT: A syndrome or acquired finding?
  10. Use of permanent pacemaker systems as temporary pacemakers
  11. Heart rate variability parameters in children with ventricular preexcitation
  12. Response to adenosine during narrow QRS tachycardia and sinus rhythm: What is the mechanism?
  13. The reentry circuit and route in no entry left ventricle situations for ventricular tachycardia ablations
  14. Association of Prediabetes With Higher Coronary Atherosclerotic Burden Among Patients With First Diagnosed Acute Coronary Syndrome
  15. Overcoming infrequent electrophysiological dilemmas
  16. There is something wrong when you can't touch: Contact mapping
  17. The super “hidden” concealed left-sided accessory pathway
  18. Serial echocardiographic changes with different body positions and sleeping side preference in heart failure patients
  19. Defibrillation failure: Considerations
  20. A novel way to facilitate left ventricular lead implantation: Jailed catheter technique
  21. Left posterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia: Ablative strategies
  22. The short-term impact of the catheter ablation on noninvasive autonomic nervous system parameters in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
  23. Various approaches to reach the pericardial space for arrhythmia mapping and ablation
  24. Perception paradox between the doctors and patients in the industrial-bureaucratic age of medicine: Defensive versus offensive medicine in anticoagulation and atrial fibrillation ablation
  25. Bear tracks hypothesis: from atrial fibrillation to atrial fibrosis syndrome in stroke risk assessment
  26. Should all individuals with a non-diagnostic electrocardiogram undergo ajmaline challenge to unmask the concealed arrhythmic overlap syndromes?
  27. Theories and Controversies on Mechanism of Electrocardiographic Changes during Hemodialysis: Reply to Christov et al.
  28. Reversed shunting in CREST syndrome
  29. Brugada Syndrome with Early Repolarization masked by Complete Right Bundle-Branch Block: Figure 1
  30. Dynamic Systolic Compression of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery by a Postinfarction Dyskinetic Left Ventricular Aneurysm
  31. P-Wave Changes in Hemodialysis Patients: Reply to Marano et al.
  32. Clarithromycin-induced QT prolongation in a patient with incidental parathyroidectomy
  33. OP-102 Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio to Predict Degenerative Calcific Aortic Stenosis
  34. OP-020 Meta-Analysis of Trials Comparing Cryothermal Energy and Radio Frequency Energy for Ablation of Isthmus Dependent Atrial Flutter
  35. OP-280 The Relationship Between Metabolic Syndrome and the Number of Its Components with Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After Cryoballoon Ablation
  36. OP-103 The Relationship Between Heart Failure Stage/Symptom Class and Red Blood Cell Distribution Width
  37. OP-009 The Relationship Between Heart Failure Stage/Symptom Class and Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio
  38. OP-279 Phrenic Nerve Palsy with Second-Generation Cryoballoon is Higher than with First-Generation Cryoballoon
  39. PP-260 There is No Relationship Between Coronary Collateral Development with Serum Γ-Glutamyltransferase and Uric Asid Levels
  40. Chronic Total Artery Occlusions in Noninfarct-Related Coronary Arteries
  41. Successful catheter ablation of para-hisian premature ventricular depolarization with a distinctive electrocardiographic manifestation
  42. Transvenous lead implantation in a patient with mechanical prosthesis in the tricuspid position: Transvenous route should be the first choice
  43. The Relationship Between Inflammatory Markers and Coronary Collateral Circulation Should be Evaluated Together With Cardiovascular Medications in Stable Coronary Artery Disease
  44. Clinical Outcomes and Inflammatory Markers Should Be Kept in Mind when Assessing the Mean Platelet Volume in Patients with Infective Endocarditis
  45. Association of prediabetes with diffuse coronary narrowing and small-vessel disease
  46. Diagnostic dilemma in pulmonary arterial hypertension
  47. Phase-4 paroxysmal atrioventricular block in sarcoidosis
  48. Club 35 Poster session Friday 13 December: 13/12/2013, 08:30-18:00 * Location: Poster area
  49. Atrial Dissection‐Like Appearance Caused by an Inferior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect with an Unroofed Defect
  50. Calcified thrombosed left ventricular aneurysm
  51. Right ventricular outflow tract function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  52. Postexercise recovery phase T-wave notching in concealed long QT syndrome
  53. Early coronary vein stenosis after cardiac resynchronization therapy
  54. Delayed left ventricular-to-right atrial communication (acquired Gerbode defect) after aortic valve replacement
  55. Usefulness of Screening Left Atrioventricular Groove Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness
  56. Worsened diastology after radiofrequency catheter ablation in AF patients: More touches more stiff left atrium
  57. Recurrence of cardiomyopathy by recurrent pheochromocytoma
  58. Comparison of Electrocardiographic Criteria in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients with and without Apical Aneurysm
  59. Association of the Time Between First Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation and Cryoballoon Ablation Correlate with Recurrence of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
  60. Cryoablation First theRapy OutcomeS compared to after-drug Therapy (C-Frost) Trial
  61. Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Post Cryoballoon Catheter Ablation
  62. Reduction of Inappropriate ShockS bY InCreaseD Zones (RISSY-ICD) Trial
  63. Association of Prediabetes with Diffuse Coronary Narrowing and Small-Vessel Disease
  64. The Incidence and Pattern of Coronary Artery Anomalies in a Large Group of Patients who Underwent Coronary Angiography
  65. Is MPO Activity and MDA a Marker of Determine Coronary Artery Disease in Non Diabetic Metabolic Syndrome Subjects?
  66. Adult type anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA)
  67. Radiofrequency ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia originating from the tricuspid annulus
  68. Why aortic elasticity differs among classical and non-classical mitral valve prolapsed?
  69. Exercise-related QT interval shortening with a peaked T wave in a boy with MEN 2 syndrome
  70. Pulmonary Artery Distensibility in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  71. OP-084 EVALUATION OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AMONGST YOUNG MALE ADULTS WITH VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE
  72. OP-181 EVALUATION OF AORTIC ARCH ELASTICITY IN SUBJECTS WITH CLASSICAL AND NONCLASSICAL MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
  73. OP-056 EVALUATION OF P-WAVE AXIS CHANGES DURING TILT-TABLE TEST IN PATIENTS WITH VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE
  74. The Role of the Preoperative Screening of Sleep Apnoea by Berlin Questionnaire and Epworth Sleepiness Scale for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
  75. Association of sleep apnea with coronary slow-flow phenomenon
  76. Angina in the Broken Heart Syndrome: Emotional or Physical Chest Pain?
  77. Intramyocardial hematoma with epicardial rupture following percutaneous coronary intervention
  78. Exercise induced left bundle branch block in a patient with slow coronary flow: A case report
  79. Sleep apnea, heart failure, and sleep position
  80. Influence of the severity of obstructive sleep apnea on nocturnal heart rate indices and its association with hypertension
  81. Imaging of pulmonary venous aneurysm
  82. Influence of the right- versus left-sided sleeping position on the apnea-hypopnea index in patients with sleep apnea
  83. A case of fatal endocarditis due to Suttonella Indologenes
  84. Chronic intermittent hypoxia caused by obstructive sleep apnea may play an important role in explaining the morbidity-mortality paradox of obesity
  85. Is Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Triggered by Intermittent Claudication Secondary to Peripheral Arterial Disease Responsible for Preventing Early Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery?
  86. P97 INCREASED ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH SLOW CORONARY FLOW
  87. Carbon monoxide poisoning associated with Narghile use
  88. OP-073 MAD HONEY POISONING
  89. Multisite Infective Endocarditis/Endarteritis in a Young Peripartum Patient with Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease: A Case Report
  90. Double Mitral Valve Imaging
  91. Acute stress-induced late drug-eluting stent thrombosis leading to hyperacute myocardial infarction
  92. Ventricular pseudo-bigeminy pattern associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
  93. Band-like left ventricular echogenic artifact
  94. Epsilon‐Like Electrocardiographic Pattern in a Patient with Brugada Syndrome
  95. Myocardial noncompaction and myocardial bridging: A novel coexistence?
  96. Biventricular myocardial noncompaction presenting with complete atrioventricular block
  97. Myocardial noncompaction presenting with Brucella endocarditis
  98. Side-by-side false and true lumen stenting for recanalization of the chronically occluded right coronary artery
  99. Cor Triatriatum Dexter and Sinister Appearance Caused by Giant Eustachian Valve and Prominent Interatrial Septal Aneurysm
  100. The imaging of huge pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with Taussig–Bing anomaly
  101. Asymmetric dimethylarginine plasma concentrations and L-arginine/asymmetric dimethylarginine ratio in patients with slow coronary flow
  102. Transient cyst-like thrombus imaging associated with myocardial infarction
  103. False Passage in the Interventricular Septum Associated with Small Septal Diverticulum
  104. Pseudo-double aortic valve imaging caused by type A aortic dissection
  105. Effect of obesity on saphenous graft stenosis in patients with postoperative recurrent angina.
  106. Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm associated with noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium
  107. QT Dispersion Significantly Increases after Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Shocks
  108. Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Implantation in an Elderly Patient With Isolated Ventricular Noncompaction
  109. Clinical Features of Isolated Ventricular Noncompaction in Adults Long-Term Clinical Course, Echocardiographic Properties, and Predictors of Left Ventricular Failure
  110. Brugada-like early repolarisation pattern associated with acute pericarditis
  111. Transient total occlusion of the mitral valve orifice by a free-floating left atrial ball thrombus
  112. Comparison of Regional Systolic Myocardial Velocities in Patients with Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction and Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  113. Non‐compaction cardiomyopathy associated with myocardial bridging: A frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed cardiomyopathy
  114. Exercise-induced ventricular tachycardia associated with J point ST-segment elevation in inferior leads in a patient without apparent heart disease: a variant form of Brugada syndrome?
  115. Hemodynamic Change in Transmitral Gradient During Valsalva Maneuver and Its Relation with Left Atrial Function, Functional Capacity, and Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Patients with Mitral Stenosis in Sinus Rhythm
  116. Effect of Low-Dose Amiodarone and Magnesium Combination on Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Surgery
  117. Coronary artery–left ventricular fistulae associated with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  118. Imaging of Diastolic Mitral Regurgitation in a Patient with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection with Diastolic Prolapse of Intimal Flap into Left Ventricle
  119. Atrial Dissection‐Like Appearance Caused by Ileus Due to Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
  120. Aneurysmal sac located between right pulmonary artery and left atrium
  121. Uncomplicated Heart and Lung Perforation by a Displaced Ventricular Pacemaker Lead: A Case Report
  122. Biatrial compression caused by intrapericardial hematoma secondary to ruptured type I acute aortic dissection following aortic valve replacement
  123. Serum level of lipoprotein (a) is inversely associated with the development of coronary collateral circulation
  124. Comparison of Presence and Extent of Coronary Narrowing in Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block Without Diabetes Mellitus to Patients With and Without Left Bundle Branch Block But With Diabetes Mellitus
  125. Trepopnea in a Patient with Cardiac Tumor
  126. Preserved systolic function with isolated left ventricular noncompaction in an elderly patient
  127. Single Coronary Artery Presenting with Cardiogenic Shock due to Acute Myocardial Infarction
  128. Multichamber Intracardiac Thrombi Associated with Activated Protein C Resistance in a Patient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  129. Giant Left Anterior Descending Artery Aneurysm in a Patient with Behcet's Disease
  130. An Interesting Echocardiographic Imaging of D‐Transposition of the Great Arteries
  131. Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Developing as a Late Complication of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Apicoseptal Plication
  132. Left Atrial Compression by Thoracic Aneurysm Mimicking Congestive Heart Failure
  133. Aortic dissection with diastolic prolapse of intimal flap into left ventricle
  134. Porcelain heart: a case of massive myocardial calcification
  135. Imaging of isolated ventricular non-compaction with dynamic cardiomyoplasty
  136. A giant left atrial myxoma prolapsing to midlevel of the left ventricle causing severe pulmonary hypertension
  137. Double-chambered right ventricle associated with membranous interventricular septal aneurysm
  138. Platelet aggregation in left ventricular thrombus formation after acute anterior myocardial infarction: mean platelet volume