Index of Abstracts - SA Heart Congress 2012

Abstract

Alphabetical listing of first authors Diagnostic value of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram in arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiom Cardioembolism in patients with isolated left ventricular noncompaction and reduced ejection fraction Treatment of surgical tissue valve dysfunction by percutaneous valve implantation PDA and ASD closure with CeraTM and CeraFlexTM devices The incidence and predictors of ICD therapy in ARVC: From the ARVC registry of SA Case report: Mycotic aneurysms complicating infective endocarditis Ethnicity-related cardiovascular and metabolic responses to stress: The SABPA study Congenital unilateral absence of pulmonary artery: Single institutional experience Isolated unilateral absence of pulmonary artery: Review of cases seen in a Southern African tertiary care institution A prospective study evaluating super-responders in South Africa Molecular analysis of PP1 anchoring to NCX1 macromolecular complex E/é ratio as a predictor of left ventricular remodeling in STEMI patients The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease amongst Grade 10 - 12 learners of the Free State and Northern Cape: Preliminary results A possible role for the ATM protein in the myocardial pathology associated with obesity and insulin resistance Left main stem coronary (LMS) thrombosis in a teenager with nephrotic syndrome (NS) Low systolic blood pressure and high resting heart rate as predictors of outcome in patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy High circulating free fatty acids (FA) abolish ischaemic preconditioning (PC) in isolated perfused rat hearts Melatonin as a novel therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension Myocardial deformation in African hypertensive patients: An analysis using speckle tracking echocardiography The use of biological tissue covered stents for the treatment of complex coronary artery aneurysms New data for rheumatic mitral regurgitation by 3D echocardiography in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights for surgical repair? Anaemia and chronic heart failure Clinical characteristics of cardio-renal syndrome in chronic heart failure Effect of systolic blood pressure on outcomes after admission for acute coronary syndrome Iron deficiency as cause of anaemia in chronic heart failure Prevalence and epidemiology of acute coronary syndromes in a large urban hospital in South Africa Prevalence of cardio-renal syndrome in patients with heart failure Selective Epac modulation mediates cardioprotection during ischaemia/reperfusion Risk of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with acute coronary syndrome Carvedilol use in patients with severe rheumatic mitral regurgitation awaiting mitral valve surgery The DEBB (Drug-Eluting Balloon in Bifurcations) study Assessment of left atrial and left ventricular function in chronic rheumatic mitral regurgitation by strain imaging The changing clinical profile of chronic moderate to severe rheumatic mitral regurgitation in a tertiary hospital Three cases of left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease Tricuspid valve endocarditis associated with intravenous nyoape use: A report of 3 cases Cardiovascular predictors of in-hospital mortality following noncardiac surgery Clinical and haemodynamic predictors of vasoreactivity in category one pulmonary arterial hypertension Criss-cross heart with double-outlet right ventricle: untwisting a previously incorrect diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography Groote Schuur Hospital septic pacemaker and defibrillator lead extraction: Case series The outcome of tricuspid valve surgery in patients with left-sided valvular pathology Dyslipidemia and its correlates among HIV infected children on HAART attending Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital An echocardiograhic comparison of isolated left ventricular noncompaction versus idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy Myocardial and vascular dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance Myocardial and vascular inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus drives the increased cardiovascular risk in young patients independently of cardiovascular risk factors: Insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance Myocardial perfusion is associated with impaired strain in systemic lupus erythematosus: A cardiovascular magnetic resonance study Myocardial perfusion reserve is associated with impaired strain and higher disease activity on rheumatoid arthritis: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance study Myocardial tissue characterisation with late gadolinium enhancement in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis Apical LV aneurysms in children Patent ductus arteriosus closure using Occlutech duct occluder, experience in Port Elizabeth, South Africa Evaluating coronary artery disease in patients without typical angina Is there an association between sleeping patterns and other environmental factors with obesity and blood pressure in an urban African population? Investigation of Ac-SDKP levels in the pathophysiology of constrictive tuberculous pericarditis Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T polymorphism is associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease MicroRNA-499 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Patients with Premature Coronary Artery Disease Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms 5178 C>A and 16189 T>C in young South African Indians with coronary artery disease Sirtuin 1 polymorphisms in young South African Indians with coronary artery disease Renal dysfunction in African patients with acute heart failure Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery (MIMVS): The Groote Schuur Hospital programme Infective endocarditis in South Africa: What is the impact of the HIV pandemic? Ex vivo measurements of rat vascular reactivity: The role of obesity and perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) Introducing the EndoAfrica study: Are HIV and ART associated with endothelial dysfunction? Ascertainment of congenital heart disease in the Limpopo Province of South Africa Ascertainment of rheumatic heart disease in children in the Limpopo Province of South Africa HIV - associated pulmonary hypertension in a densely populated, peri-urban township in South Africa BNP predicts systolic dysfunction in pregnant women with cardiac disease Clinical Characteristics of HIV positive patients presenting with Acute Coronary Syndromes Optimisation of micro-method for the isolation of pure high-density lipoproteins (HDL) from low volume serum samples