Abstracts ICC 2014

First Author	Senior Author	Affiliation (1st Author)	City, Country	Title	Link
Abe S.	Matsumiya G.	Chiba University	Chiba, Japan	Surgical outcomes of patients with antiphospholipid syndrome after PEA	Abstract
Arihara M.	Mitsuru M.	Okayama Medical Center	Okayama, Japan	Predictor of the improvement of oxygenation after angioplasty for CTEPH	Abstract
Biancosino C.	Cebotari S.	Hannover Medical School	Hannover, Germany	Is foreign material extraction mandatory even in clinically unremarkable patients with CETPH?	Abstract
Bohacekova M.	Remkova A.	Hemo Medika	Bratislava, SR	Do we know all risk factors of CTEHP?	Abstract
Bouvaist H.	Pison C.	CHU Grenoble	Grenoble, France	Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in a patient with CTEPH	Abstract
Brochhausen C.	Kirkpatrick C.J.	University Medical Center, REPAIR-lab	Mainz. Germany	Nestin-positive cells within patients with CTEPH	Abstract
Cannon J.	Pepke-Zaba J.	Papworth Hospital NHS foundation Trust	Cambridge, UK	Outcome after PEA: Long term follow-up of the UK national cohort.	Abstract
Chemla D.	Herve P.	Faculte de medecine Paris Sud-Sces de physiologie et pneumologie-Hopital de BicÃªtre	Le Kremlin BicÃªtre, France	Abnormally increased pulmonary eatery pulse pressure in CTEPH? A critical evaluation	Abstract
Chernyavskiy A.	Ivanov S.N.	Novosibirsk Research Institute of Circulation Pathology	Novosibirsk, Russia	Clinical and functional assessment of long-term follow-up of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy	Abstract
Claessen G.	Delcroix M.	University Hospitals Leuven	Leuven, Belgium	Right ventricular functional reserve predicts exercise capacity and ventilatory efficiency in patients with CTEPH	Abstract
Claessen G.	Delcroix M.	University Hospitals Leuven	Leuven, Belgium	Sildenafil increases stroke volume during exercise in patients with CTEPH	Abstract
D’Armini A.M.	Hoeper M.	University of Pavia	Pavia, Italy	Riociguat for the treatment of inoperable CTEPH or persistent/recurrent CTEPH after PEA: A responder analyses from the phase III CHEST-1 study	Abstract
Darocha S.	Torbicki A.	European Health Center	Otwock, Poland	The efficacy and safety of the BPA for inoperable CTEPH – Preliminary results	Abstract
Del Pozo R.	Escribanos-Subias P.	Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre	Madrid, Spain	CTEPH: Differences and similarities with iPAH	Abstract
Del Pozo R.	Escribanos-Subias P.	Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre	Madrid, Spain	Results in CTEPH from the Spanish prospective registry	Abstract
Dhital K.	Kotlyar E.	St Vincent’s Hospital	Sidney, Australia	Pulmonary endarterectomy at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney: Commencin a surgical program through mentorship and dual review for patient selection	Abstract
Dzikowska-Diduch O.	Pruszczyk P.	Medical University of Warsaw	Warsaw, Poland	CTEPH and biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction	Abstract
Fernandes T.M.	Morris T.A.	University of California	San Diego, USA	Non-O Blood group significantly increases the risk of CTEPH after acute pulmonary embolism	Abstract
Fernandes T.M.	Kim N.H.	University of California	San Diego, USA	Female sex predisposes to residual PH after pulmonary endarterectomy	Abstract
Fernandes T.M.	Kim N.H.	University of California	San Diego, USA	Preoperative prediction of surgical specimen prior to pulmonary endarterectomy	Abstract
Fujii S.	Ogawa A.	National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center	Okayama, Japan	Pulmonary injury after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with CTEPH cold be eliminated by avoiding vascular injury	Abstract
Fukumoto Y.	Shimokawa H.	Kurume University School of Medicine	Kurume, Japan	Usefulness of optical coherence tomography imaging in CTEPH	Abstract
Gan H.-L.	Gan H.-L.	Beijing Anzhen Hospital	Beijing, China	Significant persistent PH is a risk factor for the failure of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenations after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy	Abstract
Gan H.-L.	Gan H.-L.	Beijing Anzhen Hospital	Beijing, China	The wall eclipsing sign on pulmonary artery computed tomography angiography is pathognomonic for pulmonary artery sarcoma	Abstract
Gan H.-L.	Chen D.	Beijing Anzhen Hospital	Beijing, China	The surgical treatment of 14 cases of pulmonary artery sarcoma	Abstract
Gan H.-L.	Chen D.	Beijing Anzhen Hospital	Beijing, China	A comparative study to diagnostic efficiency to pulmonary artery sarcoma through various diagnostic modes	Abstract
Gan H.-L.	Gan H.-L.	Beijing Anzhen Hospital	Beijing, China	Preoperative transcatheter occluding bronchopulmonary collateral artery can alleviate repercussion pulmonary edema and improve early hemodynamic after pulmonary endarterectomy procedure	Abstract
Hadinnapola C.	Pepke-Zaba J.	Papworth Hospital	Cambridge, UK	Systematic characterization of inflammation in CTEPH	Abstract
Heresi G.A.	Smedira N.G.	Cleveland Clinic	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	CTEPH and mediastinal venous malformation case – Treatment approach	Abstract
Higgins J.	Madani M.	University of California	San Diego, USA	Challenges of pulmonary endarterectomy after failed pulmonary balloon angioplasty	Abstract
Inami T.	Satoh T.	Kyorin University	Kyorin, Japan	Pressure-wire-guided percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty: a breakthrough in the catheter-interventional therapy for CTEPH	Abstract
Inami T.	Satoh T.	Kyorin University	Kyorin, Japan	A gradual improvement without functional restenosis one year after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for CTEPH	Abstract
Jansa P.	Lindner J.	General University Hospital	Prague, Czech Republic	Long-term experience with CTEPH treatment in the Czech Republic	Abstract
Kikuchi H.	Satoh T.	Kyorin University	Kyorin, Japan	A new era of therapeutic strategies for CTEPH: Contrast among pulmonary endarterectomy, percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty, and medical therapy	Abstract
Kikuchi H.	Satoh T.	Kyorin University	Kyorin, Japan	The most sensible objective markers in echocardiography and electrocardiograph to detect an improvement of PH – A study after percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty	Abstract
Kim N.	Ghofrani H.A.	UCSD School of Medicine	San Diego, USA	Hemodynamic assessment of patients with inoperable CTEPH in the Chest-1 Study	Abstract
Kim N.	Wilkins M.R.	UCSD School of Medicine	San Diego, USA	Impact of riociguat on health-related quality of life in patients with CTEPH	Abstract
Klok F.A.	Lankeit M.	University Medical Center Mainz	Mainz, Germany	Validation of a simple non-invasive algorithm for ruling out CTEPH six months after acute pulmonary embolism	Abstract
Koizumi N.	Ogino H.	Tokyo Medical University Hospital	Tokyo, Japan	A new program of surgical management with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in the era of balloon pulmonary angioplasty in Japan	Abstract
Lindner J.	Jansa P.	General University Hospital	Prague, Czech Republic	Surgical treatment of CTEPH combined with atrial fibrillation and flutter	Abstract
Loder C.	Coghlan J.	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	London, UK	CTEPH not scleroderma: Using OCT as a tool for diagnosis in PH	Abstract
Loureiro M.J.	Reis A.	Hospital Garcia de Orta	Almada, Portugal	Pulmonary endarterectomy in a country without pulmonary endarterectomy: the favorable impact of a cross-border system of care.	Abstract
Madani C.	Yi C.	University of California	San Diego, USA	Comparing ICU nursing care in post-pulmonary thromboendarterectomy patients versus non-PTE open heart surgical patiens with a time and motion study	Abstract
Madani C.	Kim S.C.	University of California	San Diego, USA	Randomized controlled trial: Evaluation of multifaceted preoperative education on postoperative delirium, anxiety, and knowledge among patients undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy	Abstract
Madani M.	Auger W.	University of California	San Diego, USA	Sub-segmental pulmonary endarterectomy: Time for a new surgical classification	Abstract
Maki H.	Komuro I.	University of Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	The efficacy of pulmonary vasodilators in patients with CTEPH	Abstract
Mercier O.	Dartevelle P.	Marie Lannelongue Hospital	La Plessis Robinson, France	Early Results of High-risk pulmonary endarterectomy in patients with splenectomy or indwelling catheters	Abstract
Mercier O.	Dartevelle P.	Marie Lannelongue Hospital	La Plessis Robinson, France	Heart-lung or double lung transplantation for pulmonary endarterectomy failure	Abstract
Minatsuki S.	Matsubara H.	The University of Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	Determinant of total procedural number of balloon pulmonary angioplasty for CTEPH	Abstract
Moseley E.	Sheares K.	Papworth Hospital	Cambridge, UK	Effects of targeted therapy on thrombus morphology and the cellular and tissue composition of pulmonary endarterectomy specimens – a retrospective histopathological study	Abstract
Moser B.	Ankersmit J.	Medical University Vienna	Vienna, Austria	Local and systemic RAGE axis changes in pulmonary hypertension: CTEPH and iPAH	Abstract
Mussot S.	Dartevelle P.	Marie Lannelongue Hospital	Â Le Plessis Robinson, France	Retrospective institutional study of 38 patients treated for pulmonary artery sarcoma	Abstract
Naito A.	Tatsumi K.	Chiba University	Chiba, Japan	Evaluation Of Plasma Pentraxin3 In Patient With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)	Abstract
Nicolas Jilwan F.	Roisman G.	HÃ´pital Antoine BÃ©clÃ¨re	Clamart, France	High prevalence and mechanisms of nocturnal breathing disorders in patients with CTEPH. Comparison with idiopathic PH.	Abstract
Noly P.-E.	Fadel E.	Marie Lannelongue Hospital	La Plessis Robinson, France	Capillary density and myocardiofibrosis in adaptation of the right ventricular function to pulmonary hypertension insight an animal and human study	Abstract
Ogawa A.	Yuan J.X-J.	National Hospital Organization Okayama	Okayama, Japan	Role of thrombin in vascular remodeling in CTEPH	Abstract
Ogo T.	Nakanishi N.	National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center	Osaka, Japan	Right ventricular reverse remodeling after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	Abstract
Pistritto A.M.	Lang I.M.	Medical University of Vienna	Vienna, Austria	Elevated left ventricular filling pressures in CTEPH	Abstract
Poch D.S.	Fernandes T.M.	University of California	San Diego, USA	Baseline right atrial pressures and mean pulmonary artery pressure determine risk for reperfusion pulmonary edema after pulmonary endarterectomy	Abstract
Quarck R.	Delcroix M.	KU Leuven	Leuven, Belgium	Systemic and local inhibition of fibrinolysis induces chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in rabbits	Abstract
Sadushi-Kolici R.	Lang I.M.	Medical University of Vienna	Vienna, Austria	Platelets and CTEPH	Abstract
Seferian A.	Jais X.	CHU BicÃªtre	Clamart, France	Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome as a rare cause of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	Abstract
Shigeta Y.	Satoh T.	Kyorin University	Kyorin, Japan	Impact of percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty for CTEPH with residual PH after endarterectomy	Abstract
Shigeta Y.	Satoh T.	Kyorin University	Kyorin, Japan	Relationship between lipid disorders and CTEPH	Abstract
Shimokawahara H.	Sonoda M.	National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center	Kagoshima, Japan	Impact of quantitative assessment of computed tomography value by using lung perfused blood volume computed tomography for the diagnosis of CTEPH	Abstract
Shostak N.A.	Demidova N.A.	Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University	Moscow, Russian Federation	Remodeling of the right heart and the level of brain natriuretic peptide in patients with CTEPH: A comparative cross-sectional observational study	Abstract
Simonneau G.	Wilkins M.R.	University Paris-Sud	Paris, France	Riociguat for the treatment of inoperable or persistent/recurrent CTEPH: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (Chest-1)	Abstract
Simonneau G.	Mayer E.	University Paris-Sud	Paris, France	Riociguat for the treatment of CTEPH: 1-Year results from the Chest-2 long-term extension (LTE) study	Abstract
Sugiura T.	Tatsumi K.	Chiba University	Chiba, Japan	Relationship between improved pulmonary arterial pressure and changes in inter ventricular septal configuration by 320-slice CT in patients under pulmonary endarterectomy	Abstract
Suzuki Y.	Emoto N.	Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine	Kobe, Japan	Shear stress and cell cycle stretch role on isolated smooth muscle cells of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	Abstract
Taboada D.	Sheares K.	Papworth Hospital	Cambridge, UK	Outcome of Pulmonary Endarterectomy in Symptomatic Chronic Thromboembolic Disease	Abstract
Taniguchi Y.	Emoto N.	Kobe University Hospital	Kobe, Japan	Balloon pulmonary angioplasty can be an Alternative Treatment Strategy for the Management of Non-Operable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertesion	Abstract
Taniguchi Y.	Hirata K.	Kobe University Hospital	Kobe, Japan	Improvement of Cardiac Output after Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty Depends on Preoperative Right Ventricular Function in inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.	Abstract
Tilea I.A.	Lang I.M.	Medical University of Vienna	Vienna, Austria	Phenprocoumon dose requirements and genetic polymorphisms in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	Abstract
Tromeur C.	Simonneau G.	CHRU Brest	Brest, France	Predictive factors for success of pulmonary endarterectomy in CTEPH	Abstract
Wieteska M.	Torbicki A.	Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education	Otwock, Poland	Electrocardiographic trends in medically and surgically treated patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	Abstract
Williams L.	Fraser J.	The Prince Charles Hospital	Chermside, Australia	Successful use of pre and post operative ECMO for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, mitral valve replacement and myomectomy in a patient with CTEPH and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	Abstract