The North American Society for Cardiac Imaging (NASCI) is an
international organization dedicated to the advancement of cardiovascular imaging.

SCIENTIFIC POSTERS
Posters will be displayed all four days of the conference.

P01      Effects of Nonionic Iodinated Contrast Media on Patient Heart Rate During Intracardiac or Intraarterial Injection
Bernhard Meier, Ali Garachmani, Martin Fleisch, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

P02      Right Ventricular Fat Infiltration in Asymptomatic Subjects: Observations from ECG-Gated 16-slice Multidetector CT
Eunhee Kim, Yeon Hyeon Choe, Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

P03      A Unique Semi-Automated Edge Detection Algorithm Provides Accurate Coronary Lumen Area by CTA: Comparison to IVUS
Wm Guy Weigold, Sang-Wook Kim, Augusto Pichard, Zhenyi Xue, Neil Weissman, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, USA.

P04      Uniform Cardiac Enhancement Using Patient Specific Contrast Injection Protocols for Multi-Detector Computed Tomography
Uma Numburi1,2, George Chatzimavroudis2,1, Arthur Stillman1, Michael Lieber1, Arthur Uber3, John Kalafut3, Richard White1, Sandra Halliburton1,2, 1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA; 2Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA; 3Medrad, Inc., Indianola, USA.

P05      Lower Contrast Volumes with Minor Protocol Changes Enhance 64-Channel CTA Imaging in Peripheral Vascular Disease
David Allie1, Chris Hebert1, Mitchell Lirtzman1, Charles Wyatt1, Antoine Keller1, Peter Fail2, Sonja Ellis-Allie1, Elena Mitran1, Gary Chaisson2, Jason Hebert2, Gerald Laurich1, Sean McClellan1, Kurt Broussard1, William Ladd2, Craig Walker2, 1Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Lafayette, USA; 2Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, USA.

P06      Accuaracy of 64-Slice CT for Evaluation of Coronary Artery suitability for Coronary Bypass Surgery
Peter Zwerner1, Christopher Herzog2, Josh Doll2, Christopher Nielsen2, U. Joseph Schoepf2, 1Medical University of CSouth Carolina, Charleston, USA; 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.

P07      Coronary 64-slice Computed Tomographic Angiography Models Employing Aortic Root and Selective Catheter Directed Contrast Enhancement In Swine: Technical Feasibility and Preliminary Results Using 3D and 4D Reconstructions
Kostaki Bis, Anil Shetty, Stacy Brewington, Paul Arpasi, Rajani Kosouri, Wendy Stein, Michael Lauer, William O'Neill, William Beaumont Hospital, Bloomfield Hills, USA.

P08      Heart Rate and Image Quality: Analysis of 64-Slice CT Using a Vessel Model and Motion Stage
Kevin Johnson1, Gopi K.R. Sirineni2, Krishna Pottala2, Stefan Tigges2, John Oshinski2, 1Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech/Emory University, Atlanta, USA; 2Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.

P09      Dual Flow Contrast Injection for Coronary CTA Improves Visualization of the Right Heart
Corey T. Jensen, James G. Ravenel, Shaun A. Nguyen, Philip Costello, U. Joseph Schoepf, MUSC, Charleston, USA.

P10      Rapid Assessment of Cardiac Function at 64-Slice CT: Optimized Parameters and Clinical Validity
Giancarlo Savino, Josh Doll, Shaun A. Nguyen, Christopher Herzog, Peter L. Zwerner, Philip Costello, U. Joseph Schoepf, MUSC, Charleston, USA.

P11      Influence of Patient Variables on Coronary Artery Enhancement at 64-Slice CT of the Heart
Corey T. Jensen, Mark A. Auler, Shaun A. Nguyen, Giancarlo Savino, Philip Costello, U. Joseph Schoepf, MUSC, Charleston, USA.

P12      Diagnostic accuracy of 16-multidetector CT to identify aortic valve regurgitation in patients who undergo coronary CT angiography
Gudrun Maria Feuchtner1, Wolfgang Dichtl2, Silvana Mueller2, Guy Friedrich3, Thomas Schachner4, Johannes Bonatti4, Ammar Mallouhi1, Dieter zur Nedden1, 1Dept. of Radiology II, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; 2Dept. of Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; 3Dept. of Cardiology; Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; 4Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.

P13      Automatic Detection of Myocardial Contours in Short-Axis Cine Cardiac MR Images
Marcel Breeuwer1, Gilion Hautvast2, Steven Lobregt1, Anna Vilanova i Bartoli2, Frans Gerritsen1, 1Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands; 2Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

P14      CT of the Heart: Improved Stenosis Detection and Robustness of Use with 64-Slice CT
Stephen R. Burch, Julian Streck, Giancarlo Savino, James G. Ravenel, Shaun A. Nguyen, Pickens A. Gantt III, Christopher Herzog, Philip Costello, U. Joseph Schoepf, MUSC, Charleston, USA.

P15      Coronary Artery Stenting in Patients With Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction less than 40:
Farhan Aslam, Geisinger Medical center, Danville, USA.

P16      three dimensional rotational angiography in the diagnosis and endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease - review of literature and cases presentation
Arley Peter, Joshua Purow, Alexandre Ferreira, Eduardo de Marchena, Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami, Miami, USA.

P17      Screening 100 Asymptomatic volunteers for Coronary Artery Desease Using Cardiac CT
Elisha Barmeir1,2, Abd-el-Rauf Zeina1, Ian Orlov1, Jorge Blinder2, Uri Rosenschein1, 1Bani Zion Hospital, Haifa, Israel; 2MAR Imaging Institute, Haifa, Israel.

P18      “SwiFT” Switch on the Fly Technique: Enabling the Use of High-Channel RF Coils with a Lower Number of System Receivers
Gay Luebchow1, Cindy R. Comeau2,3, Venkat Ramanan4, Dashen Chu4, Stuart Clarkson4, Steven D. Wolff2,3, 1NeoSoft LLC, New York, USA; 2Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, NeoSoft LLC, New York, USA; 3Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, USA; 4GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, USA.

P19      Imaging of coronary anomalies by multi-detector row CT angiography
Krishna Mohan Pottala, Gopi kiran Reddy Sirineni, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Aaron Cann, Mushabbar A Syed, Stefan Tigges, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.

P20      Coronary Stent Image Quality: Dependence on Stent Type and Reconstruction Kernel As Assessed in a CT Phantom Model
Jill E Jacobs1, MB Srichai1, B. Schmidt2, J. Slater1, E. Vega1, L. Axel1, 1NYU Medical Center, New York, USA; 2Siemens, Malvern, USA.

P21      Iatrogenic renal impairement in patients undrgoing percuatneous coronary intervention: How much harm are we causing.
Farhan Aslam, Geisinger Medical center, Danville, USA.

P22      THE IMPACT OF RENAL DYSFUNCTION ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Farhan Aslam, Geiinger Medical Center, Danville, USA.

P23      Diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice spiral computed tomography in the detection of significant coronary artery stenoses and delayed myocardial enhancement in consecutive patinets.
Torsten Beck, Christof Burgstahler, Anja Reimann, Andreas F. Kopp, Stephen Schroeder, Uni Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.

P24      Evaluation of MR Image Quality with Implantable Cardiac Devices
Marc Burrell1, Joe Schaefer2, Jason Polzin2, 1Rice University, Houston, TX, USA; 2GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

P25      New Single Modality Imaging Protocol for Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension in Pediatric Patients
Isaac C Wu, Frederick K Emge, Cathleen A Woomert, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, USA.

P26      Respiratory Self-gated 4D Coronary Imaging
Peng Lai, Jaeseok Park, Andrew Larson, Debiao Li, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.

P27      The Prospective Incidence of Coronary Anomalous Origins in Patients with 16 Slice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiograms : A single Center Experience.
Erasmo De La Pena-Almaguer, Misael Linan-Cerda, Gerardo Sanchez-Cortez, Felipe Gonzalez-Camid, Enrique Ponce De Leon, Jose Azpiri-Lopez, Jose Assad-Morell, Christus-Muguerza Heart Institute, Monterrey Mexico, Mexico.

P28      Cardiac Deformation Recovery from Anatomical MRI using a Two-Chamber Incompressible Model
Oskar Skrinjar1, Arnaud Bistoquet1, Lisa Small1, W. James Parks2, 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA; 2Emory University, Atlanta, USA.

P29      CT Imaging Features and Prevalence of Left Ventricular Myocardial Fat in Subjects with CT Findings of Chronic Left Ventricular Myocardial Infarction
Hanna Zafar, Drew Torigian, Harold Litt, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

P30      Contrast enhanced MR angiography in pediatric patients after application of Gd-BOPTA
Günther Schneider, Alexander Maßmann, Kathrin Altmeyer, Angelika Lindinger, Bernhard Kramann, Peter Fries, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.

P31      Exam duration and PACS volumes in cardiac MR: When is enough enough?
Michael Atalay, Ethan Prince, William Mayo-Smith, John Cronan, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, USA.

P32      Clinical validation of a software tool for quantitative evaluation of MR angiography of the legs
Peter van Ooijen, Maarten van Leeuwen, Matthijs Oudkerk, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.

P33      Accuracy and Usefulness of 64 Slice Spiral Computed Tomography for Assessing the Prevalence, Quantification, and Morphology of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome:Preliminary Results in Comparison with Cath
Jeffrey Fine1, Ali Rizvi2, Nicol Ruff1, 1South Carolina Heart Center, Columbia, USA; 2University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, USA.

P34      Effect of varying Tube-potential on assessment of coronary stents using 64-slice MDCT: An in vitro study
Gopi Kiran Reddy Sirineni1, Krishna Pottala1, Mannudeep Kalra1, Aaron Cann1, Mushabbar Syed1, James O'Brien1, Kevin Johnson2, Stefan Tigges1, 1Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA; 2Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech/Emory University, Atlanta, USA.

P35      Influence of a Lipid Lowering Therapy on non-calcified and calcified Coronary Plaques Assessed by Multi-slice Computed Tomography. Results from the New-Age II Study.
Christof Burgstahler1, Torsten Beck1, Anja Reimann2, Martin Heuschmid2, Axel Kuettner3, Andreas Kopp2, Stephen Schroeder1, 1University of Tuebingen - Department of Internal Medicine III, Tuebingen, Germany; 2University of Tuebingen - Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tuebingen, Germany; 3University of Erlangen- Department of Radiology, Erlangen, Germany.

P36      MDCT angiography compared with myocardial SPECT for the non-invasive detection of functionally relevant coronary artery lesions: first clinical experience
Tobias Jakobs, Marcus Hacker, Christian Vollmar, Konstantin Nikolaou, Christoph Becker, Reinhold Tiling, Maximilian Reiser, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

P37      64-Slice CT Imaging in Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Patients
Amgad Makaryus1, Marie Roethel1, John Hines2, Barak Friedman2, Stephen Green1, Stanley Katz1, Lawrence Boxt1, 1North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, USA; 2Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, USA.

P38      A National and State by State Analysis of the Geographic Locations and Percentage of Americans Having Access to 64/40 Slice Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Jeffrey Fine, Timothy Attebery, Karen J. Spangler, South Carolina Heart Center, Columbia, USA.

P39      Design Considerations for an Optimized Cardiac CT Scanner
Herbert Bruder, Stefan Ulzheimer, Karl Stiersdorfer, Rainer Raupach, Thomas Flohr, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany.

P40      Imaging of Ischemic Heart Disease ; Focused on MDCT imaging
SungMin Ko, Donsan medical center, Daegu, Republic of Korea.

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