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14th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 2000

Jan. 29 - Feb. 5, 2000
Marilleva, Trento, Italy


Arrhythmias in Athletes (part I)
	Commotio cordis: sudden death due to chest wall trauma Mark S. Link, Paul J.Wang, Munther K. Homoud, Mark Estes III. The New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Washington, USA Sudden cardiac death in young competitive athletes. An update of long-term investigation Annalisa Bertoldi, Francesco Furlanello, Amedeo Galassi, Fredrich Fernando, Michele Dallago, Alessandro Biffi, Paolo Mazzone, Giuseppe Inama°, Giuseppe Vergara°°, P. Venturini, Carlo Stefenelli**, Carlo Pappone. S. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan-Rome, Departement of Cardiology, S. Chiara Hospital Trento, Sports Science Institute, Italian National Olympic Committee, Rome, Citta di Udine Hospital, *Clinica Villa Bianca, Trento, °Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Maggiore, Crema, °°Division of Cardiology, Ospedale S. Maria del Carmine, Rovereto, Italy Physiological and non physiological vagotonia in athletes and sportsmen: an old problem revisited Paolo Zeppilli, Francesco Scarcella, Serena Bria, Antonio Gianfelici, Massimiliano Bianco, Vincenzo Palmieri.** Centro Studi di Medicina dello Sport, Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Universita Cattolica, Roma, Italy


Epidemiology, Gender Differences, Statistical Analysis of Cardiac Arrhythmias
	The Registry of the European Working Group on Cardiac Pacing (EWGCP) Hugo Ector. University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium Bagging as a predictive method for landscape epidemiology of Lyme disease *Cesare Furlanello, Stefano Merler, Annapaola Rizzoli, Claudio Chemini, Claudio Genchi.* ITC-IRST, Trento, Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento, *Institute of General Pathology and Parassitology, Veterinary Medicine, MilanoUniversity, Italy


Progress in Pharmacological and Electrical Treatment of Syncope
	The role of cardiac pacing for the treatment of cardioinhibitory vasovagal syncope: the VASIS study and beyond *Michele Brignole, Richard Sutton, Carlo Menozzi, Antonio Raviele, Paolo Alboni, Paolo Giani, Angel Moya on behalf of the Vasovagal Syncope International Study (VASIS) Investigators.** Departments of Cardiology oc:\www Ospedali Riuniti, Lavagna, Italy, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, Ospedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Ospedale Umberto I, Mestre, Ospedale Civile, Cento, Ospedale Bolognini, Seriate, Italy, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. A complete list of Investigators appears in Appendix Electrical therapy for the prevention of the malignant vasovagal syncope: the DDD Closed Loop Stimulation Eraldo Occhetta, Michele Maltese, Corrado Vassanelli on behalf of the INVASY Preliminary Study Group.** Divisione Clinicizzata di Cardiologia, Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia di Novara, Universita degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Biotronik-Seda, Trezzano sul Naviglio, Italy Treatment of vasovagal syncope by means of DDD pacing provided with RDR algorithm Massimo Santini, Fabrizio Ammirati, Furio Colivicchi, Carla Gentile.* Dipartimento delle Malattie del Cuore, Ospedale “S.Filippo Neri”, Rome, Italy Pharmacological pump for treatment of vasovagal syncope: is phenylephrine the right drug? Antonio Raviele, Franco Giada, Aldo Bonso, Gianni Gasparini, Sakis Themistoclakis, Andrea Corrado. Division of Cardiology, Umberto I Hospital, Mestre-Venice, Italy


New Insight into Repolarization Analysis (part I)
	The contribution of disorders of cardiac repolarization to arrhythmogenesis in the long QT syndrome Nabil El-Sherif, Dmitry O. Kozhevnikov, Gioia Turitto. Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center and Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn, New York, USA Can a high frequency of ventricular arrhythmias perturbate the repolarization process and increase QT interval dispersion in subjects without underlying heart disease? *Gabriella Malfatto, Francesca Ciambellotti, Roberto Chianca, Renato Bragato, Giovanna Branzi, Gastone Leonetti, Mario Facchini.** Divisione di Cardiologia, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Universita di Milano, Italy Effect of coronary angioplasty and stent implantation on QT dispersion Maria Stella Fera, Andrea Mazza, Roberto Violini, Giovanni Pulignano, Edoardo Pucci, Ernesto Lioy, Francesca Bettiol, Ezio Giovannini.* Cardiology Department, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy


Progress in Cardiac Pacing (part II)
	Left ventricular performance in right ventricular outflow tract pacing: a comparison with right ventricular apex pacing Maria Cristina Porciani, Luigi Padeletti, Antonio Michelucci, Andrea Colella, Alessandro Costoli, Andrea Chelucci, Paolo Pieragnoli, Silvio Vena, Cristina Ciapetti, Alessandra Sabini, Letizia Giurlani, Gabriele Demarchi, Gian Franco Gensini. Institute of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Oxygen uptake kinetics related to maximizing left ventricular stroke volume modifying the contraction sequence at optimal atrio-ventricular interval in dual chamber paced patients Gabriello Marchetti, Graziana Labanti, Ennio Talamonti, Giancarlo Carini, Stefano Urbinati, Giuseppe Pinelli. Unita Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna, Italy


Haemodynamic and Electrophysiological Consequences of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation (part I)
	Recovery time of mechanical left atrial function after external or internal atrial defibrillation: an acute randomized study and follow-up *Domenico Spaziani, Massimo Pagani, FrancescoNaccarella, S. De Servi, PaolaMontanari, Salvatore Romano. Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale di Legnano, Ospedale Maggiore di Milano IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliera Citta di Bologna, Italy Impairment (remodeling?) of cardiac autonomic response after cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation Antonio Michelucci, Chiara Lazzeri, Luigi Padeletti, Giuseppe Bagliani, Andrea Colella, Alessandra Sabini, Renato Zipoli, Alessandro Costoli, Paolo Pieragnoli, Gianfranco Gensini, Franco Franchi.** Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Florence, Ospedale di Foligno, Italy Early recurrences of atrial fibrillation: role of left ventricular relaxation impairment Giuseppina Belotti, Antonella Fedele, Cinzia Gatti, Claudio Poluzzi, Giuseppe Penati, Alessandro Locatelli, Antonino Piti.* Cardiology Department, Ospedale Treviglio-Caravaggio, Treviglio, Italy Calcium-channel-blockers and efficacy of external cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation. Prevention of electrical remodeling? Giovanni Luca Botto, Roberto Bonatti, Giuseppe De Nittis, Mario Susta, Franco Tettamanti, Alessandro Politi, Tiziana Broffoni, Giovanni Ferrari. Department of Cardiology, S. Anna Hospital, Como, Italy


Progress in Pharmacological Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias (part I)
	Electrophysiological interactions between sotalol and mexiletine in man *Roberto Padrini, Mohammad Al Bunni, Monica Mollichelli, Antonella Alberti, Roberto Varotto, Pietro Maiolino, Mariano Ferrari. Department of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology and *Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Division of Cardiology, Cittadella Hospital, Cittadella, Italy Ibutilide, a new class III antiarrhythmic drug Maria Vittoria Pitzalis, Massimo Grimaldi, Paolo Rizzon. Istituto di Cardiologia, Universita di Bari, Italy


Management of Atrial Fibrillation During Cardiac Surgery
	Mitral surgery and atrial fibrillation: are there easy solutions for a complex problem? Luigi Martinelli, Angelo Graffigna, Alessandro Motta. Unita Operativa di Cardiochirurgia, Ospedale S. Chiara, Trento, Italy Treatment of atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery Stefano Benussi, Ottavio Alfieri. Cardiac Surgery Division, S. Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy Electrophysiologic evaluation after open chest endocardial radiofrequency pulmonary veins isolation *Giuseppe Inama, Angelo Graffigna, Luigi Martinelli, Pietro Gazzaniga, Daniela Tovena, Marcello Disertori.* Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Maggiore, Crema, Divisione di Cardiochirurgia, Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale S.Chiara, Trento, Italy Implantation of the passive fixation endocardial atrial lead in patients after CABG Michal Chudzik, Jerzy Krysztof Wranics, Janusz Zrobek, Karol Bartczak, Janusz Kawinski.* Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lodz, Poland Bidirectional transoesophageal cardioversion in patients after CABG in acute postoperative period *Krzysztof Poleszak, Elÿzbieta Krawczyk, Andrzej Kutarski, Janusz Staÿzka.* Dept. of Cardiology, *Dept. of Cardiosurgery, University Medical Academy, Lublin, Poland


Non Invasive Risk Stratification of Sudden Deaths in the Era of Prophylactic ICD
	T-wave alternans: clinical and experimental observations *Nabil El-Sherif, Gioia Turitto. Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center and Veterans Affairs, New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn, New York, USA The high resolution electrocardiogram: basic and clinical aspects Gioia Turitto, Nabil El-Sherif. Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, USA Dispersion of ventricular repolarisation: reality? illusion? significance? Federico Lombardi, Andrea Colombo, Sebastiano Belletti, Alessandro Verzoni, Ezio Calosso, Angelo Beltrami, Cesare Fiorentini. Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria, Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Paolo, Universityof Milan, Italy Non-invasive risk stratification of arrhythmic death in the era of prophylactic ICD. The non-invasive evaluation in the choice of treatment Maurizio Del Greco, Marcello Disertori.** Cardiology Department, Ospedale S. Chiara, Trento, Italy


News in ICD and Dual Defibrillator
	Clinical usefulness of stored electrograms in ICD patients Enrico Adornato, Elena Maria Fernanda Adornato, Pasquale Monea, Antonio Pangallo, Virgilio Pennisi. Divisione di Cardiologia, Azienda Ospedaliera “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli”, Reggio Calabria, Italy Single-chamber versus dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillators for prevention of tachyarrhythmias: a proposed trial *Stefano Favale, Ursula Appl, Frida Nacci, Luciano Sallusti, Luigi de Luca Tuppati Schinosa. Arrhythmia Service-Cardiosurgery, Unit-Department of Emergency and Transplantation, University of Bari, Italy, Guidant Europe, Guidant Italy The dual defibrillation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation Giuseppe Inama, Lorena Gramegna, Maurizio Del Greco, Tommaso Diaco, Ornella Durin, Marcello Disertori.** Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Maggiore, Crema, *Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale S.Chiara, Trento, Italy

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