POSTER SESSION VI Wednesday, March 26, 2003   —  1:00 - 4:00 PM Exhibit Hall A - C CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY 21 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Causing Sudden Cardiac Death in Boxer Dogs a New Animal Model of Human Disease (225) C Basso, P Fox, K Meurs, J Towbin, A Spier, F Calabrese, B Maron, G Thiene University of Padua Medical school, Padova, Italy; Animal Medical Center, New York, NY; Ohio State University College, Columbus, OH; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 22 Expression of Adrenomedullin (AM) in Rats with Hypobaric Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension (240) K Nakanishi, H Osada, M Uenoyama, F Kanazawa, N Ohrui, T Kawai, T Aurues, T Hayashi, T Ikeda Aeromedical Laboratory, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Tachikawa, Tokyo; National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Tokorozawa, Saitama; National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan 23 Chronic Pathology of Pulmonary Veins in Pigs Following Diode Laser Ablation (247) JP Veinot, R Lemery Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada 24 Expression and Activation of Matrix Metalloproteinases-2 and -9 during Coxsackievirus Infection of Murine Hearts (228) CTY Cheung, B Yanagawa, H Luo, JCK Lai, J Zhang, BM McManus MRL/iCAPTUR4E Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 25 Involvement of Activated Adventitial Fibroblasts and Th1 Cytokine Response in Chlamydia Pneumoniae-Induced Neointimal Formation (229) BK Chiu, Z-M Wan University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada 26 Biometry and Histological Comparison of Coronary Arteries, Internal Thoracic Arteries and Radial Arteries (245) HP Sevestre, MC Barry, GM Touati CHU Amiens, Amiens, France; Faculte de Medecine, Amiens, France 27 Plaque Histology, C-Reactive Protein and Clinical Instability in Coronary Artery Disease (241) A Pucci, E Birscic, E Tessitore, M Crudelini, L Fornaro, M Forni, A Alberti Regina Margherita Hospital, Turin, Italy; Villa Maria Pia, Turin, Italy 28 Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 Is Overexpressed after Prosthetic Arterial Bypass Grafting (248) DJ Willis, ER Deutsch, MA Contreras, FW LoGerfo, WC Quist Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 29 HER2 Expression in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle (232) B Fyfe, S Selim, FU Garcia Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 30 Surgical Pathology of Subaortic Septal Myectomy Not Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Study of 98 Cases (1996-2000) (224) RD Allen, WD Edwards, HD Tazelaar, GK Danielson Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 31 Surgical Pathology of Subaortic Septal Myectomy Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Study of 229 Cases (1996-2000) (237) GT Lamke, RD Allen, WD Edwards, HD Tazelaar, GK Danielson Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 32 Cardiac Changes Can Mimic Myocarditis in Patients Dying of Head Injury (238) F MacSweeney, MN Sheppard Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom 33 Distribution of Fat in Right Ventricle of Patients Dying of Non-Cardiac Causes (246) DK Tansey, MN Sheppard Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom 34 Pathologic Study of Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium (239) EK Mont, AP Burke, DR Fowler, VV Joshi, R Virmani Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC; Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD; Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 35 Surgical Pathology of Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy: A Study of 54 Cases (1990-2001) (226) LA Blauwet, WD Edwards, HD Tazelaar, CGA McGregor Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 36 Thrombotic and Vascular Pathogenesis in End Stage Renal Disease. Role of Fibrinolytic Deficit (235) NP Kelly, DA Hoppensteadt, MR Florian-Kujawski, JM Walenga, M Mayuga, J Fareed Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 37 Thrombin Activatable Fibrinolytic Inhibitor (TAFI) Is Upregulated in Patient Populations: Effects of Anticoagulants (231) M Florian-Kujawski, D Hoppensteadt, D Kereiakes, B Lewis, J Fareed Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 38 Williams Syndrome Presenting as an Isolated Supravalvular Pulmonary Stenosis (230) CRT di Gioia, C Ciallella, E Parroni, A Nardone, P Gallo, G d'Amati University "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy 39 Myocardial Ischemia Treatment with Intravenous Microbubbles and Transthoracic Low Frequency Ultrasound: Functional and Morphologic Features (242) S Radio, J Oberdorfer, F Xie, TR Porter University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE