A CANADIAN COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF TRANSCATHETER VERSUS SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN LOW SURGICAL RISK PATIENTS Derrick Tam – University of Toronto; Derrick Tam – University of Toronto; Stephen Fremes; Harindra Wijeysundera – CADTH
3:40 PM - 3:50 PM
MEASURES OF AORTIC STIFFNESS, CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE AND PULSATILE ARTERIAL LOAD PREDICT FUTURE ANEURYSM EXPANSION Kevin E. Boczar – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE; Kevin E. Boczar – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE; Munir Boodhwani – Division of Cardiac Surgery; Kwan Chan – Department of Medicine; Carole Dennie – Department of Diagnostic Imaging; George Wells, PhD – Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre; Thais Coutinho – University of Ottawa Heart Institute; Sudhir Nagpal
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
MACHINE LEARNING TO FACILITATE ASSESSMENT OF DIASTOLIC FUNCTION BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY River Jiang – The University Of British Columbia; River Jiang – The University Of British Columbia; Darwin Yeung, MD – University of British Columbia; Delaram Behnami, MASc; John Jue, MD – VGH UBC; Michael Tsang, MD; Kenneth Gin, MD – Vancouver General Hospital; Christina Luong, MD; Parvathy Nair, MD; Hany Girgis, MD; Purang Abolmaesumi, PhD; Teresa S. Tsang, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FASE – University of British Columbia; Teresa S. Tsang, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FASE – University of British Columbia
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
HLA-G 14BP POLYMORPHISM DONOR/RECIPIENT MATCHING PROTECTS AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OF POST-TRANSPLANT MALIGNANCY FOLLOWING HEART TRANSPLANTATION Mitchell Adamson, MSc – Toronto General Hospital; Mitchell Adamson, MSc – Toronto General Hospital; Mitchell Adamson, MSc – Toronto General Hospital; Roberto Ribeiro, MD, PhD (c) – Toronto General Hospital; Frank Yu; Julieta Lazarte, MSc, MD (c); Kyle Runeckles, MSc; Cedric Manlhoit, PhD; Vivek Rao, MD, PhD – Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network; Diego Delgado, MD, MSc – University Health Networkd; Diego Delgado, MD, MSc – University Health Networkd
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM
RARE LOSS-OF-FUNCTION VARIANT ANALYSIS IN LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Julieta Lazarte, n/a – Department of Medicine and Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Julieta Lazarte, n/a – Department of Medicine and Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Jian Wang, n/a – Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; John F. Robinson, n/a – Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Jacqueline S. Dron, n/a – Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Adam D. McIntyre, n/a – Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Henian Cao – Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Zachary Laksman; Robert A. Hegele, MD, FRCPC, FACP – Department of Medicine and Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Jason Roberts – Western University; Jason Roberts – Western University
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
BENEFITS OF SLEEP APNEA SCREENING FOR RAPID ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF DISEASE PROCESSES IN CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENTS Andrew Victor – Whitby Cardiovascular; Andrew Victor – Whitby Cardiovascular; Nikhil Kumar; Naresh Kumar; Naresh Kumar; Akshay Bagai, MD, FRCPC, MHS; Atul Pathak
