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COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM Please return to the CME Booth at the Convention Center or mail by. November 27, 1991, to CME Office, Scientific and Corporate Meet- ings, American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231. 4 i

f Scientific . Sessions ~ ~ ~ November 11-14, 1991 Anaheim Convention Center ~ Anaheim, California Program

Oral slide Poder Popuad How-to CvD ToPlics PresenYm rresent'ro Seet(nan Senions Goel's Cardiovascular Radiology - - - - - Cardiovascular SunBery, - - - - - Clinical Cardiology - - - - - Community Programs - - - - - EPidnmobgt and Prevention - - - - - High Blood Pressure Research - - - - - Nutrition - - - - - Kidney - - - - - stroke - - - - - TFirombosis - - - - - 5. Please rate how well the following topics were covered at the sessions, using the five-point scale below: 5 - Excellent 4 - Very satisfactory 3 - Satisfactory 2 - Somewhat satisfactory 1 - Not satisfactory To ia. - Arteriosclerosis - Basic Science and Circulation, - Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care - Cardiovascular Disease in the Young - Cardiovascular Nursing - Cardiovascular Radiology - Cardiovascuiar Surgery - Clinical Cardiology - Community Programs - Epidemiology and Prevention - High Blood Pressure Research - Nutrition - Kidney - Stroke - Thrombosis 6. Please rate the sessions overall in terms of how well it achieved its objectives: Objective: The 64th Scientific Sessions provides three and one-half days of comprehensive educational experi- ence in the major facets of cardiovascular disease, its pathophysioiogy; diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Check one: - 5 = Excellent - 4 - Very satisfactory. - 3 - Satisfactory _ 2 = Somewhat satisfactory - 1 - Not satisfactory Signature (optionai): , Physicians interested in CME credit should complete and return this form to the CME booth at the Convention Center by 1 na, Thursday, November 14, or mail it by Nbvember 27, 1991, to CME Office, Scientific and Corporate Meetings, American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas,lX 75231. Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope for mailing your certificate. © I

Wednesday Am Oral (Slide) Presentations ........... 273 Poster Presentations ................ 295 Wednesday Pr,,, Oral (Slide) Presentations ........... 319 Poster Presentations ................ 349 Thursday N,, Oral (Slide) Presentations ........... 382 Poster Presentations ................ 404 Richards (Dickinson W.) Memorial Lecture.... 31, 37,228 Scientific Council Activities ........................ 31 Scientific Councils' Distinguished Achievement Awards ......., ................................ 42 Sherry (Sol) Lecture ....................... 35, 38, 244 Shuttle Bus Service ............................... 30 Slide Presentations .............. (See Research Reports). Speaker Prep Rooms .............................. 30 Social Activities .................... (Inside front cover), Sunday Afternoon Programs ....................... 45 Taussig (Helen B.) Memorial Lecture ......... 32, 38; 242 Telephone Message Center ........................ 30 Transportation ................................ 29,30, White (Paul Dudley) International Lecture ....... 37, 17& Young Investigator Prize in Thrombosis ......... 35,244 5

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Anne Golden Chainnan, Board of Directors Edward S. Cooper President-elect Gerard A. Kaiser Vice President, Councils Thomas W. Smith Vice President, Research 0 W. Virgil Brown President Frangois M. Abboud Immediate Past President Sidney C. Smith Jr. Vice President, Programs Rodman D. Starke Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs C

SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL CHAIRMEN Richard W. St. Clair Arteriosclerosis Charles A. Hales Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Martha N. Hill Cardiovascular Nursing Donald B. Doty Cardiovascular Surgery. Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Edward B. Clark Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Barry T. Katzen Cardiovascular Radiology Stephen F. Vatner Circulation 0

SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL CHAIRMEN m Gerald M. Pohost Clinical Cardiology Allen W. Cowley Jr. High Blood Pressure Research J. Donald Easton Stroke Alan Chait Nlrtrition Committee Albert Oberman Epidemiology and Prevention Zalman S. Agus Kidney Ralph L Nachman Thrombosis Michael R. Rosen Chairman, Committee on Scientific Sessions Program

COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS PROGRAM Michael R. Rosen, Chairman, New York, NY Harold C. Strauss, Vice Chairman, Durham~ NC Michael A. Bettmann, Boston, MA John P. DiMarco, Charlottesville, VA Barbara J. Fletcher, Atlanta, GA Charles K. Francis, New York, NY William H. Gaasch, Worcester; MA Haralambos Gavras, Boston, MA Godfrey3. Getz, Chicago, IL Robert G. Hart, San Antonio, TX David R. Hathaway, Indianapolis, IN Joanne S. Ingwall, Boston, MA Russell V. Luepker, Minneapolis, MN I David McCall, San Antonio, TX Diana Marver, Dallas, TX D. Craig Miller, Stanford, James H. Moller, Minneapolis, MN Robert J. Myerburg, Miami, FL Marlene Rabinovitch, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Harold R. Roberts, Chapel Hill, NC Albert P. Rocchini, Ann Arbor, MI Ernst /. Schaefer, Boston, MA Marc D. Thames, Cleveland, OH SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXHIBITS Joanne S. Ingwall, Chairman, Boston, MA Michael A. Bettmann, Boston, MA Barbara J. Fletcher, Atlanta, GA Charles K. Francis, New York, NY Russell V. Luepker, Minneapolis, MN Albert P. Rocchini, Ann Arbor, Ml Ernst J. Schaefer, Boston, MA COUNCIL PROGRAM COMMITTEES Council on Arteriosclerosis Godfrey S. Getz, Chairman, Chicago, IL William A. Bradley, Birmingham, AL Lawrence C. Chan, Houston, TX Allen D. Cooper, Palo Alto, CA Henry Ginsberg, New York, NY Jane M. Glick, Philadelphia, PA F. Jeffrey Feld, Iowa City, IA Jon C. Lewis, Winston-Salem, NC Ray C. Pittman, La Jolla, CA David L Williams, Stony Brook, NY ®

of grades for each abstract, including,the occasional individual grade that deviates from the norm: This system is used not only to ensure that grades are equitably attainedJ but as a check on the perfor- mance and''" consistency of the reviewers themselves. In July, the Committee on Scientific Sessions Program meets to prepare the final Nbvember program. Sub- committees, selected by the councils, represent spe- cialty areas of individual councils at this meeting. Their purpose is to aid the subcommittee chairmen in organizing each council's sessions and to make final reviews of grades, including variant single grades. Accepted abstracts are assigned to poster or podium sessions. Assignment to one or the other session is no reflection on the grade or quality of an abstract. Podium sessions are organized according to specific themes, and'the goal of thematic consistency is often the reason for assignment of a particular abstract to an oral presentation rather than to a poster session. Once planned, the proposed sessions are submitted to the chairman of the Committee on Scientific Ses- sions Program. His role, along with the chairmen rep- resenting individual councils, is to ensure that a balanced program is presented, giving fair representa- tion to all councils in both poster and podium ses- sions. To achieve this goal, some rearrangement of sessions may be required, but abstracts are not removed friom the program. Hence, the selection process comprises evaluation of' abstracts by graders, evaluation of grades and of grad- ers by an independent subcommittee, and a priori- tization process that evaluates strengths of individuali abst'racts. In the last five years, 30-34% of submitted's abst'racts have been accepted for presentation. The percentage of abstracts submitted from each spe- cialty area is used as a rough index to the number of abstracts each council will place on the final program. The result of this process is a program that evolvess from over 9,000 submitted abstracts. The Committee on Scientific Sessions Program believes that every effort is being made to ensure a fair and~ equitable review of all abstracts. Nevertheless, problems some- times occur, and suggestions about improving the review process are sought. Comments should be addressed to the chairman of'the Committee on Sci- entific Sessions Program or the chairmen of the pro- gram subcommittees of individual councils. 17

Council on Basic Science David R. Hathaway, Chairman, Indianapolis, IN Michael P. Bevilacqua, Boston, MA L Maximilian Buja, Houston, TX Augustus O. Grant, Durham, NC David G. Harrison, Atlanta, GA Judith Swain, Durham, NC Council on Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Marlene Rabinovitch, Chairman, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Michael S. Wolin, Vice Chairman, Valhalla, NY B. Taylor Thompson, Boston, MA Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Albert P. Rocchini, Chairman, Ann Arbor, Mi D. Woodrow Benson, Chicago, IL Howard P. Gutgesell, Charlottesville, VA Thomas J. Hougen, Washington, DC David Teitel, San Francisco, CA Council on Cardiovascular Nursing Barbara J. Fletcher, Chairman, Atlanta, GA Gayle R. Whitman, Vice Chai'rman, Cleveland, OH Laura L Hayman, Philadelphia, PA Marguerite L Kinney, Birmingham, AL Anne Verderber, San Diego, CA Council on Cardiovascular Radiology Michael A. Bettmann, Chairman, Boston; MA Murray G. Baron, Atlanta, GA Barry T. Katzen, Miami, FL Stephen W. Miller, Boston, MA Council on Cardiovascular Surgery D. Craig Miller, Chairman, Stanford, CA Jerry Goldstone, San Francisco, CA James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, AL D. Glenn Pennington, St. Louis, MO Eric A. Rose, New York, NY Hartzell V. Schaff, Rochester, MN Larry W. Stephenson, Detroit, MI Richard D. Weisel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Winfield J. Wells, Los Angeles, CA ®