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(馬偕醫院心臟內科)洪崇烈 醫師整理
1. [2011][O9114]: Circulating Biomarkers of Collagen Type I
Metabolism Mark Right Ventricular
Fibrosis and Indications for Pulmonary Valve Replacement in
Adults with Repaired Tetralogy
of Fallot
Chun-AnChen1;Wen-YihITseng2;Jou-KouWang1;Ssu-YuanChen3;Hsin-HuiChiu1;Chung-I
Chang4;Ing-ShChiu4;Yih-SharngChen4;Chun-WeiLu1;Ming-TaiLin1;Mei-HwanWu1
1Pediatrics,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2MedImaging,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
3PhysicalMedicineandRehabilitation,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
4Surgery,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2. [2011][O8534]: Combination of Cyclosporine and Erythropoietin
Improves Brain Infarct Size
and Neurological Function in Rats after Ischemic Stroke
SteveLeu1;SarahChua1;Chun-ManYuen2;Yung-LongChen1;Hon-KanYip1
1ofCardiology,KaohisungChangGungMemorialHosp,KaohsiungHsien,Taiwan
2ofNeurosurgery,KaohisungChangGungMemorialHosp,KaohsiungHsien,Taiwan
3. [2011][O12709]: Digoxin Use is Associated With an Increased
Risk of Stroke in Patients With
Atrial Fibrillation a Population-Based Cohort Study
Shih-ShengChang;Pei-YingPai;Chi-BinChang;Kuan-ChengChang
DivofCardiology,DeptofMedicine,ChinaMedUnivHosp,Taichung,Taiwan
4. [2011][O8521]: Early Extracorporeal Membrane
Oxygenator-Assisted Primary Percutaneous
Coronary Intervention Improved 30-Day Clinical Outcomes in
Patients with STEMI
Complicated with Profound Cardiogenic Shock
Jiunn-JyeSheu1;Tzu-HsienTsai2;SarahChua2;Hon-KanYip2
1ofCardiovascularSurgery,KaohsiungChangGungMemorialHosp,KaohsiungHsien,Taiwan
2ofCardiology,KaohsiungChangGungMemorialHosp,KaohsiungHsien,Taiwan
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5. [2011][O12171]: Rho Kinase (ROCK) Activity is a Predictor of
Cardiovascular Outcomes in
Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Ping-YenLiu1;Yun-LinTai1;Yen-WenLiu1;Jyh-HongChen1;Hua-LinWu2;JamesKLiao3
1DivofCardiology,InternalMedicine,NationalCheng-KungUnivHosp,Tainan,Taiwan
2InstituteofMolecularandBiochemistry,CollegeofMedicine,NationalCheng-KungUniv,Tainan,
Taiwan
3VascularMedicineRschUnit,DivofCardiology,BrighamandWomen'sHosp,Cambridge,MA
6. [2011][O18309]: Wireless Electrocardiographic Transmission
with e-Activation of PCI Team
and Reconstructed System of Care Shortens Door-to-Balloon Time
in Acute Myocardial
Infarction
Wei-TienChang1;Chee-MingLee2;Li-ChinChen3;Chih-HungWang1;Chiao-HaoLee1;Bey-Jing
Yang1;Li-FenYang4;Chuen-DenTseng2;Jiunn-LeeLin2;Shyr-ChyrChen1;Kuan-YuHung2;Ming-
FongChen2
1DeptofEmergencyMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2DeptofInternalMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
3CntrofQualityManagement,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
4DeptofIntegratedDiagnosisandTreatmet,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
7. [2011][O14841]: A Video-based Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Analysis System "See-CPR"
Chih-WeiYang1;Min-ChunHu2;Ja-LingWu2;JoarEilevstjønn3;MatthewHuei-MingMa4
1DeptofEmergencyMedicine,DeptofMedEducation,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2CommunicationsandMultimediaLab,NationalTaiwanUniv,Taipei,Taiwan
3DeptofElectricalandComputerEngineering,LaerdalMedAS,Stavanger,Norway
4DeptofEmergencyMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
8. [2011][O12905]: Association Between Renal Function and
Myocardial Contractile Function
following Myocardial Infarction-The VALIANT Echo Substudy
Chung-LiehHung1;Sung-HeeShin2;LarsKober3;EricJ.Velazquez4;JohnJ.V.McMurray5;MarcA.
Pfeffer6;ScottD.Solomon6
1CardiovascularDiv,MackayMemorialHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2CardiovascularDiv,BrighamandWomen'sHosp,Boston,MA
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3CardiovascularDiv,Rigshospitalet(LK)Hosp,Copenhagen,Denmark
4CardiovascularDiv,DukeUnivMedCntr,NewYork,NY
5CardiovascularDiv,WesternInfirmary,Glasgow,UnitedKingdom
6CardiovascularDiv,BrighamandWomen'sHosp,Boston,MA,Boston,MA
9. [2011][O17393]: Early Reperfusion Phase as the Critical
Therapeutic Window for Flavonoids
Baicalein's Cardioprotection via Oxidant Scavenging and Nitric
Oxide Signaling
Wei-TienChang1;JingLi2;JuanLi3;Chang-QingLi4;Chin-WanHsu5;Chun-SuYuan6;Chiang-Ting
Chien7;Wen-JoneChen8;TerryLVandenHoek4;Zuo-HuiShao4
1DeptofEmergencyMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2DeptofMedicine,UnivofChicago,Chicago,IL
3DeptofEmergencyMedicine,UnivofChicago,Chicago,IL
4DeptofEmergencyMedicine,UnivofIllinoisatChicago,Chicago,IL
5DeptofEmergencyMedicine,Tri-ServiceGeneralHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
6DeptofAnesthesiaandCriticalCare,UnivofChicago,Chicago,IL
7DeptofMedRsch,NationalChiao-TungUniv,Taipei,Taiwan
8DeptofEmergencyMedicine,NationalChiao-TungUniv,Taipei,Taiwan
10. [2011][P8558]: Mechanical Stretch Induces the Apoptosis
Regulator Puma in Vascular Smooth
Muscle Cells
Kou-GiShyu;Wen-PinCheng;Bao-WeiWang
DivofCardiology,ShinKongWuHo-SuMemorialHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
11. [2011][P9215]: Flavonoids Baicalein Mitigates
Post-Resuscitation Myocardial Dysfunction and
Improves Survival via PI3K-Akt-eNOS Pathway
Wei-TienChang1;Chun-PeiLee1;Chiang-TingChien2;Zuo-HuiShao3;Chien-HuaHuang1;Chiung-
YuanHsu1;Min-ShanTsai1;Hsiao-JuCheng1;Shyr-ChyrChen1;Yuan-TehLee4;TerryLVanden
Hoek5;Wen-JoneChen1
1DeptofEmergencyMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2DeptofMedRsch,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
3DeptofEmergencyMedicine,UnivofIllinoisatChicago,Chicago,IL,
4DeptofInternalMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
5DeptofEmergencyMedicine,UnivofIllinoisatChicago,Taipei,IL
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12. [2011][P13130: The Blood Lactate Clearance Following
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation for Pediatric Patients With In-Hospital Cardiac
Arrest
ShuchienHuang1;En-TingWu2;Yih-SharngChen1;Wen-JeKo1;Shoei-ShenWang1
1Surgery,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2Pediatrics,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
13. [2011][P9746]: Differential Impact of Dose-Related Chronic
Alcohol Ingestion on Action
Potential Upstroke, Systolic Myocardial Function and Cardiac
Pro-inflammatory Factors
mRNA Expression in Male C57BL/6 Mice
Chung-LiehHung1;Yu-JunLai2;Ting-YiTien3;Ya-MingTseng4;Cheng-ILin5;Yao-ChangChen5;
Hung-IYeh6
1CardiovascularDept,MackayMemorialHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2MedRsch,MackayMemorialHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
3MedRsch,MackayMedCollege,NewTaipeiCity,Taiwan,NewTaipeiCity,Taiwan
4MedRsch,MedRsch,MackayMemorialHosp,MackayMedCollege,NewTaipeiCity,Taiwan
5DeptsofPhysiologyandBiophysics,NationalDefenseMedCntr,Taipei,Taiwan
6CardiovascularDept,MedRsch,MackayMemorialHosp,MackayMedCollege,NewTaipeiCity,
Taiwan,Taiwan
14. [2011][P17704]: The Association of Tooth Scaling and
Decreased Cardiovascular Disease -A
Nationwide Population-Based Study
Zu-YinChen;Hsin-BangLeu
Cardiology,TaipeiVeteransGeneralHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
15. [2011][P10214]: Coronary Artery Anatomy in Congenital Heart
Disease with Posterior Aorta:
Medical and Surgical Implications
Meng-LuenLee1;Ing-ShChiu2;Shu-ChienHuang3
1DeptofPediatrics,DivofPediatricCardiology,ChanghuaChristianHosp,ChanghuaCity,Taiwan
2DeptofSurgery,NationalTaiwanUnivHospandNationalTaiwanUnivCollegeofMedicine,
Taipei,Taiwan
3DeptofSurgery,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
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16. [2011][P15022]: Using Heart Broken Index to Improve the
Diagnostic Accuracy of Patient with
ST elevation myocardial infarction and Shorten Door-to-Balloon
Time on Emergency Room
AiHsienALi;Jung-ChengHsu;Kuo-ChinChen;I-NoCheng
DivofCardiology,FAREASTMEMORIALHOSPITAL,Taipei,Taiwan
17. [2011][P11082]: Strategic Placement of Automated External
Defibrillators at Twenty-Four-
Hour Grocery Chain Stores
PatrickChow-InKO1;Tzai-HungWen2;Wen-ChuChiang1;MatthewHeui-MingMa1
1EmergencyMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2DeptofGeography,NationalTaiwanUniv,Taipei,Taiwan
18. [2011][P14585]: Prognostic Significance of Left Ventricular
Diastolic Function Associated with
Inflammatory Response and Survival in Burn Patients
Jen-kuangLee1;Cho-KaiWu1;Chih-YunLin2;Chia-TiTsai3;FutienChiang1
1DeptofLaboratoryMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2DeptofTraumatology,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
3DeptofInternalMedicine,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
19. [2011][P16345]: Arterial Wave Reflection is the Most
Important Pulsatile Hemodynamic
Prognostic Indicator in Acute Heart Failure Syndrome
Shih-HsienSung;Hao-MinCheng;Wen-ChungYu;Chen-HuanChen
DivofCardiology,TaipeiVeteransGeneralHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
20. [2011][P13180]: Impact of Epicardial Adipose Tissue in
Modulating Cardiac Mechanics,
Contractile Function and Twist Behavior - Possible Mechanisms in
the Transition from
Hypertension to Heart Failure Development
Chung-LiehHung1;Chun-HoYun2;Chuan-ChuanLiu3;Hung-IYeh1;CharlesJia-YinHou1;Cheng-
HoTsai1;Ta-ChuanHung1
1CardiovascularDiv,MackayMemorialHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2RadiologyDept,MackayMemorialHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
3HealthEvaluationCntr,MackayMemorialHosp,GraduateInstituteofHealthCareOrganization
Administration,CollegeofPublicHealth,Taipei,Taiwan
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21. [2011][P10625]: Inflammatory Cytokines Modulate Left
Ventricular Diastolic Function Through
Downregulation of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum calcium Atpase
ChokaiWu;Jen-KuangLee;Chia-TiTsai;Fu-TienChiang
Cardiology,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
22. [2011][P16149]: Central Systolic Blood Pressure Estimated by
an Osillometric Method or From
an Invasive Brachial Pressure Waveform: A Direct Comparison
Shih-HsienSung;Hao-MinCheng;Kang-LingWang;Chen-HuanChen
DivofCardiology,TaipeiVeteransGeneralHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
23. [2011][P9349]: Wave Reflection but Not Arterial Stiffness is
Much Highly Correlated with
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Parameters Including Blood Pressure
Variability and Morning
Blood Pressure Surge
Pai-FengHsu;ShaoYChuang;HaoMCheng;ShihHSung;WenCYu;PesusChou;ChenHChen
Healthcarecenter,VeteranGeneralHosp-Taipei,Taipei,Taiwan
24. [2011][P11321]: Non-Invasive Assessment of Left Ventricular
End-Diastolic Pressure Using A
Novel Global Strain Imaging Diastolic Index
Shuo-JuChiang1;MasaoDaimon2;KatsuhisaIshii3;BeiYong2;SakikoMiyazaki2;TakayukiKawata2;
KatsumiMiyauchi2;Mei-HsiuYeh1;BetauHwang4;HiroyukiDaida2
1DeptofCardiology,TaipeiCityHospZhongxiaoBranch,Taipei,Taiwan
2DeptofCardiology,JuntendoUnivSchofMedicine,Tokyo,Japan
3DeptofCardiology,KansaiElectricPowereHosp,Osaka,Japan
4DeptofPediatrics,NationalYang-MingUniv,Taipei,Taiwan
25. [2011][P9913]: Different Impacts of Body Fat Composition and
Computed-Tomography-
Determined Visceral Fat on Left Ventricular Mass, Geometry and
Left Atrial Structural
Alteration
Yau-HueiLai1;Chun-HoYun2;Yih-JerWu1;Jen-YuanKuo1;Hung-IYeh1;Cheng-HoTsai1;Chung-
LiehHung1
1DivsionofCardiology,DeptofInternalMedicine,MackayMemorialHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2DeptofRadiology,MackayMemorialHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
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26. [2011][P8525]: Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell
Protects Kidneys Against Ischemia-
Reperfusion Injury Through Suppressing Oxidative Stress and
Inflammatory Reaction
Yung-LungChen;Tzu-HsienTsai;SarahChua;Hon-KanYip
ofCardiology,KaohsiungChangGungMemorialHosp,KaohsiungHsien,Taiwan
27. [2011][P8530]: Effect of Erythropoietin on Level of
Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells
and Outcome in Patients After Acute Ischemic Stroke
Hon-KanYip
ofCardiology,KaohsiungChangGungMemorialHosp,KaohsiungHsien,Taiwan
28. [2011][P17966]: The Roles of S-Phase Kinase-Associated
Protein-2 and Mitochondrial
Dysfunction in the Aging-Related Endothelial Progenitor
Cell-Cycle Retardation
Yih-JerWu1;Hsueh-HsiaoWang1;Kuo-TungShu2;Wen-TingLiu2;Yau-HueiWei2;Hung-IYeh3
1DepartmentofMedicine,MackayMedCollege/MackayMemorialHosp,NewTaipei,Taiwan
2DepartmentofMedicine,MackayMedCollege,NewTaipei,Taiwan
3DepartmentofMedicine,MackayMedCollege/MackayMemorialHosp,NewTaipei,Taiwan
29. [2011][P11997]: Statin Adherence is a Predictor of Clinical
Outcomes in Patients with Acute
Ischemic Stroke
Po-ShengChen;Yi-HengLi;Ching-LanChang;Yea-HueiKaoYang
InternalMedicine,NationalChengKungUnivHosp,TainanCity,Taiwan
30. [2011][P12835]: Atrial Fibrillation is a Strong Predictor of
Stroke in Young Taiwanese Adults
Kuan-ChengChang1;Po-YenKo1;Fung-ChangSung2;Yuan-TehLee1;ChungY.Hsu3
1DivofCardiology,DeptofMedicine,ChinaMedUnivHosp,Taichung,Taiwan
2DeptofPublicHealth,ChinaMedUniv,Taichung,Taiwan
3GraduateInstituteofClinicalMedScience,ChinaMedUnivHosp,Taichung,Taiwan
31. [2011][P10224]: Common Carotid End-Diastolic Velocity is
Independently Associated with
Future Ischemic Heart Disease in Taiwan
Shao-YuanChuang1;Pai-FengHsu2;Chyi-HueyBai3;Jiunn-RongChen4;Wen-TingYeh5;Wen-Harn
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InstituteofPopulationHealthSciences,NationalHealthRschInstitutes,ZhunanTown,Miaoli
Country,Taiwan
2DeptofMedicine.,TaipeiVeteransGeneralHosp,,Taipei,Taiwan
3SchofPublicHealth,TaipeiMedUniv,TaipeiCity,Taiwan
4DeptofNeurology,ChanghuaChristianHospYun-LinBranch,Yun-LinCounty,Taiwan
5InstituteofBiomedicalSciences,AcademiaSinica,Taipei,Taiwan
6DivofPreventiveMedicineandHealthServicesRsch,
InstituteofpopulationHealthScience,
NationalHealthRschInstitutes,MiaoliCounty,Taiwan
32. [2011][P12902]: Association Between Matrix
Metalloproteinases, Tissue Inhibitor of
Metalloproteinase and Mitral Chordae Tendinae Rupture
Tsung-HsienLin1;Sheau-FangYang2;Chaw-ChiChiu3;Wen-TerLai1;Sheng-HsiungSheu1
1Cardiology,KaohsiungMedUnivHosp,KaohsiungCity,Taiwan
2Pathology,KaohsiungMedUnivHosp,KaohsiungCity,Taiwan
3Cardiacsurgery,KaohsiungMedUnivHosp,KaohsiungCity,Taiwan
33. [2011][P13089]: Serum Soluble ST2 as a Biomarker for
Detecting Heart Failure with a Normal
Ejection Fraction in Hypertensive Patients
Yi-ChihWang;Chih-ChiehYu;Fu-ChunChiu;Juey-JenHwang;Ling-PingLai;Chia-TiTsai;Jiunn-
LeeLin
InternalMedicine,CardiovascularDiv,NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
34. [2011][P73]: Improving Teamwork Perceptions and
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Performance by High-Fidelity Simulation-Based Teamwork
Training
EricHChou;Chih-WeiYang;Kah-MengChong;Huang-FuYeh;EdwardPHuang;Cheng-YiWu;
Hui-ChihWang;Yueh-PingLiu;Wen-ChuChiang;PatrickCKo;MatthewHMa
NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
35. [2011][P74]: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality Assessed
by Electrocardiography Signal
Processing Using Hilbert-Huang Transform Correlates Well with
Accelerometer
Huang-FuYeh1;Chiao-HaoLee1;Lian-YuLin1;Wen-ChuChiang1;PatrickCKo1;EricHChou1;
Kah-MengChong1;MenTzungLo2;JoarEilevstjønn3;HelgeMykelbust3;MatthewHMa1
1NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
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2NationalCentralUniv,Chungli,Taiwan
3LaerdalMedAS,Stavanger,Norway
36. [2011][P104]: Hospital Characteristics Associated with
Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac
Arrest: Resuscitation Center Designation
PatrickChow-InKo1;Guang-HuaXiong2;Wen-ChuChiang1;Hui-ChihWang1;Chih-WeiYang1;
MatthewHuei-MingMa1
1NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2TaipeiFireDept,Taipei,Taiwan
37. [2011][P239]: Does the Performance of Emergency Medical
Dispatch (EMD) Affect Survival
from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCAs)? An Analysis of the
Taipei Utstein Arrest
Registry
Wen-ChuChiang1;Yueh-PingLiu1;Shih-HungLiu1;PatrickChow-InKo1;Chi-WeiYang1;Hui-Chih
Wang1;Bing-ChowLee2;Kuang-HuaHsiung3;Ying-WenHsiao3;Mei-ShuLai4;MatthewHuei-Ming
Ma1
1NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2TaipeiCityHosp,Ren-AiBranch,Taipei,Taiwan
3TaipeiCityFireDept,Taipei,Taiwan
4InstituteofPreventiveMedicine,CollegeofPublicHealth,NationalTaiwanUniv,Taipei,Taiwan
38. [2011][P255]: Therapeutic Hypothermia Ameliorates
Sepsis-Induced Myocardial Mitochondrial
Dysfunction
Chiung-YuanHsu1;Chien-HuaHuang1;Min-ShanTsai1;Huei-WenChen2;Wen-JoneChen1
1NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
2NationalTaiwanUnivCollegeofMedicineGraduateInstofToxicology,Taipei,Taiwan
39. [2011][P268]: From Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) to
Airway-Circulation-Leadership-
Support (A-C-L-S): A Novel Team Training Model for Resuscitation
Teams
Kah-MengChong;Chih-WeiYang;EricHChou;Huang-FuYeh;EdwardPHuang;Cheng-YiWu;
Hui-ChihWang;Yueh-PingLiu;Wen-ChuChiang;PatrickCKo;MatthewHMa
NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
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40. [2011][P274]: Filter Out the Chest Compression Signal
Interference During Ventricular
Fibrillation by Signal Processing
Chien-HuaHuang;Lian-YuLin;Chiung-YuanHsu;Min-ShanTsai;MattewHuei-MinMa;Wen-Jone
Chen
NationalTaiwanUnivHosp,Taipei,Taiwan
統 計
台大醫院 台北榮總 馬偕醫院 高雄長庚 成大醫院
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中國附設醫院 新光醫院 亞東醫院 市立忠孝醫院 彰化基督教醫院
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AHA 2011 與會感想(臺大醫院小兒部)陳俊安 醫師
現在是洛杉磯時間的凌晨 1 點,雖然生理
時鐘已搞不清楚究竟是停在有 3 小時時差的奧
蘭多,或是根本就還停留在 14 小時後才會返
抵的家鄉,但是興奮的心情早已遮掩住疲憊,
因為參與AHA2011 難忘的經驗,讓筆者迫不
急待地就在返國的飛機上把過去這一周所經歷
的點點滴滴記錄下來。
今年的AHA 年會在美國佛羅里達州的奧
蘭多市舉行。這是筆者第一次與會,並且有幸
於會中發表論文,因此期待的心情可想而知。
這次的會議地點在奧蘭多市的橘郡會議中心
(Orangecountyconventioncenter),這個地點
交通非常方便,從機場開車走 528 號公路只要
約 15 分鐘即可,對初次造訪的外地與會者而
言,是非常理想的會議地點。同時會議中心附
近旅館林立,很適合與會者就近選擇合適的旅
館。對於部分距離較遠的飯店,大會也都安
排有固定班次的 shuttlebus 接送至會場。AHA
年會規模之大,雖然耳聞已久,但親自到會場
看過一遍之後,才真的感受到心臟學領域的廣
大與來自世界各地同好的眾多。在為期五天的
會議中,每天從一早 7:30 開始就有各領域專
家的專題演講,一直到晚餐時間都有精彩的
學術活動。雖然 AHA 年會之規模大到令人咋
舌,但除非你真的整日沉浸在博大精深的心臟
學知識與研究中而無法自拔,不然會場的規劃
與會議的內容不會讓你真的迷失方向,因為各
演講廳的位置都有醒目的標示,甚至隨處都設
有觸控式的互動螢幕系統當你的 GPS,累了還
可以到彷彿大型購物中心的各家廠商的參展攤
位提神一下,到會場附設的美食區補充一下能
量,或是到 AHA 官方的紀念品專賣店消費一
下口袋裡的美金。更特別的是,會場裡甚至可
以直達灰姑娘城堡和哈利波特的霍格華茲,因
為 WaltDisneyWorld 和 UniversalStudio 主 題
樂園的門票在會場正門口就可以買到。這種利
用舉辦國際會議的機會結合當地觀光優勢進行
的城市行銷,從各遊樂園中不時可見到背著有
AHAlogo 包包的遊客交織其中可知,著實具
有立竿見影的效果。
本次會議的學術活動內容分成七大核心主
題(7CardiovascularCores),因為筆者的專長
2011 AHA 會議專欄
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是兒童與先天性心臟病相關的研究,因此特別
感興趣的主題多在 Core3-Genetics,Genomics
andCongenitalCVDisorders。仔細看看大會安
排的內容,就不難發現當今兒童與先天性心
臟病相關研究領域最熱門的是哪些主題,例如
心臟核磁共振的最新臨床應用(4DMRI、late
gadonilliumenhancementandT1mapping for
myocardialfibrosis)、心臟纖維化的評估與可
能的藥物治療策略、先天性心臟病病童與家屬
的生活品質、成人期先天性心臟病的心血管功
能與運動耐受力之評估等等。雖然會議中許多
的最新研究成果讓人心而嚮往之,但更重要的
是,仔細觀察幾個重要的研究,都是源自於多
個醫學中心合作共同建立的資料庫,因此病患
數目與病人族群自然比單一研究機構的資料來
的有代表性,我想這正是醫學中心林立、但卻
各據山頭的台灣醫界必須好好思考的問題。此
外,許多的研究都是多年長期追蹤下來累積的
成果,因此如何做好醫學資訊的整合與連結、
如何規劃並維持具有系統性與前瞻性的研究,
也是未來本土心臟病相關研究想要更上層樓的
重要關鍵。
此次筆者發表的研究被分配在會議最後
一天的上午,於 Adultcongenitalheartdisease:
fromFallottoFontan 的單元中報告。雖然筆者
不算是國際會議報告的新手,但到了會場仍
不免有些忐忑不安。特別是偌大的會議廳依
然坐了約 5 成的聽眾(這對於最後一天的國際
會議而言是不太尋常的現象),而且放眼望去
有好幾個熟面孔,不是常在投稿期刊時被列
為 suggestedreviewers 的學者,就是常被國際
學術會議邀請來演講的專家,因此要在他們面
前班門弄斧 10 分鐘,還要再被整整拷問 5 分
鐘,想起來就有點緊張。不過俗話說得好,船
到橋頭自然直,整個報告過程不知不覺地就過
去了,對於提問者與座長的問題也都能招架得
住,更重要的是,因為此次的報告才能有機會
與日本的 ProfessorNiwa(座長之一)與美國
的 ProfessorLandzberg(波士頓兒童醫院成人
期心臟病中心負責人)充分地交流與討論,當
然,我也以東道主的身分再次歡迎他們來參加
明年在台北舉辦的第四屆亞太地區小兒心臟學
會議(APPCS2012),順便做一下國民外交。
有了此次與會的經驗,更讓我期待能參加
明年此時在洛杉磯舉辦的AHA2012。雖然此
刻眼皮已經有點不爭氣地往下掉,但心情始終
是亢奮的,不單是因為腦袋裡與行李中都有著
滿滿的收穫,更是因為對於未來的研究與進修
有了更多的想法與期待。