408 - RECOVERY OF MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION POST LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD) INSERTION SHOULD BE SUPPORTED USING A RIGOROUS RECOVERY PROTOCOL
MT Spoor, SF Bolling, GM Deeb, HJ Patel, RL Prager, E Devaney, FD Pagani
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

409 - ENHANCED ANGIOGENESIS WITH MULTIMODAL CELL-BASED GENE THERAPY
TM Yau, GM Li, YG Zhang, RD Weisel, DA Mickle, RK Li
Toronto, Ontario

410 - MITRAL VALVE SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH DEGENERATIVE MITRAL REGURGITATION AND LOW LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
YF Elghoneimy, TE David, M Maganti, S Armstrong
Toronto, Ontario

411 - ENDOSCOPIC SAPHENOUS VEIN HARVESTING FOR CABG CAN BE PERFORMED UTILIZING A REUSABLE SYSTEM WITH GREATLY REDUCED COST AS COMPARED TO DISPOSABLE SYSTEMS
SA Swinamer, SA Fox, FN McKenzie, AH Menkis, MA Quantz, B Kiaii, WD Boyd, K Kodera, R Rayman, T Wenske, RJ Novick
London, Ontario

412 - INCIDENCE AND PREDICTORS OF EARLY READMISSION AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY: A FIVE YEAR ANALYSIS
A Jegatheeswaran, S Fox, L Stitt, M Quantz, N McKenzie, B Kiaii, A Menkis, RJ Novick
London, Ontario

413 - IS COMBINED CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY AND CABG JUSTIFIABLE IN PATIENTS WITH ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS?
MC Moon, DH Freed, ML Brown, EA Pascoe, G Louridas
Winnipeg, Manitoba

414 - EXTENDED USE OF THORACIC AORTIC STENT-GRAFTS: TECHNICS, PITFALLS AND EARLY RESULTS
F Dagenais, JP Normand, R Turcotte
Quebec City, Quebec

415 - MECHANICAL CELL LEAKAGE AFFECTS THE EFFICACY OF MYOCARDIAL CELL IMPLANTATION
CJ Teng, C Wan, R Chiu, D Shum-Tim
Montreal, Quebec

416 - LATE PULMONARY HOMOGRAFT STENOSIS POST ROSS PROCEDURE
K Sharma, B Bittira, JF Morin
Montreal, Quebec