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507 - HYPERGLYCEMIA DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR MORTALITY IN NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
T Doenst, D Wijeysundera, K Karkouti, M Maganti, C Zechner, V Rao, MA Borger
Toronto, Ontario; Freiburg, Germany

508 - THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM REPAIR IN 141 PATIENTS WITH MARFAN SYNDROME: AN 18-YEAR EXPERIENCE
R MacArthur, S LeMaire, J Coselli
Houston, Texas, USA

509 - INJECTED ADULT BONE MARROW-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FUSE WITH CARDIOMYOCYTES IN THE INFARCTED HEART
N Noiseux, M Gnecchi, M Lopez-Ilasaca, L Zhang, VJ Dzau, RE Pratt
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

510 - PROPHYLACTIC AMIODARONE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ARRHYTHMIAS THAT BEGIN EARLY AFTER REVASCULARIZATION, VALVE REPLACEMENT, OR VALVE REPAIR (PAPABEAR): EFFECTS ON THE INCIDENCE OF PERI-OPERATIVE TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
LB Mitchell, DV Exner, DG Wyse, CJ Connolly, GD Prystai, AJ Bayes, WT Kidd, T Keiser, JJ Burgess, A Ferland, CL MacAdams, A Maitland
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511 - INITIAL CANADIAN EXPERIENCES WITH OPEN AND ENDOSCOPIC MICROWAVE ENERGY ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING THE AFX FLEX™ SYSTEM
ND Desai, DA Latter, BS Goldman, GT Christakis, SE Fremes, M Jamil, GN Cohen
Toronto, Ontario