524 - ACTIVATION OF AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR METFORMIN-INDUCED STIMULATION OF GLUCOSE UTILIZATION IN HEART CELLS
R Saeedi, K Paulson, F Amini, RW Wambolt, MF Allard
Vancouver, British Columbia

525 - USING WAVE-INTENSITY ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE RIGHT VENTRICLE DIASTOLIC SUCTION
YC Sun, I Belenkie, JV Tyberg
Calgary, Alberta

526 - MECHANISMS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY REGRESSION BY CHRONIC TREATMENT WITH MOXONIDINE INVOLVE ANP
R El-Ayoubi, A Menaour, D Duguay, D DeBlois, J Gutkowska, S Mukaddam-Daher
Montreal, Quebec

527 - CARDIOPROTECTION BY SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE IS MEDIATED THROUGH NOS IN FEMALE ADULT RAT OFFSPRING EXPOSED TO FETAL HYPOXIA
Y Xu, SJ Williams, DG Hemmings, SJ Armstrong, ST Davidge
Edmonton, Alberta; Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

528 - BRAIN MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTORS (MR), NA⁺ CHANNELS, SYMPATHETIC HYPERACTIVITY, AND LV FUNCTION IN RATS POST-MI
BS Huang, FH Leenen
Ottawa, Ontario

529 - VASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING USING RADIAL ARTERY CELLS: CELL PHENOTYPE AND COLLAGEN PRODUCTION IN 2 AND 3-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE
D Boughner, D Johnston, M Cimini, K Rogers
London, Ontario

530 - THE EFFECTS OF PRE-, PERI- AND POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TREATMENT WITH LOSARTAN IN RATS: THE EFFECTS OF DOSE ON SURVIVAL, VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS, FUNCTION AND REMODELLING
A Pourdjabbar, QT Nguyen, TG Parker, JF Desjardins, N Lapointe, JN Tsoporis, JL Rouleau
Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec

531 - LOSARTAN AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN INSULIN RESISTANT ZUCKER FATTY RATS: REDUCED VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND IMPROVED SURVIVAL
A Pourdjabbar, JF Desjardins, TG Parker, QT Nguyen, JN Tsoporis, N Lapointe, JL Rouleau
Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec

532 - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE JCR:LA-cp RAT, A MODEL OF OBESITY, LEPTIN DYSREGULATION, AND INSULIN RESISTANCE SYNDROME
C Lee, NS Visen, M Scherrer-Crosbie, G Derumeaux, JC Russell, M Hnatowich, A Omelchenko, NS Dhalla, LV Hryshko
Winnipeg, Manitoba