535 - CANADIAN PATIENTS AT HIGH VASCULAR RISK RECEIVED SUBOPTIMAL DOSES OF STATIN THERAPY WITH ONLY HALF ACHIEVING GUIDELINE-RECOMMENDED LIPID TARGETS
AT Yan, RT Yan, M Tan, M Oh, HR Kertland, KL Leblanc, LA Leiter, J Chan, L Zavodni, A Langer, SG Goodman, for the GOALL Registry Investigators
Toronto, Ontario; Hamilton, Ontario

536 - DIABETIC PATIENTS WERE LESS LIKELY TO BE TREATED WITH GUIDELINE-RECOMMENDED THERAPIES
RT Yan, AT Yan, M Tan, M Oh, E Lonn, DG Hackam, RY Chen, G Booth, LA Leiter, A Langer, SG Goodman, for the GOALL Registry Investigators
Toronto, Ontario; Hamilton, Ontario

537 - TISSUE DOPPLER GUIDED OPTIMIZATION OF A-V AND V-V DELAY OF BIVENTRICULAR PACEMAKER IMPROVES RESPONSE TO CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
M Gaballa, R Willliams, S Sivakumaran, K OReilly, J Van der Linder, LA Brodin, T Fenske, A Jones, W Hui, MC Chan
Edmonton, Alberta

538 - EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY IS A POOR PREDICTOR OF THALLIUM-201 SPECT-DEFINED MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA FOLLOWING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
RL Petrovici, M Husain, DS Lee, K Nanthakumar, RM Iwanochko
Toronto, Ontario

539 - CHANGE IN SERUM BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN PREDICTS CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN OUTPATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
SM Dostaler, WD King, P Staples, JL McCans, J Van Eyk, W Pickett
Kingston, Ontario

540 - OBESITY IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET OF METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES AMONG TREATED HIGH VASCULAR RISK CANADIAN PATIENTS
RT Yan, AT Yan, M Tan, M Oh, LA Leiter, E Lonn, AY Cheng, A Langer, SG Goodman, for the GOALL Registry Investigators
Toronto, Ontario; Hamilton, Ontario; Ste-Foy, Quebec

541 - ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND TREATMENT – CARAF A DECADE LATER
KH Humphries, CR Kerr, R Sheldon, G Klein, S Connolly, P Dorian, M Green, M Talajic
Vancouver, British Columbia; Calgary, Alberta; London, Ontario

542 - ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTION OF THE SEVERITY OF POSTERIOR WALL PERFUSION DEFECTS ON REST 99M TC-SESTAMIBI MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING
RL Petrovici, RM Iwanochko, DS Lee, L Emmet, M Husain
Toronto, Ontario

543 - INTRA- AND INTER-OBSERVER REPRODUCIBILITY IN OFF-LINE EXTRACTED CARDIAC TISSUE VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS AND DERIVED VARIABLES
M Gaballa, N Brass, PK Cheung, LA Chan, C Storaa, J Van der Linden, R Williams, W Hui, LA Rasmanis, LA Brodin
Edmonton, Alberta; Stockholm, Sweden

544 - LDL-CHOLESTEROL GOAL ATTAINMENT AMONG STATIN-TREATED PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN CANADA
C Bourgault, J Davignon, G Fodor, C Gagné, D Gaudet, J Genest, M-A Lavoie, L Leiter, R McPherson, M Sénécal, M Marentette, RJ Sebaldt
Montreal, Quebec