546 - A DECREASED PLATELET COUNT AT BASELINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE IN-HOSPITAL OUTCOME AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
P Lim, E Horlick, M Todorov, K Mackie, PR McLaughlin, L Schwartz, P Seidelin, V Dzavik
Toronto, Ontario

547 - CLINICAL RESTENOSIS IN NEW COBALT CHROMIUM STENTS VERSUS DRUG ELUTING STENTS IN A CANADIAN SETTING
A Ha, D So, M Le May, C Glover
Ottawa, Ontario

548 - PROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF STAND-ALONE PCI IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
P Gladstone, S Kassam, C Li, W deJong, M Finley, B Carter
Toronto, Ontario

549 - COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF GLYCOPROTEIN 2B3A INHIBITORS AS ADJUNCTS IN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) WITH STENTING
AG Brown, N Mittmann, SJ Seung, E Cohen, N Risebrough, Z Tang, P Oh, S Mensinkai, H Noorani
Ottawa, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario

550 - BODY MASS INDEX AND IN-HOSPITAL OUTCOMES AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
MM Shubair, P Prabhakaran, MK Natarajan, V Pavlova, JL Velianou, AM Sharma
Hamilton, Ontario

551 - SAFETY OF SAME DAY RETURN AFTER AD HOC PCI FOR PATIENTS FROM HOSPITALS WITHOUT ON-SITE CARDIAC CATH LABS
WK Hui, L Repka, A Bharmal, M Senaratne, K Bhargava, M Gaballa, N Brass, PK Cheung, M Chan
Edmonton, Alberta

552 - INVASIVE HUMAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: FEASIBILITY DURING REVASCULARIZATION IN A COMBINED XMR SUITE
AJ Dick, VK Raman, AN Raval, RB Thompson, MA Guttman, C Ozturk, DC Peters, AM Stine, VJ Wright, WH Schenke, RJ Lederman
Bethesda, Maryland, USA

553 - VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY AND EJECTION FRACTION: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE OCCLUDED ARTERY TRIAL (OAT)
K Ramanathan, CE Buller, RG Carere, EA Cohen, WJ Canter, AY Fung, J Webb, J Mancini, JR Ross, DJ Atchison, S Forman, V Dzavik
New York, New York; Vancouver, British Columbia; Toronto, Ontario

554 - ACETYLCYSTEINE FOR PREVENTION OF CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY AFTER INTRAVASCULAR ANGIOGRAPHY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
SM Bagshaw, WA Ghali
Calgary, Alberta

555 - FROM EVIDENCE TO PRACTICE: EXAMINING PROCESS AND OUTCOMES IN ACUTE STEMI FROM A CANADIAN PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY CENTRE
RC Leung, L Shewchuk, DL Lundberg, TJ Anderson, F Charbonneau, MJ Curtis, DM Goodhart, JL Hansen, ML Knudtson, FP Spence, M Traboulsi
Calgary, Alberta

556 - A NEW PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY DEVICE: THE KERBEROS RINSPIRATION SYSTEM
M Chandavimol, JN Hamburger, A Fung, GE Pate, GBJ Mancini, B McManus, MC Kiess, JG Webb
Vancouver, British Columbia

557 - CORONARY ARTERY FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA: A CLINICAL CASE SERIES?
GE Pate, RR Lowe, CE Buller
Vancouver, British Columbia

558 - LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX CORONARY DISEASE AFTER TREATMENT WITH DRUG ELUTING STENTS
PK Cheung, M Gaballa, R Leung, N Brass, M Chan, L Kvill, W Hui
Edmonton, Alberta

559 - AROUND-THE-CLOCK PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY: PROCESS-OF-CARE ANALYSIS COMPARING OFF-HOURS TO NORMAL OPERATING HOURS TREATMENT OF ACUTE STEMI
RC Leung, DL Lundberg, D Galbraith, L Shewchuk, ML Knudtson, M Traboulsi, for the Foothills Interventional Cardiology Service, and APPROACH Project
Calgary, Alberta

560 - SINGLE INTRAVENOUS BOLUS OF ABCIXIMAB FOR ROUTINE CORONARY STENTING
JP Awaida, Z El-Khally, P Theroux, R Gallo
Montreal, Quebec

561 - CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE CLINICAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING CAROTID ARTERY STENTING
J Saw, DL Bhatt, HS Gurm, RB Fathi, A Abou-Chebl, C Bajzer, JS Yadav
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

562 - THEOPHYLLINE FOR THE PREVENTION OF CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
SM Bagshaw, WA Ghali
Calgary, Alberta

563 - LEFT MAIN TRUNK INTERVENTION WITH DRUG ELUTING STENTS – A CASE SERIES
AC Taylor, S Radhakrishnan, J Cohen, A Dick, J Pang, M Madan, S Naqvi, D Ko, E Cohen
Toronto, Ontario