Table of Contents

Poster Abstracts

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  Biofeedback in Coronary Artery Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and Multiple Sclerosis

  Matt Baumann, BS, Dana L. Frank, PhDc, Michael Liebenstein, PhD, Jerry Kiffer, MA, Leo Pozuelo, MD, Leslie Cho, MD, Gordon Blackburn, PhD, Francois Bethoux, MD, Mary Rensel, MD, Betul Hatipoglu, MD, Jim Young, MD, Christine S. Moravec, PhD and Michael G. McKee, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S80;
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  Biofeedback in Heart Failure Patients Awaiting Transplantation

  Dana L. Frank, PhDc, Matt Baumann, BS, Lamees Khorshid, PsyD, Alex Grossman-McKee, Jerry Kiffer, MA, Wilson Tang, MD, Randall C. Starling, MD, Michael G. McKee, PhD and Christine S. Moravec, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S80a;
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  Prevalence of Anxiety and Type D Personality in an Outpatient ICD Clinic

  Leo Pozuelo, MD, Melanie Panko, RN, Betty Ching, RN, Denise Kosty-Sweeney, RN, Scott Bea, PhD, Karen Broer, PhD, Julie Thornton, MS, Kathy Wolski, MPH, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, MD, Sam Sears, PhD, Suzanne Pedersen, PhD, Johan Denollet, PhD and Mina K. Chung, MD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S81;
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  Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: Finding the Missing Cardiac Links

  Lara Jehi, MD, Thomas Callahan, MD, David Vance, MD, Liang Li, PhD and Imad Najm, MD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S81a;
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  Low Levels of Depressive Symptoms Predict the Combined Outcome of Good Health-Related Quality of Life and No Cardiac Events in Patients with Heart Failure

  Kyoung Suk Lee, Terry A. Lennie, Sandra B. Dunbar, Susan J. Pressler, Seongkum Heo and Debra K. Moser

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S82;
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  Spectral HRV and C-Reactive Protein in a Community-Based Sample of African Americans

  Larry Keen, MS

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S82a;
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  Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Determine Fatigue but Not Physical Fitness in Patients With CAD

  Adomas Bunevicius, Albinas Stankus, Julija Brozaitiene and Robertas Bunevicius

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S83;
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  Depression, Cardiovascular Symptom Reporting, and Functional Status in Heart Failure Patients

  Andrew J. Wawrzyniak, Kristie M. Harris, Kerry S. Whittaker, Nadine S. Bekkouche, Sarah M. Godoy, Willem J. Kop, Stephen S. Gottlieb and David S. Krantz

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S83a;
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  Cardiotopic Organization of the Functionally Associated Axons Within the Cervical Vagus Nerves That Project to the Ventricles of the Cat Heart

  E. Adetobi-Oladele, S.E. Ekejiuba, M. Shirahata, S. Ruble, A. Caparso and V.J. Massari

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S84;
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  Significance of Carotid Intimal Thickening in Hypertensive Patients

  Shashi K. Agarwal, MD and Neil K. Agarwal

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S84a;
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  Lacunar Infarcts in a Hypertensive Population and Their Correlation With Systemic Vascular Resistance

  Shashi K. Agarwal, MD and Neil K. Agarwal

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S85;
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  Age-Matched Attenuation of Both Autonomic Branches in Chronic Disease: I. Hypertension

  Rohit R. Arora, MD, Samanwoy Ghosh-Dastidar, PhD and Joseph Colombo, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S85a;
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  Age-Matched Attenuation of Both Autonomic Branches in Chronic Disease: II. Diabetes Mellitus

  Aaron I. Vinik, PhD,MD, Rohit R. Arora, MD and Joseph Colombo, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S86;
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  Age-Matched Attenuation of Both Autonomic Branches in Chronic Disease: III. Coronary Artery Disease

  Rohit R. Arora, MD, amanwoy Ghosh-Dastidar, PhD and Joseph Colombo, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S87;
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  Age-Matched Attenuation of Both Autonomic Branches in Chronic Disease: IV: HIV/AIDS

  Patrick Nemechek, DO, Sam Ghosh Dastidar, PhD and Joe Colombo, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S87a;
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  The Existential Dilemma of Coronary Artery Disease: Nurse as Agent of Change in the Emerging Field of Behavioral Cardiology

  Patricia Baum, RN, BSN

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S88;
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  Phantom Shocks as Markers of Underlying PTSD and Depression

  Ana Bilanovic, Jane Irvine, Adrienne Kovacs, Ann Hill, Doug Cameron and Joel Katz

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S88a;
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  Psychologic Markers of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Are Associated With Indices of Vascular Impairment in Women With High Stress Levels and Advanced Coronary Artery Disease

  U.G. Bronas, R. Lindquist, A. Leon, Y. Song, D. Windenburg, D. Witt, D. Treat-Jacobson, E. Grey, W. Hines and K. Savik

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S89;
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  Personality Dimensions and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

  Juste Buneviciute, Margarita Staniute and Robertas Bunevicius

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S89a;
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  Behavioral Stress Results in Reversible Myocardial Dysfunction in a Rodent Model

  Fangping Chen, Sherry Xie and Mitchell S. Finkel

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S90;
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  Perceived Stress, Psychosocial Stressors, and Behavioral Factors: Association With Inflammatory, Immune, and Neuroendocrine Biomarkers in a Cohort of Healthy Very Elderly Men and Women

  Grant D. Chikazawa-Nelson, PhD, Kenna Stephenson, MD, Anna Kurdowska, PhD, Douglas Stephenson, DO, Sanjay Kapur, PhD and David Zava, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S90a;
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  Prognostic Significance of PD2i in Heart Failure Patients

  Iwona Cygankiewicz, MD, PhD, Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD, Scott McNitt, MS and Antoni Bayes de Luna, MD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S91;
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  Sympathovagal Imbalance Assessed by Heart Rate Variability Correlates With Percent Body Fat and Skeletal Muscle, Independent of Body Mass Index

  David Martinez Duncker R., MD, PhD, Martha Elva Rebolledo Rea, MD,MSc, Ernesto González Rodríguez, MD,MSc, David M. Duncker Rebolledo, MD and Martha E.M. Duncker Rebolledo, MS

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S91a;
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  Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Heart Failure: Influence on Cardiac Event-Free Survival

  Rebecca L. Dekker, PhD, ARNP, Terry A. Lennie, PhD, RN, Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, Mary K. Rayens, PhD, Misook L. Chung, PhD, RN, Jia-Rong Wu, PhD, RN and Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S92;
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  Autonomic Modulation of Ankle Brachial Index Assessed by Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Young Male and Female Volunteers

  David Martinez Duncker R., MD, PhD, Martha Elva Rebolledo Rea, MD, MSc, Ernesto González Rodríguez, MD, MSc, David M. Duncker Rebolledo, MD and Martha E.M. Duncker Rebolledo, MS

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S93;
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  Toward Uncovering Key Factors in Adherence in a Post–Heart Transplant Population: A Project in the Making

  Flavio Epstein, PhD and Parag Kale, MD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S93a;
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  Sympathovagal Tone Assessed by Heart Rate Variability Is Directly Related to Body Mass Index, Percent Body Fat, and Skeletal Muscle in Healthy Male and Female Young Volunteers

  David Martinez Duncker R., MD, PhD, Martha Elva Rebolledo Rea, MD, MSc, Ernesto González Rodríguez, MD, MSc, David M. Duncker Rebolledo, MD and Martha E.M. Duncker Rebolledo, MS

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S94;
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  Biofeedback Training to Promote ANS Resilience in Army ROTC Cadets

  M. Haney, MS, K. Quigley, PhD, B. Batorsky, PhD, LTC J. Nepute³, S. Moore, BS, A. Uhlig, MS and L. Zambrana, BA

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S94a;
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  Trait Hostility Is Associated With Endothelial Cell Apoptosis in Healthy Adults

  Manjunath Harlapur, MD, Leah Rosenberg, MD, Lauren T. Wasson, MD, MPH, Erika Mejia, BA, Shuqing Zhao, MS, Matthew Cholankeril, BA, Matthew Burg, PhD and Daichi Shimbo, MD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S95;
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  Vascular Depression Impairs Health-Related Behavior

  K.K. Hegde, B.T. Mast and P.A. Lichtenbeg

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S95a;
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  Detection of Acute Mild Hypovolemia by Nonlinear Heart Rate Variability

  Pamela L. Jett, MD, James E. Skinner, PhD, Jerry M. Anchin, PhD, Daniel N. Weiss, MD, Douglas E. Parsell, PhD and James J. Hughes, MD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S96;
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  Metabolic Pathway Perturbation of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder

  Wei Jiang, MD, David Steffens, MD, Edward Karoly, PhD, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, PhD, Michael S. Cuffe, MD, Christopher M. O’Connor, MD, Ranga Krishnan, MD and Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S96a;
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  Headache: An Unusual Presenting Symptom of Guillain-Barré Syndrome

  Kanchan Kanel, Aisha Chohan, Reza Vaghefihosseini, Murray Flaster and Hesham Mohamed

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S96b;
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  Effect of Stress Reduction Using the BREATHE Technique on Inflammatory Markers and Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis

  John M. Kennedy, MD, FACC and Donna J. Miller, MSN, FNP-C

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S97;
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  The Lite HEARTEN Study: How Exercise and Relaxation Techniques Affect Subclinical Markers of Heart Disease in Women: Patterns of Change and Effect Sizes to Power Future Studies of Treatment Efficacy

  R. Lindquist, U. Bronas, A. Leon, Y. Song, D. Windenburg, D. Witt, D. Treat-Jacobson, E. Grey, W. Hines and K. Savik

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S98;
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  Cardiovascular Effects of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Hypertensive Patients

  Shailesh Musley, Xiaohong Zhou, Ashish Singal and David Schultz

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S99;
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  Screening for Depression and Anxiety in Patients Admitted for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: Comparison of Nurses’ Reports vs Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

  Ali-Akbar Nejatisafa, Nazila Shahmansouri and Sina Mazaheri

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S99a;
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  Hormonal Heart-Mind Connections: Clinical and Research Implications

  Jan B. Newman, MD, MA, FACS, ABIHM

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S100;
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  Gender Differences in Longevity and Sympathovagal Balance

  Edward Pereira, MD, Scott Baker, MD, Robert Bulgarelli, DO, Gary L. Murray, MD, Rohit R. Arora, MD and Joseph Colombo, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S100a;
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  Neuroendocrine, Inflammatory, and Immune Biomarkers Associated With Body Composition, Depression, and Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Men and Women

  Jean P. Roux, PhD, Kenna Stephenson, MD, Sanjay Kapur, PhD, David Zava, PhD, Robert Haussman, PhD, Christine Gély-Nargeot and Courtney Townsend

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S101;
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  Short-Term Heart Rate Complexity Determined by the PD2i Algorithm Is Reduced in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

  James E. Skinner, Daniel N. Weiss, Jerry M. Anchin, Zuzana Turianikova, Ingrid Tonhajzerova, Jana Javorkova, Kamil Javorka, Mathias Baumert and Michal Javorka

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S101a;
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  Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback and Mindfulness: A Functional Neuroimaging Study

  Paula Sigafus

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S102;
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  Heart, Brain, and the Octopus Connection

  Nirmal Sunkara

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S102a;
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  Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Black Individuals

  Ali A. Weinstein, PhD, Preetha Abraham, Stacey A. Zeno, MS, Guoqing Diao, PhD and Patricia A. Deuster, PhD

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S103;
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  History of Depression Affects Patients’ Depression Scores and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Women Hospitalized for Acute Coronary Syndromes

  Erica Teng-Yuan Yu, PhD, RN, ARNP

  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2011, 78 (8 suppl 1) S103a;