Gulf Heart Assocation 2015 Conference Proceedings Abstracts14Immediate and In-hospital Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention22Mitral Valve Replacement in the Presence of Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in Upper Egypt33Anomalous Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Arising from Pulmonary Artery in a 63 year-old patient Case Report34Accuracy of global longitudinal strain analysis in early diagnosis and localization of significant coronary artery lesions in non st - elevation acute coronary syndrome37Heart rate at discharge is an independent predictor of readmission and mortality among patients admitted with acute heart failure. Cohort analysis from Salmaniya Medical Complex - Kingdom of Bahrain38More than 200 heart transplantation from the single centre in the Middle East. All time high: 22 heart transplantation during the first 10 months at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh39Outcomes of patients with reduced left ventricular systolic function undergoing heart surgery at King Faisal Hospital & Research Center40Pattern of in-hospital Cardiac Catheterization for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in Kuwait42Incidence of Malignancies among Post Heart Transplant Patients in the Middle East; is it of Any Significance to the Rest of the World?52Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty in Yemeni Patients; The challenges Never Ends53Importance of Health Education in improving the Quality of life of people with Chronic Diseases55Influence of Rescuers' Gender and Body Mass Index on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation According to the American Heart Association 2010 Resuscitation Guidelines56Postoperative Mid-Term Results of Tricuspid Valve Surgery: Does Valve Repair Have a Better Outcome?58Clinical and Angiographic gender differences in patients undergoing Coronary Angiography61Sonographic chest B-lines with echocardiography Probe anticipate Elevated N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide, irrespective of ejection fraction62Regain Interest in Semi-continuous Sutures in Prosthetic Valve Replacement65Accuracy of Predictive Operative Mortality Models in Octogenarians; a 10-Year Follow-Up Post Open Heart Surgery66What is the optimum management of Pacemaker Lead Endocarditis with multiple vegetations?67Should digoxin be prescribed in atrial fibrillation patients with or without heart failure? Results from Gulf Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Events (Gulf SAFE) in the Middle East69Detection of Early Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Maternoplacental Syndrome byTissue Doppler and Strain Rate Imaging70Right Ventricular Function Assessment in Single LAD lesion Patients Using Strain and Strain Rate Imaging74Anxiety traits and long-term risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in female population 25–64 years in Russia: MONICA-Psychosocial Epidemiological Study75The effect of personal anxiety on 16 years risk of an arterial hypertension in female population aged 25–64 in Russia: based on WHO epidemiological program MONICA-psychosocial77Comparison between Kuwaitis and expatriates in clinical features and outcome of primary PCI for acute ST elevation MI78Gender-related differences in the presentation, performance and outcome of primary PCI in a tertiary center in Kuwait79Venous saturations from central venous line and from venous side of heart lung machine are not interchangeable with mixed venous saturation from the pulmonary artery in children undergoing open heart surgery83Practice of smoking cessation counselling among physicians in Kuwait84Patterns of tobacco smoking among physicians in Kuwait85Cardiac Status among End Stage Renal Disease Patients on Maintenance Haemodialysis in Aden, Yemen: A Cross Sectional Study92Management and outcomes of Gulf citizens with ST elevation myocardial infarction: Findings from Gulf COAST99The Effect of Acute Epicatechin-3-gallate, Epigallocatechin and Epigallocatechin-3 Gallate Treatment on Tobacco Smoking Induced Heart Failure, In Ischemia/Reperfusion Rat Heart Model103Smoking patterns and smoking cessation counseling practices among medical students in Kuwait104Early Experience in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for complex Lesion among Yemeni Patients106Influence of gender on presentation and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in Kuwait107Characteristics and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation in Kuwait108Prognostic Value of Normal Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Patients with Acute Chest Pain: A 15-years Follow up Study109Mitral Stenosis– Impact of Deranged Pulmonary Function Tests on Early Postoperative Outcome111Analysis of in-hospital delay components in patients with STEMI going for primary PCI in a single center112Association between Oral Hygiene Practices and Coronary Heart Disease in Kuwait113Under-utilization of Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in the Middle East114Temporal Trends of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Saudi Arabia: A Call for Action117Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia using 3D mapping with the EnSite system118Exercise Intolerance in Postoperative Fallot Repair, Does it Correlate with Pulmonary Regurgitation?119Incremental Prognostic Value of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients with Renal Dysfunction120Impact of bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndrome on morbidity and mortality in the Gulf Region121Improving Documentation of Cardio-Vascular Disease Risk in Medical Records of Diabetic Patients attending Non Communicable Disease Clinics at West Bay Health Center in Qatar124The non-hyperemic coronary pressure notch as an indicator of the physiologic significance of coronary artery stenosis125Cardioprotective Effect Of Selenium And N-Acetylcysteine Versus Their Combination Against Myocardial Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury126Association between albuminuria and abnormal cardiac Findings in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy: Role of Urine Albumin Excretion129Sub-clinical cardiovascular changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: Doppler ultrasound evaluation130Interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein as a marker of severity in Adult with diabetic ketoacidosis131Carotid artery stenting in asymptomatic tight carotid artery stenosis scheduled for elective CABG surgery. (CASCADE study)132Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with acute coronary syndrome in Yemen Data from Gulf Race133Catheterization in Post CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft); Lessons Learned

Autor: Jadan AlSadda, Najat AL-Khawlani, W. Aboushokka, Ghada A. Mohamed, Samiaa Hamdy, Bassim I. Mohammad, Abdulkareem Al-huthaifi, Dr. Mohamed Salem, Wafa Rashed, Amjad Ahmed, Gehan Hussein, Z. Alsayegh, D. Al-Youha, Hussien H. Kassem, Parvathy T. Usha, Reem Zubaid, Mohammed Al-Kumim, N. Al-Awadhi, A. Al-Awadi, Khadija Aman, B. Alhalabi, A. Alfaddagh, Dr Mohamed Shaaban Ali, V. Gafarov, V. V. Gafarov, Rania Gaber, I. Al-Zakwani, Sameh M. Elameen, Feras Khaliel, Khaled M. Abdelaal, Zouheir Ibrahim Bitar, Jadan Alsaddah, Mohammad A. Shareef, Ahmad Jaafar, Qutubkhan Abbas Jamali, Mohammed Al-Kumaim, Aysha Husain, Nedim Selimovic, Sherif Helmy, Montaser Ismail, Mohamed Helmy, Md. Toufiqur Rahman, AAS Majumder, Afzalur Rahman, Mahboob Ali, Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, Khaled Abdelal, Mohamad Ibrahem, Mohammed Nassar, Mohammed Hamad, Salah Arafa, Ahmed Elyas, Smitha Anilkumar, Hakam Alzaeem, Rachel Hajar, Rashed AlBannay, Satish Agrwal, Wafa AlHaiky, Khalid Makki, Satish Koshy, Najla Mahdi, Sughra AlAlawi, Mariam AlAlawi, Majeed Haidr, Jehad Alburaiki, Aly Alsanei, Atli Eyjolfsson, Ulf Kjellamn, Elias Saad, Zohair Halees, Aly AlSanei, Saad Alkandari, Mohammad Almutairi, Wael Abu Shokka, Lucman A. Anwer, Ulf Kjellman, Ali AlSanei, Mosleh Alanazi, Zohair AlHalees, Abdulrahman Al-Khateeb, Ahmed Al-Motarreb, Mohammed Al-Shami, AbdulNasser Munibari, Ahmed Al-Qudaimi, Ian Minshall, Mohammad Abdulwahab, Eman Al-Hashemi, Syed Hassan Rahmatullah, Maie AlShahid, Ossama Maadarani, Khaled Almerri, Ayman M. Abdelghafaar, karam mosalam, Anas Abudan, Saad Mansoor Aqil, Shahid Khan, Mohamed A. Othman, Azza Katta, Mohammed Usama, P. Panduranga, M. Zubaid, K. Sulaiman, W.A. Rashed, A.A. Alsheikh-Ali, W. AlMahmeed, A. Shehab, A. Al Qudaimi, N. Asaad, H. Amin, Suzan Bayomy, Walleed Atalla, D. O. Panov, E. A. Gromova, I. V. Gagulin, A. V. Gafarova, D. Panov, E. Gromova, I. Gagulin, A. Gafarova, Assem Abdullah, Mohamad Al-Jarallah, Wael Sayed, Mohamed A. Aljarallah, Dr Sayed kaoud Abd El Shafy, Dr Essam Abd Allah, Dr Mohamed Hassan Bakri, Hesham Ali Mohamed, Dr Ahmed Ghoneim, A. Al-Nassar, R. Zaher, JC Longnecker, J. Longenecker, Ahmed Saeed, Saba Kassim, Mohammad Zubaid, Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Najib Alrawahi, Mustafa Ridha, Mousa Akbar, Fahad Alenezi, Rashed Alhamdan, Wael Almahmeed, Hussam Ouda, Arif Al-Mulla, Fahad Baslaib, Abdulla Shehab, Abdulla Alnuaimi, Haitham Amin, Harlan M. Krumholz, Y. Al-Sabt, A. Al-Shammari, M. Dawod, M. Al-Janfawi, Nora Al-Sagheer, A-Nasser Munibari, Abdulrahman Jamiel, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Rajan Rajesh, A. G. Faybushevich, Assem A. Hemeda, Ahmad T. Mousa, N. Al-Nami, N. El-Ghandour, F. Al-Fahad, A. Mohammed, S. Al-Huwais, A. Al-Taiar, M. Mutairi, B. Mistry, A. Alsayegh, Fatma Alzahraa Mostafa, Hanan Zekri, Shereif Elmahdy, Fatima Khalid, Waqas Qureshi, Mouaz H. AL-Mallah, Dr. Zelikha Bashawar, Dr. Amal Alali, Mohammad Hassan Namazi, Hossein Vakili, Morteza Safi, Habibollah Saadat, Fadhil G. Yousif, Mahdi S. Yousif, Marwa A. Gaber, Ali Abd-Elazeem, Soheir Mustafa, Lobna Abdel Wahed, Hanan Sharaf El-Deen, Mohamed Zedan, Mohamed Z. Abd-Elrahman, H. Soliman, R. Mahran, T. ElKady, Abdulkarim AL-Khawlani, Ahmed AL-Motarreb, Shirefa Sherif, Mariam AlMilahi, Mohammad AlMutairi, Nasser Hayat

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https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suv043

A crypticBacillus isolate exhibited narrow 16S rRNA gene sequence divergence withBacillus thuringiensis and showed low maintenance requirements in hyper-osmotic complex substrate cultivations

Autor: Karina Yew-Hoong Gin, Ramaiah Sachidanandham, N. Al-Awadhi, Yousif Al-Shayji

Publikováno v: Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 91:838-847

A cryptic Bacillus (K90) isolate obtained from soil samples from the Kuwait desert exhibited lower maintenance requirements in complex substrate cultivations than Bacillus thuringiensis. A mathematical model was used to estimate apparent maintenance

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https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.20554

Compost Soil Piles for Treatment of Oil-Contaminated Soil

Autor: A. S. El‐Nawawy, M.T. Balba, A. Yateem, N. Al-Awadhi, R. Al-Daher

Publikováno v: Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal. 10:197-209

A number of diverse technological options are being considered for the remediation of soil contaminated with weathered crude oil in Kuwait. The bioremediation technique involving the use of composting soil piles was selected from among the most appro

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https://doi.org/10.1080/20015891109211

Biotechnological applications in the oil industry

Autor: G. Hamer, N. Al-Awadhi

Publikováno v: Acta Biotechnologica. 20:335-350

During the 20th century, important relationships developed between the oil industry and both microbiological and biotechnological research. Basic microbiological research has played an important role in both the exploration and production sectors of

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https://doi.org/10.1002/abio.370200314

Bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil: microbiological methods for feasibility assessment and field evaluation

Autor: R. Al-Daher, N. Al-Awadhi, M.T. Balba

Publikováno v: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 32:155-164

Bioremediation is emerging as a promising technology for the treatment of soil and groundwater contamination. The technology is very effective particularly in dealing with petroleum hydrocarbon contamination. However, bioremediation is a site-specifi

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-7012(98)00020-7