8:30-10:00 a.m. Thursday February 10, 2005          Hawaiian Village Room		Cardiac & Valvular Mechanics and Microstructure Chair: K. Jane Grande-Allen — Rice University Co-chair: John Criscione — Texas A&M University, College Station
	A Quantitative Investigation of Rat Heart Microstructure
		B.K. Hegde, C.A. Philip and J.C. Criscione – TAMU, College Station
	A Method for Isolating Heart Valve Cell Populations in Preparation for Proteomic Analysis
		T. Blevins and K.J. Grande-Allen – Rice University
	Pediatric Cardiac Valve Disease
		C.D. Fraser Jr. – Texas Children’s Hospital
	Overview of Tissue Engineered Heart Valves
		K.J. Grande-Allen – Rice University