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Volume 19 Number 3 May 2010

DEVICE EVALUATION
Superior Results Following the Ross Procedure in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Zohair Al-Halees, Cedric Manlhiot, Brian W. McCrindle, Mohammad Kandeel, Mansoor Al-Joufan, Avedis Kalloghlian, Bahaa Fadel, Charles C. Canver	269
Clinical Experience with Expanded Use of the Ross Procedure: A Paradigm Shift? Alexander Weymann, Pascal M. Dohmen, Herko Grubitzsch, Simon Dushe, Sebastian Holinski, Wolfgang Konertz	279
The First Fifty Consecutive Bentall Operations with a Prefabricated Tissue-Valved Aortic Conduit: A Single-Center Experience Hassina Baraki, Ammar Al Ahmad, Samir Sarikouch, Nurbol Koigeldiev, Nawid Khaladj, Christian Hagl, Maximillian Pichlmaier, Axel Haverich, Malakh Shrestha	286
In-Vivo Blood Velocity and Velocity Gradient Profiles Downstream of Stented and Stentless Aortic Heart Valves Jonas A. Funder, Markus W. Frost, Steffen Ringgaard, Kaj-Erik Klaaborg, Per Wierup, Vibeke Hjortdal, Hans Nygaard, J. Michael Hasenkam	292
Mitral Valve Replacement with the Quattro Stentless Pericardial Bioprosthesis: Mid-Term Clinical and Echocardiographic Follow Up Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Maie Al-Shahid, Cedric Manlhiot, Mouhamed Al-Amri, Brian W. McCrindle, Bahaa Fadel, Zohair Al-Halees	304
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Infective Endocarditis in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Fabio Chirillo, Francesco Bacchion, Alessandra Pedrocco, PierGiorgio Scotton, Alessandro De Leo, Francesco Rocco, Carlo Valfrè, Zoran Olivari	312
Considerations in Timing of Surgical Intervention for Infective Endocarditis with Cerebrovascular Complications Mitsuharu Hosono, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Hidekazu Hirai, Masanori Sakaguchi, Atsushi Nakahira, Hiroyuki Seo, Akimasa Morisaki, Shigefumi Suehiro	321
POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME
Short-Term Results of Repeat Valve Replacement: A Predictive Factor Analysis Sylvain Beurtheret, Vlad Gariboldi, Horea Feier, Dominique Grisoli, Alberto Riberi, Annick Mouly-Bandini, Dominique Métras, Francois Kerbaul, Frédéric Collart	326
Sildenafil and Beraprost Combination Therapy in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Undergoing Valvular Heart Surgery So Yeon Kim, Jae Kwang Shim, Yeon Hee Shim, Seong Wook Hong, Kil Hwan Choi, Young Lan Kwak	333
Simultaneous Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement in Children: Time-Related Outcomes and Risk Factors Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Zohair Al-Halees, Bahaa Fadel, Abdulkareem Al-Wesabi, Mamdouh Al-Ahmadi, Mansour Joufan, Ghassan Siblini, Charles C. Canver	341
MRI ASSESSMENT IN HEART VALVE DISEASE
Aortic Dilatation in Patients with Prosthetic Aortic Valve: Comparison of MRI and Echocardiography Florian von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, André Rudolph, Ralf Wassmuth, Hassan Abdel-Aty, Jeanette Schulz-Menger	349
Planimetry of Mitral Valve Stenosis in Rheumatic Heart Disease by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Charan Lanjewar, Biju Ephrem, Nidhish Mishra, Bhaven Jhankariya, Prafulla Kerkar	357
HOW TO DO IT
Modified Repair in Patients with Ebstein’s Anomaly Nicole Nagdyman, Peter Ewert, Takeshi Komoda, Vladimir Alexi-Meskisvili, Yuguo Weng, Felix Berger, Roland Hetzer	364
Supra-Annular Stitch to Avoid Distortion of the Right Coronary Cusp in Aortic Root Resuspension Nadejda Monsefi, Farhad Bakhtiary, Anton Moritz	371
MISCELLANEOUS
Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease: An Evidence-Based Systematic Overview Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Sherif E. Moustafa, Jamil Tajik, Tahlil Warsame, Usha Emani, Mohsen Alharthi, Farouk Mookadam	374
Pilot Licensing after Aortic Valve Surgery Thomas Syburra, Hans Schnüriger, Barbara Kwiatkowski, Kirk Graves, Oliver Reuthebuch, Michele Genoni	383
The Association of Heart Valve Diseases with Coronary Artery Dominance Gwilym M. Morris, Anthony L. Innasimuthu, Jonathan P. Fox, Raphael A. Perry	389
Thrombocytopenia after Aortic Valve Replacement: Comparison Between Mechanical and Biological Valves Albert H. M. van Straten, Mohamed A. Soliman Hamad, Eric Berreklouw, Joost F. ter Woorst, Elisabeth J. Martens, M. Erwin S. H. Tan	394
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Puerperal Endocarditis in an Adult Woman with Congenital Heart Disease: A Case Report Giancarlo Scognamiglio, Dionigia Alfano, Berardo Sarubbi, Michele D’Alto, Maria Giovanna Russo, Raffaele Calabrò	400
Balloon Dilatation of Rheumatic Tricuspid Stenosis Ekrem Yeter, Karakurt Ozlem, Harun Kiliç, Akdemir Ramazan	401
Spontaneous Resolution of Severe Hemolysis After Valve Surgery Isuru Ranasinghe, John Yiannikas	402
Another Cause of Severe Aortic Regurgitation: Congenital Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Ibrahim Akin, Hüseyin Ince, Christoph A. Nienaber	403

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