Volume 21 Number 3 May 2012

EDITORIAL
Editorial: The Way Ahead Gino Gerosa	274
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation: A Systematic Review Craig E. Strauss, Sue Duval, Dan Pastorius, Kevin M. Harris	275
Strength Comparison of Mitral Annuloplasty Ring and Suturing Combinations: An In-Vitro Study John R. Spratt, John A. Spratt, Vince Beachley, Qian Kang	286
Etiologic Spectrum and Clinical Features of Mitral Regurgitation in a Spanish Population Francisco Toledano, Manuel Crespín, Martín Ruíz Ortiz, Dolores Mesa, Elías Romo, MÓnica Delgado, José Suárez de Lezo	293
Mitral Annular Geometry in Normal and Myxomatous Mitral Valves: Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Quantification Sherif E. Moustafa, Farouk Mookadam, Mohsen Alharthi, Mayank Kansal, Ramesh C. Bansal, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran	299
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Editorial: Aortic Stenosis and Perioperative Risk: The Other Obstructive Defect Samuel Unzek, Farouk Mookadam	311
Risk of Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Aortic Stenosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Daniel B. Spoon, Thomas A. Orszulak, Eric S. Edell, Zhuo Li, Rick A. Nishimura	314
Correlation of Calcification on Excised Aortic Valves by Micro-Computed Tomography with Severity of Aortic Stenosis Sam Chitsaz, Namrata Gundiah, Charlie Blackshear, Nebiyu Tegegn, Kimberly S. Yan, Ali N. Azadani, Michael Hope, Elaine E. Tseng	320
Slow Rate of Progression of Grade 1 and 2+ Aortic Regurgitation Reena Patel, Ashvin Kamath BA, Padmini Varadarajan, Srikanth Krishnan BS, Ramdas G. Pai	328
Natriuretic Peptides and Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Marcelo Katz, Flavio Tarasoutchi, Antonio Eduardo Pereira Pesaro, Renato D. Lopes, Guilherme Sobreira Spina, Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira, Max Grinberg	331
The Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Statins on the Progression of Aortic Sclerosis and Mortality Reza Ardehali, Nicholas J. Leeper, Andrew M. Wilson, Paul A. Heidenreich	337
Transapical Valve-in-Valve Implantation for Regurgitant Stented Aortic Bioprostheses Peter Wenaweser, Thomas Pilgrim, Stephan Windecker, Stefan Stortecky, Thierry Carrel, Alexander Kadner	344
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement S. Chris Malaisrie, Richard Lee, Jane Kruse, Brittany Lapin, Edward C. Wang, Robert O. Bonow, Patrick M. McCarthy	350
Results of Aortic Valve Replacement with the Supra-Annular Sorin Bicarbon Overline Prosthesis Guillermo Reyes, Sara Badia, Pablo Alvarez, Carlos Kallmeyer, Sonia Rodriguez, Anas Sarraj, Juan Bustamante	358
Delayed Left Ventricle-to-Right Atrial Fistula Following Aortic Valve Replacement Curtis A. Anderson, Evelio Rodriguez, Alan P. Kypson	364
TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE
Editorial: How are the Leaflets of the Tricuspid Valve Anchored at the Right Atrioventricular Junction? Robert H. Anderson	366
Histologic Analysis of the Right Atrioventricular Junction in the Adult Human Heart Simon Messer, Ellen Moseley, Mirela Marinescu, Carol Freeman, Martin Goddard, Sukumaran Nair	368
Renal Cell Carcinoma with Invasion of the Tricuspid Valve Apparatus Francesco Santini, Francesco Onorati, Mariassunta Telesca, Fabio Patelli, Enrico Amoncelli, Gian Franco Veraldi, Giuseppe Faggian, Alessandro Mazzucco	374
MISCELLANEOUS
Immunohistochemical Detection of uPA, PAI-1, and α-SMA in Aneurysms of Patients with Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defect Juan Qian, Kun Sun, Ping Shen, Min-zhi Yin	377
Calcified Left Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis Antonio Grimaldi, Anna Chiara Vermi, Ottavio Alfieri, Iacopo Olivotto, Francesco M. Sacco, Paolo G. Camici, Juergen Freers	384
Elimination of α-Gal Xenoreactive Epitope: α-Galactosidase Treatment of Porcine Heart Valves Sun-Young Choi, Hee-Jin Jeong, Hong-Gook Lim, Seong-sik Park, Soo-Hwan Kim, Yong Jin Kim	387
Asymptomatic Pediatric Pulmonic Valve Myxoma Involving the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Manochehr Hekmat, Sima Rafieian, Zahra Ansari Aval, Mohammad Khani, Maryam Taherkhani, Mohammad Reza Movahed	398
Postoperative Cardiac Homograft Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease Amulya T. Siram, Tasha Kouvatsos, Yvelisse Suarez, Alexander Wohler, Paul Stelzer, James Strauchen, Jeffrey I. Mechanick	401
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Von Willebrand’s Disease Following Aortic Valve Replacement Siddharth Singh, Kyle Klarich, Thomas Beckman	405
Right-Heart Failure and Hypotension after Arteriovenous Graft Placement in a Patient with Idiopathic Tricuspid Annular Dilatation Anand Deshmukh MD, Susan M. Schima MD, Michael D. White MD, Amy J. Arouni MD, Mark J. Holmberg MD, PhD	406
Dobutamine Stress-Induced Stroke in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Prosthesis Despite Normal Function Waqas Aftab MD, Jessica Mlotowsky RDCS, Padmini Varadarajan MD, Ramdas G. Pai MD	407
IMAGES OF THE MONTH
Circumflex Artery Percutaneous Revascularization after Minimally Invasive Double Valve Annuloplasty and Left Atrium Ablation Daniyar Gilmanov, Tommaso Gasbarri, Marcello Ravani, Mattia Glauber	410
Isolated Cleft of the Tricuspid Valve: A Variety of Tricuspid Regurgitation Hong Meng, ShiWei Pan, Peng Li	411
Successful Repair for Isolated Cleft Mitral Valve Diagnosed by Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography Hajime Matsue, Takafumi Masai, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Masashi Kawamura, Toshio Miyata	412

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