EDITORIAL | |
Editorial: The Way Ahead Gino Gerosa |
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MITRAL VALVE DISEASE | |
Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation: A Systematic Review Craig E. Strauss, Sue Duval, Dan Pastorius, Kevin M. Harris |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Postoperative Cardiac Homograft Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease Amulya T. Siram, Tasha Kouvatsos, Yvelisse Suarez, Alexander Wohler, Paul Stelzer, James Strauchen, Jeffrey I. Mechanick |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | |
Von Willebrand’s Disease Following Aortic Valve Replacement Siddharth Singh, Kyle Klarich, Thomas Beckman |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Isolated Cleft of the Tricuspid Valve: A Variety of Tricuspid Regurgitation Hong Meng, ShiWei Pan, Peng Li |
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Successful Repair for Isolated Cleft Mitral Valve Diagnosed by Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography Hajime Matsue, Takafumi Masai, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Masashi Kawamura, Toshio Miyata |
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