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Volume 21 Number 4 July 2012

MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Mitral Valve Prolapse with Left Atrial Enlargement Out of Proportion to Mitral Regurgitation Michael J. Thomas, David S. Bach	413
Animal Models of Mitral Regurgitation Induced by Mitral Valve Chordae Tendineae Rupture Aurelia A. Leroux, Marie L. Moonen, Luc A. Pierard, Philippe Kolh, Helene Amory	416
Rheumatic Mitral Repair Versus Replacement in a Threshold Country: The Impact of Commissural Fusion Agneta Geldenhuys, Jithan J. Koshy, Paul A. Human, Juliana F. Mtwale, Johan G. Brink, Peter Zilla	424
Structural Changes of Rat Mitral Valve Chordae Tendineae During Postnatal Development Michael G. Dickinson, Ivan Vesely	433
Recurrent Mitral Regurgitation Due to Ruptured Artificial Chordae: Case Report and Review of the Literature Uberto Bortolotti, Michele Celiento, Stefano Pratali, Gerardo Anastasio, Angela Pucci	440
Repair of Disrupted Mitral Annuloplasty Following Blunt Chest Trauma Brian Lima, Wael A. Jaber, A. Marc Gillinov	444
Undersized Annuloplasty for Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Is it Responsible for Clinically Relevant Mitral Stenosis During Exercise? Antonio Grimaldi, Michele De Bonis, Federico Pappalardo, Maurizio Taramasso, Alessandro Verzini, Maria Chiara Calabrese, Francesco Maisano, Ottavio Alfieri	446
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Progression of Aortic Valve Stenosis in Adults: A Systematic Review Helena J. Heuvelman, Martijn W. A. van Geldorp, Marinus J. C. Eijkemans, Nalini M. Rajamannan, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, Johanna J. M. Takkenberg	454
Rosuvastatin Slows the Development of Diastolic Dysfunction in Calcific Aortic Stenosis Luis M. Moura,Sandra F. Ramos, Steen D. Kristensen, Fausto J. Pinto, Isabel M. Barros, Francisco Rocha-Gonçalves	463
Editorial Aldosterone Antagonists and Chronic Aortic Regurgitation: Promising But Not Quite Ready for Prime Time Luis M. Moura, F. Rocha-Gonçalves, Robert W. Emery	473
Editorial: Potentially Modifiable Biological Targets in Aortic Regurgitation Ajit D. Pai, Ramdas G. Pai	476
Effects of Spironolactone Treatment on an Experimental Model of Chronic Aortic Valve Regurgitation Adnane Zendaoui, Dominic Lachance, Élise Roussel, Jacques Couet, Marie Arsenault	478
Urgent Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians: Does an ‘Urgent’ Status Increase Morbidity and Mortality? Changyong Yang, Dadong Li, Roger Mennett, Jonathan Hammond2, Gong Zhang, Donghui Chen, Robert Gallagher	487
An Automated Coring and Apical Connector Insertion Device Facilitates Aortic Valve Bypass (Apicoaortic Conduit) Surgery: Preclinical Experience in a Chronic Ovine Model James S. Gammie, John W. Brown, J. Alan Crunkleton, Gregory J. Bittle1, Craig E. Stauffer, Anthony G. Liepert, Mehrdad Ghoreishi	494
MISCELLANEOUS
Left Atrial Dissection after Mitral Valve Replacement can Mimic Periprosthetic Regurgitation Salil V. Deo, Douglas A. Simonetto, Salah E. Altarabsheh, Sorin V. Pislaru, Gregory W. Barsness, Soon J. Park	502
Aortopulmonary Fistula after a Modified Bentall Procedure Gabriele Ferrari, Gerardo Anastasio, Massimiliano Bianchi, Giovanni Scioti, Fabio Guarracino, Uberto Bortolotti	505
Lipid Insudation as a Cause of Structural Failure of a Stentless Pericardial Bioprosthesis Giacomo Ravenni, Stefano Pratali, Mila Della Barbera, Marialuisa Valente, Gaetano Thiene, Uberto Bortolotti	509
A Novel Technique for Quantifying Mouse Heart Valve Leaflet Stiffness with Atomic Force Microscopy Mary-Kathryn Sewell-Loftin, Christopher B. Brown2, H. Scott Baldwin, W. David Merryman	513
Evolution of the Z-Score in Size-Reduced Bicuspid Homografts Stefano Urso, Filip Rega1, Marc Gewillig, Benedicte Eyskens, Ruth Heying, Willem Daenen, Bart Meyns	521
Regional Mechanical Properties of Human Pulmonary Root Used for the Ross Operation Ali N. Azadani, Sam Chitsaz, Peter B. Matthews, Nicolas Jaussaud, James Leung, Liang Ge, Elaine E. Tseng	527
Bioactive Porcine Matrices in Heart Valve Tissue Engineering Pamela Somers, Filip de Somer, Maria Cornelissen, Hubert Thierens, Guido Van Nooten	535
Individualized Quantified Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty for Treating Ebstein Anomaly Yiwu Liang, Linli Liu, Su Liu, Ziying Chen, Bin You, Mingzhong He, Qiwen Zhou	544
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Heart Rupture and Tamponade with a Short Review of Cause of Death in Ebstein Anomaly R. Nemanja Radojevic MD, T. Bojana Bjelogrlic MD, N. Slobodan Savic MD, PhD, V. Miodrag Soc MD, PhD	549

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