MITRAL VALVE DISEASE | |
Factors Predicting Emergency Surgery in Severe Mitral Regurgitation Following Mitral Balloon Valvotomy Shantanu Pande, Surendra K. Agarwal, Sudeep Kumar, Ram K. Shukla, Nishant Tripathy, Ravi K. Singh, Nakul Sinha |
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Mitral Annuloplasty with IMR ETlogix® Ring for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation and Left Ventricular Dysfunction Giuseppe Gatti, Bruno Pinamonti, Luca Dell’Angela, Francesco Antonini-Canterin, Bernardo Benussi, Gianfranco Sinagra, Aniello Pappalardo |
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The Impact of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Anna M. Booher, Stanley J. Chetcuti, David S. Bach |
564 |
Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels are Correlated with Mitral Valve Calcification Score in Patients with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Bunyamin Yavuz, Omer Sen, Onur Sinan Deveci, Kadir Okhan Akin, Kursat Dal, Naim Ata, Derun Taner Ertugrul |
570 |
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE | |
Aortic Valve Replacement in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Olaf Schulz, Debora Brala, Ricarda Bensch, Jochen Krämer, Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Gunnar Berghoefer, Ingolf Schimke |
576 |
Reduction Aortoplasty: Safe and Durable Treatment for Borderline Dilatation in Selected Patients Lars Niclauss, Dominique Delay, Patrick Ruchat, Ludwig Karl von Segesser |
584 |
Aortic Annulus Diameter and Valve Design Each Determine the Valve Size Implanted Ulrich O. von Oppell, Leidulf Segadal, Rolf Busund, G. Gilbert Johnston, George Dimitrakakis, Navroz Masani, Te-Hsin Lung |
591 |
One-Year Observation of Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis who Expressed High or Low Chlamydia pneumoniae Antibody Titers Jolanta Świerszcz, Jacek. S. Dubiel, Tomasz Milewicz, Józef Krzysiek, Krystyna Sztefko, Danuta Galicka-Latała |
599 |
Abnormal Left Ventricular Mechanics in isolated Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease may be independent of aortic distensibility: 2D Strain Imaging Study Mustafa Kurt, Ibrahim Halil Tanboga, Emine Bilen, Turgay Isik, Ahmet Kaya, Mehmet Fatih Karakaş, Eyup Büyükkaya |
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Outcomes after Valve-Preserving Root Surgery for Patients with Marfan Syndrome Takashi Kunihara, Diana Aicher, Svetlana Rodionycheva, Mitsuru Asano, Masato Tochii, Fumihiro Sata, Hans-Joachim Schäfers |
615 |
Effect of Concomitant Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy when Assessing the Severity of Aortic Valve Stenosis: An In-Vitro Study Emmanuel Gaillard, Lyes Kadem, Philippe Pibarot , Louis-Gilles Durand |
623 |
THROMBOSIS, EMBOLISM AND BLEEDING | |
The Combined Effects of Clinical Factors and CYP2C9 and VKORC1 Gene Polymorphisms on Initiating Warfarin Treatment in Patients after Cardiac Valve Surgery Vacis Tatarūnas, Vaiva Lesauskaitė, Audronė Veikutienė, Pranas Grybauskas, Povilas Jakuška, Rimantas Benetis |
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Management of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia during Thrombolytic Therapy for Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis Mehmet Özkan, Ali E. Oğuz, Ozan M. Gürsoy, Sabahattin Gündüz, Çağrı A. Aykan, Mehmet A. Astarcıoğlu, Mustafa Yıldız |
636 |
TRIPLE VALVE SURGERY | |
Advanced Age: A Contraindication for Triple-Valve Surgery? Sven Peterss, Caroline Fortmann, Maximilian Pichlmaier, Erik Bagaev, Malakh Lal Shrestha, Christian Hag, Axel Haverich, Nawid Khaladj |
641 |
Triple Valve Repair in Children with Rheumatic Heart Disease: Long-Term Experience Patrick O. Myers, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, Cécile Tissot, Jan T. Christenson, Maurice Beghetti, Afksendiyos Kalangos |
650 |
REPLACEMENT DEVICES | |
Reduction in Platelet Count after Aortic Valve Replacement: Comparison of Three Bioprostheses Giacomo Ravenni, Michele Celiento, Gabriele Ferrari, Aldo Milano, Giovanni Scioti, Stefano Pratali, Uberto Bortolotti |
655 |
Hemodynamic Characteristics of Edwards Sapien Aortic Valve Prosthesis Assessed with Transesophageal Echocardiography Marian Kukucka, Miralem Pasic, Axel Unbehaun, Stephan Dreysse, Alexander Mladenow, Helmut Habazettl, Roland Hetzer |
662 |
Trans-Apical versus Surgical Implantation of Autologous Ovine Tissue-Engineered Heart Valves Petra E. Dijkman, Anita Driessen-Mol, Linda M. de Heer, Jolanda Kluin, Lex A. van Herwerden, Berhard Odermatt, Frank P. T. Baaijens, Simon P. Hoerstrup |
670 |
CASE REPORTS | |
Favorable Evolution of a 43-Year-Old Starr-Edwards Valve in the Tricuspid Position Chadi Aludaat, Arnaud Gay, Amina Guetlin, Catherine Nafeh-Bizet, Jean-Paul Bessou, Fabien Doguet |
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Bartonella henselae Endocarditis of Percutaneously Implanted Pulmonary Valve Iryna Atamanyuk, Shahzad G. Raja, Martin Kostolny |
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | |
Re: Alfieri O, DeBonis MJ. Invited Comment. J Heart Valve Dis 2011;20:415-416 Gerald M Lawrie |
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IMAGES OF THE MONTH | |
A Blood Cyst on the Anterior Mitral Valve Leaflet Complicated by Cerebrovascular Stroke Nicolas Combaret, Kasra Azarnoush, Xavier Marcaggi, Jean Louis Kemeny, Georges Amat, Charles de Riberolles, Lionel Camilleri |
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A Case of Angina from a Pseudoaneurysm after Aortic Root Replacement Sanjay Chaubey, Habib Khan, Jatin Desai |
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