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Volume 11 Number 2 March 2002

MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Reconstructive Surgery for Congenitally Malformed Mitral Valve Edvin Prifti, Vittorio Vanini, Massimo Bonacchi, Bruno Murzi, Giacomo Frati, Piero Proietti, Massimo Bernabei, Gabriele Giunti, Stefano Vincenzo Luisi	145
Mitral Repair in Patients with Severely Calcified Annulus: Feasibility, Surgery and Results Roland Fasol MD, Katja Mahdjoobian MD, Elrina Joubert-Hubner	153
Posterior Mitral Leaflet Repair with a Simple Segmental Annulus Support: The ÔDouble-Teflon Technique Pablo M. A. Pomerantzeff PhD, Carlos M. A. Brandão MD, Luciano R. Souza MD, Marcelo L. C. Vieira MD, Max Grimberg PhD, José A. F. Ramires PhD, Sérgio A. Oliveira PhD	160
Eight-Year Experience of Combined Valve Repair for Mitral Regurgitation and Maze Procedure Junjiro Kobayashi MD, Yoshikado Sasako MD, Ko Bando MD, Kazuo Niwaya MD, Osamu Tagusari MD, Hiroyuki Nakajima MD, Michiko Ishida MD, Soichiro Kitamura MD	165
Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Mitral Valve Morphology and Mitral Valve Annulus before and after Pericardial Posterior Annuloplasty by Intraoperative Volume-Rendered Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Stefano De Castro MD, Valeria Salandin MD, Domenico Cartoni MD, Carlo Valfr MD, Loris Salvador MD, Giuseppina Magni MD, Rachele Adorisio MD, Federica Papetti MD, Sergio Beni MD, Francesco Fedele MD, Natesa G. Pandian MD	173
Surgical Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation Associated with Enlarged Left Ventricle Li Wenbin, Zhang Jianqun, Zhou Qiwen, Chen Baotian, Xu Xiufang, Zhang Zhaogguang, Zhang Wukui	181
Neurohormones in Mitral Stenosis before and after Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvotomy Renato Razzolini MA, Ioira Ieoni MA, Francesca Cafiero MD, Silvia Liva MD, Diego Faggian MD, Angelo Ramondo MD, Raffaello Chioin MD	185
Relationship Between Resting Parameters of the Mitral Valve and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Mitral Stenosis: Can the Diastolic Filling Period Predict Exercise Capacity? Mehmet Eren MD, Erdinc Arikan MD, Sevket Gorgulu MD, Bahad•r Dagdeviren MD, Osman Bolca MD, Tugrul Norgaz MD, Tuna Tezel MD	191
Beta-Blockade and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Mitral Stenosis in Sinus Rhythm J. V. Monmeneu Menadas MD, F. Mar’n Ortuño MD, F. Reyes Gomis PhD, A. Jordán Torrent MD, M. Garc’a Mart’nez MD, V. Bod’ Peris MD, F. Garc’a de Burgos de Rico PhD	199
ASYMPTOMATIC AORTIC STENOSIS
Value of Exercise Testing to Evaluate the Indication for Surgery in Asymptomatic Patients with Valvular Aortic Stenosis Domenico Alborino MD, Jacques Lars Hoffmann MD, Pierre Claude Fournet MD, Antoine Bloch MD	204
Management of Patients with Asymptomatic Moderate Aortic Stenosis undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass grafting Gilles D. Touati MD, Doron Carmi MD, Faouzi Trojette MD, Mathieu Bidaud MD, David Popesco MD, Amar Ben Amar MD, Henri Poulain MD	210
STENTLESS VALVES: HOMOGRAFTS, AUTOGRAFTS, XENOGRAFTS
Influence of Patient Age and Implantation Technique on the Probability of Re-Replacement of the Homograft Aortic Valve Shu K. Ng PhD, Mark F. O’Brien FRACS, Susan Harrocks BN, Geoffrey J. McLachlan DSc	217
The Ross Procedure for Replacement of the Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Mid-Term Results from 55 Consecutive Cases Francesco Santini MD, Giovanni Battista Luciani MD, Luca Barozzi MD, Mario Lusini MD, Stefania Trimboli MD, Stefano Restivo MD, Alessandro Mazzucco MD	226
Distensibility of the Pulmonary Autograft under Systemic Pressure Yukio Okazaki MD, Kyoumi Takarabe MD, Koujirou Furukawa MD, Shinya Higuchi MD, Kazuhisa Rikitake MD, Satoshi Ohtsubo MD, Masafumi Natsuaki MD, Tsuyoshi Itoh MD	231
Impact of Small Valve Size on Hemodynamics and Left Ventricular Mass Regression with the Toronto SPV® Stentless Aortic Bioprosthesis David S. Bach MD, Bernard Goldman MD, Edward Verrier MD, Michael Petracek MD, Jeremy Wood MD, Scott Goldman MD, Tirone David MD	236
Bovine Jugular Vein as Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery Valved Conduit Antonio F. Corno MD, Michel Hurni MD, Helen Griffin RN, Omar M. Galal MD, Maurice Payot MD, Nicole Sekarski MD, Piergiorgio Tozzi MD, Ludwig K. von Segesser MD	242
LONG-TERM SURGICAL OUTCOME
Dissected Aortic Sinuses Repaired with Gelatin-Resorcin-Formaldehyde (GRF) Glue are not Stable on Follow Up Ulrich O. von Oppell MD, Zeead Karani MD, Andre Brooks MD, Johan Brink MD	249
Cardiac Valve Reoperations: Analysis of Operative Risk Factors in 154 Patients Cesare Beghi MD, Giuseppe De Cicco MD, Francesco Nicolini MD, Luca Ballore MD, Claudio Reverberi MD, Tiziano Gherli MD	258
Four Years’ Experience with the Edwards-Tekna Bileaflet Valve Prosthesis Tanzer Calkavur MD, Tahir Yagdi MD, Anil Apaydin MD, Fatih Islamoglu MD, Hakan Posacioglu MD, Isa Durmaz MD, Mustafa Özbaran MD	263
HYDRODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT OF PROSTHETIC VALVES
Improved Statistical Characterization of Prosthetic Heart Valve Hydrodynamics Using a Performance Index and Regression Analysis Sandy F. C. Stewart PhD, Harry F. Bushar PhD	270
Evaluation Technique for Bileaflet Mechanical Valves Tanya Shipkowitz PhD, Jeffrey Ambrus PhD, James Kurk MS, Kosala Wickramasinghe MS	275
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Serum Components Stimulate Pericardial Tissue Contraction Douglas C. Marchion MS, Josh J. Sticka BS, Tian Hao Han, Patricia A. Weber DrPH, David T. Cheung PhD, Albert C. Grobe MS, Carlos M. G. Duran MD	283
CASE REPORTS
Fibroelastoma of the Papillary Muscle of the Mitral Valve: Diagnostic Implications and Review of the Literature Tomaso Bottio MD, Cristina Basso MD, Giulio Rizzoli MD, Dino Casarotto MD, Gaetano Thiene MD	288
Asymmetric Primary Ringless Repair of Mitral Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report Shaun P. Setty MD, F. Paget Milsom FRACS, Guy Armstrong FRACP	302
IMAGE OF THE MONTH
Pannus-Overgrowth in a Björk-Shiley Valve in the Mitral Position Joanne Harris, David Anderson, John Chambers	306
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
In response to Dignan R, O’Brien M, Hogan P, et al. Influence of HLA matching and associated factors on aortic valve homograft function. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2000;9:504-511 Roger JF Baskett MD, David B Ross FRCSC	307
Reply Rebecca J. Dignan MD	307

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