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Volume 22 Number 3 May 2013

AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Health-Related Quality of Life Following Isolated Aortic Valve Surgery: Is Earlier Intervention Better? Alan Speir, Linda L. Henry, RN, Sharon L. Hunt, Sari D. Holmes, Niv AdInova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA, USA	270
Prevention and Management of Potential Adverse Events During Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement Ludwig K. von Segesser, Gino Gerosa, Michael A. Borger, Enrico Ferrari	276
Clinical Factors Associated with Classical Symptoms of Aortic Valve Stenosis Yuji Nishizaki, Masao Daimon, Sakiko Miyazaki, Hiromasa Suzuki, Takayuki Kawata, Katsumi Miyauchi, Shuo-Ju Chiang, Haruka Makinae, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Hiroyuki Daida	287
Upper ‘J’ Ministernotomy versus Full Sternotomy: An Easier Approach for Aortic Valve Reoperation Elisa Mikus, Simone Calvi, Alberto Tripodi, Mauro Lamarra, Mauro Del Giglio	295
Logistic EuroSCORE I Risk Analysis in Aortic Valve Reoperations after Bioprosthetic Replacement Vito Giovanni Ruggieri, Nezha Roudmane Lenglet, Amedeo Anselmi, Erwan Fletcher, Majid Harmouche, Anne Ingels, Hervé Corbineau, Jean-Philippe Verhoye, Thierry Langanay, Alain Leguerrier	301
Incidence and Impact of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Sabine Bleiziffer, Ina Hettich, Andrea Hutter, Anke Wagner, Marcus-André Deutsch, Nicolo Piazza, Rüdiger Lange	309
Sclerostin as a Potential Novel Biomarker for Aortic Valve Calcification: An In-Vivo and Ex-Vivo Study Ralf Koos, Vincent Brandenburg, Andreas Horst Mahnken, Rebekka Schneider, Guido Dohmen, Rüdiger Autschbach, Nikolaus Marx, Rafael Kramann	317
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Mid-Term Echocardiographic Comparison of Chordal Preservation Method of Mitral Valve Replacement in Patients with Mitral Stenosis Naoto Morimoto, Masaya Aoki, Hirohisa Murakami, Keitaro Nakagiri, Masato Yoshida, Nobuhiko Mukohara	326
Mitral Valve Repair versus Replacement in Patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease Zhenhua Wang, Chenghui Zhou, Haiyong Gu, Zhe Zheng, Shengshou Hu	333
Investigation of the Suitability of Decellularized Porcine Pericardium in Mitral Valve Reconstruction Lucrezia Morticelli, Daniel Thomas, Nicholas Roberts, Eileen Ingham, Sotirios Korossis	340
Long-Term Outcomes of Early Surgery for Asymptomatic Severe Chronic Mitral Regurgitation Minoru Tabata, Hitoshi Kasegawa, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Toshihiro Fukui, Shuichiro Takanashi, Minoru Ono	354
DEVICE EVALUATION
Textile Heart Valve Prosthesis: From Fabric Design Criteria to Early In-Vivo Performances Frederic Heim, Bernard Durand, Nabil Chafke	361
Porcine Models of Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis (NBTE) and Infective Endocarditis (IE) Caused by Staphylococcus aureus: A Preliminary Study Johanna G. Christiansen, Henrik E. Jensen, Louise K. Johansen, Janne Koch, Jørgen Koch, Bent Aalbæk, Ole L. Nielsen, Páll S. Leifsson	368
True External Diameter Better Predicts Hemodynamic Performance of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves than the Manufacturers’ Stated Size Marisa Cevasco, Stephanie L. Mick, Michael Kwon, Lawrence S. Lee, Edward P. Chen, Frederick Y. Chen	377
Gal-Knockout Bioprostheses Exhibit Less Immune Stimulation Compared to Standard Biological Heart Valves Christopher G. A. McGregor, Heide Kogelberg1 Michal Vlasin, Guerard W. Byrne	383
MISCELLANEOUS
Presence of Valvular Calcification Predicts the Response to Cinacalcet: Data from the ADVANCE Study Antonio Bellasi, Maureen Reiner, Frank Pétavy, William Goodman, Juergen Floege, Paolo Raggi	391
Circulating Plasma and Platelet 5-Hydroxytryptamine in Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Pilot Study Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Anita Jagroop, Dorothy M. Gujral, Carl Hayward, Christos Toumpanakis, Martyn Caplin, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Joseph Davar	400
Prooxidant-Antioxidant Balance and Cardiac Function in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Following Cardiac Surgery Amir Ali Rahsepar, Asadollah Mirzaee, Fatemeh Moodi, Mohsen Moohebati, Shima Tavallaie, Fatemeh Khorashadizadeh, Behrooz Mottahedi, Jamil Esfehanizadeh, Ali Azari, Mostafa Sajjadian, Roshanak Khojasteh, Roghayeh Paydar, Somayeh Mousavi, Maral Amini, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Gordon A.A. Ferns	408
Prognostic Variables for Clinical Outcomes in Valvular Heart Disease Patients with Moderate to Severe Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation Manish B. Jhawar, Albert K. Chan, Sara Z. Baig, Margaret E. Calaluce, Annamalai Senthilkumar, Gong-Yuan Xie	418
CASE REPORT
Pulmonary Valve-Sparing Technique in Patient with Tetralogy of Fallot and Anomalous Coronary Artery Crossing the Infundibulum Vladimiro L. Vida, Fabio Zucchetta, Massimo A. Padalino, Ornella Milanesi, Giovanni Stellin	425
Corynebacterium striatum: An Emerging Nosocomial Drug-Resistant Endocardial Pathogen Manuel L. Fernández Guerrero, Ignacio Robles, Maria del Carmen Nogales, Débora Nuevo	428
Reoperative Reimplantation Procedure after Previous Remodeling in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome Jawad Hechadi, Laurent De Kerchove, Hunaid A. Vohra, Gebrine El Khoury	431
Successful Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Implantation in a Small Deteriorated Aortic Valve Bioprosthesi Henrik Bjursten, Matthias Götberg, Jan Harnek, Shahab Nozohoor	433
Sutureless Medtronic 3f Enable® Aortic Valve Replacement in a Heavily Calcified Aortic Root Marco Vola, Jean-Francois Fuzellier, Azarnoush Kasra, Jérôme Morel, Salvatore Campisi, Gianvito Ruggeri, Jean Pierre Favre	436
Congenital Discrete Subaortic Stenosis in Pregnancy: Case Report and Literature Review Maya Guglin, Olga Kristof-Kuteyeva	439
Biodegradable Annuloplasty Ring Two Years after Implantation: First Histological Demonstration in Human Mitral Annulus Erman Pektok, A. Isin Dogan Ekici, Suha Kucukaksu	445

Volume 22 Number 3 May 2013

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