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Volume 23 Number 1 January 2014

AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Absence of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Severe Isolated Aortic Stenosis and Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function Eddy Barasch, Jenna Kahn, Florentina Petillo, Simcha Pollack, Peter D.-Y. Rhee, Nathaniel Reichek	1
Comparison of Different Surgical Techniques in 112 Consecutive Patients with Aortic Root Operations: When should the Valve be Spared? Alexander Blehm, Paulus Schurr, Vitaly A. Sorokin, Ionna zianika, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Alexander Albert, Artur Lichtenberg	9
Aortic Wall Thickness: An Independent Risk Factor for Aortic Dissection? Hadas Shiran, Justin Odegaard, Gerald Berry, D. Craig Miller, Michael Fischbein, David Liang	17
The Aortic Root: Simple as Possible, but not Simpler Denis Berdajs	25
Enlargement of the Aortic Annulus During Aortic Valve Replacement: A Review Uberto Bortolotti, Michele Celiento, Aldo D. Milano	31
Physicochemical and Micro-Tomographic Characterization of Inorganic Deposits of Inorganic Deposits Associated with Aortic Stenosis Sylwia Orzechowska, Andrzej Wróbel, Grzegorz Goncerz, Piotr Podolec, Eugeniusz Rokita	40
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Mitral Valve Repair for Severe Organic Mitral Regurgitation in the Elderly Naoto Fukunaga, Yukikatsu Okada, Yasunobu Konishi, Takashi Murashita, Hideo Kanemitsu, Tadaaki Koyama	48
Systemic and Local Levels of Fetuin-A in Calcified Mitral Valves of Rheumatic Heart Disease Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Bhagya Narayan Pandit, Ravindra K. Saran, Kaushik Mazumdar, Jamal Yusuf, Harpreet S. Minhas, Vijay Trehan, Sanjay Tyagi	55
Long-Term Results of Mitral Valve Repair with Semi-Rigid Posterior Band Annuloplasty David W. Yaffee, Didier F. Loulmet, Elias A. Zias, Patricia A. Ursomanno, Annette E. Rabinovich, Aubrey C. Galloway, Eugene A. Grossi	66
Neurocognitive Deficit and Quality of Life after Mitral Valve Repair Renata Ferrari, Giulio Vidotto, Cristina Muzzolon, Stefano Auriemma, Loris Salvador	72
Impact of Mitral Valve Geometry on Hemodynamic Efficacy of Surgical Repair in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Muralidhar Padala, Lazarina I. Gyoneva, Vinod H. Thourani, Ajit P. Yoganathan	79
Extended Posterior Leaflet Extension for Mitral Regurgitation in Giant Left Atrium Yosuke Takahashi, Toshihiko Shibata, Koji Hattori, Yasuyuki Kato, Manabu Motoki, Akimasa Morisaki, Shinsuke Nishimura	88
Intermediate Results of Transaortic Edge-to-Edge Repair of the Mitral Valve in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement Christos G. Mihos, Orlando Santana, Joseph Lamelas	91
DEVICE EVALUATION
Early Hemodynamic Performance of the BioValsalva Valved Conduit after Aortic Root Replacement Catalin Constantin Badiu, Marcus-Andre Deutsch, Sabine Bleiziffer, Markus Krane, Ina Hettich, Bernhard Voss, Domenico Mazzitelli, Rüdiger Lange	97
Long-Term Outcomes Following Medtronic Open Pivot™ Valved Conduit Rishendran Naidoo, Bronwyn Pearse, Peter J. Tesar, Su-ann Yap, Adrian G. Barnett, Trevor Fayers	105
Early and Mid-Term Functional and Hemodynamic Evaluation of the St. Jude Medical Regent 17 mm Aortic Valve Mechanical Prosthesis Edvin Prifti, Massimo Bonacchi, Arben Baboci, Klodian Krakulli, Gabriele Giunti	112
In-Vitro Study of a Porcine Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Riccardo Vismara, Andrea Mangini, Claudia Romagnoni, Monica Contino, Alberto Redaelli	122
HOW TO DO IT
Bentall Operation in 375 Patients: Long-Term Results and Predictors of Death Alessandro Varrica, Angela Satriano, Carlo de Vincentiis, Andrea Biondi, Santi Trimarchi, Marco Ranucci, Lorenzo Menicanti, Alessandro Frigiola	127
Aortic Transection with Superior Biatrial Trans-SeptalApproach for Triple Valve Re-Do Procedures V. Rao Parachuri, Srilakshmi M. Adhyapak, Vineet Mahajan, Chiran A. Babu	135
CASE REPORT
Simultaneous Transapical Paraprosthetic Leak Occlusionand Valve-in-Valve Implantation into a Degenerated Mitral Bioprosthesis Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Massimiliano Mariani, Mattia Glauber, Sergio Berti	138
Dynamic Tricuspid Valve Stenosis Induced with a Pacemaker Lead: A Case Report Bosko Skoric, Zeljko Baricevic, Margarita Brida, Jure Samardzic, Hrvoje Jurin, Davor Milicic	142

Volume 23 Number 1 January 2014

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