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