Volume 23 Number 6 November 2014

AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Determinants of Persistent or Recurrent Congestive Heart Failure after Contemporary Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Vincent Chan, Fraser Rubens, Munir Boodhwani, Thierry Mesana, Marc Ruel	665
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians Performed via a Right Anterior Thoracotomy Approach Rama K. Krishna, Orlando Santana, Christos G. Mihos, Andrés M. Pineda, Ursula Keller Weiss, Joseph Lamelas	671
Post-Procedural Arterial Hypertension: Implications for Clinical Outcome after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Markus Reinthaler, Barbara E. Stähli, Aerkondal B. Gopalamurugan, Philip Y. Xiu, Suneil K. Aggarwal, Georg Fröhlich, Nicola Delahunty, Michael J. Mullen	675
Modeling Study of Aortic Root for Ross Procedure: A Structural Finite Element Analysis Aike Qiao, Youlian Pan, Nianguo Dong	683
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Does the Number of Redo Mitral Valve Replacements for Structural Valve Deterioration affect Early and Late Outcomes? Experience from 114 Reoperative Cases Naoto Fukunaga, Yukikatsu Okada, Yasunobu Konishi, Takashi Murashita, Tadaaki Koyama	688
Asymmetric Ring Annuloplasty for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Early and Mid-Term Outcomes Giuseppe Gatti, Luca Dell’Angela, Bruno Pinamonti, Livio Gon, Bernardo Benussi, Gianfranco Sinagra, Aniello Pappalardo	695
Progression of Degenerative Mitral Stenosis: Insights From a Cohort of 254 Patients Gaurav Tyagi, Patricia Dang, Ioana Pasca, Reena Patel, Ramdas G. Pai	707
A Model of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation in Pigs with Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment Masahito Minakawa, J. Daniel Robb, Masato Morita, Kevin J. Koomalsingh, Mathieu Vergnat, Matthew J. Gillespie, Joseph H. Gorman III, Robert C. Gorman	713
Real-World Echocardiography in Patients Referred for Mitral Valve Surgery: The Gap Between Guidelines and Clinical Practice Lotte E. de Groot-de Laat, Ben Ren, Jackie McGhie, Frans B. S. Oei, Goris Bol Raap, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, Marcel L. Geleijnse	721
Effect of Mitral Annuloplasty Device Shape and Size on Leaflet and Myofiber Stress Following Repair of Posterior Leaflet Prolapse: A Patient-Specific Finite-Element Simulation William G. Morrel, Liang Ge, Alison Ward, Zhihong Zhang, Eugene A. Grossi, Julius M. Guccione, Mark B. Ratcliffe	727
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Latent Q Fever Endocarditis in Patients Undergoing Routine Valve Surger Dominique Grisoli, Matthieu Million, Sophie Edouard, Franck Thuny, Hubert Lepidi, Frédéric Collart, Gilbert Habib, Didier Raoult	735
Efficacy of Nafamostat Mesilate as Anticoagulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Early Surgery in Patients with Active Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Stroke Toshihito Sakamoto, Hiroya Kano, Shunsuke Miyahara, Takeshi Inoue, Naoto Izawa, Yasuko Gotake, Masamichi Matsumori, Kenji Okada, Yutaka Okita	744
Determinants for Increased Resource Utilization after Surgery for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Herko Grubitzsch, Andreas Schäfer, Benamin Claus, Sascha Treskatsch, Michael Sander, Wolfgang Konertz	752
MISCELLANEOUS
Permanent Lone Atrial Fibrillation and Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation: May the Former Lead to the Latter? Michal Oren, Ohad Oren, Alexander Feldman, Lev Bloch, Yoav Turgeman	759
Patient-Specific Finite Element Analysis of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Andrew D. Wisneski, Aart Mookhoek, Sam Chitsaz, Michael D. Hope, Julius M. Guccione, Liang Ge, Elaine E. Tseng	765
Double Arterial Perfusion Strategy for Acute Type A Dissection after Extra-Anatomic Bypass for Aortic Coarctation Takashi Nishimura, James Beck, Hiroo Takayama, Isaac George	773
Platelet Activation after Sorin Freedom Solo Valve Implantation: A Comparative Study with Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Magna Alberto Repossini, Laura Tononi, Giuliana Martini, Lorenzo Di Bacco, Laura Giroletti, Fabrizio Rosati, Claudio Muneretto	777
Minimally Invasive Approach for Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery Pablo Urband, Orlando Santana, Christos G. Miho, Andres M. Pineda, Joseph Lamelas	783
Papillary Muscle Force Distribution after Total Tricuspid Reconstruction using Porcine Extracellular Matrix: In-Vitro Valve Characterization Diana M. Ropcke, Morten O. J. Jensen, Henrik Jensen, Tine Hejslet, Sten L. Nielsen	788
Aortic Valve Replacement with the Perceval S Bioprosthesis: Single-Center Experience in 143 Patients Konstantinos Zannis, Jérémie Joffre, Daniel Czitrom, Thierry Folliguet, Milena Noghin, Emmanuel Lansac, Laurens Mitchell-Heggs, Mathieu Debauchez, François Laborde	795
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Quantitative Cardiology: Back to Square One Jeffrey B. Geske, Titus C. Evans, Jr., Rick A. Nishimura	803

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