Fourth Biennial Meeting of The Society for Heart Valve Disease
June 15, 2007-June 18, 2007
New York NY United States


 

Saturday, 16 June, 2007

Sunday, 17 June, 2007

Monday, 18 June, 2007

Plenary Session

Lillehei Presentations

Outcome Following Surgery II

Issues in Valve Replacement '07

Determinants of Outcome After Valve Surgery I  

Functional Mitral Regurgitation I

Valve Repair I

Rheumatic/Trials/Valve Repair

Valve Biology III

Outcome Following Surgery I

Determinants of Outcome After Valve Surgery II

Timing of Surgery

Tissue Engineering I

Ross Procedure

Functional Mitral Regurgitation II

Valve Repair II

Valve Biology I

Valve Biology IV

Anticoagulation & Valve Degeneration

Devices

Poster Session III

Tissue Engineering & Valve Biology

Valve Repair III

 

Poster Session I

Valve Biology II

 

Poster Session II

 

 

***

 

 

Saturday, 16 June, 2007

8:15 AM  -  8:30 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Business Meeting (members only)

 

 

8:30 AM  -  8:40 AM
Penntop Ballroom

THIS YEARS PROGRAM - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

 

 

8:40 AM  -  10:10 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Plenary Session

 

1

(30195) Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation: Single Center Experience
Michael A. Borger;   Thomas Walther;   Volkmar Falk;   Joerg Kempfert;   Sven Lehmann;   Axel Linke;   Gerhard Schuler;   * Friedrich W. Mohr
Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, , Germany

 

2

(30281) Influence Of Concomitant Mitral Valve Dysfunction On Survival After Aortic Valve Replacement
Anelechi C. Anyanwu;   Farzan Filsoufi;   Parwis B. Rahmanian;   Javier G. Castillo;   David H. Adams
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

 

3

(30012) Effects Of Aortic Valve Elasticity On Leaflet Stresses
Reetu Singh;   * Joel A. Strom;   Leo Ondrovic;   Babu Joseph;   Michael D. VanAuker
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

 

4

(30133) The Fate Of The Preserved Aortic Valve And Aortic Root In Patients After Surgery With The Yacoub And David Technique
Thorsten Hanke;   Ulrich Stierle;   Katrin Meyer;   Armin Erasmi;   * Hans-Hinrich Sievers;   * Misfeld Martin
Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery University Clinic Schleswig Holstein Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, , Germany

 

5

(30228) A Novel Role Of Beta 2-adrenergic Receptor Agonists In Regulating Valve Calcification
Lana Osman;   Adrian H. Chester;   Najma Latif;   Padmini Sarathchandra;   Wenfang Meng;   Patricia M. Taylor;   Magdi H. Yacoub
Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom

 

6

(30097) The Digital Leaflet: Quantitative Image Analysis And 3d Digital Reconstruction Of The Aortic Valve Leaflet
John Stella;   * Michael S. Sacks
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

 

 

10:10 AM  -  10:45 AM
Penn Top Foyer

Break

 

 

10:45 AM  -  11:45 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Issues in Valve Replacement '07

 

7

(30256) Standard And Logistic Euroscore Risk Evaluation In Isolated Aortic And Mitral Valve Surgery. – Is It Time For Review ?
Piotr Olszowka;   Adam Szafranek;   Peter A. O'Keefe
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

 

8

(29949) Postoperative Outcome In Low-gradient Aortic Stenosis: Impact Of Left Ventricular Contractile Reserve And Prosthesis-patient Mismatch.
Matthias Kirsch1;   Jean Luc Monin1;   Mehran Monchi5;   Serge Baleynaud4;   Christophe Tribouilloy3;   Hélène Petit-Eisenmann2;   Daniel Y. Loisance1
1Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, , France;   2CHU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, , France;   3CHU Amiens, Amiens, , France;   4Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Sud, Lorient, , France;   5Institut Jacques Cartier, Massy, , France

 

9

(30119) Surgical Treatment Of Active Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis With Homografts And Mechanical Prostheses
Loes M. Klieverik1;   * Magdi H. Yacoub2;   Sue Edwards2;   * Jos A. Bekkers1;   A. P. Kappetein1;   * Ad J. Bogers1;   * Johanna J. Takkenberg1
1Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, , Netherlands;   2Harefield Heart Science Centre, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom

 

10

(30080) Long Term Results Of 1002 Carpentier Edwards Supra Annular Bioprosthesis. Incidence For A Pragmatic Choice Of Valvular Substitute
Erwan Flecher;   Jean P. Verhoye;   Herve Corbineau;   Issam Abouliatim;   Vito G. Ruggieri;   Anne Ingels;   Thierry Langanay;   Alain Leguerrier
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital, Rennes, , France

 

 

11:45 AM  -  12:30 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Presidential Address

Friedrich W. Mohr – Innovations in Cardiac Surgery – to make “the impossible” possible

 

 

12:30 PM  -  1:45 PM

Break

 

 

1:45 PM  -  3:15 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Valve Repair I

 

 11

(29360) Results Of Mitral Valve Repair For Active Infective Endocarditis: 19-year Single Centre Experience
Michele Musci;   Emanuel Schultz;   Miralem Pasic;   Henryk Siniawski;   Yuguo Weng;   Rudolf Meyer;   Charles Yankah;   Roland Hetzer
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin Dept of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

 

 12

(29481) Mitral Valve Repair For Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation - Long Term echo Results
* Hitoshi Kasegawa;   Tomoki Shimokawa;   Tetsuya Horai;   Shin Takeuchi;   Shin Takeuchi;   Kenji Nishimura;   Naomi Ozawa;   Shinichiro Takanashi
The Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, , Japan

 

 13

(29755) In Vivo Motion Of Mitral Valve Annuloplasty Devices
Jerald Redmond1;   Dean Christiansen1;   Cathy Bergin1;   Tim Ryan1;   Nancy Rakow1;   Noah Barka1;   John St. Cyr2;   Eugene Grossi3
1Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, United States;   2Jacqmar, Minneapolis, MN, United States;   3New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

 

 14

(29891) Surgical Reconstruction Of Congenital Cleft Mitral Valve: Effect Of Late Annular Dilatation On Repair Durability
Muralidhar Padala1;   Nikolay Vasilyev2;   James W. Owen Jr1;   Rachmadian Wulandana1;   Jorge H. Jimenez1;   * Ajit P. Yoganathan1;   Pedro J. delNido2
1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2Childrens Hospital at Boston, Boston, MA, United States

 

 15

(29926) Is Anterior Leaflet 3-d Geometry Affected By Semi-rigid Or Flexible Mitral Ring Annuloplasty?
Tomasz A. Timek1;   George T. Daughters2;   David Liang1;   Neil B. Ingels2;   * D C. Miller1
1Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States;   2Research Institute of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, United States

 

 16

(30027) Direct Measurement Of Mitral Regurgitation Area By Real-time Transthoracic 3d Colour Doppler Echocardiography
Daisy Pavoni;   Luigi P. Badano;   Norma Pezzuto;   Margherita Cinello;   Riccarda Marinigh;   Pasquale Gianfagna;   Paolo M. Fioretti
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Udine, Italy

 

 

1:45 PM  -  3:15 PM
Skytop Ballroom

Outcome Following Surgery I

 

17

(29456) The Risk Of Valve Surgery For Endocarditis In Dialysis-dependent Renal Failure
* J. S. Rankin;   Sarah Milford-Beland;   Sean M. O?Brien;   Fred H. Edwards;   Eric D. Peterson;   Donald D. Glower;   T. Ferguson;   Charles Stratton IV
STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, Durham, NC, United States

 

 18

(29489) Risk Of Reoperation For Failed Aortic Bioprosthesis
Nicolas Jaussaud;   Vlad Gariboldi;   Dominique Grisoli;   Alberto Riberi;   Annick Mouly-Bandini;   * Dominique Metras;   * Frederic Collart
Centre Hospitalier De La Timone, Marseille, , France

 

 19

(29667) Prosthesis Dependant Left Ventricular Mass Regression After Aortic Valve Replacement.a Prospective Randomized Trial.
Mirko Doss;   Heinz Deschka;   Petar Risteski;   Gerhard Wimmer Greinecker;   Anton Moritz
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery J W Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, , Germany

 

 20

(30165) Survival And Quality Of Life Are Not Related To Valve Size After Aortic Valve Replacement
Benjamin Medalion;   Alexander Lipey;   Erez Sharoni;   Alon Stamler;   Eitan Snir;   Bernardo A. Vidne;   Eyal Porat
Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tiqva, , Israel

 

 21

(30180) Impact Of Small Aortic Prosthesis On Early And Late Mortality After Aortic Valve Replacement
Nimesh D. Desai;   Gideon N. Cohen;   George T. Christakis;   Stephen E. Fremes;   Bernard S. Goldman
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

 22

(30258) The Impact Of Calculated Patient Prosthetic Mismatch On Morbidity, Mortality And Quality Of Life After Aortic Valve Replacement
Dan Loberman;   Ram Sharony;   Amir Kramer;   Dmitri Pevni;   Yosef Paz;   Nehama Sheinberg;   Rafael Mohr;   Gideon Uretzky
The departement of cardiothoracic surgery Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical center, Tel-Aviv, , Israel

 

 

1:45 PM  -  3:15 PM
Gold Ballroom

Tissue Engineering I

 

25

(30072) Are Cryopreserved Fetal Stem Cells An Adequate Cell Source For Heart Valve Tissue Engineering?
Doerthe Schmidt1;   Josef Achermann2;   Christian Breymann1;   Bernhard Odermatt1;   Michele Genoni1;   Gregor Zund1;   * Simon P. Hoestrup1
1University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, , Switzerland;   2Human Genetics Laboratory Genetica AG, Zurich, , Switzerland

 

24

(29488) “fresh” Cell-free Valvular Scaffolds For Surgical Correction Of Congenital Heart Diseases In Pediatric Patients.
Serghei Cebotari1;   Igor Tudorache1;   Artur Lichtenberg1;   Andres Hilfiker1;   Eduard Cheptanaru2;   Sergiu Barnaciuc2;   Anatol Ciubotaru2;   Axel Haverich1
1Hannover Medical School Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover, , Germany;   2Heart Surgery Center, Chisinau, , Moldova

 

25

(29539) Does Sodium Dodecylsulphate Wash Out Of Detergent-treated Bovine Pericardium At Cytotoxic Concentrations?
Samira Caamaño;   Shiori Arai;   Steven Strauss;   E. C. Orton
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States

 

26

(29937) Ross Operation With Decellularized Xenogenic Heart Valve For Rvot Reconstruction
Pascal M. Dohmen1;   Davide Gabbieri1;   Simon Dushe1;   Alexander Lembcke3;   Sebastian Holinski1;   Christian von Heymann2;   Wolfgang Konertz1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany;   2Department of Anesthesiology Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany;   3Department of Radiology Charite Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany

 

27

(29950) Enhanced Durability And Biocompatibility Of Decellularised Bovine Pericardium, Crosslinked With An Ultra Low Concentration Monomeric Aldehyde And Treated With Adapt.
William M. Neethling1;   Sumit Yadav2;   Andrew J. Hodge2;   Ross Glancy3
1Fremantle Heart Institute University of Western Australia, Fremantle, , Australia;   2Cardiothoracic Surgery Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, , Australia;   3Histopathology Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, , Australia

 

28

(30160) 52 Months Of Follow-up Of The Synergraft, A Decellularized Pulmonary Allograft, Used For Rvot-reconstruction During The Ross-procedure In Adults
* J.F. M. Bechtel;   Ulrich Stierle;   * Hans H. Sievers
Department for Cardiac Surgery, Luebeck, , Germany

 

 

 

 

3:15 PM  -  4:00 PM
Penn Plaza

Break

 

 

4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Valve Repair II

 

 29

(29942) Repair Of Congenital Mitral Valve Dysplasia In The First Year Of Life
Guido Oppido;   Ben Davies;   Michael D. McMullan;   Andrew D. Cochrane;   Yves d’Udekem;   Christian P. Brizard
Cardiac Surgical Unit Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 

 30

(30003) Posterior Mitral Leaflet Prolapse: Towards A Physiologic Repair
Ayyaz Ali;   Eric Lim;   Yasir Abu-Omar;   Ziad Ali;   Francis C. Wells
Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, , United Kingdom

 

31

(30042) Accuracy Of Real-time 3d Echocardiography In Assessing Pre-operative Anatomy Of Mitral Valve In Patients With Severe Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
Daisy Pavoni;   Luigi P. Badano;   Norma Pezzuto;   Margherita Cinello;   Riccarda Marinigh;   Pasquale Gianfagna;   Paolo M. Fioretti;   Ugolino Livi
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, , Italy

 

 32

(30074) Quantitative Description Of Three-dimensional Mitral Valve Geometry In Vivo
Liam P. Ryan;   Benjamin M. Jacktson;   Theodore J. Plappert;   Martin G. St. John-Sutton;   * Robert C. Gorman;   * Joseph H. Gorman, III
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 

 33

(30233) Reliability Of Chordal Reconstruction Using Gore-tex Sutures For Anterior Leaflet Prolapse In Mitral Valve Repair
Yu Shomura;   Michihiro nasu;   * Yukikatsu Okada
Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, , Japan

 

 34

(30277) Simplication Techniques For Repair Of The Myxomatous Degenerated Valve Increases The Reparability Index
Frederick Y. Chen;   Narendren Narayanasamy;   * Lawrence H. Cohn
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

 

 

4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM
Skytop Ballroom

Anticoagulation & Valve Degeneration

 

 35

(29661) Reduction Of Calcification In Glutaraldehyde Tanned Bovine Pericardia By Sodium Bisulfate
Jianye Zhou;   Hong Jiang;   * Shengshou Hu
Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, , China

 

 36

(29694) An Improved Crosslinking Method To Inhibit Glycosaminoglycan Degradation In Bioprosthetic Heart Valves
* Naren R. Vyavahare;   Sagar R. Shah;   Devanathan Raghavan
Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States

 

 37

(29897) Successful Long-term Prevention Of Bioprosthetic Calcification With Triglycidylamine- 2-(2-mercaptoethyl)aminoethylidene-1,1-bisphosphonate
Jeanne M. Connolly1;   H S. Rapoport1;   Ivan S. Alferiev1;   Robert C. Gorman2;   Joseph H. Gorman2;   * Robert J. Levy1
1The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States;   2University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 

 38

(30100) Patient Outcome After Aortic Valve Replacement With Mechanical Or Bioprostheses: Weighing Lifetime Anticoagulant-related Event Risk Against Reoperation Risk
Martijn W. van Geldorp1;   * W.R. E. Jamieson2;   * Jian Ye2;   * Guy J. Fradet2;   * A. P. Kappetein1;   * Johanna J. Takkenberg1;   * Ad J. Bogers1
1Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, , Netherlands;   2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, , Canada

 

 39

(30124) Surgery Superior To Thrombolytic Therapy In Treatment Of Obstructed Mechanical Cardiac Valves
Hesham Hegazy2;   Maie Al Shahid1;   Walid Hassan1;   Mohammed Al Amri1;   Bahaa Michel Fadel1;   Nathem Akhras1;   * Zohair Yousef Al Halees1
1King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia;   2Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Center, Dammam, , Saudi Arabia

 

 40

(30152) Early Anticoagulation Regimen After Mechanical Valve Implantation And related Complications
Deepak Puri;   Varinder Sarwal;   Ambuj Choudhary;   Manoranjan Sahoo;   T.S. Mahant
Fortis Hospital Mohali, Mohali, Punjab, India

 

 

4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM
Gold Ballroom

Tissue Engineering & Valve Biology

 

 41

(29992) Site-specific Biological Responses Of Porcine Aortic Valves To Cyclic Stretch
Brian R. Giles1;   Kartik Balachandran2;   Philippe Sucosky2;   Ajit P. Yoganathan2
1Georgia Tech and Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2Wallace H Coulter School of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States

 

 42

(29995) The Role Of Hyaluronan In Mitral Valve Disease
David D. Allison1;   Thomas N. Wight2;   * K. Jane Grande-Allen1
1Rice Univesrity, Houston, TX, United States;   2Benayora Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, United States

 

 43

(30021) Effect Of Cyclic Mechanical Strain And Frequency On Glycosaminoglycan And Proteoglycan Synthesis By Heart Valve Cells
Vishal Gupta1;   Brian D. Lawrence2;   * K. Grande-Allen1
1Rice University, Houston, TX, United States;   2University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States

 

 44

(30057) Boec Seeded, Lipid Modified Polyurethane Heart Valve Leaflets: In Vitro And In Vivo Studies
Stanley J. Stachelek1;   Ivan Alferiev1;   Jeanne M. Connolly1;   Richard Bianco2;   Robert P. Hebbel2;   * Robert J. Levy1
1Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States;   2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

 

 45

(30104) Role Of Cell Phenotype And The Addition Of Ecm Protein On The Mechanical Properties Of Tissue-engineered Mitral Valve Chordae
Ramakrishnan Iyer;   Yaling Shi;   Ivan Vesely
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States

 

 46

(30293) Cellular Micro-integrated Elastomeric Electrospun Scaffolds Under Heart Valve Tissue Engineering
* Michael S. Sacks1;   William R. Wagner1;   * John E. Mayer2
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States;   2Childrens Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA, United States

 

9:30 AM  -  5:30 PM
Penn Plaza

Poster Session I

 

P1

(30088) Anti-adhesion Coatings For Rapidly Exchangeable Bioprosthetic Valve
* Ivan Vesely;   Todd Campbell
ValveXchange Inc, Aurora, Colorado, United States

 

P2

(30241) In Vitro Model To Evaluate “the Balloon Plug Concept” For Repair Of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
Pietro Bajona;   * Kenton J. Zehr;   Giovanni Speziali
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery HLESI University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

 

P3

(30323) Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement Using Real-time Mri Guidance
* Keith A. Horvath2;   Michael Guttman2;   Ming Li2;   Robert L. Lederman2;   Dunitru Mazilu2;   Ozgur Kocaturk2;   Parag V. Karmarkar2;   Elliot R. McVeigh2
1National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States;   2National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States

 

P4

(29372) 1000 Carpentier-edwards Pericardial Valves In Aortic Position: Determinants Of Non Cardiac Hospital Complications
* Wilhelm P. Mistiaen1;   Philip Van Cauwelaert2;   Philip Muylaert2;   Erik De Worm2
1University of Antwerp, Antwerp, , Belgium;   2General Hospital ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, , Belgium

 

P5

(29522) Are Valve Operations In Octogenarians Still High Risk In The Current Era?
Dumbor L. Ngaage;   Steven Griffin;   Michael E. Cowen;   Levant Guvendik;   Alexander R. Cale
Castle Hill Hospital, Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

 

P6

(29676) Echocardiographic Prediction Of Preservation Of Left Ventricular Function After Aortic Valve Replacement For Aortic Regurgitation
Kazuaki Tanabe;   Ayako Yoneyama;   Kazuto Yamaguchi;   Toshikazu Yagi;   Tomoko Tani;   Shigefumi Morioka;   Yasuki Kihara;   Yukikatsu Okada
Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, , Japan

 

P7

(29918) Long Term Survival Of Dialysis Patients Requiring Valve Surgery Independent Of Type Of Prosthesis Implanted
* Jerry Easo;   Philipp Hoelzl;   Ehsan Natour;   Otto Dapunt
Klinikum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

 

P8

(29968) Surgical And Mid-term Outcome After Heart Valve Surgery Due To Infective Endocarditis. A Single-center 11-year Experience.
* Kyriakos Spiliopoulos;   Ayman Haschemi;   Gabriel Fink;   Maria Costi;   Joseph S. Weingartner;   Bernhard M. Kemkes
Heart Center Krankenhaus Muenchen Bogenhausen GmbH, Munich, , Germany

 

P9

(29994) Single Center Experience With The Toronto Root Bioprosthesis In 147 Patients
Sven Lehmann;   * Thomas Walther;   Ardawan Rastan;   Nicolas Doll;   Sergey Leontjev;   Jörg Kempfert;   Volkmar Falk;   Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr
Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, , Germany

 

P10

(30040) Long-term Survival After Valve Replacement For Active Infective Endocarditis: Comparison Between Native And Prosthetic Valve Disease
Daisy Pavoni;   Enzo Mazzaro;   Gianluca Masullo;   Igor Vendramin;   Giorgio Guzzi;   Vincenzo Tursi;   Ugolino Livi
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine, Udine, , Italy

 

P11

(30145) Aortic Valve Surgery In The Elderly Patient: A Retrospective Review
Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo;   Massimiliano Mariani;   Filippo Santarelli;   Pier Andrea Farneti;   Marco Solinas;   Matteo Ferrarini;   Stefano Bevilacqua;   Mattia Glauber
G Pasquinucci Hospital IFCCNR, Massa, , Italy

 

P12

(30147) Determinants Of Outcome After Repeated Isolated Valvular Surgery
Nicola Luciani;   Amedeo Anselmi;   Mario Gaudino;   Franco Glieca;   Giuseppe Nasso;   Mariantonietta Piscitelli;   Gianfederico Possati
Division of Cardiac Surgery Catholic University, Rome, , Italy

 

P13

(30154) Correlation Between Late Mortality And Pre-operative Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone(raa) System And Atrial Natriuretic Factor(anp) Activities In Patients After Avr. 5 Years Follow-up.
* A Szafranek1;   MJ Jasinski2;   R Gocol2;   * M Kolowca2;   H Luckraz1;   J Gawrychowski1;   S Wos2
1University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, , United Kingdom;   2II Department of Cardiac Surgery, Katowice, , Poland

 

P14

(30266) Annular Dilatation And Aortic Insuffuciency After The Ross Procedure In Children
Kirk R. Kanter1;   William T. Mahle2;   Paul M. Kirshbom1;   Brian E. Kogon1
1Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Atlanta, GA, United States

 

P15

(29129) Valve Preservation In Acute Type A Aortic Dissection : 12 – Year Experience
Pasquale Mastroroberto;   Antonio di Virgilio;   Francesco Onorati;   Francesco Pezzo;   Attilio Renzulli
Cardiovascular Surgery University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, , Italy

 

P16

(29171) Mitral Valve Repair For Ischemic And Non-ischemic Regurgitation: is A Semi-rigid Partial Ring Adequate?
Vaughn A. Starnes;   Eric J. Yavrouian;   Becky M. Lopez;   Megan Moody;   Mark J. Cunningham
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States

 

P17

(29350) Aortic Valve Repair In Surgery Of Laubry-pezzi Syndrome
Muslim Mustaev;   Kalandar Babadjanov;   Otabek Karimov;   Khakim Abrolov
Vakhidov Republican Specialized Centre of Surgery, Tashkent city, , Uzbekistan

 

P18

(29399) Aortic And Mitral Valve Repair In Patients With Rheumatic Heart Disease
Sachin Talwar;   Ankit Mathur;   * Arkalgud S. Kumar
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, , India

 

P19

(29546) Attempt To Precisely Locate The Mitral Valve Prolapse By Transthoracic Echocardiography
Jiong Wang1;   Zhi-An Li1;   Chun Zhang1;   Yong-Qiang Lai1;   Guo Li1;   Xuan Zhang2;   Li Fang2;   Xu Meng1
1Capital University of Medical Sciences Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, , China;   2University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States

 

P20

(29585) Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Through Partial Upper Sternotomy In 182 Patients
Thomas Wittlinger;   * Petar Risteski;   Selami Dogan;   Sven Martens;   Peter Kleine;   Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker;   Anton Moritz
Dep of Thoracic and Cardiovasc Surgery University Hospital, Frankfurt, , Germany

 

P21

(29617) Treatment Of Anterior Leaflet Prolapse : Do We Need Artificial Chordae For Rheumatic Mitral Valve Incompetence ?
Phan v. Nguyen
Heart Institute, Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam

 

P22

(29678) Outcome Of Mitral Valve Repair Combined To Coronary Revascularization In Patients With Advanced Ischemic Cardiomyopathy And Moderate-severe Mitral Regurgitation.
Bruno Chiappini;   Ugo Minuti;   Renato Gregorini;   Licia Petrella;   Franco De Remigis;   Marco Ciocca;   Mauro Di Eusanio;   Alessandro Mazzola
Division of Cardiac surgery and Cardiology Department of high specialization for the treatment of the cardiovascular diseases Giuseppe Mazzini Hospital, Teramo, , Italy

 

P23

(29706) Clinical Evaluation Of Quadrangular Resection With Double Teflon No Ring Technique. 12 Year Results.
* Pablo M. Pomerantzeff;   Carlos M. Brandao;   Marco A. Guedes;   Marcos F. Silva;   Marcelo A. Vieira;   Noedir A. Stolf
Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

 

P24

(29711) Mitral Annulus Force
Zhaoming He;   Shamik Bhattacharya
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States

 

P25

(29850) Quality Of Mitral Valve Repair: Median Sternotomy Versus Port-access Approach
Dan Spiegelstein;   Probal Ghosh;   Ateret Malachy;   Leonid Sternik;   Amihai Shinfeld;   * Ehud Raanani
Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, , Israel

 

P26

(29916) Perioperative Dynamic Morphologic Changes Of The Aortic Annulus In Aortic Root Remodeling With Aortic Annuloplasty During Systole And Diastole
Toshinobu Kazui1;   Hajime Kin1;   Jyunichi Tsuboi1;   Kunihiro Yoshioka1;   Hitoshi Okabayashi1;   Kohei Kawazoe1
1Memorial Heart Center Iwate Medical University, Morioka, , Japan;   2Kusatsu General Hospital, Kusatsu, , Japan

 

P27

(29936) Two-dimensional Strain Rate Imaging: Pre- And Postoperative Myocardial Function In Patients With Aortic Regurgitation
Smita R. Jategaonkar1;   Thomas Butz1;   Werner Scholtz1;   Lothar Faber1;   Georg Koenig1;   Reiner Koerfer2;   * Dieter Horstkotte1
1Department of Cardiology Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany;   2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany

 

P28

(29948) Development Of Decellularized Mitral Chordae And Leaflet Scaffolds For Mitral Valve Repair
Sotirios A. Korossis;   Robin Knight;   Richard Knight;   * John Fisher;   Eileen Ingham
University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

 

P29

(29955) Does Preoperative Degree Of Aortic Insufficiency Influence The Outcomes Of Sparing Surgery?
Davide Pacini1;   Luca Botta1;   Giovanni Brachetti2;   Massimo Baiocchi3;   Sofia Martin Suarez1;   Alessandro Armaro1;   Iolter Cattabriga3;   Roberto Di Bartolomeo1
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bologna, , Italy;   2Department of Cardiology, Bologna, , Italy;   3Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Bologna, , Italy

 

P30

(29956) Ten-year Results Of The Ats Open Pivot Bileaflet Heart Valve.
Yoshikatsu Hanzawa;   Junjiro Kobayashi;   Hiroyuki Nakajima;   Osamu Tagusari;   Toshihiro Funatsu;   Toshikatsu Yagihara;   Soichiro Kitamura
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, , Japan

 

P31

(29981) New Concepts In Reconstructive Aortic Root Surgery
* Martin Misfeld;   Marko Hadlak;   Michael Scharfschwerdt;   Armin Erasmi;   * Hans H. Sievers
Clinic of Cardiac Surgery UKSH, Luebeck, , Germany

 

P32

(29987) Early Echocardiographic And Clinical Results Following Isolated Aortic Valve Reconstruction
* Martin Misfeld;   Thorsten Hanke;   Holger Sier;   Armin Erasmi;   Matthias Bechtel;   Ulrich Stierle;   * Hans H. Sievers
Clinic of Cardiac Surgery UKSH, Luebeck, , Germany

 

P33

(29988) Treatment Of Aortic Root Disease With Aortic Regurgitation In Old Patients: Early And Mid Term Results
Mauro Cassese;   Maurizio Braccio;   Andrea Antonazzo;   Alfonso Agnino;   Christian Baraldi;   Laura Tassone;   Fabio Falzea;   Gianluca Martinelli
S Anna Hospital, Catanzaro, , Italy

 

P34

(29996) Reoperative Mitral Valve Surgery Using The Port-access Right Mini-thoracotomy Approach
Wilson Y. Szeto;   John G. Augoustides;   Rohinton Morris;   William J. Vernick;   Jeanne Fox;   Deborah Paschal;   * W. C. Hargrove
Penn Presbyterian M edical Center University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 

P35

(30030) How To Draw The Mitral Valve.
Herbert O. Vetter1;   Georg Haltern2;   * Robert W. Frater3
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Helios Medical Center University of Witten Herdecke, Wuppertal, , Germany;   2Department of Cardiology Helios Medical Center, Wuppertal, , Germany;   3The Albert Einstein College and Montefiore Medical Center Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, United States

 

P36

(30064) High Resolution Three-dimensional Geometric Model Of The Ovine Mitral Valve
Chad Eckert1;   Liam Ryan2;   Joseph Gorman2;   Robert Gorman2;   * Michael S. Sacks1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States;   2Harrison Department of Surgical Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 

P37

(30083) Aortic Valve Surgery In Octogenarian Risk Factors And Survival
Denis Berdajs1;   Ulrich P. Schurr1;   Oliver T. Reutebuch1;   Burkhart Seifert2;   Mario Lachat1;   Marko I. Turina1;   Michele Genoni1
1University Hospital Zurich Cardiovascular Surgery Switzerland, Zurich, , Switzerland;   2Institute of biostatistics Zurich Switzerland, Zurich, , Switzerland

 

P38

(30114) Standardized Valve Repair For Eccentric Aortic Insufficiency
Emmanuel Lansac1;   Isabelle Di Centa2;   Akhtar Rama3;   Dominique Blin4;   Rachid Hacini4;   Thomas Joudinaud1;   Nawwar Al Attar1;   Richard Raffoul1
1Cardiovascular Surgery Unit Bichat University Hospital APHP, Paris, , France;   2Vascular Surgery Unit Ambroise Pare University Hospital APHP, Boulogne Billancourt, , France;   3Cardiovascular Surgery Unit Pitie Salpetriere University Hospital APHP, Paris, , France;   4Cardiovascular Surgery Unit Michalon University Hospital, Grenoble, , France

 

P39

(30115) Long Term Results Of Repair In Mitral Insufficiency. Comparison Of Two Techniques.
Eisenmann Bernard;   Kindo Michel;   Mommerot Arnaud;   Gerelli Sébastien;   Olland Anne;   Epailly Eric;   Petit-Eisenmann Hélène
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Strasbourg, 67000, France

 

P40

(30123) The Smelloff-cutter Ball And Cage Valve: A Revisit 15 Years After Discontinued Use
Shahid Mahmood Khan;   Maie Al Shahid;   Bahaa Michel Fadel;   Mohammed Al Amri;   Charles C. Canver;   * Zohair Yousef Al Halees
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia

 

P41

(30137) Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair: A Comparison Between The Robotic Assisted Approach And The Direct Right Mini-thoracotomy Approach.
Paul S. Massimiano;   Scott D. Barnett;   Niv Ad
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA, United States

 

P42

(30138) Is The Aortic Valve Re-implantation Technique A Valid Alternative In Patients With Typ A Aortic Dissection?
Ulrich F. Franke1;   Nagib Ragi1;   Martin Breuer2;   Marc Albert1;   Anne Isecke2;   Hardy Baumbach1;   Karina Moeller1;   Thorsten Wahlers3
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, , Germany;   2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, , Germany;   3Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University Cologne, Cologne, , Germany

 

P43

(30185) Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction In Ross Operation
Alexandr Romanyuk;   Lyubomyr Bohuta;   Andriy Kurkevych;   Ilya Yemets
Childrens Cardiac Center, Kyiv, , Ukraine

 

P44

(30194) Minimal Invasive Mitral Valve Repair Using A New Adjustable Anuloplasty Ring
Franz X. Schmid1;   Helena Jueckstock1;   Kurt Debl2;   Behrus Djavidani3;   Michael Hilker2
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University Hospital, Regensburg, , Germany;   2Department of Internal Medicine University Hospital, Regensburg, , Germany;   3Department of Radiology University Hospital, Regensburg, , Germany

 

P45

(30199) Long Term Results Of Repair In Mitral Insufficiency. Comparison Of Two Techniques.
Bernard Eisenmann;   Michel Kindo;   Arnaud Mommerot;   Sébastien Gerelli;   Anne Olland;   Eric Epailly;   Hélène Petit-Eisenmann
University Hospital, Strasbourg, , France

 

P46

(30211) Long Term Results Of Mitral Valve Repair Using Autologous Pericardium Annuplasty
David J. De La Zerda;   Oved Cohen;   Marelli Daniel;   Esmalian Fardad;   Diana Hekmat;   Hillel Laks
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States

 

P47

(30217) A New Technique For Sinus Segment Reduction Alleviates The Need For Aortic Root Replacement In Non-marfan Aortic Root Dilatation
Edward G. Soltesz;   Prem S. Shekar;   Michael N. D'Ambra;   * Lawrence H. Cohn
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

 

P48

(30230) Late Results Of Mitral Valve Repair In Active Endocarditis
* Yukikatsu Okada;   Michihiro Nasu;   Yu Shomura
Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, , Japan

 

P49

(30236) Cardioscopic Tricuspid Valve Repair In A Beating Heart
Ramanan Umakanthan;   Ravi K. Ghanta;   Aravind T. Rangaraj;   Rita G. Laurence;   John A. Fox;   Tomislav Mijaljevic;   * Lawrence H. Cohn;   Frederick Y. Chen
Brigham and Womens Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

 

P50

(30239) Anterior Mitral Leaflet Prolapse: Is Repair Always Possible?
Marco Diena;   Guido Lanzillo;   Gheorghe Cerin;   Luca Deorsola;   Ugo Filippo Tesler
Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology San Gaudenzio Clinic, Novara, , Italy

 

P51

(30244) " Supported Double Orifice" Mitral Valve Repair Concept: In-vitro Study Of Chordal Tension In Swine Mitral Valve Preparations
Giovanni Speziali1;   Pietro Bajona1;   Jun Liao2;   * Kenton J. Zehr1
1Division of Cardiovascular Surgery HLESI University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States;   2Department of Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

 

P52

(30246) Total Aortic Root Replacement Using The Freestyle Aortic Bioprosthesis In Patients 70 Years And Older: Long-term Clinical And Echocardiographic Results
Ismail El-Hamamsy1;   Johanna J. Takkenberg2;   Sue Edwards1;   * Magdi H. Yacoub1
1National Heart and Lung Institute, London, , United Kingdom;   2Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, , Netherlands

 

P53

(30254) Valve Sparing Operation For Aortic Root Disease And Aortic Regurgitation: S. Anna Hospital Experience
Mauro Cassese;   Maurizio Braccio;   Andrea Antonazzo;   Alfonso Agnino;   Christian Baraldi;   Valentina Capovivo;   Alfonso Sciangula;   Gian L. Martinelli
SAnna Hospital, Catanzaro, , Italy

 

P54

(30270) Mitral Valve Operations In Patients With Marfan Syndrome
Kenji Minatoya;   Hitoshi Ogino;   Hitoshi Matsuda;   Hiroaki Sasaki;   Junjiro Kobayashi;   Toshikatsu Yagihara;   Soichiro Kitamura
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, , Japan

 

P55

(30276) A Comparison Of The Results For Stented And Stentless Aortic Bioprosthesis Replacement Using Propensity Match Analysis.
Anthony J. Rongione;   Paul S. Massimiano;   Scott D. Barnett;   Alan M. Speir;   Nelson A. Burton;   Lucas R. Collazo;   Edward A. Lefrak;   Niv Ad
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA, United States

 

P56

(30280) Outcome Of Mitral Valve Reconstruction For Type Iii B Mitral Regurgitation
Parwis Rahmanian;   Farzan Filsoufi;   Javier G. Castillo;   Anelechi C. Anyanwu;   David H. Adams
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

 

P57

(30283) Heart Valve Surgery In A Threshold Country
Akinwumi Ogunrombi;   Paul Human;   Wilhelm Lichtenberg;   Oladapo Adeoye;   Johan Brink;   * Peter Zilla
University of Cape Town Christiaan Barnard Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

 

P58

(30290) Surgical Result Of A Valve-sparing Operation: Mid-term Follow Up Of David I Reimplantation
Kei Kazuno;   Kenji Minatoya;   Hitoshi Ogino;   Hitoshi Matsuda;   Hiroaki Sasaki;   Junjiro Kobayashi;   Toshikatsu Yagihara;   Soichiro Kitamura
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, , Japan

 

 

 

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5:30 PM  -  7:00 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Annual General Meeting (members only)

 

Sunday, 17 June, 2007

7:00 AM  -  8:30 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Lillehei Presentations

 

 47

(29413) Force Balance In The Mitral Valve Annulus: How To Interpret The Function Of Annuloplasty Devices
* Morten O. Jensen1;   Henrik Jensen1;   * Sten L. Nielsen1;   Morten Smerup1;   Peter Johansen2;   * Ajit P. Yoganahtan3;   * Hans Nygaard1;   * J. M. Hasenkam1
1Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, , Denmark;   2Engineering College of Aarhus, Aarhus, , Denmark;   3Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States

 

 48

(29912) Papillary Muscle Torsion: A Potential Role In Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation?
Akinobu Itoh1;   Tom C. Nguyen1;   Daniel B. Ennis1;   Wolfgang Bothe1;   Carl J. Carlhäll1;   Filiberto Rodriguez1;   Neil B. Ingels, Jr2;   * D. C. Miller1
1Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States;   2Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, United States

 

 49

(30043) Not Using The Pedof Probe To Measure Transaortic Flow Velocity Misclassifies Twenty-five Percent Of Patients With Aortic Stenosis
Daisy Pavoni;   Lorenzo Del Mestre;   Luigi P. Badano;   Margherita Cinello;   Riccarda Marinigh;   Norma Pezzuto;   Pasquale Gianfagna;   Paolo M. Fioretti
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, , Italy

 

 50

(30065) Percutaneous Mitral Valve Dilatation: Single Balloon Versus Double Balloon – A Finite Element Analysis
Silvia Schievano1;   Mark Nicosia2;   * Richard P. Cochran4;   Sachin Khambadkone1;   Daniel R. Einstein3;   * Philipp Bonhoeffer1;   * Karyn Kunzelman4
1UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, , United Kingdom;   2Department of Mechanical Engineering Widener University, Chester, PA, United States;   3Biological Monitoring and Modeling Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States;   4Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, Lewiston, ME, United States

 

 51

(30098) Estimating The Hemodynamic Environment Of The Developing Avian Mitral Valve
* Jonathan T. Butcher1;   Tim C. McQuinn2;   Roger R. Markwald2
1Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States;   2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States

 

 52

(30144) Anticoagulation Therapy After Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: Action Registry Survey Results
Andrea Colli1;   Jean-Philippe Verhoye2;   Hejimen Robin3;   Justus Strauch4;   Peter Matt5;   Domenico Pagano6
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, , Spain;   2Department of CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, , France;   3Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, , Netherlands;   4Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery University of Cologne, Cologne, , Germany;   5Department of Cardiac Surgery University of Basel, Basel, , Switzerland;   6Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, , United Kingdom

 

 

8:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Determinants of Outcome After Valve Surgery I  

 

 53

(30017) Stentless Bioprostheses Reduce The Incidence Of Severe Patient-prosthesis Mismatch In Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement For Aortic Stenosis
Ayyaz Ali1;   Linda Sharples1;   Fiona Rose1;   Evelyn Lee1;   Rosemary Rusk1;   John Dunning1;   Vincenzo Argano2;   Steven Tsui1
1Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, , United Kingdom;   2Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

 

 54

(29495) Hemodynamic Performance At One Year: A Prospective Randomized Comparison Of The Medtronic Mosaic And Perimount Magna Aortic Bioprostheses.
Maria José Dalmau1;   Jose Maria González-Santos1;   Javier López-Rodríguez1;   Maria Bueno1;   Antonio Arribas2;   Félix Nieto2
1Department of Cardiac Surgery Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, , Spain;   2Department of Cardiology Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, , Spain

 

 55

(30082) To What Extent Does The Surgeon Determine Outcome After Aortic Valve Replacement With Stentless Bioprosthesis?
Alexander Albert;   Ines Florath;   Ulrich Rosendahl;   Juergen Ennker
Heart Institute, Lahr, , Germany

 

 56

(30099) Bileaflet Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement: Can One Size Fit All?
Thierry Mesana;   Vincent Chan;   B-Khanh Lam
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 

 57

(30105) Rest And Exercise Performance Of The Perimount Valves In Aortic Position: Is The Magna Superior
Ina M. Hettich;   * Walter B. Eichinger;   Daniel J. Ruzicka;   Sabine Bleiziffer;   Ralf Guenzinger;   Robert Bauernschmitt;   * Ruediger Lange
German Heart Center, Munich, , Germany

 

 58

(30274) Effect Of Patient - Prosthesis Mismatch On Long - Term Survival: Assessment To 15 Years
* W R Eric Jamieson1;   Philippe Pibarot2;   Jean G. Dumesnil2;   Jian Ye1;   Anson W. Cheung1;   Eva Germann1;   Lucinda A. Bryson1;   Samuel V. Lichtenstein1
1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;   2Laval University, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada

 

 

10:00 AM  -  10:45 AM
Penn Top Foyer

Break

 

 

10:45 AM  -  11:30 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Rheumatic/Trials/Valve Repair

 

 59

(29357) 17 Years Clinical And Echocardiographic Follow-up Results Of Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty In 520 Patients And Predictors Of Long-term Outcome
Mohamed Eid Fawzy;   Jehad Al Buraiki;   Walid Hassan;   Hassan El Widaa;   Suleiman Kharabsheh;   Aly Al Sanei;   Charles Canver
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia

 

 60

(30184) Which Segment Of Tricuspid Annulus Does Really Dilate In Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation?: An Initial Report From A Clinical Study
Hyun Il Kim;   Nobuhiko Mukohara;   Masato Yoshida;   Nobuchika Ozaki;   Tasuku Honda;   Kazuhiro Mizoguchi;   Ayako Maruo;   Tsutomu Shida
Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji, Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

 

 61

(30191) Elective Aortic Valve Repair For Pure Regurgitation: A Tailored Surgical Approach To The Individual Pathology
Laurent de Kerchove;   David Glineur;   Michel Van Dyck;   Jean-Louis Vanonverschelde;   Philippe Noirhomme;   Gebrine El Khoury
Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Buxelles, , Belgium

 

 

11:30 AM  -  12:10 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Honored Lecture

 

 

12:10 PM  -  1:25 PM

Break

 

 

1:25 PM  -  2:55 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Determinants of Outcome After Valve Surgery II

 

62

(29871) Surgical Managagement Of Aortic Valve Disease In The Elderly: A Retrospective Comparative Study Of Valve Choice Using Propensity Score Analysis
Kevin D. Accola1;   Meredith L. Scott1;   George J. Palmer1;   Paul A. Thompson1;   Mark E. Sand1;   Jorge E. Suarez-Cavalier1;   Jeffrey N. Bott1;   George Ebra1
1Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States;   2Cardiovascular Surgeons PA, Orlando, Florida, United States

 

 63

(30032) Equivalent Hemodynamic Performance Of Stented And Stentless Bioprostheses In Supra-annular Position
Daisy Pavoni;   Luigi P. Badano;   Sergio F. Musumeci;   Enzo Mazzaro;   Vincenzo Tursi;   Riccarda Marinigh;   Margherita Cinello;   Ugolino Livi
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, , Italy

 

 64

(30037) Freedom From Structural Valve Deterioration Among Patients ≤ 60 Years Of Age Undergoing Freestyle® Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement.
* David S. Bach1;   Neal D. Kon2;   * Jean G. Dumesnil3;   Colleen F. Sintek4;   Donald B. Doty5
1The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States;   2Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winton-Salem, NC, United States;   3University Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada;   4Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, United States;   5LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

 

 65

(30050) Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension After Mitral Valve Surgery: Does Surgical Procedure Affect Outcome?
Michael C. Walls;   Nina Cimino;   Steven F. Bolling;   * David S. Bach
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

 

 66

(30078) Analysis Of Medtronic Melody™ Transcatheter Pulmonary Valves Explanted For Residual Stenosis.
* Robert F. Padera;   * Frederick J. Schoen
Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

 

 67

(30212) Mitral Valve Disease And Atrial Fibrillation: Six Month Electrocardiogram Follow-up After Cryothermia Or Radiofrequency Ablation
* William H. Ryan3;   Tara A. Weaver1;   Syma L. Prince1;   Todd M. Dewey1;   James R. Edgerton1;   Mitchell J. Magee1;   * Michael J. Mack1;   Morley A. Herbert2
1Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute, Dallas, Texas, United States;   2Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, Texas, United States;   3Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

 

 

1:25 PM  -  2:55 PM
Skytop Ballroom

Ross Procedure

 

 68

(29597) Aortic Valve Replacement: Ten Year Follow Up Of The Ross Procedure
* Roberto Favaloro;   Pablo Roura;   Alejandro Machain;   Carolina Salvatori
Favaloro Foundation, Buenos Aires, , Argentina

 

 69

(29856) Salvage Of The Neoaortic Valve After Failure Of The Pulmonary Autograft In The Ross Operation
Laurent de Kerchove;   Kaoutar Ghammad;   Bruno Absil;   Philippe Noirhomme;   Jean Rubay;   Gébrine El Khoury
Cliniques Universitaires St Luc UCL, Brussel, , Belgium

 

 70

(29935) Can The Ross Operation Be Safely Performed In Patients With Low Ejection Fraction?
Pascal M. Dohmen1;   Davide Gabbieri1;   Alexander Lembcke2;   Simon Dushe1;   Sebastian Holinski1;   Wolfgang Konertz1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany;   2Department of Radiology Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany

 

 71

(29967) Ross Procedure in Children And Adolescents: A 13 Years Experience.
Alessandro Piccardo;   Olivier Ghez;   Bernard Kreitmann;   Roch Giorgi;   * Dominique Metras
La Timone Children Hospital, Marseille, , France

 

 72

(29997) Is The Setting Of A Bicuspid Aortic Valve Suitable For The Ross Operation?
Thorsten Hanke1;   Ulrich Stierle1;   Armin Erasmi1;   * Martin Misfeld1;   Juergen Boehm2;   Joachim Rein2;   Wolfgang Hemmer2;   * Hans-Hinrich Sievers1
1Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery University Clinic Schleswig Holstein Campus Luebeck, Lübeck, , Germany;   2Sana Herzchirurgische Klinik Stuttgart GmbH, Stuttgart, , Germany

 

 73

(30127) 15 Years Single Institution Experience With Ross Procedure
* Zohair Yousef Al Halees;   Ahmed Sallehuddin;   Ziad Rafic Al Bulbul;   Maie Al Shahid;   Bahaa Michel Fadel;   Jan Mahboob Nawaz;   Mohammed Al Amri
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia

 

 

1:25 PM  -  2:55 PM
Gold Ballroom

Valve Biology I

 

74

(30232) An Analysis Of Glycosaminoglycans In Porcine Pulmonary And Aortic Heart Valves
Sophie E. New;   * Adrian H. Chester;   * Magdi H. Yacoub;   * Patricia M. Taylor
Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom

 

75

(29909) Cyclic Stretch Regulates Aortic Valve Matrix Remodeling Enzymes And Their Inhibitors
Kartik Balachandran1;   Philippe Sucosky1;   * Hanjoong Jo2;   * Ajit Yoganathan1
1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

 

76

(30267) Three-dimensional Reconstruction And Visualization Of Cellular And Extracellular Matrix Structures Of Heart Valves
* Ulrich A. Stock1;   Ilka Degenkolbe1;   Olaf Fritze1;   Karl J. Halbhuber2;   * Katja Schenke-Layland3
1University Hospital Charite, Berlin, , Germany;   2Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, , Germany;   3David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, , United States

 

77

(30018) Effects Of Collagen Fiber Damage On Aortic Valve Degeneration: A Finite Element Simulation Study
Reetu Singh;   * Joel A. Strom;   Leo Ondrovic;   Babu Joseph;   Michael D. VanAuker
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

 

78

(30142) Extracellular Matrix Components In Porcine Pulmonary Valves During Processing For Clinical Use
* Patricia M. Taylor1;   Padmini Sarathchandra1;   * Adrian H. Chester1;   Steven Goldstein2;   Al Heacox2;   * Magdi H. Yacoub1
1Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom;   2CryoLife Inc, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States

 

79

(29895) Dexfenfluramine And Fluoxetine Increase Serotonin-mediated Signal Transduction In Mitral Valve Cells Via Serotonin Transporter Blockade, Not Direct Serotonin Receptor Signaling
Jeanne M. Connolly1;   Chad Blamey1;   Mark A. Oyama2;   Robert C. Gorman3;   Joseph H. Gorman3;   James T. Fulmer1;   Kenneth Ryan1;   * Robert J. Levy1
1The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States;   2University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States;   3University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 

 

2:55 PM  -  3:40 PM
Penn Plaza

Break

 

 

3:40 PM  -  5:10 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Devices

 

 80

(29973) An Expansible Aortic Ring : Towards A Physiological Approach For Valve Sparing
Emmanuel Lansac1;   Isabelle Di Centa2;   Francois Raoux3;   Anne Pelle4;   Didier Letourneur4;   Neil Bulman Fleming4;   Jean Baptiste Michel4
1Cardiovascular Unit Bichat University Hospital APHP, Paris, , France;   2Ambroise Pare University Hospital APHP, Boulogne Billancourt, , France;   3Cardiology Unit Saint Antoine University Hospital APHP, Paris, , France;   4Inserm Cardiovascular remodeling Unit, Paris, , France

 

 81

(29983) Simulations Of The Hinge Micro Flow Field Of A Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve
Helene A. Simon1;   Liang Ge2;   Fotis Sotiropoulos2;   Ajit P. Yoganathan1
1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

 

 82

(30079) Pathophysiologic Basis Of Aortic Wall Rupture In Medtronic Freestyle Aortic Root Bioprostheses.
* Robert F. Padera;   * Frederick J. Schoen
Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

 

 83

(30106) Hemodynamic Performance Of The New St. Jude Medical Epic Supra Porcine Bioprosthesis In Comparison To The Medtronic Mosaic
Daniel J. Ruzicka;   * Walter B. Eichinger;   Ina M. Hettich;   Sabine Bleiziffer;   Robert Bauernschmitt;   * Ruediger Lange
German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

 

 84

(30121) What Is The Optimal Implantation Technique For Stentless Aortic Valves?
Michael A. Borger;   Susan M. Carson;   Christopher M. Feindel;   Hugh E. Scully;   * Tirone E. David
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

 85

(30151) Does Valve Design Impact The Maximum Implantable Bioprosthetic Diameter?: a Prospective, Multicenter Observational Study
Irving B. David;   Frank Catinella;   Kenneth Herskowitz
Heart Lung Surgical Institute of South Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

 

 

3:40 PM  -  5:10 PM
Skytop Ballroom

Valve Repair III

 

 86

(29400) Reoperative Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Conduit Reconstruction: Risk Analyses At Follow-up
* John W. Brown;   * Mark Ruzmetov;   Mark D. Rodefeld;   Mark W. Turrentine
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

 

87

(29415) Integrating Resuspension With Remodeling - Early Results With A New Valve-sparing Aortic Root Reconstruction Technique
Andras Kollar;   Scott D. Lick;   Vincent R. Conti
UTMB Department of Surgery, Galveston, Texas, United States

 

88

(29443) Reimplantation Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement For Aortic Root Aneurysm In The Elderly: Are We Pushing The Limits?
Fabrizio Settepani1;   Wilson Y. Szeto2;   Marcello Bergonzini1;   Giuseppe Silvaggio1;   Alessandro Barbone1;   Enrico Citterio1;   Roberto Gallotti1;   Joseph E. Bavaria2
1Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy;   2University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

 

89

(29671) Preserving The Incompetent Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Leaflet Extension Versus Cosgrove Technique.
Mirko Doss;   Sami Sirat;   Petar Risteski;   Anton Moritz
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery J W Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, , Germany

 

 90

(30166) Preservation Of The Aortic Valve In Surgery Of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Provides Good Long-term Results
Franz F. Immer;   Rahel Aeschimann;   Lars Englberger;   Friedrich S. Eckstein;   Pascal A. Berdat;   Jürg Schmidli;   Thierry P. Carrel
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital, Bern, , Switzerland

 

 91

(30295) A Hemispherical Model Of Aortic Valve Geometry
* J. S. Rankin;   Arthur F. Dalley;   Philip S. Crooke
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

 

 

3:40 PM  -  5:10 PM
Gold Ballroom

Valve Biology II

 

 92

(29558) Vasoactive Agents Alter The Biomechanical Properties Of Aortic Valve Leaflets
* James N. Warnock;   Rebecca L. Mathis;   Shelly Sharma;   Steven H. Elder
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States

 

 93

(29892) Valvular Chondromodulin-1 Expression Is Downregulated In A Rabbit Model Of Infective Endocarditis
Joachim B. Grammer;   * Walter B. Eichinger;   Sabine Bleiziffer;   Matthias Benz;   * Rüdiger Lange;   Robert Bauernschmitt
German Heart Center Munich, Munich, , Germany

 

 94

(29898) Multi-slice Ct-scanning For In Vivo 3d-visualization And Quantification Of Wall Calcification In Stentless Valves: An Experimental Study In Young Sheep.
Bart Meuris;   Geofrey De Visscher;   Willem Flameng
Dept of Cardiovascular Diseases, Leuven, , Belgium

 

 95

(30001) The Energy Loss Concept In Ross Patients - An Independent Predictor Of Lv Reverse Remodeling
Thorsten Hanke;   Ulrich Stierle;   Armin Erasmi;   Hans-Hinrich Sievers;   Martin Misfeld
Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery University Clinic Schleswig Holstein Campus Luebeck, Lübeck, , Germany

 

 96

(30010) Durability And Performance Of Root Replacement And Subcoronary Techniques For Homograft Aortic Valve Replacement: Results Of A 10-year Comparative Study.
Ayyaz Ali;   Yasir Abu-Omar;   Allanah Barker;   Ziad Ali;   Panagiotis Theodorou;   Thanos Athanasiou;   John Pepper
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, , United Kingdom

 

 97

(30091) Ovine Valvular Changes After Experimental Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Jack Blazejewski1;   Tom C. Nguyen2;   * D. Craig Miller2;   * Kathryn J. Grande-Allen1
1Rice University, Houston, TX, United States;   2Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

 

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9:30 AM  -  5:30 PM
Penn Plaza

Poster Session II

 

P59

(29951) Bicuspid Aortic Valve At Risk Of Aortic Dissection: Just A Matter Of Ascending Aorta Diameters?
Cristina Basso;   Stefano Nistri;   Stefania Rizzo;   Aierkeen Abudureheman;   Gaetano Thiene
Pathology University of Padua, Padova, , Italy

 

P60

(29552) Aortic Valve Weight And Its Relationship To The Severity Of Aortic Stenosis
Cristina Basso;   Susy Longhi;   Giuseppe Tarantini;   Stefania Rizzo;   Angelo Ramondo;   * Gino Gerosa;   * Gaetano Thiene;   Renato Razzolini
University of Padua Medical School, Padova, , Italy

 

P61

(29485) Fine Characterization Of Mitral Valve Glycosaminoglycans and Their Modification With Degenerative Disease
Luca Dainese1;   Fabio Barili1;   Francesco Alamanni1;   Gianluca Polvani1;   Nicola Volpi2;   Paolo Biglioli1
1Dpt Cardiac Surgery Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS University of Milan, Milan, , Italy;   2Dpt of Biologia Animale University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Italy

 

P62

(29658) Hemodynamic And Clinical Outcome In Bovine And Equine stentless Pericardial Aortic Valve Bioprosthesises: Three Years Follow-up
Joerg Linneweber;   Claudia Totok;   Christopher Koßagk;   Sven Beholz;   Pascal M. Dohmen;   Herko Grubitzsch;   Wolfgang Konertz
Department of CV Surgery University of Berlin Charite, Berlin, , Germany

 

P63

(29857) Aortic Root Replacement For Destructive Aortic Valve Endocarditis Or Aortitis With Left Ventricular-aortic Discontinuity.
Kenji Okada;   Hiroshi Tanaka;   Mitsuru Asano;   Masamichi Matsumori;   Yujiro Kawanishi;   Keitaro Nakagiri;   Yutaka Okita
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, , Japan

 

P64

(29914) Role Of Matrix Turnover In Porcine Valve Development And Aging
Elizabeth H. Stephens;   * K. Jane Grande-Allen
Rice University, Houston, 77005, United States

 

P65

(29932) Resistance To Infection in Over 300 Consecutive Patients Using A Shelhigh No-react® Treated Aortic Bioprosthesis
Pascal M. Dohmen1;   Osama Dorgham1;   Jörg Linneweber1;   Jan P. Braun2;   Wolfgang Konertz1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany;   2Department of Anesthesiology Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany

 

P66

(29933) Performance Of Biological Valves In Tilted Implantation Position
Joerg Babin-Ebell1;   Hans-H Sievers1;   Michael Scharfschwert1
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lübeck, , Germany;   2Klinik im Park, Zürich, , Switzerland

 

P67

(29962) Evaluation Of A Rabbit Model Of Aortic Valve Sclerosis Using High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Histological Analysis
Amanda M. Hamilton1;   * Derek R. Boughner2;   Maria Drangova2;   John A. Ronald2;   Brian K. Rutt2;   Kem A. Rogers1
1University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada;   2Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

 

P68

(29985) Prevention Of Neoartic Sinus Dilatation After Pulmonary Autograft Aortic Root Replacement
Feyzan Ozaslan1;   Andreas Simon2;   Alexandra Miscovic1;   Tayfun Aybek3;   Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker1;   Anton Moritz1
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, , Germany;   2Krankenhaus Oststadt Heidehaus, Hannover, , Germany;   3Guven Hastanese Cardiosurgery, Ankara, , Turkey

 

P69

(29993) Left Ventricular Mass Regression Following Aortic Valve Replacement Is Not Influenced By Elevated Residual Transvalvular Gradients
Ayyaz Ali1;   Linda Sharples1;   Fiona Rose1;   Evelyn Lee1;   Rosemary Rusk1;   John Dunning1;   Vincenzo Argano2;   Steven Tsui1
1Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, , United Kingdom;   2Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

 

P70

(30007) Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement In Patients With Left Ventricular Impairment Leads To Substantial Improvement In Ventricular Function Over 10-years
Ayyaz Ali;   Yasir Abu-Omar;   Kate Willis;   Ian Cummings;   Ziad Ali;   Panagiotis Theodorou;   Thanos Athanasiou;   John Pepper
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, , United Kingdom

 

P71

(30019) Elastin Degradation And Loss In Porcine Bioprosthetic Heart Valves
Murat Surucu1;   Barry Starcher2;   Ivan Vesely1
1Childrens Hospital Los Angeles University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States;   2The University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX, United States

 

P72

(30025) Mitral Allograft In The Tricuspid Position. One Year Results In An Ovine Model, Echocardiography, Magnetic Resonance And Morphology.
* Ales Mokracek1;   * Jaroslav Spatenka3;   Miroslav Sulda1;   Milan Vambera1;   Jaroslav Tintera2;   Ctibor Povysil4;   Otakar Krs5;   * John Pepper6
1Regional Hospital Ceske Budejovice Inc, Ceske Budejovice, , Czech Republic;   2Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, , Czech Republic;   3University Hospital Motol, Prague, , Czech Republic;   4Charles University in Prague First Faculty of Medicine, Prague, , Czech Republic;   5Charles University in Prague Medical Faculty Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, , Czech Republic;   6Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, , United Kingdom

 

P73

(30026) Evaluation Of The Exercise Capacity And Effecitve Orifice Area After Ross Procedeure With Stress Echocardiography
Thomas Wittlinger;   Feyzan Oezaslan;   Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker;   Anton Mortiz
Dep of Thoracic and Cardiovasc Surgery University Hospital, Frankfurt, , Germany

 

P74

(30096) Mechanics Of Tricuspid Valve Annulus Shape
Jerome Jouan;   Matthew R. Pagel;   Matthew Hiro;   Khee H. Lim;   Emmanuel Lansac;   * Carlos M. Duran
International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States

 

P75

(30143) Effect Of Processing Porcine Pulmonary Valves On Collagen And Elastin Ultrastructure
Padmini Sarathchandra1;   * Adrian H. Chester1;   * Patricia M. Taylor1;   Steven Goldstein2;   Al Heacox2;   * Magdi H. Yacoub1
1Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom;   2Cryolife Inc, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States

 

P76

(30155) Carpentier-edwards Perimount Magna 3000 Vs Medtronic Freestyle Valve. 3 Years Follow-up.
* A Szafranek1;   * R Akar3;   AW Sosnowski2;   PA O'Keefe1
1University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, , United Kingdom;   2University of Leicester, Leicester, , United Kingdom;   3University of Ankara, Ankara, , Turkey

 

P77

(30271) Biochemical Changes In Collagen And Elastin During Processing Of Decellularized Porcine Pulmonary Valves
Ada H. Yuen1;   * Patricia M. Taylor1;   * Adrian H. Chester1;   Steven Goldstein2;   Al Heacox2;   * Magdi H. Yacoub1;   Ryszard T. Smolenski1
1Imperial College London, Harefield, Middx, United Kingdom;   2CryoLife Inc, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States

 

P78

(30171) Evidence Of Systolic Contraction Of The Aortic Annulus. prospective Evaluation By Multidetector Computer Tomography.
Meltem Hacibayramoglu;   Jörn Balzer;   Anton Moritz;   Mirko Doss
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery J W Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

 

P79

(30193) High Surgical Risk And Aortic Valve Replacement
Sergey Leontyev;   * Thomas Walhter;   Sven Lehmann;   Anne K. Funkart;   Ardawan Rastan;   Jörg Kempfert;   Volkmar Falk;   * Friedrich W. Mohr
Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, , Germany

 

P80

(30198) Early Calcification Of The Mitroflow (a12) Pericardial Bioprosthesis In Elderly
Jose R. Alvarez;   Juan Q. Sierra;   Marino F. Vega;   Belen A. Nazar;   Jose Manuel M. Comendador;   Javier G. Carro
University Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, , Spain

 

P81

(30245) Calcification Potential Of Porcine Aortic Valves And Identification Of Cells Involved
Ismail El-Hamamsy;   Najma Latif;   Wenfang Meng;   Padmini Sarathchandra;   * Patricia M. Taylor;   * Magdi H. Yacoub;   * Adrian H. Chester
Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom

 

P82

(30248) Mechanism For Aortic Valve Calcification In The Aging Population: A Fluid-solid Interaction Model
Reetu Singh;   * Joel A. Strom;   Leo Ondrovic;   Babu Joseph;   Michael D. VanAuker
University of South Florida, Tampa, , United States

 

P83

(30261) Aortic Valve Resistance Is Superior To Orifice Area Measurements To Assess Native And Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration
Reetu Singh;   * Joel A. Strom;   Leo Ondrovic;   Babu Joseph;   Michael D. VanAuker
University of South Florida, Tampa, , United States

 

P84

(30255) Predictors Of New Postoperative Supraventricular Tachycardia Required Treatment In Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement.
Piotr Olszowka;   A A. Azzu;   Adam Szafranek;   Peter A. O'Keefe
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

 

P85

(30257) Predictors And Outcomes Of Mitral Valve Replacement In Patients With Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Jian Ye;   * W R Eric Jamieson;   Samuel V. Lichtenstein;   Eva Germann;   Florence Chan;   Guy J. Fradet;   James G. Abel;   Anson W. Cheung
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

P86

(29446) Three-dimensional Computational Modeling Of Oxygen Diffusion In Aortic Valve Leaflet
Ling Wang;   Sotiris Korossis;   * John Fisher;   Eileen Ingham;   Zhongmin Jin
University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

 

P87

(29521) Activation And Sustained Release Of Bfgf In Heparan Preloaded Matrices Improve Repopulation Of Tissue Engineered Aortic Valves.
Pamela Somers;   * Kishan Narine;   Jean-Paul Remon;   Nathalie Huyghebaert;   Tim Couvreur;   * Guido Van Nooten
University of Ghent, Ghent, , Belgium

 

P88

(29551) Are Sounds From Mechanical Heart Valves Equal For Different Valve Designs?
Thais L. Pedersen1;   Peter Johansen1;   Hans Nygaard1;   Heinrich Körtke2;   Reiner Körfer2;   J. Michael Hasenkam1
1Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, , Denmark;   2The Heart Center North Rhine Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany

 

P89

(29572) In Search Of The Ideal Biological Heart Valve Substitute: Detergent Decellularised Xenograft Evaluated In The Juvenile Sheep
Rodolfo Paniagua1;   Helen Wilcox1;   Sotiris Korossis1;   Saeed Mirsadraee1;   Sergio Lopes2;   Francisco Costa2;   Kevin Waterson3;   Eileen Ingham-Fisher1
1The Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom;   2Universidade Catolica do Parana Brazil, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil;   3The Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

 

P90

(29659) In Vitro Performance Of Autologous Prosthetic Valved Conduits Fabricated By In Vivo Tissue engineering
Kyoko Hayashida1;   Keiichi Kanda2;   Tomonori Oie3;   Masaaki Onoynama4;   Tsutomu Tajikawa4;   Kenkichi Ohba4;   Hitoshi Yaku2;   Yasuhide Nakayama1
1National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, , Japan;   2Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, , Japan;   3Shinkankogyo Company, Osaka, , Japan;   4Kansai University, Osaka, , Japan;   5Hokkaido University, Sapporo, , Japan

 

P91

(29710) Multiscale Simulations Of The Aortic Valve For Investigation Of Mechanotransduction
Eli J. Weinberg1;   Mohammad R. Kaazempur Mofrad2
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States;   2University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

 

P92

(29900) In Vivo Reseeding Of Decellularized Bovine Jugular Valved Vein Grafts With Autologous Cells Implanted In Pulmonary Valve Position
Artur Lichtenberg1;   Serghei Cebotari3;   Mark Suprunov3;   Igor Tudorache3;   Heidi Goerler3;   Thomas Breymann3;   Axel Haverich3;   Andres Hilfiker3
1Department of Cardiac Surgery University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, , Germany;   2Department of Cell Biology Medical School Hannover, Hannover, , Germany;   3Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hannover Medical School, Hannover, , Germany

 

P93

(30069) Ross Operation With Decellularized Pulmonary Valve Allografts – 4 Years Follow-up
Francisco D. Costa1;   * Pascal Dohmen2;   Eliane Pereira1;   Sanderson Cauduro1;   Fabio Rocha1;   Eduardo Vieira1;   Marise B. Costa1;   Wolfgang Konertz2
1Santa Casa de Curitiba PUCPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil;   2Hospital Charite Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany

 

P94

(30207) Cardiac Xenotransplantation: Implications For The Development Of Xenogenic Bioprosthetic Devices
Christopher G. McGregor;   William R. Davies;   Henry D. Tazelaar;   Guerard W. Byrne
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States

 

P95

(30235) Potential Of Mesenchymal Stem Cells To Remodel A Biological Scaffold
Sally A. Dreger;   * Adrian H. Chester;   Sophie E. New;   Christopher T. Bowles;   * Magdi H. Yacoub;   * Patricia M. Taylor
Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom

 

P96

(30242) Tissue Engineering The Aortic Valve Spongiosa
Jordan R. Eldred1;   * Derek Boughner2;   Kem Rogers1
1The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada;   2Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

 

P97

(30291) Regenerative Vascular Graft For Aortic Root Reconstruction In Porcine Model
Toshia Fujisato1;   Dohiko Terada1;   * Kazuo Niwaya1;   Kenji Minatoya1;   Akio Kishida2;   * Takeshi Nakatani1;   * Soichiro Kitamura1
1National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan;   2Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

 

P98

(30292) A Novel Flex-stretch-flow Bioreactor For The Study Of engineered Heart Valve Tissue Mechanobiology
George C. Engelmayr;   * Michael S. Sacks
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

 

P99

(30273) Optimized Decellularisation Of Xenogenic Porcine Heart Valves For Tissue Engineering Purposes
Sven Becker2;   Ilka Degenkolbe1;   * Katja Schenke-Layland3;   * Ulrich A. Stock1
1Charite University Hospital, Berlin, , Germany;   2Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, , Germany;   3David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States

 

P100

(29371) 1000 Carpentier-edwards Pericardial Valves In Aortic Position: What Changed In A 20 Year Period?
* Wilhelm P. Mistiaen2;   Philip Van Cauwelaert2;   Philip Muylaert2;   Erik De Worm2
1University of Antwerp, Antwerp, , Belgium;   2General Hospital ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, , Belgium

 

P101

(29893) Trends In Aortic Valve Replacement; A Decade Of Change In Prosthetic Valve Choice In A Single Institution.
Niv Ad;   Anthony J. Rongione;   Scott D. Barnett;   Paul S. Massimiano;   Lucas R. Collazo;   Nelson A. Burton;   Edward A. Lefrak;   Alan M. Speir
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA, United States

 

P102

(29945) Outcomes After Complex Aortic Valve/ascending Aortic Surgery Requiring Circulatory Interruption With Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion
Alon Aharon;   Michelle Capdeville;   Shoichi Okeda;   Ihab Halaweish;   Robert Gilkeson;   Kimberly Johnson;   Alan Markowitz
The Valve Center University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

 

P103

(29964) Trends In Isolated Mitral Valve Surgery In A Single Institution Over 10 Years.
Niv Ad;   Alan M. Speir;   Scott D. Barnett;   Paul S. Massimiano
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA, United States

 

P104

(29965) Allograft Aortic Valve Or Root Replacement In Patients Age 50 And Older
* Johanna J. Takkenberg;   Martijn W. van Geldorp;   Loes M. Klieverik;   Jos A. Bekkers;   A. Pieter Kappetein;   Ad J. Bogers
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, , Netherlands

 

P105

(30005) Changes In Aortic Root Motion After Aortic Valve Replacement – Implications For Aortic Dissection
Carsten J. Beller1;   Michel R. Labrosse2
1University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, , Germany;   2University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 

P106

(30016) The Utility Of The Full Root Bioprosthesis In Complex Reoperative Aortic Valve Surgery
Alon Aharon;   Arie Blitz;   Ihab Halaweish;   Michelle Capdeville;   Robert Gilkeson;   James Fang;   Alan Markowitz
The Valve Center University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States

 

P107

(30077) Risk Of Reoperation For Failed Mitral Bioprosthesis
Jaussaud Nicolas1;   Berbis Julie1;   Grisoli Dominique1;   Gariboldi Vlad1;   Morera Pierre1;   Riberi Alberto1;   Metras Dominique1;   Collart Frederic1
1Centre Hospitalier De La Timone, Marseille, , France;   2Centre Hospitalier De La Timone, Marseille, , France

 

P108

(30118) Characteristics And Outcome Of Reoperative Aortic Root Replacement
Loes M. Klieverik;   * Jos A. Bekkers;   John Bol Raap;   * Ad J. Bogers;   * Johanna J. Takkenberg
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, , Netherlands

 

P109

(30128) 18-year Experience Of European Homograft Bank in Banking of Cryopreserved Human Heart Valves And Collaboration With Implantation Centers In Europe
Ramadan Jashari
European Homograft Bank, Brussels, , Belgium

 

P110

(30163) Good Results With Aortic Valve Replacement In Octogenarians, even When Combined With Myocardial Revascularization
Ulrich P. Schurr1;   Denis Berdajs1;   Oliver T. Reuthebuch1;   Sacha Salzberg3;   Burkhardt Seifert2;   Mario L. Lachat1;   Marko I. Turina1;   Michele Genoni1
1Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital, Zurich, , Switzerland;   2Institute of biostatistics University hospital, Zurich, , Switzerland;   3Stadtspital Triemli Dep of Cardiac Surgery, Zurich, , Switzerland

 

P111

(30178) Five Years Clinical Experience With The “3f” Stentless Aortic Bioprosthesis.
Steffen Bargenda;   Sami Sirat;   Anton Moritz;   * Mirko Doss
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Frankfurt am Main, , Germany

 

P112

(30188) Experience With The 19-mm Medtronic Mosaic Bioprothesis In The Elderly
luay Salaymeh;   Stefan Huber;   Stephan Schweiger;   Ismar Ovcina;   bruno Rigler
Department of cardiac surgery medical unversity Graz, Graz, , Austria

 

P113

(30209) Risk Of Reoperation For Double Valve Replacement In The Context Of Bioprothesis Failure
Jaussaud Nicolas;   Giorgi Roch;   Gariboldi Vlad;   Grisoli Dominique;   Berbis Julie;   * Riberi Alberto;   * Metras Dominique;   Collart Frederic
Centre Hospitalier De La Timone, Marseille, , France

 

P114

(30213) Hospital Mortality Risk Classification In A 27-year Experience With Heart Valve Replacement For Infective Endocarditis
Gianpaolo Romano;   Alessandro Della Corte;   Antonio Carozza;   Cristiano Amarelli;   Fabio Ursomando;   Luca S. De Santo;   Michelangelo Scardone;   Maurizio Cotrufo
Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences of the Second University of Naples at V Monaldi Hospital, Naples, , Italy

 

P115

(30214) Valve Replacement For Infective Endocarditis: Can We Define Patient Subsets At Higher Risk For Early Recurrence?
Antonio Carozza;   Alessandro Della Corte;   Gianpaolo Romano;   Luca S. De Santo;   Fabio Ursomando;   Marisa De Feo;   Michelangelo Scardone;   Maurizio Cotrufo
Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences of the Second University of Naples at V Monaldi Hospital, Naples, , Italy

 

P116

(30221) Infective Endocarditis In The Elderly: Epidemiology, Patterns Of Presentation And Outcomes Of Treatment In A Tertiary Care Surgical Centre.
Luca S. De Santo;   Antonio Carozza;   Alessandro Della Corte;   Gianpaolo Romano;   Fabio Ursomando;   Riccardo Utili;   Michelangelo Scardone;   Maurizio Cotrufo
Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences of the Second University of Naples at V Monaldi Hospital, Naples, , Italy

 

P117

(30275) Quality Of Life And Individual Physical Perception In Operated And Non-operated Marfan Syndrome Patients
Franz F. Immer1;   Philipp Marti2;   Beat Steinmann2;   Thierry P. Carrel1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital, Bern, , Switzerland;   2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital, Bern, , Switzerland

 

P118

(30286) Valvular Surgery Combined With Coronary Artery In The Octogenarian – Does The End Justify The Means?
Kandadai S. Rammohan1;   Saif Al Zahid1;   Aneel Zaheer1;   Heyman Luckraz2;   Saeed Ashraf1;   Aprim Y. Youhana1;   Afzal Zaidi1;   Pankaj Kumar1
1Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom;   2University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom

 

 

Monday, 18 June, 2007

8:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Outcome Following Surgery II

 

98

(29407) Results Of The Shelhigh Stentless Bioprosthesis In Patients With Active Infective Endocarditis: 6-year Single Centre Experience In Over 260 Patients
Michele Musci;   Charles Yankah;   Henryk Siniawski;   Rudolf Meyer;   Roland Hetzer
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin Dept of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Berlin, , Germany

 

 99

(29879) Surgical Treatment For Aortic Regurgitation caused By Non-specific Aortitis
Yongming Liu;   Lizhong Sun;   * Shengshou Hu
Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, , China

 

 100

(29999) Midterm Results After Epictm Xenograft Implantation For Aortic-, Mitral- and Douple Valve Replacement
Sven Lehmann;   * Thomas Walther;   Sergey Leontyev;   Jörg Kempfert;   Ardawan Rastan;   Michael A. Borger;   Volkmar Falk;   * Friedrich W. Mohr
Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, , Germany

 

 101

(29358) Long-term Results Of Double Valve Replacement With The St. Jude Medical Prosthesis: A 25-year Experience
Robert W. Emery;   Kit V. Arom;   Christopher Krogh;   Ann M. Emery;   Jay G. Shake;   Demetre M. Nicoloff
Cardiac Surgical Associates, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

 

 102

(30117) Long-term Outcome After Surgery For Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
Loes M. Klieverik;   Angeliek C. Venema;   Sietske Zoontjens;   Jos A. Bekkers;   Lex P. Maat;   * Ronald C. Meijer;   * Johanna J. Takkenberg;   * Ad J. Bogers
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, , Netherlands

 

 103

(30289) Long-term Clinical Results Of Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Toshihiro Funatsu;   Junjiro Kobayashi;   Kazuo Niwaya;   Osamu Tagusari;   Hiroyuki Nakajima;   Koji Kagisaki;   Toshikatsu Yagihara;   Soichiro Kitamura
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, , Japan

 

 

8:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
Skytop Ballroom

Functional Mitral Regurgitation I

 

 104

(29404) Repercussion Of Functional Mitral Regurgitation On Reverse Remodelling In Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Fernando J. Cabrera-Bueno;   Jose M. Garcia-Pinilla;   Jose L. Peña-Hernández;   Manuel Jimenez-Navarro;   Juan J. Gómez-Doblas;   Alberto Barrera-Cordero;   Javier Alzueta-Rodriguez;   Eduardo de Teresa-Galvan
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Malaga, Spain

 

105

(29425) Acute Mitral Regurgitation: Geometric Changes And Reduction With Inotropy
Tom C. Nguyen1;   Akinobu Itoh1;   Robert Oakes1;   Daniel B. Ennis1;   David Liang1;   George T. Daughters2;   Neil B. Ingels2;   * D C. Miller1
1Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca, United States;   2Research Institute of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, Ca, United States

 

106

(29433) Operative And Late Mortality After Mitral Regurgitation Surgery In Heart Faiure From Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A 24-year Experience.
Dumbor L. Ngaage;   Richard C. Daly;   Thoralf M. Sundt, III;   Joseph A. Dearani;   Charles J. Mullany;   Thomas A. Orszulak;   Hartzell V V. Schaff
Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, United States

 

 107

(29570) Transection Of Anterior Mitral Basal Stay Chords Alters Left Ventricular Blood Flow Dynamics And Wall Shear Stress
Fangli Xiong1;   Joon Hock Yeo1;   Chuh Khiun Chong1;   Yeow Leng Chua2;   Khee Hiang Lim3;   Ean Tat Ooi1;   Wolfgang A. Goetz4
1Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, , Singapore;   2National Heart Centre, Singapore, , Singapore;   3Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, , New Zealand;   4German Heart Centre, Munich, , Germany

 

 108

(30034) Preoperative Assessment Of Ischemic Mitral Insufficiency By Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Hiroyuki Nakajima;   Junjiro Kobayashi;   Osamu Tagusari;   Toshihiro Funatsu;   Toshikatsu Yagihara;   Soichiro Kitamura
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, , Japan

 

 109

(30071) Restrictive Annuloplasty To Treat Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Optimize The Restriction To Improve The Results ?
Pasquale Totaro1;   Marco Totaro3;   Vincenzo Argano3
1Civic Hospital, Brescia, , Italy;   2With the Heart For the Heart no profit, Montesano SM, , Italy;   3Villa Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo, , Italy

 

 

8:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
Gold Ballroom

Valve Biology III

 

 110

(29908) The Effects Of Mechanical Stimulation On The Local Myofibrogenic Differentiation Of Aortic Valve Interstitial Cells
Derek R. Watt;   Kevin C. Lee;   Joel Rebello;   * Craig A. Simmons
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

 111

(29910) Effects Of Normal And Altered Shear Stress On The Biology Of Intact Aortic Valve Leaflets
Philippe Sucosky1;   Adnan Elhammali1;   Kartik Balachandran1;   * Hanjoong Jo2;   * Ajit Yoganathan1
1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States;   2Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

 

 112

(29959) Cyclic Strain Regulates Pro-inflammatory Gene Expression In Porcine Aortic Valve Endothelial Cells
Scott A. Metzler;   Shane C. Burgess;   * James N. Warnock
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States

 

 113

(29984) Mechanical Cues From The Extracellular Matrix Modulate The Transition Of Valvular Interstitial Cells To Calcifying Cells In Vitro
Cindy Ying Yin Yip;   Jan-Hung Chen;   Craig A. Simmons
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

114

(30075) A Mouse Model Of Elastin Haploinsufficiency Is Associated With Aortic Valve Malformation And Disease
Robert B. Hinton1;   Gail H. Deutsch1;   Sandy Witt1;   Betty Glascock1;   Robert P. Mecham2;   Katherine E. Yutzey1;   D. Woodrow Benson1
1Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States;   2Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, United States

 

 115

(30159) Anti-hla Antibodies And Pulmonary Allograft Function After The Ross-procedure In Adults
* J.F. M. Bechtel1;   Anja Brunswik1;   Michael Mueller-Steinhardt2;   Ulrich Stierle1;   * Hans H. Sievers1
1Department for Cardiac Surgery, Luebeck, , Germany;   2Institute for Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Luebeck, , Germany

 

 

10:00 AM  -  10:05 AM
Penntop Ballroom

Lillehei Prize Presentation

 

 

10:05 AM  -  10:50 AM
Penn Plaza

Break

 

 

10:50 AM  -  12:20 PM
Penntop Ballroom

Timing of Surgery

 

 116

(29940) Surgery For Active Aortic Valve Endocarditis: Predictors Of Early Outcome
Davide Gabbieri;   Pascal M. Dohmen;   Jörg Linneweber;   Herko Grubitzsch;   Wolfgang F. Konertz
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Charite Hospital Medical University Berlin, Berlin, , Germany

 

 117

(29492) Echocardiographic Indicators For Preservation Of Left Ventricular Function Late After Mitral Valve Repair In Patients With Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
Kazuto Yamaguchi;   Kazuaki Tanabe;   Tomoko Tani;   Shigefumi Morioka;   Yasuki Kihara;   Yukikatsu Okada
Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, , Japan

 

 118

(30053) Is N-terminal Brain Type Natriuretic Peptide Of Predictive Value in Aortic Valve Surgery ?
Justus T. Strauch;   Alexander Lauten;   Peter Haldenwang;   Thorsten Wittwer;   Jens Wippermann;   Navid Madershahian;   Thorsten Wahlers
University of Cologne, Cologne, , Germany

 

 119

(30116) Impact Of Left Ventricular Peak Systolic Strain Rate As Prognostic Index In Asymptomatic Patients With Chronic Aortic Regurgitation
Tetsuari Onishi;   Hiroya Kawai;   Yutaka Okita
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, , Japan

 

 120

(30125) Fate Of The Aortic Valve Regurgitation After Resection Of Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis
* Zohair Yousef Al Halees1;   Mohammed Koudieh2;   Mansour Al Joufan1;   Ahmed Al Omrani1;   Mohammed Omar Galal1
1King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia;   2King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia;   3King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah, , Saudi Arabia

 

 121

(30272) Does Preoperative Left Heart Failure Affect Outcome And Quality Of Life After Mitral Valve Surgery?
Franz F. Immer;   Thomas R. Wyss;   Olivio F. Donati;   Thierry P. Carrel
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital, Bern, , Switzerland

 

 

10:50 AM  -  12:20 PM
Skytop Ballroom

Functional Mitral Regurgitation II

 

122

(29957) 3d Cardiac Mri Assessment Of Posterior Papillary Muscle Displacement In Chronic Functional Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Henrik Jensen1;   Morten Ø. Jensen1;   Morten Smerup1;   Won Yong Kim2;   Steffen Ringgaard3;   * J. Michael Hasenkam1;   * Sten Lyager Nielsen1
1Dept of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery T and Institute of Clinical Medicine Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, 8200 Aarhus N, , Denmark;   2Dept of Cardiology Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, , Denmark;   3Dept of magnetic resonans imaging Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, , Denmark

 

 123

(29958) Early Mitral Leaflet Opening During Acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Wolfgang Bothe1;   Carl Johan G. Carlhall1;   Tom C. Nguyen1;   Akinobu Itoh1;   Tomasz A. Timek1;   David Lai1;   Neil B. Ingels2;   D. C. Miller1
1Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States;   2Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, United States

 

 124

(29974) Evaluation Of An Echocardiographic Multidimensional Grading System For Chronic Mitral Regurgitation. A Retrospective Study On 177 Patients
Christoph Langer1;   Barbara Lamp1;   Thomas Butz1;   Hermann Storm2;   Nikola Bogunovic1;   Young Za Kim1;   * Dieter Horstkotte1;   Lothar Faber1
1Department of Cardiology Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany;   2Department of Cardiology Gilead Hospital, Bielefeld, , Germany

 

 125

(29998) Functional Anatomy Of Normal Mitral Valve-left Ventricular Complex Defined By Real-time Three-dimensional Echocardiography
Arun Kalyanasundaram;   Anwer Qureshi;   Louis A. Nassef;   Jamshid Shirani
Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, United States

 

 126

(30101) Global And Regional Myocardial Function As Assessed By Two-dimensional Strain Analysis Before And After Surgical Correction Of Chronic Mitral Regurgitation
Thomas Butz1;   Lothar Faber1;   Christoph Langer1;   Georg Kleikamp2;   * Reiner Koerfer2;   * Dieter Horstkotte1
1Department of Cardiology Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany;   2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany

 

 127

(30219) Adequacy Of Leaflet Adaptation In Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation: a New Method For 3d Leaflet Area Measurement
Miguel Chaput;   Mark D. Handschumacher;   Lanqi Hua;   Robert A. Levine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

 

 

10:50 AM  -  12:20 PM
Gold Ballroom

Valve Biology IV

 

 128

(29538) Valve Interstitial Cells From Dogs With Natural Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease Undergo Phenotype Transformation
Sirilak Disatian;   EJ Ehrhart;   Sarah Zimmerman;   E Christopher Orton
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States

 

 129

(29855) Hydrodynamic Performances Of Pericardial Versus Porcine Supraannular Tissue Valves At Increasing Pulse Rate.
* Tomaso Bottio2;   Vincenzo Tarzia1;   Giulio Rizzoli1;   Gino Gerosa1
1Cardiovascular Surgery, Padua, , Italy;   2Cardiac surgery, Brescia, , Italy

 

 130

(29991) The Fate Of The Pulmonary Homograft In Ross Patients –the German Ross Registry Experience
Thorsten Hanke1;   Armin Erasmi1;   Katrin Meyer1;   Ulrich Stierle1;   Martin Misfeld1;   Juergen Boehm2;   Joachim Rein2;   * Hans-Hinrich Sievers1
1Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery University Clinic Schleswig Holstein Campus Luebeck, Lübeck, , Germany;   2Sana Herzchirurgische Klinik Stuttgart GmbH, Stuttgart, , Germany

 

 131

(30029) The Pulmonary Autograft Valve Adapts To Form A Thickened Collagen-rich Ventricularis
Aart Mookhoek1;   Paul Schoof1;   Emile de Heer1;   Johanna Takkenberg2
1Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, , Netherlands;   2Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, , Netherlands

 

 132

(30251) Molecularbiologic And Histopathologic Condition Of Ascending Aorta And Pulmonary Trunk In Bicuspid And Tricuspid Aortic Valve
Bernhard Floerchinger2;   Andreas Keyser1;   Katrin Bielenberg1;   Kurt Debl2;   Franz X. Schmid1
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University Hospital, Regensburg, , Germany;   2Department of Internal Medicine University Hospital, Regensburg, , Germany

 

 133

(30296) Differences In Tissue Remodeling Potential Of aortic And Pulmonary Heart Valve Interstitial Cells
David Merryman;   * Michael S. Sacks
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

 

 

9:30 AM  -  12:30 PM
Penn Plaza

Poster Session III

 

P119

(29361) Long-term Effect Of Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty On The Incidence Of Atrial Fibrillation In Patients With Severe Mitral Stenosis
Mohamed Eid Fawzy;   Walid Hassan;   Mohammed Al Amri;   Aly Al Sanei;   Khaled Abdulbaki;   Shabir Shah;   Manzoor Memon;   Charles Canver
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia

 

P120

(29557) Chronic Mitral Regurgitation- The Significance Of The Echocardiographic Determinants In Predicting The Severity.
Agata Lesniak-Sobelga;   Magdalena Kostkiewicz;   Maria Olszowska;   Piotr Pieniazek;   Wieslawa Tracz
Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases Institute of Cardiology John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, , Poland

 

P121

(29636) Transesophageal Echocardiography Guided Thrombolysis Combined With Surgery In Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis
Andras Nagy;   * Maria Lengyel
Gottsegen Gyorgy Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, , Hungary

 

P122

(29665) In-hospital And 20 Year Follow-up Of 12000 Patients Undergoing Prosthetic Heart Valve Replacements
Shenshou Hu;   Wei Wang;   Xiaogang Sun;   Jianping Xu;   Lizhong Sun;   Yunhu Song;   Hansong Sun;   Xiaodong Zhu
Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, , China

 

P123

(29668) Study Of Surgical Pathology Of Excised Heart Valves In A Referral Hospital In Iran In A Five Years Period
alireza Yaghoubi
Cardiovascular Research Center of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, tabriz, , Iran

 

P124

(29982) Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty (bmv) Without Use Of Heparin
Satyanarayan Routray;   Hrudananda Mishra;   Mrutyunjay Behera
SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India

 

P125

(30113) A Survey Of Post-operative Anticoagulation Practice After Aortic Valve Sparing Procedure
Emmanuel Lansac1;   Isabelle Di Centa2;   Jean-Sebastien Hulot3;   François Raoux4;   Guillaume Jondeau5
1Cardiovascular Surgery Unit Bichat University Hospital APHP, Paris, , France;   2Vascular surgery Unit Ambroise Pare University Hospital APHP, Boulogne Billancourt, , France;   3Pharmacology Unit Pitie Salpetriere University Hospital, Paris, , France;   4Cardiology Unit St Antoine University Hospital, Paris, , France;   5Cardiology Unit Bichat University Hospital APHP, Paris, , France

 

P126

(30249) Clinical And Echocardiographic Assessment Of Pregnant Patients With Prosthetic And Homograft Heart Valves - Maternal And Fetal Outcome
Agata Lesniak-Sobelga;   Magdalena Kostkiewicz;   Wieslawa Tracz
Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Krakow, , Poland

 

P127

(29608) The Efficacy Of Combined Surgery For Chronic Atrial Fibrillation And Mitral Valve Disease.
* Shuji Fukunaga;   Hidetsugu Hori;   Kazuhiro Yoshikawa;   Tomohiro Ueda;   Eiki Tayama;   * Shigeaki Aoyagi
Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, , Japan

 

P128

(29405) Severe Aortic Stenosis And Functional Mitral Regurgitation. Incidence, Associate Factors And Evolution After Aortic Replacement.
Fernando J. Cabrera-Bueno;   Juan J. Gomez-Doblas;   Isabel Rodriguez;   Carlos Porras;   Jose M. Melero;   Eduardo de Teresa-Galvan
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, , Spain

 

P129

(29878) Left Ventricular Basal Hypokinesis And Mitral Regurgitation After Vagal Stimulation In Rabbits - Echocardiographic Study
Tetsuya Takato;   * Terunao Ashida;   Takako Yao;   Namie Yamada;   Jun Fujii
The Institute for Adult Diseases Asahi Life Foundation, Tokyo, , Japan

 

P130

(30041) Configurations Of The Mitral Valve During Off-pump Cabg: Endoscopic And 3-dimensional Analysis
Shugo Koga2;   Yukio Okazaki1;   Hiromi Kataoka1;   Yuji Katayama1;   Kazuyoshi Doi1;   Koujirou Furukawa1;   Satoshi Ohtsubo1;   Tsuyoshi Itoh1
1Saga University Hospital, Saga, , Japan;   2Koseikai Hospital, Nagasaki, , Japan

 

P131

(30141) A Novel Model Of chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Induced By Catheter-based Coronary Artery Occlusions In Pigs
Marianne F. Bjerre1;   Henrik Jensen1;   Jane D. Andersen1;   Steffen Ringgaard2;   Morten Smerup1;   Per Wierup1;   J. Michael Hasenkam1;   Sten L. Nielsen1
1Departmet of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery T Aarhus University Hospital Skejby Sygehus, Århus, , Denmark;   2MR Research Centre Aarhus University Hospital, Århus, , Denmark

 

P132

(30294) In Vivo Dynamic Strains Of The Mitral Valve Annulus
Brett Zubiate1;   Michael S. Sacks1;   Robert Gorman2;   Joesph Gorman2
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, P, United States;   2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 

P133

(29408) Aortic Valve Replacement: Comparison Between Mechanical Valves And Bioprostheses.
Shuli Silberman;   Avraham Oren;   Moshe Dotan;   Ofer Merin;   Daniel Fink;   Dani Bitran
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, , Israel

 

P134

(29431) In Vivo Early Echocardiographic Assessment Of Supra-annular Prostheses
Giulio Rizzoli1;   Vincenzo Tarzia1;   Cristiano Sarais2;   Tomaso Bottio1;   Gino Gerosa1
1Cardiac Surgery University of Padova, Padova, , Italy;   2Cardiology Unit University of Padova, Padova, , Italy

 

P135

(29445) The Feasibility Of An Isolated Heart As A Test-bed For Cardiac Valve Design
Jason L. Quill1;   Alex J. Hill2;   Paul A. Iaizzo1
1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States;   2Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, United States

 

P136

(29450) Biological Vs. Mechanical Valves In Small Aortic Annulus: An Echocardiographic Comparison
Giulio Rizzoli1;   Vincenzo Tarzia1;   Cristiano Sarais2;   Giuseppe Toscano1;   Tomaso Bottio1;   Gino Gerosa1
1Cardiac Surgery University of Padova, Padova, , Italy;   2Cardiology Unit University of Padova, Padova, , Italy

 

P137

(29516) A New Universal Annuloplasty System: Initial Clinical Experience
Marc J. Laskar1;   * William F. Northrup III2;   Suzana Da Costa1
1University Hospital Dupuytren, Limoges, , France;   2BryanLGH Medical Center, Lincoln, NE, United States

 

P138

(29526) Truly Stentless Molded Autologous Pericardial Aortic Valve Prosthesis With Single Point Attached Commissures
Wolfgang A. Goetz3;   Teing Ee Tan2;   Khee Hiang Lim1;   Sidney Le Hung Salgues1;   Nil Grousson1;   Fangli Xiong1;   Chua Yeow Leng2;   Joon Hock Yeo1
1Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, , Singapore;   2National Heart Center, Singapore, , Singapore;   3German Heart Centre Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Munich, , Germany

 

P139

(29541) The Freedom Solo Valve In Aortic Valve Replacement. Preliminary Results From A Prospective Multicenter European Trial
Sven Beholz1;   Zamorano Jose2
1Department of Cardivascular Surgery Charite, Berlin, , Germany;   2Instituto Cardiovascular Hospital, Madrid, , Spain

 

P140

(29543) European Multicenter Study With Soprano™ Bioprostheses For Aortic Valve Replacement; Mid-term Clinical And Hemodynamic Data.
Theodor Fischlein1;   José Zamorano2
1Center of Cardiac Surgery University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Erlangen, , Germany;   2Hospital Clinico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, , Spain

 

P141

(29635) Hemodynamic Performance Of The St. Jude Medical Biocor Supra Aortic Valve In The Small Aortic Root.
Marc P. Sakwa;   Frank L. Shannon;   Jeffery M. Altshuler;   Nicolas A. Tepe;   Eric A. Hanson;   Dawn Mitchell;   Joseph S. Bassett
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

 

P142

(29669) Two-institutional Clinical Results Of Mitroflow Pericardial Aortic Bioprostheses In 3029 Patients: Twenty-year Experience
Charles Yankah1;   Kazutomo Minami2;   Armin Zittermann2;   Julia Stein1;   Heinrich Koertke2;   Henryk Siniawski1;   * Reiner Koerfer2;   * Roland Hetzer1
1Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, , Germany;   2Heart Center Northrhine Westfalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Northrhine Westfalia, Germany

 

P143

(29728) Mid-term Performance Of The Edwards Prima Plus Stentless Valve With The Intact Coronary Sinus Technique.
Giovanni Battista Luciani;   Giovanni Domenico Cresce;   Francesca Viscardi;   Aldo Domenico Milano;   Giuseppe Faggian;   Alessandro Mazzucco
University of Verona, Verona, , Italy

 

P144

(29923) Does Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery Reduce The Implanted Valve Size? A Case-control Study
* Paul Herijgers;   Bart Meuris;   Steven Laga;   * Willem Flameng
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, , Belgium

 

P145

(29925) Improved hemodynamics In The Stented Pericardial Bioprosthetic Valves With Additional Treatment Of Sodium Bisulfate
Hong Jiang;   Jianye Zhou;   Tao Zhang;   Yue Tang;   * Shengshou Hu
Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, , China

 

P146

(29941) Seven-year Experience With On-X ® Prosthetic Heart Valves In An Asian Population With High Risk Cardiac Status And Reduced Anticoagulation
Hung-Wen Tsai;   Shin-Rong Hsieh;   Hao-Ji Wei;   Chung-Chi Wang;   Yen Chang
Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, , Taiwan

 

P147

(29989) Flexural Fatigue Causes No Significant Loss Of Glycosaminoglycan Or Hydroxyproline In Glutaraldehyde Treated Pericardial Tissue
Darin Dobler;   Tan Dinh;   Hugues LaFrance;   Jeff Dove;   * Jim Davidson
Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, United States

 

P148

(30014) Multicenter Study Of Aortic Valve Replacement With The Toronto Stentless Porcine Valve (tspv): Long Term Results
Elvio Polesel1;   Mauro Masat2;   Tommaso Regesta2;   Loris Salvador2;   Domenico Mangino1;   Alessandro Giacomin3;   Roberto Bianchini2;   Carlo Valfre2
1Division of Cardiac Surgery Umberto I Hospital, Venice, , Italy;   2Division of Cardiac Surgery Treviso Hospital, Treviso, , Italy;   3Cardiac Surgery Unit Mirano Hospital, Mirano, , Italy

 

P149

(30036) Twelve-year Results Of Aortic Valve Replacement With The Cryolife O’brien Stentless Bioprosthesis
Daisy Pavoni;   Luigi P. Badano;   Fabio Ius;   Sergio F. Musumeci;   Romeo Frassani;   Enzo Mazzaro;   Vincenzo Tursi;   Ugolino Livi
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine, Udine, , Italy

 

P150

(30038) Morphological Findings In Explanted Cryolife O’brien Stentless Porcine Valves
Daisy Pavoni1;   Luigi P. Badano1;   Fabio Ius1;   Igor Vendramin1;   Enzo Mazzaro1;   Sandro Gelsomino2;   Romeo Frassani1;   Ugolino Livi1;   * Gaetano Thiene3
1Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, , Italy;   2Cardiovascular Surgery Unit Careggi Hospital, Firenze, , Italy;   3Instituto di Anatomia Patologica, Padova, , Italy

 

P151

(30055) Endoclamp Vs External Aortic Clamp Technique In Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery : Preliminary Results.
Daisy Pavoni;   Enzo Mazzaro;   Fabio Ius;   Luigi P. Badano;   Igor Vendramin;   Giorgio Guzzi;   Ugolino Livi
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, , Italy

 

P152

(30049) Six Year Safety And Efficacy Follow Up Of The Advantage Prosthetic Heart Valve
Heinrich Körtke1;   * Reiner Körfer1;   Rüdiger Lange2;   * Jan Svennevig3;   Peter Skov Olsen4;   Asbjorn Karevold5;   Alain Leguerrier6;   Lee Erret7
1Herzzentrum North Rhine Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, , Germany;   2Deutsches Herzzentrum, Munich, , Germany;   3Rikshospitalet, Oslo, , Norway;   4Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, , Denmark;   5University Hospital, Trondheim, , Norway;   6Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Rennes, , France;   7St Michaels Hospital, Toronto, , Canada

 

P153

(30052) Momentum-nozzle Diodes As Novel Pulmonary Valve Replacements
Tiffany A. Camp2;   Stephanie Hequembourg2;   Richard S. Figliola2;   Tim C. McQuinn1
1Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States;   2Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States

 

P154

(30056) Hemodynamic performance And Clinical Follow-up Of The Medtronic Mosaic Bioprosthesis Up To 12 Years
* Friedrich-Christian Riess;   Eva Cramer;   Ralf Bader;   Stephan Winkel;   Lorenz Hansen;   Gunter Wahl;   Christine Löwer
Albertinen Herzzentrum Hamburg, Hamburg, , Germany

 

P155

(30060) Dual-action Anti-calcification Process For Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Tissue, Part 1: Biochemical Characterization And In Vivo Performance
Jeffrey S. Dove;   Jane Olin;   * Mano Thubrikar
Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, California, United States

 

P156

(30061) Aortic Valve Dynamics To Assess Pump Speed And Unloading In Patients With A Continuous Laminar Flow Pump
Kayan Lam1;   Jerson Martina2;   Jurgen de Hart3;   Brano Radovancevic4;   Igor Gregoric4;   * Bastian de Mol1
1Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, , Netherlands;   2Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, , Netherlands;   3HemoLab Cardiovascular Engineering, Eindhoven, , Netherlands;   4Texas Heart Institute, Houston, , Netherlands

 

P157

(30062) Small Aortic Annulus: The Hydrodynamic Performances Of Two New Supra-annular Bileaflets Mechanical Valves Versus Sjm-regent Prosthesis.
* Tomaso Bottio2;   Vincenzo Tarzia1;   * Giulio Rizzoli1;   * Gino Gerosa1
1Cardiovascular Surgery, Padua, , Italy;   2Cardiovascular Surgery, Brescia, , Italy

 

P158

(30068) Downsizing And Bicuspidalization Of Homografts For Reconstruction Of The Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Is It A Valuable Option?
Julie Cleuziou;   Franziska Stumper;   Christian Schreiber;   Jürgen Hörer;   Zsolt Prodan;   Klaus Holper;   Rüdiger Lange
Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery German Heart Center Munich at the Technical University, Munich, , Germany

 

P159

(30070) Does The Size Of The Bioprosthesis Influence The Risk Of Postoperative Patient-prosthesis Mismatch Following Mitral Valve Replacement ?
Pasquale Totaro1;   Marco Totaro3;   Vincenzo Argano2
1Civic Hospital, Brescia, , Italy;   2Villa Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo, , Italy;   3With the Heart For the Heart no profit, Montesano SM, , Italy

 

P160

(30073) The New Perimount Magna Mitral Prosthesis: First Clinical Experience And Three-dimensional Echocardiographic Reconstruction Of The Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
* Reinhard Moidl
Department for Cardiothoracic Surgery General Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

 

P161

(30085) Impact Of Various Body And Prothesis Size-related Factors On Operative Mortality After Aortic Valve Replacement
Ines Florath;   Alexander Albert;   Ulrich Rosendahl;   Juergen Ennker
Heart Institute, Lahr, , Germany

 

P162

(30094) Cryomaze Using Argon-based Cryoablation Is Highly Effective Therapy During Complex Valve Procedures
Harold G. Roberts1;   Robert A. Green1;   Barry Crowe1;   Richard A. Brezing1
1South Florida Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, United States;   2Florida Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, United States

 

P163

(30122) Long-term Results Of Aortic Root Replacement With The Bioprosthetic hancock Conduit
Catalin C. Badiu;   * Walter B. Eichinger;   Sabine Bleiziffer;   Daniel J. Ruzicka;   Ina M. Hettich;   Michael Wottke;   Robert Bauernschmitt;   * Ruediger Lange
German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

 

P164

(30146) Tissue Versus Bileaflet Mechanical Prostheses: Quality Of Life In Octagenarians
Luca Salvatore De Santo;   Mariano Vicchio;   Alessandro Della Corte;   Raffaella Provenzano;   Marisa De Feo;   Giuseppe Caianiello;   Michelangelo Scardone;   Maurizio Cotrufo
Department of CardioThoracic and Respiratory Sciences of Second University of Naples Monaldi Hospital, Naples, , Italy

 

P165

(30173) Pathology Of Tri-tech Leaflet Escape
* Gaetano Thiene;   Massimo Montisci;   Mila Della Barbera;   Marialuisa Valente;   Annalisa Angelini
University of Padua Medical School, Padua, , Italy

 

P166

(30201) Hemodynamic Energy Losses During Left Ventricular Filling
Olga Pierrakos1;   Greg Hundley2;   Edward Kincaid2;   Neal Kon2;   Pavlos Vlachos1
1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States;   2Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

 

P167

(30210) Experience With 880 Aortic Replacement Procedures With Sorin Bicarbon/edwards-mira Prostheses In A Single Center
Cristiano Amarelli;   Andrea Petraio;   Alessandro Della Corte;   Gianpaolo Romano;   Francesco Pirozzi;   Luca S. De Santo;   Giuseppe Caianiello;   Maurizio Cotrufo
Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences of the Second University of Naples at V Monaldi Hospital, Naples, , Italy

 

P168

(30218) Evolution In St Jude Aortic Mechanical Prostheses Design: Impact On Thromboembolic Events And Patient-prosthesis Mismatch
Cristiano Amarelli;   Alessandro Della Corte;   Andrea Petraio;   Luca S. De Santo;   Marco Franciulli;   Michele Celiento;   Michelangelo Scardone;   Maurizio Cotrufo
Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences of the Second University of Naples at V Monaldi Hospital, Naples, , Italy

 

P169

(30231) A New Anatomical-shaped Left Atrio-ventricular And Pulmonary arterial Circulation Pulse Duplicator
Tanne David1;   Bertrand Eric1;   Kadem Lyes3;   Pibarot Philippe2;   Rieu Régis1
1Cardiovascular Biomechanics Team IRPHE CNRS UNIVMED, Marseille, , France;   2Quebec Heart Institute, Quebec, Quebec, Canada;   3Concordia University Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 

P170

(30253) Medtronic Mosaic Porcine Bioprosthesis – Assessment Of Clinical Performance To 12 Years
* W R Eric Jamieson;   James G. Abel;   Hilton Ling;   Guy J. Fradet;   Jian Ye;   Anson Cheung;   Lucinda A. Bryson;   Samuel V. Lichtenstein
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

P171

(30264) Seven-year Results With The St. Jude Medical Silzone Mechanical Prosthesis
* W R Eric Jamieson;   Michael T. Janusz;   James G. Abel;   Guy J. Fradet;   Samuel V. Lichtenstein;   Joan S. MacNab;   Elizabeth A. Stanford;   Florence Chan
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

P172

(30285) Effects Of Aortic Prosthetic Valve Design On Coronary Flow Velocity Profiles
* XY Jin;   X Du;   H Kattach;   C Ratnatunga;   R Pillai
Dept of Cardiac Surgery John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, , United Kingdom

 

P173

(29858) Geometrical Optimisation Of The Koehler Medical Aspire™ Stented Porcine Bioprosthesis
Louise M. Jennings;   Peter Ellison;   John Fisher
Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Leeds, , United Kingdom

 

 

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