Journal of Heart Valve Disease July 2003

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

IT METHODS IN HEART VALVE ASSESSMENT
On-Line Follow Up of Patients after Prosthetic Valve Replacement via the Internet: A New Method for Early Detection of Valve Dysfunction Thomas Eitz MD, Dirk Fritzsche MD, Oliver Grimmig MD, Inez Frerichs MD, Alexander Frerichs MD, Gerhard Hellige MD, Kazumoto Minami MD, Reiner Körfer MD	414
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Editorial: Real-Time Pressure-Volume Measurements: A New Diagnostic Tool for the Assessment of Valvar Heart Disease Cornelia Piper MD, Dieter Horstkotte MD, Marcus Wiemer MD	420
Effect of Prior Aortic Valve Intervention on Results of the Ross Operation Hidehito Sakaguchi MD, Ronald C. Elkins MD, Mary M. Lane PhD, Carolyn McCue RN	423
Porcine or Human Stentless Valves for Aortic Valve Replacement? Results of a 10-Year Comparative Study Ayyaz Ali MRCS, Eric Lim FRCS, James Halstead MRCS, Hutan Ashrafian MBBS, Ziad Ali MRCS, Zain Khapley MRCS, Panagiotis Theodorou MD, Themis Chamageorgakis AFRCS, Pankaj Kumar FRCS, Christopher Jackson PhD, John Pepper FRCS	430
The Use of a Rigid Instrument Prior to Stentless Valve Implantation Facilitates Correct Alignment of the Prosthesis and Native Aortic Valve Apparatus Robert L. Quigley MD	436
Editorial: Dobutamine stress echocardiography in aortic stenosis Paul Das MD, John Chambers MD	439
Safety of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Patients with Aortic Stenosis Manolis Bountioukos MD, Miklos D. Kertai MD, Arend F. L. Schinkel PhD, Eleni C. Vourvouri PhD, Vittoria Rizzello MD, Boudewijn J. Krenning MD, Jeroen J. Bax MD, Jos R. T. C. Roelandt PhD, Don Poldermans PhD	441
Pathogenetic Role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Calcific Aortic Stenosis: Immunohistochemistry Study and Review of the Literature Jens J. Kaden MD, Svetlana Bickelhaupt MD, Rainer Grobholz MD, Martina Brueckmann MD, Karl K. Haase MD, Carl-Erik Dempfle MD, Martin Borggrefe MD	447
Minimal Dissection and Continuous Retrograde Cardioplegia for Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with a Patent Left Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Graft Yaron Bar-El MD, Arkady Kophit MD, Oved Cohen MD, Victor Kertzman MD, Simcha Milo MD	454
Small-intestinal Bleeding from Angiodysplasia after Aortic Valve Replacement Takeshi Ikuta MD, Toshihiko Shibata MD, Hidekazu Hirai MD, Toshihiro Fukui MD, Shigefumi Suehiro MD	458
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in Children Aged <12 Years K. Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy DM, Jaganmohan A. Tharakan DM	461
Impact of Left Atrial Size Reduction on Chronic Atrial Fibrillation in Mitral Valve Surgery Mirela Scherer MD, Omer Dzemali MD, Tayfun Aybek MD, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker MD, Anton Moritz MD	469
Association between Fibrillin-1 Gene Exon 15 and 27 Polymorphisms and Risk of Mitral Valve Prolapse Hsiang-Tai Chou MD, Yi-Ru Shi MS, Yuan Hsu BS, Fuu-Jen Tsai MD	475
Echocardiographic Predictors of Hemodynamic Response and Significance of Dyspnea Development in Patients with Mitral Stenosis during Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Aytül Belgi MD, Selim Yalcinkaya MD, Dogan Umuttan MD, Ilhan Gölbasi MD, Mehmet Kabukcu MD, Oktay Sancaktar MD, Filiz Ersel Tüzüner MD	482
Effects of Papillary Muscle Position on In-Vitro Dynamic Strain on the Porcine Mitral Valve Zhaoming He PhD, Michael S. Sacks PhD, Lotte Baijens PhD, Sumanas Wanant PhD, Parina Shah PhD, Ajit P. Yoganathan PhD	488
DEVICE EVALUATION
Lower-Intensity Anticoagulation for Mechanical Heart Valves: A New Concept with the ATS Bileaflet Aortic Valve Guido J. Van Nooten MD, Yves Van Belleghem MD, Frank Caes MD, Katrien François MD, Hans Van Overbeke MD, Thiery Bové MD, Yves Taeymans MD	495
An Integrated Macro/Micro Approach to Evaluating Pivot Flow within the Medtronic ADVANTAGE™ Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve Mark C. S. Shu PhD, Jeffery M. Gross PhD, Keith K. O'Rourke BS, Ajit P. Yoganathan PhD	503
Leaflet Escape in a Revised Edwards-Duromedics Mitral Prosthesis Murat Mert MD, Ahmet Ozkara MD, AliCan Hatemi MD	513
RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
Emergency Valve Replacement in Rheumatic Heart Disease Harikrishna Doshi MCh, Vinayak Shukla MCh, Roy John Korula MCh	516
IMMUNOLOGY
Role of Inflammation in Allogeneic and Xenogeneic Heart Valve Degeneration: Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Inflammatory Endothelial Cell Activation Mathias H. Wilhelmi MD, Heike Mertsching, Michaela Wilhelmi, Rainer Leyh MD, Axel Haverich MD	520
CASE REPORTS
Modified Septal Myectomy and Repair of Mitral Valve Apparatus for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Pratap K. Paruchuru FRCSEd, Ramesh L. Patel FRCSCTh	527
Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Negative Antiproteinase 3 Syndrome Presenting as Vasculitis, Endocarditis, Polyneuropathy and Dupuytren’s Contracture Claudia Stöllberger MD, Josef Finsterer MD, Gerhard J. Zlabinger MD, Felix Weihsengruber MD, Susanne Redtenbacher MD, Gerhard Bonner MD, Kurt Herkner MD, Manfred Deutsch MD	530
Hydatid Cyst of the Right Atrium and Rheumatic Mitral Disease: A Fortuitous Association Mahdhaoui MD, H. Bouraoui MD, A. Khelif MD, M. A. Majdoub MD, G. Jeridi MD, S. Ernez Hajri MD, J. Zaaraoui MD, H. Ammar MD	535
Seventy-Five Years’ Survival in Partial Atrioventricular Septal Defect Ingrid C. Gauer MD, Kay Peters MD, Norbert W. Guldner MD, Alfred C. Feller MD	538