Journal of Heart Valve Disease September 2003

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

MITRAL VALVE ANATOMY
Editorial: The Anatomy of the Mitral Valve: A Retrospective Analysis of Yesterday's Future Mazyar Kanani MRCS (Eng), Robert H. Anderson MD, FRCPath	543
Editorial: Attitudinally Correct Designation of Papillary Muscles Robert W. M. Frater MD	548
Editorial: Echocardiographic Roadmap of the Mitral Valve Anatomy Pravin M. Shah, MD, Aidan A. Raney, MD	551
THE ROSS OPERATION
Editorial: The Subcoronary Technique versus the Root Technique for Autograft Surgery Donald N. Ross FRCS	553
Invited Commentary Ronald C. Elkins	559
Insights from 36 Years' Follow Up of a Patient with The Ross Operation Jimmy K. F. Hon MRCS, Giovanni Melina MD, Jo Wray PhD, Magdi H. Yacoub FRS	561
RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
Evidence for Rheumatic Valve Disease in Patients with Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Long after Mitral Valve Surgery: The Role of 3D Echo Reconstruction Michael Y. Henein, Christine A. O'Sullivan, Wei Li, Mary Sheppard, Yen Ho, John Pepper, Derek G. Gibson	566
Current Profile of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Valvulitis in Southern India Anand Chockalingam MD, G. Gnanavelu MD, S. Elangovan MD, V. Chockalingam MD	573
Clinical Spectrum of Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease in India Anand Chockalingam MD, G. Gnanavelu MD, S. Elangovan MD, V. Chockalingam MD	577
Editorial: Closed Mitral commissurotomy: A Most Useful Operation in the Past. Is it Justified in the Present and Does it Have a Future? Manuel J. Antunes MD	582
The Place of Closed Mitral Valvotomy in the Modern Cardiac Surgery Era Ufuk Tütün MD, A. Tulga Ulus MD, Aysen I. Aksöyek MD, Mustafa Hizarci MD, Sadi Kaplan MD, Sakine Erbas MD, Kenan Köse PhD, S. Fehmi Katircioglu MD, Ali Kutsal MD	585
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
Remodeling of the Cardiac Extracellular Matrix differs between Volume- and Pressure-Overloaded Ventricles and is Specific for each Heart Valve Lesion Cornelia Piper MD, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss MD, Daniel Akdemir, Joern Rudolf, Dieter Horstkotte MD, Matthias Pauschinger MD	592
Role of Inadequate Adaptive Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in the Genesis of Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis: Implications for its Prevention Sanjeev Palta MD, Kanwaljit S. Gill MD, Ramdas G. Pai MD	601
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Expression and Function of the Integrin α9β1 in Bovine Aortic Valve Interstitial Cells Lisa M. Wiester PhD, Cecilia M. Giachelli PhD	605
Human Pulmonary Valve Endothelial Cells Express Functional Adhesion Molecules for Leukocytes Evan L. Dvorin, Joel Jacobson, Stephen J. Roth, Joyce Bischoff	617
In-Vitro Endothelialization of Patches of Bovine Jugular Vein Stabilized by Dye-Mediated Photooxidation Shengli Li MD, Shengshou Hu MD, Jianye Zhou MD, Zhongkai Liao MD	625
DEVICE EVALUATION
Clinical Experience and Doppler Echocardiographic Assessment of the First One Hundred ATS AP (Advanced Performance) Prosthetic Valve in the Aortic Position Saed Jazayeri MD, Marie Carmen Gomez MD, Etienne Tatou MD, Aline Ecarnot PhD, Montajab Saleh MD, Olivier Bouchot MD, Claire Renaud MD, Roger Brenot MD, Michel David MD	628
Thrombogenicity and Reoperation of the St. Jude Medical Silzone® Valve: A Comparison with the Conventional St. Jude Medical Valve Janneke E. Stalenhoef BSc, Erni C. Mellema BSc, Nic J.G.M. Veeger MSc, Tjark Ebels PhD	635
CONGENITAL HEART VALVE DISEASE
Total Correction of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect with Tetralogy of Fallot Edvin Prifti MD, Adrian Crucean MD, Massimo Bonacchi MD, Massimo Bernabei MD, Vincenzo Stefano Luisi MD, Bruno Murzi MD, Vittorio Vanini MD	640
CASE REPORTS
Severe Mitral Valve Involvement in a Child with Hypereosinophilia Secondary to Parasitic Infection Mladen Pavlovic MD, Pascal Berdat MD, Benedikt Holzer MD, Cristoph Aebi MD, Thierry Carrel MD, Jean-Pierre Pfammatter	649
Isolated Native Tricuspid Valve Candida Endocarditis in a Non-Drug-Addicted Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature Andreas Kaloterakis MD, Ioannis Rizos MD, Georgios Goumas MD, Anna Filiotou MD, John Barbetseas MD, Sotiris Papathanasiou MD, Pavlos Toutouzas MD	652
Mitral Homograft in the Tricuspid Position, Aortic Homograft and Mitral Plasty in a Drug Addict with Multiple Valve Endocarditis Manuel Concha MD, Pedro J. Aranda MD, Jaime Casares MD, Carlos Merino MD, Ignacio Muñoz MD, Pedro Alados MD, Jose R. Gonzalez MD, Elias Romo MD	659
Hypertrophic Non-Obstructive Cardiomyopathy with Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation: An Unusual Presentation for Surgical Option Toru Ishizaka MD, Norihide Fukushima MD, Yoshiki Sawa MD, Hajime Ichikawa MD, Yuji Miyamoto MD, Seiko Yamane MD, Hikaru Matsuda MD	664
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Comment on derivation of sample size requirements for evaluating heart valves with constant risk events Olga Korosteleva, Sergey Lototsky	668