The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 17 Number 6 November 2008

CONTENTS

 

REVIEWERS 2008
596
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Marker of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Aortic Stenosis
Ewa Orlowska-Baranowska, Rafal Baranowski, Lidia Greszata, Janina Stepinska
598
Significant Material Property Differences Between the Porcine Ascending Aorta and Aortic Sinuses
Namrata Gundiah, Peter B. Matthews, Reza Karimi, Ali Azadani, Julius Guccione, T. Sloane Guy, David Saloner, Elaine E. Tseng
606
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
A New Approach to Mitral Valve Repair for Rheumatic Disease: Preliminary Study
J. Scott Rankin, Mukesh K. Sharma, Stephen M. Teague, Victor W. McLaughlin, Thomas S. Johnston, A. Thomas McRae
614
Correction of Posteromedial Papillary Muscle Displacement in Repair of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Silvana F. Marasco, Franklin L. Rosenfeldt, Hou-Kiat Lim, Mark Mennen, Sesto Cairo, Chris Bain
620
Effect of Mitral Valve Strut Chord Cutting on Marginal Chord Tension
Zhaoming He, Christopher W. Jowers
628
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is a Frequent Occurrence in Patients with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis
Derun T. Ertugrul, Bunyamin Yavuz, Ahmet A. Yalcin, Metin Kucukazman, Naim Ata, Ezgi C. Yenigun, Zekeriya Ulger, Guler Kizilca, Kadir O. Akin, Yasar Nazligul
635
Mitral Annuloplasty in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Eighteen-Year Follow Up in a Pediatric Case
Virginie Fouilloux, Olivier Ghez, Bernard Kreitmann, François Wernert, Dominique Metras
639
A New Mitral Valve Repair Strategy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
J. Scott Rankin, Robert S. Binford, Thomas S. Johnston, John T. Matthews, David D. Alfery, A. Thomas McRae, Louis A. Brunsting III
642
DEVICE EVALUATION
Nine-Year Routine Clinical Experience of Aortic Valve Replacement with ATS Mechanical Valves
Jean-Pierre Villemot, Malik Lekehal, Pablo Maureira, Fabrice Vanhuyse, Christina Sirbu, Jean-Pierre Carteaux, Nguyen Tran
648
Predicting Postoperative Renal Failure Requiring Dialysis, and an Analysis of Long-Term Outcome in Patients Undergoing Valve Surgery
Parwis B. Rahmanian, Farzan Filsoufi, Javier G. Castillo, Bledi Zaku, Joanna Chikwe, Alain Carpentier, David H. Adams
657
Pannus-Related Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction and Life-Threatening Aortic Regurgitation
Philip S. Mullenix, Cyrus J. Parsa, G. Burkhard Mackensen, James G. Jollis, J. Kevin Harrison, G. Chad Hughes
666
Thrombolytic Therapy for Late Thrombosis of a Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve: Atypical Diagnostic Echocardiographic Features and a Review of the Literature
Zachary Laksman, Garvan C. Kane, Joseph G. Murphy
670
TISSUE ENGINEERING
Techniques for Isolating and Purifying Porcine Aortic Valve Endothelial Cells
Wing-Yee Cheung, Edmond W. K. Young, Craig A. Simmons
674
Genipin Blues: An Alternative Non-Toxic Crosslinker for Heart Valves?
Pamela Somers, Filip De Somer, Maria Cornelissen, Stefaan Bouchez, Frank Gasthuys, Kishan Narine, Eric Cox, Guido Van Nooten
682
Substrate Properties Influence Calcification in Valvular Interstitial Cell Culture
Julie A. Benton, Hanna B. Kern, Kristi S. Anseth
689
Computational Simulation of Oxygen Diffusion in Aortic Valve Leaflet for Tissue Engineering Applications
Ling Wang, Sotirios Korossis, Eileen Ingham, John Fisher, Zhongmin Jin
700
CASE REPORT
Recurrent Infective Endocarditis with Uncommon Gram-Negative Pasteurella multocida and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Case Report
Nico Reinsch, Björn Plicht, Alexander Lind, Rolf A. Jánosi, Thomas Buck, Markus Kamler, Heinz Jakob, Christoph K. Naber, Raimund Erbel
710