The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 18 Number 2 March 2009

CONTENTS

 

MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Factors Affecting Immediate Changes in Cardiac Output Following Balloon Mitral Valvulotomy: The Role of Pulmonary Hemodynamics
K. Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy, Parbat K. Dash
128
Effects of Papillary Muscle Position on Anterior Leaflet Stretches Under Mitral Valve Edge-To-Edge Repair
Bo Gao, Wei Sun, Sibi Mathew, Zhaoming He
135
Chordal Translocation: Secondary Chordal Cutting in Conjunction with Artificial Chordae for Preserving Valvular-Ventricular Interaction in the Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Shinji Masuyama MD, Akira Marui MD, Takeshi Shimamoto MD, Masashi Komeda MD
142
Invited Editorial: Management of Submitral Anomalies during Complex Mitral Valve Repair
J. Scott Rankin MD and David D. Alfery MD
147
Severe Mitral Regurgitation due to Left Atrial Aneurysm Corrected by Endoatrial Patch Plasty
V. Rao Parachuri FRCS, Sanjaykumar C. Banakal MD, Chiran Babu Appajaiah MCh
149
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
High-Cholesterol + Vitamin D2 Regimen: A Questionable In-Vivo Experimental Model of Aortic Valve Stenosis
Guillaume Hekimian MD, Stephanie Passefort MD, Liliane Louedec, Xavier Houard PhD, Marie-Paule Jacob PhD, Alec Vahanian MD, Jean-Bapstiste Michel MD, David Messika-Zeitoun MD
152
ENDOCARDITIS
The Valvulopathy of Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
Jeffrey J. Silbiger MD
159
Late Recurrence of Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis in an Adult Patient with Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report
Ioannis Moyssakis MD, Anastasios Kazazis MD, Nikolaos Lionakis MD, Ioannis Vlahodimitris MD, George Petrikos MD, Vassilios Votteas MD
167
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Combined Mitral and Aortic Valve Replacement for Rheumatic Heart Disease: Fifteen-Year Follow Up and Long-Term Results
Biswa Ranjan Panda MCh, Ravi Shankar MCh, Korah Thomas Kuruvilla MCh, Madhu A. Philip MCh, Roy Thankachen MCh, Vinayak Shukla MCh, Roy J. Korula MCh
170
ANTICALCIFICATION
A Novel Anti-Calcification Strategy of Bovine Pericardium Using Sodium Bisulfite Modification
Jianye Zhou MD, Hong Jiang MD, De Wang MD, Shengshou Hu MD
180
Response of Macrophage-Like U937 Cells to Decellularized Tissue Heart Valve Materials
Marianne B. Ariganello MD, Rosalind S. Labow MD, J. Michael Lee MD
187
DEVICE EVALUATION
Long-Term Results with a Stentless Porcine Aortic Valve: The Edwards PRIMA Model 2500
Wouter Oosterlinck MD, Bart Meuris MD, Marie-Christine Herregods MD, Anna Vandeplas MD, Willem Daenen MD, Willem Flameng MD, Paul Herijgers MD
198
Thrombogenic Evaluation of Two Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses Using a New In-Vitro Test System
Chong-Hyon Kim Dipl.-Ing., Ulrich Steinseifer Dr.-Ing., Thomas Schmitz-Rode Dr. med., Dipl.-Ing
207
CASE REPORTS
Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement in a Child with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I: A Case Report
Onur S. Goksel MD, Helin El MD, Emin Tireli MD, Enver Dayioglu MD
214
Ebstein’s Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis and Aortic Incompetence
Guang-Yu Ji MD, Zhi-Nong Wang MD, Feng Yao MD, Zhi-yun Xu MD
217
Aortic Root Reconstruction in a Nine-Year-Old Child: A Case Report
Zoltan Szabolcs MD, Tivadar Hüttl MD, Laszlo Szudi MD, Elektra Bartha MD, Gabor Veres MD, György Balázs MD, Istvan Hartyánszky MD
220
Quadruple Valve Replacement for Carcinoid Heart Disease
Shahzad G. Raja MD, Sanjeev Bhattacharyya MD, Joseph Davar MD, Martyn E. Caplin MD, Margaret Burke MD, Gilles D. Dreyfus MD
223
A Torn 15-Year-Old Aortic Bioprosthesis in the Setting of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Echocardiographic Diagnosis and Pathologic Correlation. A Case Report
Hector I. Michelena, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Thoralf M. Sundt, III
228
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In response to Puri et al.
G. Bogats MD et al.
232
Reply
D. Puri MD
233
Ruptured chords
L. Ozdemir MD
234