The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 18 Number 6 November 2009

CONTENTS

 

MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Regional Mitral Leaflet Opening During Acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Wolfgang Bothe, Daniel B. Ennis, Carl Johan Carlhäll, Tom C. Nguyen, Tomasz A. Timek, David T. Lai, Akinobu Itoh, Neil B. Ingels, Jr., D. Craig Miller
586
Regurgitant Flow in Ischemic and Dilative Mitral Regurgitation
Gregor Poglajen, Matevž Harlander, Borut Geršak
598
Results of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation during Mitral Surgery in Patients with Poor Electro-Anatomical Substrate
Francesco Onorati, Antonino S. Rubino, Giovanni Mariscalco, Filiberto Serraino, Andrea Sala, Attilio Renzulli
607
MISCELLANEOUS
Initial Experience with Dual Antiplatelet Thromboprophylaxis Using Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Patients with Mechanical Aortic Prostheses
Raúl García-Rinaldi, Carlos Carro-Pagán, Hartzell V. Schaff, Stephen H. McKellar, Jess L. Thompson III, Jeannette Quiñones, Juan F. Rodríguez-Acosta
617
Association Between Mitral and Aortic Valve Calcification and Preferential Left or Right Coronary Artery Disease
Chaim Yosefy, Ariela Malushitsky, Jafary Jamal, Gideon Sahar, Amos Katz
627
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Evaluation of Aortic Valve Stenosis by Cardiac Multi-Slice Computed Tomography Compared with Echocardiography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Jawdat Abdulla, Jacob Sivertsen, Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed, Hatem Alkadhi, Troy LaBounty, Steen Z. Abildstrom, Lars Kober, Erik Christensen, Christian Torp-Pedersen
634
Apelin and its Receptor APJ in Human Aortic Valve Stenosis
Tuomas Peltonen, Juha Näpänkangas, Olli Vuolteenaho, Pasi Ohtonen, Ylermi Soini, Tatu Juvonen, Jari Satta, Heikki Ruskoaho, Panu Taskinen
644
P38 MAP Kinase in Valve Interstitial Cells is Activated by Angiotensin II or Nitric Oxide/Peroxynitrite, but Reduced by Toll-Like Receptor-2 Stimulation
Simon W. Rabkin, Parth Lodhia, Michael W. Luong
653
Evaluation of Aortic Root and Valve Calcifications by Multi-Detector Computed Tomography
Andrew L. Rivard, Thomas Bartel, Richard W. Bianco, Kasia Simura O’Donnell, Johannes Bonatti, Wolfgang Dichtl, Ricardo C. Cury, Gudrun M. Feuchtner
662
DEVICE EVALUATION
Commentary: How Important is the Anti-Gal Antibody Response Following the Implantation of a Porcine Bioprosthesis?
David K. C. Cooper
671
Anti-HLA Antibodies and Pulmonary Valve Allograft Function after the Ross Procedure
J. F. Matthias Bechtel, Anja Marquardt, Michael Müller-Steinhardt, Thorsten Hanke, Ulrich Stierle, Hans-Hinrich Sievers
673
Biomechanical Perspective on the Porcine Pulmonary Root Prior to Ross Remodeling
Peter B. Matthews, Brian Kim, Ali N. Azadani, T. Sloane Guy, Julius M. Guccione, Liang Ge, Elaine E. Tseng
682
An Alternative Option for Elderly Patients with a Small Aortic Annulus: The 16 mm ATS valve
Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Kiyoharu Nakano, Osamu Tagusari, Go Kataoka, Yoshimasa Seike, Satoru Domoto, Yujiro Ito
691
Sutureless Perceval S Aortic Valve Replacement: A Multicenter, Prospective Pilot Trial
Malakh Shrestha, Thierry Folliguet, Bart Meuris, Alain Dibie, Christoph Bara, Marie-Christine Herregods, Nawid Khaladj, Christian Hagl, Willem Flameng, Francois Laborde, Axel Haverich
698
Results of a Propensity Score-Matched Comparison of the Perimount Magna and Mosaic Ultra Aortic Valve Prostheses
Daniel Wendt, Thomas Buck, Rolf Alexander Jánosi, Matthias Thielmann, Uensal Pul, Markus Neuhäuser, Jarowit Adam Piotrowski, Parwis Massoudy, Markus Kamler, Raimund Erbel, Heinz Jakob
703
Successful Catheter-Based Valve-in-Valve Implantation for a Regurgitant Stentless Bioprosthesis
Steffen Hofmann, Norbert Franz, Michael Billion, Marek Kowalski, Christoph Glauner, Uwe Christmann, Joachim Thale
713
CASE REPORTS
Delayed Aortic Regurgitation Caused by a Right Coronary Stent Protruding into the Aorta
Eduard Quintana, Carlos-A. Mestres, Stefano Congiu, Miguel Josa, Ramon Cartañá
717
Lipomatous Tumor of the Tricuspid Valve: Report of a Rare Case
Hakimeh Sadeghian, Bahareh Eslami, Shapour Shirani, Afsaneh Sadeghian
720
Eustachian Valve Endocarditis: A Rare Complication of Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Placement
Malini Venkatram, Naga V. A. Kommuri, Sri Lakshmi S. Kollepara, Venkataramu N. Krishnamurthy, Ramegowda Rajagopal, Rajika Munasinghe
723
Imaging of Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus
Enrico Vizzardi, Antonio D’Aloia, Davide Farina, Gregoriana Zanini, Roberto Cabras, Ermanna Chiari, Livio Dei Cas
726
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tricuspid Valve Replacement for Carcinoid Heart Disease to Allow Liver Transplantation
Nicolas Jaussaud MD, Vlad Gariboldi MD, Franck Thuny MD, Antoine Camerlo MD, Dominique Grisoli MD, Frederic Collart MD, Yves Patrice Le Treut MD, Alberto Riberi MD
728
A Normally Functioning Caged-Ball Mitral Prosthesis after 37 Years Without Warfarin Therapy
Gonenc Kocabay, Mustafa Yildiz, Mehmet Ozkan
729
Beating-Heart Aortic Valve Replacement Following Total Arterial Revascularization
Markus Thalmann MD, Gottfried H. Sodeck MD, Martin Grabenwöger MD
730
Unicuspid Aortic Valve in a Patient with Streptococcus bovis Endocarditis
Nelson Chavarria MD, George Kozeski DO, Jean Luo MD, Vivian Lim MD
731