Journal of Heart Valve Disease January 2010

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

EuroSCORE revisited
Editorial: EuroSCORE and Heart Valve Surgery Samer A. M. Nashef	1
EuroSCORE-Predicted Mortality and Surgical Judgment for Interventional Aortic Valve Replacement Soren Schenk, Dirk Fritzsche, Rony Atoui, Heinrich Koertke, Reiner Koerfer, Thomas Eitz	5
A Question of Clinical Reliability: Observed versus EuroSCORE-Predicted Mortality after Aortic Valve Replacement Tamer Ghazy, Utz Kappert, Ahmed Ouda, Diana Conen, Klaus Matschke	16
Validation of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in Chinese Heart Valve Surgery Patients Chong Wang, Feng Yao, Lin Han, Ji Zhu, Zhi-yun Xu	21
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Functional Anatomy of Normal Mitral Valve-Left Ventricular Complex by Real-Time, Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Arun Kalyanasundaram, Anwer Qureshi, Louis A. Nassef, Jamshid Shirani	28
Relationship Between the Tissue Doppler-Derived Tei Index and Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients with Mitral Regurgitation Ramazan Kargin, Özlem Esen, Mustafa Akçakoyun, Selçuk Pala, Özkan Candan, Mehmet Onur Omaygenç, Cem Dogan, Irfan Barutçu, Ali Metin Esen, Nihal Özdemir	35
Predictors of Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function After Surgery for Chronic Organic Mitral Regurgitation: A Prospective Study Eli V. Gelfand, Jessica A. Haffajee, Thomas H. Hauser, Susan B. Yeon, Lois Goepfert, Kraig V. Kissinger, Ralph Delatorre, Warren J. Manning	43
Mitral Valve Surgery: Comparison of Outcomes in Matched Sternotomy and Port Access Groups William H. Ryan, William T. Brinkman, Todd M. Dewey, Michael J. Mack, Syma L. Prince, Morley A. Herbert	51
Structural and Cellular Changes in Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease: An Image Analysis Study Richard I. Han, Alexander Black, Geoffrey Culshaw, Anne T. French, Brendan M. Corcoran	60
Tryptophan Hydroxylase 1 Expression is Increased in Phenotype-Altered Canine and Human Degenerative Myxomatous Mitral Valves Sirilak Disatian, Carla Lacerda, E. Christopher Orton	71
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Unicuspid Aortic Valve in Adults: A Systematic Review Farouk Mookadam, Venkata R. Thota, Ana Maria Garcia-Lopez, Usha R. Emani, Mohsen S. Alharthi, Jose Zamorano, Bijoy K. Khandheria	79
Vasoactive Agents Alter the Biomechanical Properties of Aortic Heart Valve Leaflets in a Time-Dependent Manner James N. Warnock, Carol A. Pregonero Gamez, Scott A. Metzler, Joseph Chen, Steven H. Elder, Jun Liao	86
VALVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT
An Intra-Annular ‘Hemispherical’ Annuloplasty Frame for Aortic Valve Repair J. Scott Rankin	97
The Late Impact of Surgical Skills and Training on the Subcoronary Implantation of the Freestyle Stentless Bioprosthesis Alexander Albert, Ines Florath, Ulrich Rosendahl, Mohamed Ismail, Wael Hassanein, Jürgen Ennker	104
The Freedom SOLO Valve for Aortic Valve Replacement: Clinical and Hemodynamic Results from a Prospective Multicenter Trial Sven Beholz, Alberto Repossini, Ugolino Livi, Marc Schepens, Mohamed El Gabry, Klaus Matschke, Uday Trivedi, Lothar Eckel, Otto Dapunt, José Luis Zamorano	115
Anti α-Gal Immune Response Following Porcine Bioprosthesis Implantation in Children Chun Soo Park, Seong-Sik Park, Sun Young Choi, Sun Hee Yoon, Woong-Han Kim, Yong Jin Kim	124
Relevance of Clinical Presentation and Period of Diagnosis in Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Juan San Martin, Cristina Sarriá, Carmen de las Cuevas, Juan Duarte, Carlos Gamallo	131
MISCELLANEOUS
RIFLE Criteria for Acute Kidney Injury in Valvular Surgery Luca Salvatore De Santo, Gianpaolo Romano, Nicola Galdieri, Marianna Buonocore, Ciro Bancone, Vincenzo De Simone, Alessandro Della Corte, Gianantonio Nappi	139
Unexpected Durability of a Björk-Shiley First-Generation Aortic Valve after 40 Years of Implantation Mariano E. Brizzio, Alex Zapolanski, John Pantazopoulos, Michael Mentakis	149
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Recurrent Aortic Pseudoaneurysm following David and Bentall Operations Treated by Homograft Replacement Cosimo d’Alessandro, Bruno Vaquette, Christophe Acar	152
Magnets in Cardiac Valve Repair: A New Approach? Mojgan Laali MD, Erwan Flecher MD, Bertrand Nogarede PhD, Pascal Leprince MD, PhD, Iradj Gandjbakhch MD	153
Modified Collar-Reinforcement Technique to Prevent Recurrent Paravalvular Leak Hiroyuki Nakajima MD, Junjiro Kobayashi MD, Koichi Toda MD, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda MD, Toshikatsu Yagihara MD	154
A Successful Case of Repeat Thrombolysis in Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis Fatima S. Naleem MBBS, Sandeep Basavarajaiah MBBS, MRCP, Rajesh Aggarwal FRCP	155
Spontaneous Resolution of Severe Hemolysis after Valve Surgery Isuru Ranasinghe MBChB, MMed, John Yiannikas MBBS, FRACP	157
Tricuspid Balloon Valvulopasty to Treat Tricuspid Stenosis Ekrem Yeter MD, Karakurt Ozlem MD, Harun Kiliç MD, Akdemir Ramazan MD, Sadik Acikel	159