Journal of Heart Valve Disease July 2010

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Is Early Antithrombotic Therapy Necessary after Tissue Mitral Valve Replacement? Andrea Colli, Roberto D’Amico, Carlos A. Mestres, Jose L. Pomar, Maria-Luisa Cámara, Xavier Ruyra, Jaume Mulet	405
Tricuspid Regurgitation in Patients with Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: Risk Factors and Prognostic Implications in a Cohort of 895 Patients Padmini Varadarajan, Ramdas G. Pai	412
Determinants of Evolution and Progression of Acute Ovine Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Tomasz A. Timek, David T. Lai, David Liang, George T. Daughters, Neil B. Ingels, Jr., D. Craig Miller	420
Echocardiographic Assessment of the Effects of Mitral Valve Repair on Mitral Valve Geometry in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Haruka Makinae, Masao Daimon, Keiichi Tambara, Sakiko Miyazaki, Hiroshi Iwamura, Motoshige Yamasaki, Hirotaka Inaba, Taira Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Daida, Atsushi Amano	427
Acute Mitral Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Right Atrial Fistula in Beta-Thalassemia Major Ahmad K. Darwazah, Khalil Helwa, Barakat Sharabati	434
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Editorial: How Can We Logically Describe the Components of the Arterial Valves? Robert W. M. Frater, Robert H. Anderson	438
Review: Insights into the Use of Biomarkers in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Erik Beckmann, Juan B. Grau, Rachana Sainger, Paolo Poggio, Giovanni Ferrari	441
Paraoxonase Activity Might be Predictive of the Severity of Aortic Valve Stenosis Goksel Cagirci, Serkan Cay, Ozlem Karakurt, Tahir Durmaz, Nuray Yazihan, Aytun Canga, Cengiz Aydin, Sadik Acikel, Harun Kilic, Serkan Topaloglu, Dursun Aras, Ahmet Duran Demir, Ramazan Akdemir	453
Altered MicroRNAs in Bicuspid Aortic Valve: A Comparison Between Stenotic and Insufficient Valves Vishal Nigam, Hans H. Sievers, Brian C. Jensen, Holger A. Sier, Paul C. Simpson, Deepak Srivastava, Salah A. Mohamed	459
Relationship Between Aortic Valve Calcification and the Severity of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease Juying Qian, Zhangwei Chen, Junbo Ge, Jianying Ma, Shufu Chang, Bing Fan, Xuebo Liu, Lei Ge	466
DEVICE EVALUATION
Editorial: Long-Term Follow Up of Patients Undergoing Reoperative Surgery with Aortic or Mitral Valve Replacement, Using a St. Jude Medical Prosthesis John G. Byrne, Marzia Leacche	471
Long-Term Follow Up of Patients Undergoing Reoperative Surgery with Aortic or Mitral Valve Replacement Using a St. Jude Medical Prosthesis Robert W. Emery, Christopher C. Krogh, Sean McAdams, Ann M. Emery, Arlen R. Holter	473
The Changing Hydrodynamic Performance of the Decellularized Intact Porcine Aortic Root: Considerations on In-Vitro Testing Tomaso Bottio, Vincenzo Tarzia, Carlo Dal Lin, Edward Buratto, Giulio Rizzoli, Michele Spina, Alessandro Gandaglia, Filippo Naso, Gino Gerosa	485
Leaflet Opening and Closing Dynamics of Stentless Bioprostheses Markus W. Frost, Jonas A. Funder, Kaj Erik Klaaborg, Per Wierup, Erik Sloth, Hans Nygaard, J. Michael Hasenkam	492
In-Vivo Assessment of a Novel Polymer (SIBS) Trileaflet Heart Valve Qiang Wang, Anthony J. McGoron, Richard Bianco, Yasushi Kato, Leonard Pinchuk, Richard T. Schoephoerster	499
In-Vitro Seeding of Human Umbilical Cord Vein Endothelial Cells on Hydroxyapatite for Mechanical Heart Valve Applications Ji-ming Sha, Zhong-ya Yan, Guang-cun Cheng, Xiao-yong Wei, Yi-qin Tao, Yue-ming Li, Le Luo	506
LONG TERM OUTCOME
Determinants of Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Following Triple Valve Surgery Bahaa M. Fadel, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Cedric Manlhiot, Brian W. McCrindle, Ghassan Siblini, Zohair Al-Halees, Aly Al Sanei, Charles C. Canver	513
Quality of Life Following Heart Valve Replacement in the Elderly Marco Spaziano, Michel Carrier, Michel Pellerin, Manon Choinière	524
HOW TO DO IT
Left Ventricular Myxoma Resection with Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Reconstruction Christopher W. Seder, Marc P. Sakwa, Francis L. Shannon	533
A Novel Technique of Coronary Reconstruction During Complex Aortic Root Replacement Brian E. Kogon, Maan Jokhadar, Manisha Patel, Michael McConnell, Wendy Book	536
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Recidivant Endocarditis: Report of Two Cases Milica Jovanović, M Pelemiš, M Pavlović, B Stošović, T Tošić, I Milošević, K Reyes, M Zervos	540
Does Isolated Annular Dilatation Cause Hemodynamically Significant Mitral Regurgitation? Jeffrey J. Silbiger	541
Response J. Scott Rankin, Donald D. Glower	542