The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Volume 19 Number 2 March 2010
CONTENTS
| VALVE THROMBOSIS | |
| Treatment of Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis: Rationale for a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Cihan Cevik, Cemil Izgi, Weeranun Dechyapirom, Kenneth Nugent |
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| AORTIC VALVE DISEASE | |
| Relationship between Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch and Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptides after Aortic Valve Replacement
Giovanni Melina, Emiliano Angeloni, Umberto Benedetto, Simone Refice, Antonio Miceli, Cristina Miele, Giuseppino M. Ciavarella, Riccardo Sinatra |
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| Aortic Root Reoperation: A Technical Challenge Malakh Shrestha, Nawid Khaladj, Hassina Baraki, Ammar Al Ahmad, Nurbol Koigeldiyev, Maximilian Pichlmaier, Axel Haverich, Christian Hagl |
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| Transapical Implantation of a Novel Self-Expanding Sutureless Aortic Valve Prosthesis Mario Stalder, Rakesh M. Suri, Eva S. Kraehenbuehl, Gerrit Hellige, Peter Wenaweser, Claudia Zobrist, Harzell V. Schaff, Thierry P. Carrel |
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| TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE | |
| Minimally Invasive Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery Joerg Seeburger, Michael A. Borger, Jurgen Passage, Martin Misfeld, David Holzhey, Thilo Noack, Matthias Sauer, Joerg Ender, Friedrich W. Mohr |
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| Tricuspid Valve Replacement with Mechanical Prostheses: Long-Term Results Andrea Garatti, Alberto Canziani, Eugenio Mossuto, Piervincenzo Gagliardotto, Francesco Innocente, Livio Corain, Alessandro Frigiola, Lorenzo Menicanti |
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| Thoracoscopic and Robotic Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty with a Biodegradable Ring: An Initial Experience Aristotelis Panos, Patrick O. Myers, Afksendiyos Kalangos |
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| INDECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS | |
| Surgery for Active Infective Mitral Valve Endocarditis: A 20-Year, Single-Center Experience Michele Musci, Michael Hübler, Miralem Pasic, Aref Amiri, Julia Stein, Henryk Siniawski, Yuguo Weng, Roland Hetzer |
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| Risk Factors for In-Hospital Mortality in Infective Endocarditis: Five Years Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Turkey Ali Riza Erbay, Ayşe Erbay, Aytun Çanga, Gökhan Keskin, Nihat Şen, Ramazan Atak, Ahmet Duran Demir, Yücel Balbay, Erdal Duru |
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| A Rare Complication of Infective Endocarditis: Left Main Coronary Artery Embolization Resulting in Sudden Death
Lior Zeller, Daniel Flusser, Ruthy Shaco-Levy, Hili Giladi, Miri S. Merkin, Noah Liel-Cohen |
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| LATE OUTCOME | |
| Heart Valve Sound of Various Mechanical Composite Grafts, and the Impact on Patients Quality of Life Karl Golczyk, Martin Kompis, Lars Englberger, Thierry P. Carrel, Mario Stalder |
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| Malpositioned Mechanical Mitral Valves Causing Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Kristopher M. George, Nicholas G. Smedira |
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| MISCELLANEOUS | |
| Minimally Invasive Right Lateral Thoracotomy without Aortic Cross-Clamping: An Attractive Alternative to Repeat Sternotomy for Reoperative Mitral Valve Surgery Ramanan Umakanthan, Michael R. Petracek, Marzia Leacche, Nataliya V. Solenkova, Susan S. Eagle, Annemarie Thompson, Rashid M. Ahmad, James P. Greelish, Stephen K. Ball, Steven J. Hoff, Tarek S. Absi, Jorge M. Balaguer, John G. Byrne |
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| Annular Excursion Contributes to Efficient Cardiac Output: A Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Approach Koichi Sughimoto, Yoshiharu Takahara, Kenji Mogi, Hao Liu, Kenji Yamazaki |
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| HOW TO DO IT | |
| A Method to Avoid Knot-Tying in Artificial Chordae Implantation for Mitral Valve Repair
Daniele Maselli, Eleonora Ficarra, Luca Weltert, Filippo Barberi, Raffaele Scaffa, Alessandro Bellisario, Ruggero De Paulis |
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| A Modified David Technique in Endocarditis with Multiple Paravalvular Abscesses Alberto Forteza, Gustavo Prieto, Jorge Centeno, Jose Cortina |
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| CASE REPORTS | |
| Mitral Stenosis due to Pannus Overgrowth after Rigid Ring Annuloplasty Takeshi Oda, Seiya Kato, Eiki Tayama, Shuji Fukunaga, Hidetoshi Akashi, Shigeaki Aoyagi |
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| Surgical Re-Utilization of a Pulmonary Valve Graft after Failed Percutaneous Treatment Vladimiro L. Vida, Simone Speggiorin, Nicola Maschietto, Massimo A. Padalino, Ornella Milanesi, Mario Carminati, Giovanni Stellin |
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| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | |
| Novel Use of a Percutaneous Aortic Valve in Stentless Bioprosthetic CryoLife-OBrien Valve Dysfunction J. Layland, B. Bell, J. Latona, D. Mullany, G. Manaharan, B. Thompson, C. Aroney, D. Walters |
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| A Case of Endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae Erwin Ho, Jan Coveliers, Bram J. Amsel, Bernard Stockman, Jeroen Walpot, Margaretha Ieven, Inez Rodrigus |
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| No Arterial Access: A Blind Flight for a Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Enrico Ferrari, Carlo Marcucci, Christopher Sulzer, Elena Rizzo, Ludwig K. von Segesser |
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