The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Volume 19 Number 5 September 2010
CONTENTS
| CURRENT REVIEW OF BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES | |
| Invited Review: Transcatheter Valves: A Brave New World Ivan Vesely |
543 |
| Current Opinion:
Assessment of Structural Valve Deterioration Extended to 20 Years – Review of Documentation on the St. Jude Medical Bioprostheses W.R. Eric Jamieson |
559 |
| The Fate of Bioprostheses in Middle-Aged Patients:
The Japanese Experience
Hiroshi Tanaka, Yutaka Okita, Hitoshi Kasegawa, Shinichi Takamoto, Koichi Tabayashi, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Yuichi Ueda, Shigeaki Aoyagi, Masashi Komeda, Kiyoyuki Eishi, Hiromi Kurosawa |
561 |
| MITRAL VALVE DISEASE | |
| Frequency and Surgical Management of Complex Posterior Leaflet Prolapse of the Mitral Valve
Dominique Grisoli, Vincent Chan, Anthony Tran, Ladislaus Ressler, Donna Nicholson, Mark Hynes, Marc Ruel, Thierry G. Mesana |
568 |
| E/(Ea×Sa) Estimates Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure in Patients with Severe Mitral Regurgitation
Cristian Mornoş, Dragoş Cozm, Lucian Petrescu, Adina Ionac, Dan Rusinaru, Stefan-Iosif Dragulescu |
576 |
| Recellularization of Decellularized Mitral Heart Valves in Juvenile Pigs
Jesper L. Hønge, Jonas A. Funder, Henrik Jensen, Pascal M. Dohmen, Wolfgang F. Konertz, J. Michael Hasenkam |
584 |
| Complex Repair of a Barlow’s Valve Using the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System
Saqib Masroor, Christopher Plambeck, Melissa Dahnert |
593 |
| Architecture of a Native Mitral Valve Thrombus in a Patient with Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Marek Żółciński, Aleksandra Matyja-Bednarczyk, Ewa Stępień, Jerzy Sadowski, Anetta Undas |
596 |
| AORTIC VALVE DISEASE | |
| Medicolegal Characteristics of Aortic Stenosis Litigation: A Review of the LexisNexis Academic Database
Michael J. Shih, Mladen I. Vidovich |
599 |
| Invited editorial comment Joseph J. Amato |
604 |
| Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Aortic Valve Replacement by Mini-Thoracotomy
Elfriede Ruttmann, Thomas S. Gilhofer, Hanno Ulmer, Orest Chevtchik, Alfred Kocher, Roland Schistek, Guenther Laufer, Ludwig C. Mueller |
606 |
| Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians: Analysis of Risk Factors for Early and Late Mortality
Francesco Nicolini, Cesare Beghi, Fabio Barbieri, Piercesare Secchi, Andrea Agostinelli, Claudio Fragnito, Igino Spaggiari, Tiziano Gherli |
615 |
| Visualization by 256-Slice Computed Tomography of Mycotic Aortic Root Aneurysms in Infective Endocarditis
Ricardo P. J. Budde, Jolanda Kluin, Petr Symersky, Steven A. J. Chamuleau, Lex A. van Herwerden, Mathias Prokop |
623 |
| DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN HEART VALVE DISEASE | |
| Organ Culture as a Tool to Identify Early Mechanisms of Serotonergic Valve Disease
Janet E. Barzilla, Frances E. Acevedo, K. Jane Grande-Allen |
626 |
| Association of Serum Fetuin-A with Valvular Calcium Concentration in Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
Kumral Cagli, Nurcan Basar, Kerim Cagli, Ferah Armutcu, Firdevs Aylak, Adnan Yalcinkaya, Gonul Erden, Ersin Kadirogullari |
636 |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
| Mid-Term Follow Up of Triple Valve Surgery in a Western Community: Predictors of Survival
Hadewich Hermans, Markus Tjahjono, Dirk Faes, Ann Belmans, Bart Meuris, Paul Herijgers, Willem Flameng, Marie-Christine Herregods |
644 |
| An Agonist of Liver X Receptor Slows Valvular Disease in a Hypercholesterolemia Mouse Model
Haimei Wang, Sorel Goland, Kevin Burton, Lawrence S. C. Czer, Ernst R. Schwarz, Alfredo Trento |
653 |
| CASE REPORTS | |
| Usefulness of Computed Tomography Scanning in the Diagnosis of Aortic Prosthetic Valve Pannus
Dan Toledano, Christophe Acar |
665 |
| Lambl’s Excrescences: A Rare Cause of Stroke
Jagadeesh K. Kalavakunta, Prashanth Peddi, Viswaroop Bantu, Hemasri Tokala, Mihas Kodenchery |
669 |
| IMAGE OF THE MONTH | |
| Compression of the Left Coronary Arteries by a Large Pseudoaneurysm as a Late Complication after Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Mohammed Saad, Panagiotis Margos, Gert Richardt |
671 |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | |
| No Arterial Access: A ‘Blind Flight’ for a Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation
Enrico Ferrari, Carlo Marcucci, Christopher Sulzer, Elena Rizzo, Ludwig K. von Segesser |
672 |
| Bioprosthetic Tricuspid Valve Implantation for Active Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in an Adult Burn Patient
Wei Wu, Ping He, Gang Xiong, Hai-dong Wang, Ke-long Liao, Wei Zhang, Kang Yang |
674 |
| Another Cause of Severe Aortic Regurgitation: Congenital Quadricuspid Aortic Valve
Ibrahim Akin, Hüseyin Ince, Christoph A. Nienaber |
675 |
| Acquired Left Ventricular-Right Atrial Communication Following Mitral Valve Replacement
Xiaoning Sun, Cheng Yang, Guanghua Zhou, Chunsheng Wang |
676 |