The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 9 Number 1; January 2000

CONTENTS

 

AORTIC VALVE
The Aortic Valve Blood Supply
Kirsten L. Weind BSc, Christopher G. Ellis PhD, Derek R. Boughner MD
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Significant Increase of Aortic Root Volume and Commissural Area Occurs prior to Aortic Valve Opening
David C. Pang, Suk Jung Choo, Hong He Luo, Y. U. Shomura,
Suresh Daniel,Srdjan Nikolic, David T. Cheung, James H. Oury,
Carlos M. G. Duran
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Aortic Root Dilation prior to Valve Opening: Explained by Passive Hemodynamics
Ivan Vesely PhD
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Decalcification of the Aortic Valve does not Prevent Early Recalcification
Manfred Dahm MD PhD, Guido Dohmen MD, Elke Groh BS,
Frank Krummenauer PhD, Gerd Hafner MD,
Eckhard Mayer MD PhD,Ullrich Hake MD PhD, Helmut Oelert MD
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Mechanics of Cryopreserved Aortic and Pulmonary Homografts
Ivan Vesely PhD, Dino C. Casaratto MD, Gino Gerosa MD
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Results of the Ross Operation in Rheumatic versus Non-rheumatic
Aortic Valve DiseaseFrans A. A. Pieters MD, Zohair Al-Halees MD, Liv Hatle MD, Maie S. Shahid MD,Mohamed Al-Amri MD
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Comparative Analysis of Left Ventricular Hemodynamics and Hypertrophy after Aortic Valve Replacement with Homografts or Mechanical Valves
Sevket Basarir MD, Fatih Islamoglu MD, Erdem Ozkisacik MD,
Yüksel Atay,Mehmet Boga MD, Tamer Bakalim MD,
Mustafa Ozbaran MD, Ali Telli MD
45
MITRAL VALVE

Wound Healing in the Mitral Valve

Koichi Tamura MD, Michael Jones MD, Izumi Yamada MD, Victor J. Ferrans MD
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Ischemic Mitral Valve Repair Surgery
Ulrich O. von Oppell MBChB, Francois Stemmet MBChB,
Johan Brink MBChB, Patrick J. Commerford MBChB,
Sylvia A. M. Heijke MBChB
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Surgical Repair of the Degenerative Prolapsing Anterior Leaflet in Degenerative
Mitral Valve Disease

Gebrine El Khoury MD,Philippe Noirhomme MD, Robert Verhelst MD, Jean Rubay MD
Robert Dion MD
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Influence of Valve Replacement on Plasma Endothelin-1 Level in Mitral Stenosis
Grazyna Snopek MD, Hanna Pogorzelska PhD,
Jerzy Korewicki PhD
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BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES
Structural Changes in Porcine Bioprosthetic Heart Valves of Left Ventricular Assist System in Human Patients
Madeleine Moczar PhD, Remi Houel MD, Maryvonne Ginat,
Valerie Clerin PhD, Dereck Wheeldon MD,Daniel Loisance MD
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A Quantitative Study of Calcium Deposition in the Aortic Wall following Medtronic Freestyle Compared with Homograft Aortic Root Replacement.
A Prospective Randomized Trial

Giovanni Melina MD, Michael B. Rubens FRCR,
Emma J. Birks MRCP, Federico Bizzarri MD,
Asghar Khagani FRCS,Magdi H. Yacoub FRS
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Different Modes of Degeneration in Autologous and Heterologous Heart Valve Prostheses
Martin Grabenwöger MD, Christoph Gross MD, Paul Simon MD,
Florian Fitzal MD, Doris Hutschala MD, Peter Böck MD,
Peter Brücke MD, Ernst Wolner MD
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Mitroflow Pericardial Valve Prosthesis in the Aortic Position:
An Analysis of Long-Term Outcome and Prognostic Factors

Kazutomo Minami MD, Dietrich Boethig MD, Nicolas Mirow MD,
Georg Kleikamp MD, Heinrich Koertke MD,
Erhard Godehardt PhD,Reiner Koerfer MD
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MECHANICAL VALVES
First Clinical Experience with a Mechanical Valve with Silver Coating
Aart Brutel de la Riviere MD, Karl M. E. Dossche MD,
Dietrich E. Birnbaum MD,Robert Hacker MD
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Preliminary Experience with SilzoneTM-Coated St. Jude Medical Valves in Acute Infective Endocarditis
Silvia Bertrand MD, Remi Houel MD, Emmanuelle Vermes MD,
Celine Soustelle MD,Maryline L. Hillion MD,Daniel Loisance MD
131
In Vivo Efficacy of Silver-Coated Fabric against Staphylococcus epidermidis
Barbara Illingworth MS, Richard W. Bianco MS,
Sanford Weisberg PhD
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Examination of Hemolytic Potential with the On-XR Prosthetic Heart Valve
Dietrich Birnbaum MD, Axel Laczkovics MD, Martin Heidt MD, Hellmut Oelert MD,Günther Laufer MD, Hans Greve MD, Jose L. Pomar MD, Friedrich Mohr MD,Axel Haverich MD, Dieter Regensburger MD
142
Repeated Thrombolysis in Multiple Episodes of Thrombosed
Prosthetic Heart Valves: A Report of Three Cases and
Review of the Literature

Yaron Shapira MD, Itzhak Herz MD, Yochai Birnbaum MD,
Eitan Snir MD,Bernardo Vidne MD, Alex Sagie MD
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BASIC SCIENCE
Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Interstitial Cells from Human Heart Valves, Pericardium and Skin
Patricia M. Taylor PhD, Sean P. Allen PhD,
Magdi H. Yacoub FRS
150
The Dilemma of Accelerated Bioprosthetic and Polymeric Valve Testing
Helmut Reul, Karl Potthast
159
Fatigue Analysis of Clinical Bioprosthetic Heart Valves Manufactured using Photooxidized Bovine Pericardium
Maya Butterfield PhD, John Fisher D Eng
161
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In response to
Schoen FJ. Future directions in tissue heart valves: impact of recent insights from biology and pathology
Jack W. Love MD
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In response to
Kabbani SS, Ross DN, Jamil H et al. Mitral valve replacement with
a pulmonary autograft: Initial experience
Carlos-A. Mestres MD, Jose L. Pomar MD
169