The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Volume 13 Number 1 January 2004
CONTENTS
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | |
| Changing
Trends in Valve Surgery in Europe: 1991-2000 |
1 |
| Rheumatic
Heart Disease Occurrence, Patterns and Clinical Correlates in Children Aged
Less than Five Years Anand Chockalingam MD, D. Prabhakar MD, S. Dorairajan DNB, G. Gnanavelu MD, S. Venkatesan MD, V. Chockalingam MD |
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| WARFARIN | |
| Racial
and Ethnic Differences in Warfarin Response Soumaya El Rouby PhD, Carlos A. Mestres MD, Frank M. LaDuca PhD, Marcia L. Zucker PhD |
15 |
| Acute
Prosthetic Aortic Valve Thrombosis Presenting as Acute Myocardial Infarction
Cesar E. Mendoza MD, Alexandre C. Ferreira MD, Eduardo de Marchena MD |
22 |
| Warfarin
and Cranberry Juice: An Interaction? Paul Grant MD |
25 |
| MITRAL VALVE DISEASE | |
| Left
Atrial Volumes, Function and Work before and after Mitral Valve Repair in
Chronic Mitral Regurgitation Petros S. Dardas MD, Antonis A. Pitsis MD, Dimitris D. Tsikaderis MD, Nikos E. Mezilis MD, Parashos N. Geleris MD, Harisios K. Boudoulas MD |
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| The
Renin-Angiotensin System Genetic Polymorphisms and Rheumatic Mitral Valve
Disease Kanat Ozisik MD, Mustafa Emir MD, A. Tulga Ulus MD, Sadi Kaplan MD, Muge Misirlioglu PhD, A. Serdar Tuncer MD, S. Fehmi Katircioglu MD |
33 |
| Comparison
of Echocardiographic Methods in Assessing Severity of Mitral Regurgitation
in Patients with Mitral Valve Prolapse Sevket Gogrulu MD, Mehmet Eren MD, Tugrul Norgaz MD, Tuna Tezel MD |
38 |
| Doppler
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Right Ventricular Diastolic Function in
Patients with Mitral Regurgitation Georgios K. Efthimiadis MD, Georgios E. Parharidis MD, Ioannis N. Dourvas MD, Haralambos I. Karvounis MD, Konstantinos D. Gemitzis MD, Gregorios K. Savvopoulos MD, Ioannis H. Styliadis MD, Takis N. Karoulas MD, Georgios E. Louridas MD |
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| Comparison
of Immediate and Mid-Term Results of Mitral Balloon Valvotomy in Children
and Adolescents with those in Adults Abdulhalim Jamaluddeen Kinsara, Mohamed Eid Fawzi, Faisal Abdulkader Batwa |
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| AORTIC VALVE DISEASE | |
| Is
There a Role for the Left Ventricle Apical-Aortic Conduit for Acquired Aortic
Stenosis? Juan A. Crestanello MD, Kenton J. Zehr MD, Richard C. Daly MD, Thomas A. Orszulak MD, Hartzell V. Schaff MD |
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| Durability
and Prevalence of Aortic Regurgitation Nine Years after Aortic Valve Replacement
with the Toronto SPV Stentless Bioprosthesis David S. Bach MD, Bernard Goldman MD, Edward Verrier MD, Michael Petracek MD, Jeremy Wood MD, Scott Goldman MD, Tirone E. David MD |
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| The
Ross Procedure as the Surgical Treatment of Active Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Einat Birk MD, Erez Sharoni MD, Ovadia Dagan MD, Oscar Gelber MD, Georgios P. Georghiou MD, Bernardo A. Vidne MD, Eldad Erez MD |
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| Quantification
of Pulmonary Autograft Characteristics using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scott A. Reid PhD, Peter G. Walker PhD, John Fisher DEng, Zsolt L. Nagy PhD, John P. Ridgway PhD, Mohan U. Sivananthan MD, Kevin G. Watterson FRACS |
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| TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE | |
| De
Vega Tricuspid Annuloplasty for Systemic Tricuspid Regurgitation in Children
with Univentricular Physiology Kirk R. Kanter MD, Joseph M. Forbess MD, Derek A. Fyfe MD, William T. Mahle MD, Paul M. Kirshbom MD |
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| MECHANICAL PROSTHESES | |
| Forty-Year
Survival with the Starr-Edwards Heart Valve Prosthesis Guangqiang Gao MD, YingXing Wu MD, Gary L. Grunkemeier PhD, Anthony P. Furnary MD, Albert Starr MD |
91 |
| A
Single-Center Experience of the Sorin Bicarbon Heart Valve Prosthesis: Long-Term
Clinical, Hematological and Hemodynamic Results Donald C. Whitaker FRCS (Ed), Stuart E. James FRCS, Robin K. Walesby FRCS |
97 |
| Mechanical
Valve Prosthesis is a Valid Option for Aortic Valve Replacement in the Elderly Marisa De Feo MD, Francesco Onorati MD, Attilio Renzulli MD, Rosario Gregorio MD, Mariano Vicchio MD, Nicola Vitale MD, Maurizio Cotrufo MD, |
103 |
| Predictors
of Outcome in Patients with Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction Fatih Islamoglu MD, Hikmet Iyem MD, Anil Ziya Apaydin MD, Mustafa Özbaran MD, Suat Buket MD, Münevver Yüksel MD, Ali Telli MD, Isa Durmaz MD |
109 |
| New
Laboratory Technique Measures Projected Dynamic Area of Prosthetic Heart
Valves Lawrence N. Scotten Dipl T, David K. Walker PhD |
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| CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS | |
| Valvular
Calcification in Hemodialysis Patients Randomized to Calcium-Based Phosphorus
Binders or Sevelamer Paolo Raggi MD, Juergen Bommer MD, Glenn M. Chertow MD |
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| CASE REPORTS | |
| Surgical
Treatment of Commissural Prolapse: Case Report and Review of the Options
Patrick Mathieu MD, François Dagenais MD, Josée I. Saez De Ibarra MD, Richard Baillot MD |
142 |
| Left
Ventricular Outflow Tract Pseudoaneurysm after Aortic Valve Replacement:
Case Report Shigeaki Aoyagi MD, Shuji Fukunaga MD, Hiroyuki Otsuka MD, Kei-ichi Akaiwa MD, Yoshinori Yokokura MD, Hiroko Yokokura MD |
145 |
| Mechanical
Heart Valve Prosthesis in the Pulmonary Position without Anticoagulation:
Case Report H. Zafer Iscan MD, Mustafa Seren MD, D. Suha Kucukaksu MD, Kemal Bayazit MD |
149 |
| Aortic
Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma Tahir Tak MD, Anand Khurana MD, Hope S. Maki MD |
152 |