The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 8 Number 1; January 1999

CONTENTS

 

PORCINE BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES
Editorial:
The Hancock II Xenograft: A Step Forward in Bioprosthetic Valve Longevity?
Gaetano Thiene MD, Uberto Bortolotti MD, Marialuisa Valente MD
1
Morphologic Findings in Explanted Hancock II Porcine Bioprostheses
Jagdish Butany MD, Weimin Yu MD, Malcolm D. Silver MD, Tirone E. David MD
4
Eighteen-year Follow Up after Hancock II Bioprosthesis Insertion
Juan J. Legarra MD, Rafael Llorens MD, Mercedes Catalan MD, Ignacio Segura MD,
Alejandro M. Trenor MD, Jose S. de Buruaga MD, Gregorio Rabago MD, Aurelio Sarralde MD
16
Fatigue-Induced Changes in Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Three-Dimensional Geometry and the Relation to Tissue Damage
David B. Smith PhD, Michael S. Sacks PhD, Pradip M. Pattany MD, Richard Schroeder BS
25
Distortion of the Stentless Porcine Valve Induces Accelerated Leaflet Fibrosis
and Calcification in Juvenile Sheep

Guido van Nooten MD, Shygeyuki Ozaki MD, Paul Herijgers MD, Patrick Segers MD,
Pascal Verdonck MD, Wim Flameng MD
34
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Editorial:
Chordal Sparing Mitral Valve Replaement
Robert W. M. Frater MD
42
Mitral Valve Replacement with Complete Mitral Leaflet Retention: Operative Techniques
Yifei Yu MD, Changqing Gao MD, Gongsong Li MD, Langbiao Zhu MD,
Dongqing Wang MD, Minghui Liu MD
44
Reversal of Increased Diastolic Stiffness in Mitral Stenosis after Successful Balloon
Valvuloplasty

Isabella V. Mayer MD, Markus Jakob MD, Lazar Mandinov MD, Rosy Hug,
Giuseppe Vassalli MD, Otto M. Hess MD
47
Tricuspid Regurgitation Late after Mitral Valve Replacement: Clinical
and Echocardiographic Evaluation

Avital Porter MD, Yaron Shapira MD, Mordehay Wurzel MD, Jaqueline Sulkes PhD,
Mordehay Vaturi MD, Yehuda Adler MD, Gideon Sahar MD, Alex Sagie MD
57
Left Atrial Thrombus Detection with Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiography:
An Echocardiographic Study with Surgical Verification

Vedat Koca MD, Tahsin Bozat MD, Vakur Akkaya MD, Cetin Sarikamis MD,
Tamer Turk MD,Hakan Vural MD, Ayhan Ozdemir MD
63

Isolated Congenital Anterior Mitral Leaflet Cleft: A Rare Cause of Mitral Insufficiency
S. R. Mohanty MS, S. K. Choudhary MCh, S. Ramamurthy DM, A. Sampath Kumar MCh

67
Mitral Valve Homograft for Mitral Valve Replacement in Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
Michael J. Reardon MD, Anders Vinnerkvist MD, Scott A. LeMaire MD
71
DEVICE EVALUATION
Mechanical Valve Replacement in Congenital Heart Disease in Children
B. Lubiszewska MD, J. Rozanski MD, M. Szufladowicz MD, W. Szaroszyk MD,
P. Hoffman MD, E. Ksiezycka MD, W. Rydlewska-Sadowska MD, W. Ruzyllo MD
74
Early Results with the Carbo-sealR Composite Valve Conduit for Aortic Root Replacement
Nicola Vitale MD, Andrew Owens MD, J.R. Leslie Hamilton MD, Jonathan Forty MD,
John H. Dark FRCS, Asif Hasa MD
80
NON-INVASIVE EVALUATION
A New Flow Model for Doppler Ultrasound Study of Prosthetic Heart Valves
Louis-Gilles Durand, Damien Garcia, Frederic Sakr, Herkole Sava, Richard Cimon,
Philippe Pibarot1,2, Aaron Fenster, Jean G. Dumesnil
85
High-Resolution Assessment of Velocity Fields and Shear Stresses Distal to Prosthetic Heart Valves Using High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Steffen Ringgaard MSc, Rene M. Botnar PhD, Christian Djurhuus MS,
Hans Stodkilde-Jorgensen DMSc, J. Michael Hasenkam DMSc,
Peter Boesiger PhD, Erik M. Pedersen PhD
96
Clinical Usefulness of the Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area Method using
Echocardiography in Patients with Eccentric Aortic Regurgitation

Yoshihiro Sato MD, Kohei Kawazoe MD, Masataka Nasu MD, Katsuhiko Hiramori MD
104
CASE REPORT
Double Valve Repair and Maze Procedure for Degenerative Valvular Disease and
Chronic Atrial Fibrillation

Hiroshi Izumoto MD, Yoshihiro Sato MD, Masaaki Ogawa MD, Junya Kamata MD,
Kiyoyuki Eishi MD, Kohei Kawazoe MD
112
Moraxella catarrhalis Endocarditis: Report of a Case and Literature Review
Ulrike Neumayer MD, Henning K. Schmidt MD, Klaus-P. Mellwig MD, Georg Kleikamp MD
114