Contents July 2000

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 9 Number 4 July 2000

CONTENTS

MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Open Mitral Commissurotomy: The ‘Golden Standard’ Manuel J. Antunes MD, Henrique Vieira MD, J. Ferrão de Oliveira MD	472
Mitral Valve Annuloplasty: Comparison of the Mural Annulus Shortening Suture (MASS) with the Carpentier-Edwards Prosthetic Ring Christian Detter MD, Tayfun Aybek MD, Natascha Kupilik MD, Teddy Fischlein MD, Anton Moritz MD	478
Mitral Valve Repair: The Manipal Alternative Pitambar Shatapathy MCh, Bhuvnesh Kumar Aggarwal MCh, Sevagur Ganesh Kamath MCh	487
Geometric Distribution of Chordae Tendineae: An Important Anatomic Feature in Mitral Valve Function Shengqiu He MD, Matthew W. Weston MS, Jack Lemmon PhD, Morten Jensen BS, Robert A. Levine MD, Ajit P. Yoganathan PhD	495
Invited comment Robert W. M. Frater MD	502
HOMOGRAFT VALVES
Influence of HLA Matching and Associated Factors on Aortic Valve Homograft Function Rebecca Dignan MD, Mark O’Brien FRCS, Patrick Hogan FRCPA, Jurgen Passage, Fiona Stephens B Appl Sci, Alycia Thornton BSc, Susan Harrocks RN	504
Lack of ABH-antigen Expression on Human Cardiac Valves Alexander Kadner MD, Raymond H. Chen MD, Richard N. Mitchell MD, David H. Adams MD	512
The Quality of Heart Valve Tissue for Homograft Transplantation Anna Dabrowska MD, Dariusz Sladowski MD, Pawel Krajewski MD, Janusz Komender MD	517
Cardiovascular Tissue Banking in the Non-Cadaveric Setting: Ten-Year Experience of a University Hospital-Based Bank with Active Organ Donation Program Carlos-A. Mestres MD, Elba Agusti BSc, Anna Martinez MD, Catiana Cabrer, Marti Manyalich MD, Ramon Cartaña MD, Jose L. Pomar MD	523
XENOGRAFT VALVES
Carpentier-Edwards Porcine Bioprostheses: Clinical Performance Assessed by Actual Analysis W. R. E. Jamieson MD, Robert T. Miyagishima MD, Lawrence H. Burr MD, Samuel V. Lichtenstein MD, Guy J. Fradet MD, Michael T. Janusz MD	530
Impact of High Transvalvular Velocities early after Implantation of Freestyle® Stentless Aortic Bioprosthesis David S. Bach MD, Mary S. LeMire, Diane Eberhart, William F. Armstrong MD, G. Michael Deeb MD	536
The Quattro Valve and Active Infective Endocarditis of the Mitral Valve Shirley J. Middlemost MD, Atul Patel MD, Martin Sussman MD, Pravin Manga MD	544
The Influence of Stenting on the Behavior of Amino-Oleic Acid-Treated, Glutaraldehyde-Fixed Porcine Aortic Valves in a Sheep Model Shigeyuki Ozaki MD, Paul Herijgers MD, Eric Verbeken MD, Alfons Van Lommel PhD, Takahiro Nishida MD, Bartlomiej Perek MD, Miroslaw Zietkiewicz MD, Veerle Leunens, Willem Flameng MD	552
BASIC SCIENCE: GLUTARALDEHYDE REVISITED
Prevention of Glutaraldehyde-Fixed Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Calcification by Alcohol Pretreatment: Further Mechanistic Studies Narendra R. Vyavahare PhD, Peter Lloyd Jones PhD, Danielle Hirsch PhD, Frederick J. Schoen MD, Robert J. Levy MD	561
Is 10 Minutes the Optimum Immersion Time in 0.6% Glutaraldehyde for Human Pericardium ? André Vincentelli MD, Rachid Zegdi MD, Olivier Fabre MD, José Saez de Ibarra MD, Christian Latrémouille MD, Juan Carlos Chachques MD, Alain Prat MD, Jean Noel Fabiani MD	567
A Study of the Junction Between Glutaraldehyde-Treated Allogeneic Aorta and Host Aorta Albert C. Grobe MS, David T. Cheung PhD, Hong He Luo MD, Yu Shomura MD, Douglas C. Marchion MS, Jean C. Pfau PhD, Carlos M.G. Duran MD	570
Preimplant Ultrastructure and Calcification Tendency of Various Biological Aortic Valves Masoud Mirzaie MD, Thomas Meyer MD, Peter Schwartz MD, Harald Dalichau MD	576
LATE OUTCOME
Changes in Left Ventricular Function and Mass During Serial Investigations after Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis Ole Lund MD, Mogens Erlandsen MSc	583
Fluoroscopy of Prosthetic Heart Valves: Does it Have a Place in the Echocardiography Era? Yaron Shapira MD, Itzhak Herz MD, Alex Sagie MD	594