Contents July 2006

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Left Ventricular Volume Shifts and Aortic Root Expansion during isovolumic Contraction Filiberto Rodríguez MD, G. Randall Green MD, Paul Dagum MD, J. Francisco Nistal MD, Katherine B. Harrington BA, George T. Daughters MS, Neil B. Ingels PhD, D. Craig Miller MD	465
Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis after Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Could Early Reoperation be Prevented? Jean Ph. Verhoye MD, Franceseca Merlicco MD, Ibrahim M. Sami MD, Giangiuseppe Cappabianca MD, Hervé Lecouls MD, Hervé Corbineau MD, Thierry Langanay MD, Alain Leguerrier MD	474
Outcome after Aortic Valve Replacement in Young Adults: Is Patient Profile more Important than Prosthesis Type? Loes M. A. Klieverik MD, Mariska Noorlander MSc, Johanna J. M. Takkenberg MD, A. Pieter Kappetein MD, Jos A. Bekkers MD, Lex A. v. Herwerden MD, Ad J. J. C. Bogers MD	479
Aortic Annuloplasty with Aortic Root Reconstruction to Prevent Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch Richard A. Hopkins MD	488
Aortic Valve Calcification as Quantified with Multislice Computed Tomography Predicts Short-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients with Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Gudrun M. Feuchtner MD, Silvana Müller MD, Wilhelm Grander MD, Hannes F. Alber MD, Thomas Bartel MD, Guy J. Friedrich MD, Markus Reinthaler, Otmar Pachinger MD, Dieter zur Nedden MD, Wolfgang Dichtl MD	494
Nanobacteria to Promote Degenerative Aortic Valve Stenosis? Cornelia Piper MD, Jens Dreier MD, Knut Kleesiek MD, Reiner Körfer MD, Dieter Horstkotte MD	499
Lower Serum Calcium Levels are Associated with Greater Calcium Hydroxyapatite Deposition in Native Aortic Valves of Male Patients with Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis Jan R. Ortlepp MD, Manuela Pillich MS, Fabian Schmitz MS, Vera Mevissen, Ralf Koos MD, Stefan Weiss, Ludwig Stork, Richard Dronskowski PhD, Georg Langebartels MD, Rüdiger Autschbach MD, Vincent Brandenburg, Seth Woodruff MD, Jens J. Kaden MD, Rainer Hoffmann MD	502
Myocardial Infarction with Ventricular Septal Rupture Complicating Elective Aortic Valve Replacement. J. Gerrit-Jan Milhous MD, Robin H. Heijmen MD, Egbert T. Bal MD, H. W. Thijs. Plokker MD	509
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Delayed Systolic Anterior Motion after Mitral Valve Repair Giuseppe Rescigno MD, Moreno Cecconi MD, Marco L. S. Matteucci MD, Paola Domenella MD, Christopher Münch MD, Gianfranco Iacobone MD	512
Combined Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with Mitral Valve Surgery Thierry G. Mesana MD, Alexander Kulik MD, Marc Ruel MD, Paul Hendry MD, Roy Masters MD, Fraser D. Rubens MD, Pierre Bedard MD, B.-Khanh Lam MD	515
Editorial: TEE: the ‘Roadmap’ for Mitral Valve Repair Carlos M. G. Duran MD	521
Echocardiographic Measurements Alone do Not Provide Accurate Non-Invasive Selection of Annuloplasty Band Size for Robotic Mitral Valve Repair Richard C. Cook MD, L. Wiley Nifong MD, Graham G. Lashley MD, Robert A. Duncan MD, Julie A. Campbell RCS, Y. Brandon Law MD, W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr. MD	524
Posterior Leaflet Preservation in Mitral Valve Prolapse: A New Approach to Mitral Repair Gilles D. Dreyfus MD, Pierre Corbi MD, Sylvain Rubin MD, Stéphane Aubert MD	528
DEVICE EVALUATION
An Evaluation of the Ross Operation in Adults Magdi H. Yacoub FRS, Loes M. A. Klieverik MD, Giovanni Melina MD, Sue E. R. Edwards RN, Padmini Sarathchandra MD, Ad J. J. C. Bogers MD, Umberto Squarcia MD, Guido Sani MD, Lex A. van Herwerden MD, Johanna J. M. Takkenberg MD	531
Anti-HLA Antibodies after Cryopreserved Allograft Valve Implantation does not Predict Valve Dysfunction at Three-Year Follow Up Cheng-Hon Yap MBBS, Peter D. Skillington FRACS, George Matalanis FRACS, Bruce B. Davis FRACS, Brian D. Tait PhD, Fiona Hudson BAppSc, Lyn Ireland MSc, Ian Nixon FRACS, Michael Yii FRACS	540
Clinical Experience with the 3F Stentless Aortic Bioprosthesis: One-Year Follow Up J. Linneweber, C. Koßagk, M.L. Rogge, S. Dushe, P. Dohmen, W. Konertz	545
Hemodynamics of High-Performance Bileaflet Valves: Comparison to Simulated Clinical Doppler Measurements Guido Dohmen MD, Christoph Schmitz Dipl.-Ing, Thomas Schmitz-Rode MD, Ulrich Steinseifer PhD, Rüdiger Autschbach MD	549
Early Wear Development in a Novel Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis made from Polymeric Materials Daniel Medart, Ulrich Steinseifer, Helmut Reul, Thomas Schmitz-Rode	557
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Editorial: Management of Active Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Large Vegetations Dieter Horstkotte MD, Cornelia Piper MD	563
Early Surgery or Medical Treatment in Endocarditis Complicated by Embolism from a Large, Mobile Vegetation? A Case-Based Discussion Sarah A. Haines BSc, Zoe Astroulakis BSc, Toufan Bahrami MD, R. Andrew Archbold MD	567
THROMBOSIS, EMBOLISM AND BLEEDING
Our Inability to Predict Thromboembolic Events after Prosthetic Valve Surgery Malcolm B. Will MRCS, Gillian M. Bernacca PhD, Elizabeth F. Bell, Margaret M. Tolland, Gordon D. O. Lowe FRCP, Ann Rumley PhD, Heather M. Murray MSc, Ian Ford PhD, David J. Wheatley FRCS	570
Early Postoperative Anticoagulation After Mechanical Valve Replacement: A Canadian Survey Alexander Kulik MD, Fraser D. Rubens MD, Donna Baird MN, Philip S. Wells MD, Clive Kearon MB, Thierry G. Mesana MD, B.-Khanh Lam MD	581
CASE REPORT
Right-Sided Cardiac Involvement in Osteogenesis Imperfecta Minesh Khashu MD, Gustavo Pelligra MD, George G. S. Sandor MBChB, Avash J. Singh FRCPC	588
CORRESPONDENCE
Invited letter Waldemar Hort MD, Dieter Horstkotte MD	591