Contents May 2001

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 10 Number 3 May 2001

CONTENTS

	MITRAL VALVE DISEASE

	Editorial: Closed Mitral Commissurotomy: In Defense of an ‘Old-Fashioned’ Procedure Manuel J. Antunes MD	279
	Closed Commissurotomy Versus Balloon Valvuloplasty for Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Hilmi Tokmakoglu MD, Kerem M. Vural MD, Mehmet Ali Özatik MD, Sengül Cehreli MD, Erol Sener MD, Oguz Tasdemir MD	281
	Role of Closed Mitral Valvotomy in Mitral Stenosis with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Lokeswara Rao Sajja MCh, FACS, Gopi Chand Mannam FRCS(CT)	288
	Early Beneficial Effect of Preservation of Papillo-Annular Continuity in Mitral Valve Replacement on Left Ventricular Function Dronamraju Dilip FRCS, Abha Chandra MCh, Durgaprasad Rajashekhar DM, Manoj Padmanabhan MCh	294
	Echocardiographic Correlates of Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction and Systolic Anterior Motion following Mitral Valve Repair Pravin M. Shah MD, Aidan A. Raney MD	302
	The ‘Pomeroy Procedure’: A New Method to Correct Post-Mitral Valve Repair Systolic Anterior Motion Aidan A. Raney MD, Pravin M. Shah MD, Colin I. Joyo MD	307
	The Role of Atrial Contraction in Mitral Valve Closure Tomasz Timek MD, Paul Dagum MD, David T. Lai FRACS, G. Randall Green MD, Julie R. Glasson MD, George T. Daughters MS, Neil B. Ingels, Jr. PhD, D. Craig Miller MD	312
	Myxomatous Mitral Valve Chordae. I: Mechanical Properties J. E. Barber BS, Norman B. Ratliff MD, Delos M. Cosgrove, III MD, Brian P. Griffin MD, Ivan Vesely PhD	320
	Myxomatous Mitral Valve Chordae. II: Selective Elevation of Glycosaminoglycan Content K. Jane Grande-Allen PhD, Brian P. Griffin MD, Anthony Calabro PhD, Norman B. Ratliff MD, Delos M. Cosgrove, III MD, Ivan Vesely PhD	325
	AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
	The Homograft Aortic Valve: A 29-Year, 99.3% Follow Up of 1,022 Valve Replacements Mark F. O’Brien FRACS, Susan Harrocks BN, Eugene G. Stafford FRACS, Michael A. H. Gardner FRACS, Peter G. Pohlner FRACS, Peter J. Tesar FRACS, Fiona Stephens M App Sci	334
	A Prospective Study of Changes in Patients’ Quality of Life after Aortic Valve Replacement Ira R.A. Goldsmith MD, Gregory Y. H. Lip MD, Ramesh L. Patel MD	346
	Determinants of Survival after Aortic Valve Replacement as Treatment for Symptomatic Aortic Valve Disease in the Elderly Wilhelm P, Mistiaen MD, Philippe Van Cauwelaert MD, Philippe Muylaert MD, Michel Van Hove MD, Stanislas U. Sys MD, Fernand Harrisson PhD, Juliarto Bunarto MD, Jan Delaruelle MD, Hilde Bortier MD	354
	Electron Beam Computed Tomography for the Quantification of Aortic Valvular Calcification Jorge R. Kizer MD, Warren B. Gefter MD, Andrew S. deLemos BA, Benjamin J. Scoll BA, Megan L. Wolfe BS, Emile R. Mohler, III MD	361
	Surgical Treatment of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Left Ventricular-Aortic Discontinuity: Reconstruction of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract with a Xenopericardial Conduit Shigeaki Aoyagi MD, Shuji Fukunaga MD, Eiki Tayama MD, Nobuhiko Hayashida MD, Takemi Kawara MD	367
	Experimental Hypercholesterolemia Induces Apoptosis in the Aortic Valve Nalini M. Rajamannan MD, Giuseppe Sangiorgi MD, Margaret Springett MD, Kim Arnold BSc, Tibor Mohacsi MD, Luigi Giusto Spagnoli MD, William D. Edwards MD, A. Jamil Tajik MD, Robert S. Schwartz MD	371
	Aortic Laceration Due To Prolapse Of The Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Case Report Takaaki Sugita MD, Masahiko Matsumoto MD, Jun-ichiro Nishizawa MD, Katsuhiko Matsuyama MD, Yoshihisa Morimoto MD	375
	Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient with Factor XII Deficiency: Case Report Tadahiro Murakami MD, Toshihiko Shibata MD, Yasuyuki Sasaki MD, Mitsuharu Hosono MD, Shigefumi Suehiro MD, Hiroaki Kinoshita MD	377
	ANTICOAGULANT MANAGEMENT
	Anticoagulant Management of Patients with Mechanical Prosthetic Valves Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery: Indications and Unresolved Issues Yaron Shapira MD, Mordehay Vaturi MD, Alex Sagie MD	380
	Determination of Plasma Prothrombin Level by Ca2+-Dependent Prothrombin Activator (CA-1) during Warfarin Anticoagulation Hidehiko Iwahashi MD, Michio Kimura MD, Kyoko Nakajima PhD, Daisuke Yamada PhD, Takashi Morita PhD	388
	Successful Thrombolysis of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis in Early Pregnancy C. Anbarasan BS, V. Shiv Kumar BS, K. Latchumanadhas DM, A. S. Mullasari DM	393
	TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE
	Experience in Corrective Surgery for Ebstein’s Anomaly in 139 Patients Zhang Renfu, Wang Zengwei, Zhu Hongyu, Gong Handong, Zhang Nanbin, Li Xinmin, Hou Mingxiao, Wang Jun, Song Hengchang, Tan Lili	396
	Space-Occupying Lesions in the Right Ventricle of a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patrick D. Chan-Lam MD, J. W. Randolph Bolton MD, Tahir Tak MD	399
	MECHANICAL VALVES: LONG-TERM EVALUATION
	Comparative Clinical Outcomes with St. Jude Medical, Medtronic Hall and CarboMedics Mechanical Heart Valves Roy G. Masters MD, Joe Helou MD, Andrew L. Pipe MD, Wilbert J. Keon MD	403
	LABORATORY STUDY
	In Vitro Investigation of Prosthetic Heart Valves in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Evaluation of Potential Hazards Diethard Pruefer MD, Peter Kalden MD, Wolfgang Schreiber MD, Manfred Dahm MD, Michael Buerke MD, Manfred Thelen MD, Hellmut Oelert MD	410
	CASE REPORT
	Marfan’s Syndrome, Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus Associated with Discrete Subaortic Stenosis and Aortic Insufficiency in an Adult Female: Case Report Mustafa Gökçe MD, Cevdet Erdöl MD, Sükrü Çelik MD, Merih Baykan MD, Hidayet Erdöl MD, Ahmet Sari MD, Ali Ahmetoglu MD	415