Contents May 2002

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 11 Number 3 May 2002

CONTENTS

TISSUE ENGINEERING AND IMMUNOLOGY
Human Cardiac Valve Interstitial Cells in Collagen Sponge: A Biological Three-Dimensional Matrix for Tissue Engineering Patricia M. Taylor PhD, Sean P. Allen PhD, Sally A. Dreger BSc, Magdi H. Yacoub FRS	298
Evolution of Cell Phenotype and Extracellular Matrix in Tissue-Engineered Heart Valves during In-Vitro Maturation and In-Vivo Remodeling Elena Rabkin MD, Simon P. Hoerstrup MD, Masanori Aikawa MD, John E. Mayer, Jr. MD, Frederick J. Schoen MD	308
The Presence of Immune Stimulatory Cells in Fresh and Cryopreserved Donor Aortic and Pulmonary Valve Allografts Frans B. S. Oei MD, Alexander P. A. Stegmann PhD, Frieda van der Ham BSc, Pieter E. Zondervan MD, Len M. B. Vaessen PhD, Carla C. Baan PhD, Willem Weimar MD, Ad J. J. C. Bogers MD	315
Frequencies of Donor-Reactive Helper T Lymphocytes Correlate with Rejection of Aortic Valve Allografts in Rats Frank J. M. F. Dor MD, Frans B. S. Oei MD, Leonard M. B. Vaessen PhD, Richard L. Marquet PhD, Ad J. J. C. Bogers MD, Willem Weimar MD	326
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Editorial: Distribution of Chordae Tendinae Tension in the Porcine Mitral Valve Carlos M. G. Duran	335
Differential Tension between Secondary and Primary Mitral Chordae in an Acute In-Vivo Porcine Model Mads Lomholt MD, Sten Lyager Nielsen MD, Søren Berndt Hansen MD, Niels Trolle Andersen PhD, J. Michael Hasenkam MD	337
Resolution of Left Atrial Thrombi with Anticoagulant Therapy in Candidates for Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy Songkwan Silaruks MD, Songsak Kiatchoosakun MD, Wirote Tantikosum MD, Chaiyasith Wongvipaporn MD, Pyatat Tatsanavivat MD, Virat Klungboonkrong MD, Bandit Thinkhamrop PhD	346
Progression of Isolated Tricuspid Regurgitation Late after Mitral Valve Surgery for Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease Chisato Izumi MD, Kanji Iga MD, Takashi Konishi MD	353
Extensive Left Atrial Endoatriectomy for Infective Endocarditis Takehiro Inoue MD, Masaki Otaki MD, Nobuo Wakaki MD, Hidetaka Oku MD	357
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Modified Gorlin Equation for the Diagnosis of Mixed Aortic Valve Pathology Lawrence N. Scotten Dipl.T., David K. Walker PhD, James W. Dutton MD	360
Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Abnormal Aortic Elastic Properties Stefano Nistri MD, Maria Domenica Sorbo MD, Cristina Basso MD, Gaetano Thiene MD	369
Feasibility of the Ross Procedure: Its Relationship with the Bicuspid Aortic Valve Roberto Favaloro MD, Pablo Stutzbach MD, Carmen Gomez MD, Alejandro Machain MD, Horacio Casabe MD	375
Subvalvular Circular Annuloplasty as a Component of Aortic Valve Repair Hiroshi Izumoto MD, Kohei Kawazoe MD, Tetsunori Kawase MD, Hajime Kim MD	383
Aortic Valve Stenosis in Alkaptonuric Ochronosis Miha Cercek MD, Katja Prokselj MD, Mirta Kozelj MD	386
Ventricular Septal Defect Complicated by Infective Endocarditis of the Aortic Valve Causing Severe Aortic Regurgitation: The Role of Aortic Valve Repair C. Shanthi DNB, Ranjit S. Madathil MD, Richard Saldanha MCh, Mahesh Vakamudi MD, Komalakshi Balakrishnan MCh	389
IN-VITRO STUDIES

Monodimensional Estimation of Maximum Reynolds Shear Stress in the Downstream Flow Field of Bileaflet Valves Mauro Grigioni MS, Carla Daniele MS, Giuseppe DŐAvenio MS, Vincenzo Barbaro MS	392
In-Vitro Verification of the Electron Beam Tomography Method for Measurement of Heart Valve Calcification Giovanni Melina MD, Michael J. Scott PhD, Crystal M. Cunanan, Michael B. Rubens FRCR, Magdi H. Yacoub FRS	402
In-Vitro Assessment of the Wear Development Mechanism and Stabilization of Wear in the Edwards MIRA/Sorin Bicarbon Mechanical Heart Valve Orifice Ring Helmut Reul Dr-Ing, Christoph Schmitz Dipl-Ing, Ewald M. Pfaff Dr-Ing , Cornelia Hohlstein PTA, Paul A. Schmidt MS, Günter Rau Dr rer nat, Pietro Arru Dott Ing	409
LONG-TERM CLINICAL STUDIES

Risk of Reoperation for Structural Failure of Aortic and Mitral Tissue Valves Malcolm J. R. Dalrymple-Hay, Timothy Crook, Paul G. Bannon, Sunil K. Ohri, Marcus P. Haw, Matthew S. Bayfield, Nick P. Hendel, Steven A. Livesey, Clifford F. Hughes, James L. Monro	419
Performance of the Carpentier-Edwards SAV and Hancock-II Porcine Bioprostheses in Aortic Valve Replacement W. R. Eric Jamieson MD, Tirone E. David MD, Christopher M. S. Feindel MD, Robert T. Miyagishima MD, Eva Germann MSc	424
Prevalence and Predictors of Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Turkish Patients who Undergo Valvular Heart Surgery Kenan Sonmez MD, Murat Gencbay MD, Ahmet Akcay MD, Ahmet Yilmaz MD, Selcuk Pala MD, Ozgur Onat MD, Nilufer Eksi Duran MD, Muzaffer Degertekin MD, Fikret Turan MD	431
NEW EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
In-Vivo Bacterial Adherence to Intracardiac Prosthetic Materials: A New Experimental Model Walter Benno Eichinger MD, Gertrud Goppel, Nikolaus Mendler MD, Johann Mattes MD, Erwin Lankes, Florian Botzenhardt, Robert Bauernschmitt MD, Rüdiger Lange MD	438
CASE REPORT
Recurrent Thrombosis of Prosthetic Mitral Valve in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Ko Watanabe MD, Olivier Tournilhac MD, Lionel F. Camilleri MD	447
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In response to Mitchell RN. Don’t blame the lymphocyte: Immunologic processes are not important in tissue valve failure. J Heart Valve Dis 2001;10:467-470 Norman B. Ratlif MD, Ivan Vesely PhD	450
Reply Richard N. Mitchell MD	450
In response to Lengyel M, Vandor L. The role of thrombolysis in the management of left sided obstructive prosthetic valve thrombosis – is there a case for it? J Heart Valve Dis 2001;10:638-649 L. Goldberg MD, PhD, J. Mekel MBB Ch, FCP	452
Reply Maria Lengyel MD, PhD, FACC, FESC, Lászlo Vándor MD	453
In response to Cotrufo M, Carozza A, Romano G, De Feo M, Della Corte A. Infective endocarditis of native cardiac valves: 22 years’ surgical experience. J Heart Valve Dis 2001;10:478-485 Roland G. Demaria MD, Simon Fortier MD, Louis P. Perrault MD, PhD	454
Reply Maurizio Cotrufo MD, FECTS, Antonio Carozza MD, Gianpaolo Romano MD, Marisa De Feo, MD, Alessandro Della Corte MD, Luca S. De Santo MD	455