The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Volume 8 Number 3; May 1999
CONTENTS
| AORTIC VALVE DISEASE Acute Aortic Endocarditis with Annular Destruction: Assessment of Surgical Treatment with Cryopreserved Valvular Homografts Implanted in a Subannular Position; Follow up ranging from 14 to 76 months Daniel Grandmougin MD, Alain Prat MD, Georges Fayad MD, Christophe Decoene MD, Annie Pol MD, Henri Warembourg MD |
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| The
Influence of Sizing on the Dynamic Function of the Free-hand Implanted Porcine Aortic Homograft: An In Vitro Study Mano J. Thubrikar PhD, Igor E. Konstantinov MD, Gamal A. Selim MS, Geoffrey G. Gong MD,Brett Fowler BS, Francis Robicsek MD |
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| Identification and Characterization of
Calcifying Valve Cells from Human and Canine Aortic Valves p.254 Emile R. Mohler III, MD, Mohit K. Chawla BS, Alan W. Chang BS, Narendra Vyavahare PhD,Robert J. Levy MD, Lori Graham BS, Francis H. Gannon MD |
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| Doppler
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Right Ventricular Diastolic Function in Isolated Valvular Aortic Stenosis Georgios K. Efthimiadis MD, Georgios E. Parharidis MD, Konstantinos D. Gemitzis MD, Ioannis G. Nouskas MD, Haralambos I. Karvounis MD, Ioannis K. Styliadis MD, Georgios E. Louridas MD |
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| The
Quality of Life after Aortic Valve Replacement with Homografts or Prosthetic Valves Piotr Podolec, Roman Pfitzner, Karol Wierzbicki, Magdalena Kostkiewicz, Piotr Pieniazek, Maria Olszowska, Tadeusz Przewlocki, Andrzey Sokolowski, Wierlawa Tracz, Antoni Dziatkowiak |
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| Editorial: Can High Blood Pressure Mask Severe Aortic Stenosis? John Chambers |
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| Transaortic
Gradient is Pressure-Dependent in a Pulsatile Model of the Circulation Renato Razzolini MD, Gino Gerosa MD, Loira Leoni MD, Dino Casarotto MD, Raffaello Chioin MD, Sergio Dalla-Volta MD |
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| Congenital
Aortic Insufficiency due to Aortic Cusp Stretching: 'Kite Anomaly' Senol Yavuz MD, Tamer Tu[um]rk MD, M. Adnan Celkan MD, Vedat Koca MD, Yusuf Ata MD, I. Ayhan Ozdemir MD |
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| MITRAL VALVE DISEASE Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography for Evaluation of Mitral Valve Repair Hiroshi Kawano MD, Teruaki Mizoguchi MD, Shigeaki Aoyagi MD |
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| Mitral
Valve Compensation for Annular Dilatation: In Vitro Study into the Mechanisms of Functional Mitral Regurgitation with an Adjustable Annulus Model Shengqiu He, Jack D. Lemmon, Jr., Matthew W. Weston, Morten Jensen, Robert A. Levine,Ajit P. Yoganathan |
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| Collapse and
Massive Pulmonary Edema Secondary to a Thrombosis of a Mitral Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis during Low-Molecular Weight Heparin Therapy Messaoud Idir MD, Francesco Madonna MD, Raymond Roudaut MD |
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| VENTRICULAR FUNCTION Editorial: The Left Ventricle and the Low Stroke Volume: The Biter Bit? Gerald S. Carr-White MD, Derek G. Gibson MD |
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| Pulmonary
Stenosis and Severe Biventricular Dysfunction: Improvement Following Percutaneous Valvuloplasty Ashfaq A. A. H. Patel MRCP, Liv Hatle MD, Layth Mimish FRCPC |
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| REPLACEMENT DEVICES: BASIC SCIENCE Leakage Flow at Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses: Improved Washout or Increased Blood Damage? Steegers, R. Paul, H. Reul, G. Rau |
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| Thrombogenicity
of Polyethylene Oxide-Bonded Dacron Sewing Ring in a Mechanical Heart Valve Mrinal K. Dewanjee PhD, David R. Gross DVM, Peiyong Zhai MD, Sherrie Lanzo BA, Hong Shim PhD, Kinam Park PhD, David J. Schaeffer PhD, A. Robert Twardock DVM |
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| Polymer Heart
Valves Jonathan A. J. Hyde FRCS, Joseph A. Chinn PhD, Richard E. Phillips Jr. PhD |
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| SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Technique of Mitral Valve Replacement with the MonostrutTM Prosthesis Preserving the Posterior Leaflet Alejandro Aris MD |
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| Reconstruction
of the Mitral and Aortic Annuli for Advanced Management of the Shone Complex Shawn M. Terry MD, Anthony L. Picone MD, Berkley Brandt III MD |
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| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In vivo efficacy of silver-coated (Silzone) polyester fabric J William Costerton |
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| Reply Barbara Illingworth et al. |
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