Contents November 2002

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 11 Number 6 November 2002

CONTENTS

NEW STATISTICAL METHODS
Prosthesis-Related Complications: First-Year Annual Rates W. R. Eric Jamieson MD, Lawrence H. Burr MD, John B. Chambers MD, William N. Anderson, Jr. PhD, John P. Gams PhD, Charles M. Dowd BEE	758
Using Bayes’ Theorem to Answer a Practical Heart Valve Question Gary L. Grunkemeier PhD	764
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Trends in Aortic Valve Surgery in a Large Multi-Surgeon, Multi-Hospital Practice, 1979-1999 William F. Northrup, III, MD, Karen A. DuBois RN, Vibhu R. Kshettry MD, John M. Teskey MD, Demetre M. Nicoloff MD	768
Long-Term Follow Up in Patients Receiving a Small Aortic Valve Prosthesis Ken-ichi Arata MD, Yoshifumi Iguro MD, Hiroshi Masuda MD, Tamahiro Kinjo MD, Hitoshi Matsumoto MD, Gouichi Yotsumoto MD, Ryuzo Sakata MD, Akira Taira MD	780
Value of Automated Segmental Motion Analysis in the Assessment of Aortic Stenosis Severity Raúl Moreno MD, José L. Zamorano MD, Carlos Almería MD, Luis Mataix MD, José L. Rodrigo MD, Dionisio Herrera MD, Lucía Alvarez MD, Esther De Marco MD, Adalia Aubele MD, Luis Sánchez-Harguindey MD	785
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Mitral Valve Repair and Revascularization for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Predictors of Operative Mortality and Survival A. Ruchan Akar MD, George Doukas MD, Adam Szafranek MD, Christos Alexiou MD, Maria C. Boehm MD, Derek ChinMD, Andrzej Sosnowski MD, Tom J. Spyt FRCS	793
Management of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation following Balloon Mitral Valvotomy: Safety and Efficacy of Low-dose Amiodarone Aditya Kapoor MD, DM, Sudeep Kumar MD, DM, Rakesh K. Singh MD, C. M. Pandey PhD, Nakul Sinha MD	802
3-D Computational Analysis of the Stress Distribution on the Leaflets after Edge-to-Edge Repair of Mitral Regurgitation Emiliano Votta MSc, Francesco Maisano MD, Monica Soncini PhD, Alberto Redaelli PhD, Franco M. Montevecchi MSc, Ottavio Alfieri MD	810
Ischemia-Induced Malcoaptation of Scallops within the Posterior Mitral Leaflet Truls Myrmel MD, David T. M. Lai FRACS, Sidney Lo MD, Tomasz A. Timek MD, David Liang MD, D. Craig Miller MD, Neil B. Ingels, Jr., PhD, George T. Daughters MS	823
Association between Angiotensinogen Gene M235T Polymorphism and Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome in Taiwan Chinese Hsiang-Tai Chou MD, Jui-Sung Hung MD, Yng-Tay Chen MS, Yi-Ru Shi MS, Fuu-Jen Tsai MD	830
Mitral Valve Plasty for Severe Mitral Regurgitation Caused by Endomyocardial Biopsy Yoshiyuki Tokuda MD, Masahiko Matsumoto MD, Takaaki Sugita MD, Junichiro Nishizawa MD, Katsuhiko Matsuyama MD, Kazunori Yoshida MD, Takehiko Matsuo MD	837
MECHANICAL VALVES
Treatment of Left-Sided Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis: Thrombolysis or Surgery? Christopher A. Rinaldi MD, Richard M. Heppell MD, John B. Chambers MD	839
Clinical Evaluation of the CarboMedics Prosthesis: Experience at Providence Health System in Portland Kenji Minakata MD, YingXing Wu MD, Kathryn J. Zerr MBA, Gary L. Grunkemeier PhD, John R. Handy, Jr. MD, Aftab Ahmad MD, Albert Starr MD, Anthony P. Furnary MD	844
Chronic, Preclinical Assessment of the Medtronic Advantage™ Aortic Valve Prosthesis Nancy Rakow DVM, Dale Nelson BS, Carolyn McClay DVM, PhD, Rebecca Rose DVM, Lenny Leuer BS, Charles Boldt BS, Linda Shecterle BS, John St. Cyr MD	851
Comparison of Hemodynamic Performance of Medtronic Hall 21 mm versus St. Jude Medical 23 mm Prostheses in Pigs Peter Kleine MD, Ulf Abdel-Rahman MD, Armin A. Klesius MD, Mirella Scherer MD, Andreas Simon MD, Anton Moritz MD	857
BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES
Influence of Pregnancy after Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement in Young Women: A Prospective and Comparative Five-Year Study Walkiria S. Avila MD, Eduardo G. Rossi MD, Max Grinberg MD, José A. F. Ramires MD	864
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Development of Broad-Range Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Bacterial Identification in Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis Tomasz Hryniewiecki MD, Anna Gzyl MD, Ewa Augustynowicz MD, Irena Rawczynska-Englert MD	870
BASIC SCIENCE
Profile and Localization of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their Tissue Inhibitors (TIMPs) in Human Heart Valves Sally A. Dreger PhD, Patricia M. Taylor PhD, Sean P. Allen PhD, Magdi H. Yacoub FRS	875
Aortic Valve Interstitial Cells: An Evaluation of Cell Viability and Cell Phenotype over Time Massimo Cimini BSc, Kem A. Rogers PhD, Derek R. Boughner MD	881
CASE REPORT
Cardiac Relapse of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Maxillary Sinus Aytül Belgi MD, Cengiz Türkay MD, Necmi Deger MD, Omer Bayezid MD	888
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tension apparatus of the mitral valve Robert H. Anderson MD	891
Reply Carlos G. M. Duran	891
INDEX 2002, VOLUME 11
Author index Subject index	892 899