Editorial: An ‘Actual’ Problem: Another Issue of Apples and Oranges
Endre Bodnar MD, Eugene H. Blackstone MD

Mitral Valve Surgery using the Classical ‘Heartport’ Technique: The Dallas Experience
William H. Ryan MD, Todd M. Dewey MD, Michael J. Mack MD, Morley A. Herbert PhD,
Syma L. Prince RN

Mitral Valve Reconstruction: Experience Related to Early and Late Mortality and Reoperation
Peter Lee MD, Eva Germann MSc, W. R. Eric Jamieson MD, Peter J. T. Nicholson MD, Guy J. Fradet MD, Robert T. Miyagishima MD

Quality of Life after Mitral Valve Repair
Jouni Heikkinen MD, Fausto Biancari MD, Jari Satta MD, Esa Salmela MD, Tatu Juvonen MD, Martti Lepojärvi MD

Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy for Patients with Mitral Stenosis in Atrial Fibrillation: Ten-year Clinical and Echocardiographic Actuarial Results
Faouzi Maatouk, Fethi Betbout, Mohamed Ben-Farhat, Faouzi Addad, Habib Gamra, Khaldoun Ben-Hamda, Zohra Dridi,
Najet Merchaoui, Sonia Hammami, Sabri Maaoui, Taoufik Hendiri, Hatem Boughanmi

N-Terminal proBNP Plasma Levels Correlate with Severity of Mitral Stenosis
Kenan Iltumur MD, Aziz Karabulut MD, Beran Yokus PhD, Mustafa Yavuzkir MD, Tuncay Taskesen MD,
Nizamettin Toprak MD

Prognostic Significance of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation after Non-Q-Wave Acute Myocardial Infarction
Leopoldo Perez de Isla MD, Jose Zamorano MD, Mar Martinez Quesada MD, Cecilia Corros MD, Pilar Ortiz MD,
Carlos Almeria MD, Jose Luis Rodrigo MD, Ada Lia Aubele MD, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz MD, Carlos Macaya MD

Hemolytic Anemia Produced by Regurgitation through Transposed Chordae Tendineae
James P. Birkbeck MD, Michael E. Gorton MD, James L. Vacek MD

Results of Valve Preservation and Repair for Bicuspid Aortic Valve Insufficiency
Bahaaldin Alsoufi MD, Michael A. Borger MD, PhD, Sue Armstrong MSc, Manjula Maganti MSc, Tirone E. David MD

Outcome after Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis Associated with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Jean-Michel Maillet MD, Paul Le Besnerais MD, Christophe Benvenuti MD, Eric Noblesse MD, Alain Ruffenach MD,
Patrick Nataf MD, Denis Brodaty MD

Reoperations for Aortic Aneurysm after the Ross Procedure
Giovanni Battista Luciani MD, Alessandro Favaro MD, Gianluca Casali MD, Francesco Santini MD, Alessandro Mazzucco MD

Risk Factors for Congestive Heart Failure after Aortic Valve Replacement with a Carpentier-Edwards Pericardial Prosthesis
in the Elderly
Giovanni Battista Luciani MD, Alessandro Favaro MD, Gianluca Casali MD, Francesco Santini MD, Alessandro Mazzucco MD

An Inverted Left Atrial Appendage Mimicking an Intra-Atrial Thrombus after a Ross Operation
Andre Vincentelli MD, Francis Juthier MD, Thierry Letourneau MD, Christophe Tribouilloy MD, Alain Prat MD

Immunotherapy for Refractory Pulmonary Infection after Adult Cardiac Surgery: Immune Dysregulation Syndrome
J. Scott Rankin MD, Donald D. Glower MD, Tracey L. Teichmann BS, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier PhD, Charles W. Stratton MD

Early and Late Results of Surgical Correction of Cardiac Prosthetic Paravalvular Leaks
Cary W. Akins MD, Jerene M. Bitondo PAC, Alan D. Hilgenberg MD, Gus J. Vlahakes MD, Joren C. Madsen MD,
Thomas E. MacGillivray MD

Clinical Features and Outcome of Non-Drug-Addicted Patients with Infective Endocarditis and Perivalvular Abscess
Juan C. Castillo, Manuel P. Anguita, Martín Ruiz, Mónica Delgado, Dolores Mesa, Elías Romo, José M. Arizón, Federico Vallés

Tissue Engineering of Cardiac Valves: Re-Seeding of Acellular Porcine Aortic Valve Matrices with Human Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells
Richard L. Knight PhD, Catherine Booth PhD, Helen E. Wilcox PhD, John Fisher DEng, Eileen Ingham PhD

Tissue The Toronto Root Stentless Valve in the Subcoronary Position is Hemodynamically Superior to the Mosaic Stented Completely Supra-annular Bioprosthesis
Sabine Bleiziffer MD, Walter B. Eichinger MD, Ina Wagner MD, Ralf Guenzinger MD, Robert Bauernschmitt MD, Ruediger Lange MD

Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Sorin Soprano Bioprosthesis in the Completely Supra-annular Aortic Position
Walter B. Eichinger MD, Florian Botzenhardt MD, Ina Wagner MD, Sabine Bleiziffer MD, Daniel J. Ruzicka MD, Ralf Guenzinger MD, Robert Bauernschmitt MD, Ruediger Lange MD

Hemodynamic Performance of the Ultracor and Carpentier-Edwards Aortic Prostheses using Exercise and
Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
Neil A. Hobson MD, Glen A. L. Wilkinson FRCS, Nigel M. Wheeldon MD, Jane Lynch BSc

Effect of Dissolved Carbon Dioxide on Cavitation Intensity in Mechanical Heart Valves
Luke H. Herbertson BS, Keefe B. Manning PhD, Varun Reddy MS, Arnold A. Fontaine PhD, John M. Tarbell PhD, Steven Deutsch PhD

Surgical Excision of Papillary Fibroelastoma for Known or Potential Embolization
Georgios P. Georghiou MD, Yaron Shapira MD, Alon Stamler MD, Einat Birk MD, Marius Berman MD, Bernardo A. Vidne MD,
Gideon Sahar MD

Infected Multiple Fibroelastomas in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Jean-François Fuzellier MD, Camille Brasselet MD, Sophie Perotin MD, Pierre-Fréderic Torossian MD, Damien Metz MD

Traumatic Tricuspid Regurgitation Resulting in Protein-Losing Enteropathy: A Case Report
Chia-Hsun Lin MD

Ross-Konno Procedure and Ostial Plasty in a Child with Homozygous Hypercholesterolemia: Case Report
Mehmet S. Bilal MD, Numan A. Aydemir MD, Tamer Turan MD

Factors Associated with Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis: Case Report and Literature Review
Christos Eftychiou MD, Panagiotis Fanourgiakis MD, Evangelos Vryonis MD, Styliani Golfinopoulou MD, Michael Samarkos MD, Athanasios Kranidis MD, Athanasios Skoutelis MD

2005 Author Index

2005 Subject Index