The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 8 Number 6; November 1999

CONTENTS

 

AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Ross Procedure. Inserting the Autograft using a Fully Supported Root
Replacement Method;Techniques and Results

Peter D. Skillington MD, John A. Fuller MD, Leeanne E. Grigg MD,
Anthony G. Yapanis MD, Graeme F. Porter MD
593
The Ross Procedure in Children under Ten Years of Age
Nicola Vitale MD, Timothy Hornung FRCP, Giovanna Ciotti MD,
J. R. Leslie Hamilton MD, Marco Pozzi MD, Asif Hasan MD
601
Pulmonary Function following Aortic Valve Replacement:
A Comparison between Ministernotomy and Median Sternotomy

Alejandro Aris MD,, Maria Luisa Camara MD, Pere Casan MD,
Hector Litvan MD
605
Geometric Optimization of a Tissue Pattern for Semilunar Valve Reconstruction
James G. Hanlon MS, Robert W. Suggit BS, Evan Gibbs MS,
Robert M. McMeeking PhD, Jack W. Love DPhil
609
Pre-Use Intraoperative Testing of Autologous Tissue for Valvular
Surgery: A Proof of Concept Study
James G. Hanlon MS, Robert W. Suggit BS, Jack W. Love DPhil
614
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Roadmap for
Mitral Valve Repair

Pravin M. Shah MD, Aidan A. Raney MD, Carlos M.G. Duran MD,
James H. Oury MD
625
Maze Procedure and Homograft Replacement of a Rheumatic Mitral Valve
Junaid H. Khan MD, Elyse A. Foster MD, Gina M. Intinarelli RN,
Scot H. Merrick MD
630
Re-replacement of the Atrioventricular Valve for the Systemic
Circulation in Children

Hiroyuki Nakajima MD, Hideki Uemura MD, Toshikatsu Yagihara MD, Youichi Kawahira MD, Yoshiro Yoshikawa MD, Soichiro Kitamura MD
632
Acute Mitral Valve Regurgitation Created in Sheep using
Echocardiographic Guidance

Karyn S. Kunzelman PhD, David T. Linker MD, Sadahiro Sai MD,
Carolyn Miyake-Hull BS, David Quick BS, Robert Thomas BA,
Christine Rothnie LVT, Richard P. Cochran MD
637
TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE
Tricuspid Valve Replacement: Bioprostheses are Preferable
Malcolm J. R. Dalrymple-Hay FRCS, Yvonne Leung, Sunil K. Ohri FRCS,
Marcus P. Haw FRCS, J. Keith. Ross FRCS, Steven A. Livesey FRCS,
James L. Monro FRCS
644
Replacement of the Morphologically Tricuspid Valve in Children
with Discordant Atrioventricular Connections

Satoshi Numata MD, Hideki Uemura MD, Toshikatsu Yagihara MD,
Youichi Kawahira MD, Yoshiro Yoshikawa MD, Soichiro Kitamura MD
649
MECHANICAL PROSTHESIS EVALUATION
Assessment of Perceived Mechanical Heart Valve Sound Level in Patients
Hans Nygaard DMSC,, Peter Johansen BSc, Carsten Riis BSc,
J. Michael Hasenkam MD, Peter K. Paulsen MD
655
Editorial:
Strategems For Anticoagulant Therapy Following Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement
Susan E Height MD, Mark P Smith MD
662
Low-dose Oral Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy with
St. Jude Medical Heart Valve Prosthesis

Birol Yamak MD, Zafer Iscan MD, Binali Mavita MD, A. Tulga Ulus MD,
S. Fehmi Katircioglu MD, Oguz Tasdemir MD, Kemal Bayazit MD
665
Clinical Experience of 473 Patients with the Omnicarbon
Prosthetic Heart Valve

Yoshifumi Iguro MD, Yukinori Moriyama MD, Akihiro Yamaoka MD,
Masafumi Yamashita MD, Shinji Shimokawa MD, Hitoshi Toyohira MD,Akira Taira MD
674
Aortic Valve Replacement with Small-Sized Disc Prostheses
(Medtronic Hall)

Antonio J. Brazao MD , David Prieto MD, J Ferrao de Oliveira MD,
Luis Eugenio MD, Manuel J. Antunes MD
680
The New St. Jude Medical RegentTM Mechanical Heart Valve:
Laboratory Measurements of Hydrodynamic Performance

David K. Walker PhD, Avrom M. Brendzel PhD, Lawrence N. Scotten DiplT
687
LONG-TERM OUTCOME
A Profile of Valve Replacement Surgery in the UK (1986-1997):
A Study From the UK Heart Valve Registry

Maria-Benedicta Edwards MPhil, Kenneth M. Taylor FRCS
697
Hospital Morbidity and Mortality and Changes in Quality of Life
following Mitral Valve Surgery in the Elderly

Ira Goldsmith FRCS, Gregory Y. H. Lip MD, Hemant Kaukuntla FRCS,
Ramesh L. Patel FRCS
702
CASE REPORT
Multiple Aneurysmal Dysplasia of Pulmonary Valvular Sinuses
with Congenital Focal Aplasia of the Annulus

Georges Fayad MD, Daniel Grandmougin MD, Kaveh Abolmaali MD,
Yves Goffin MD, Alain Prat MD, Christian Rey MD, Henri Warembourg MD
708
AUTHOR INDEX FOR VOLUME 8 (1999)


SUBJECT INDEX FOR VOLUME 8 (1999)