Contents September 2001

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 10 Number 5 September 2001

CONTENTS

	THE SOCIETY FOR HEART VALVE DISEASE 2001 HONORED LECTURE

	Where Do We Go From Here Donald N. Ross FRCS	555
	CURRENT ISSUES IN VALVULAR SURGERY
	Differences in Heart Valve Procedures between North American and European Centers: Report from the Artificial Valve Endocarditis Reduction Trial (AVERT) Lars Englberger MD, Thierry Carrel MD, Hartzell V. Schaff MD, Elizabeth D. Kennard MD Richard Holubkov MD, for the AVERT Investigators	562
	Risk Factors for Early Mortality after Valve Surgery in Europe in the 1990s: Lessons from the EuroSCORE Pilot Program Francois Roques MD, S. A. M. Nashef FRCS, P. Michel MD and the EuroSCORE study group	572
	MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
	Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair Short and Mid-Term Results Pascal Schroeyers MD, Francis Wellens MD, Raf De Geest MD, Ivan Degrieck MD, Frank Van Praet MD, Yvette Vermeulen MSc, Hugo Vanermen MD	579
	The Preferred Approach for Mitral Valve Surgery after CABG: Right Thoracotomy, Hypothermia and Avoidance of LIMA-LAD Graft John G. Byrne MD, Alexandros N. Karavas MD, David H. Adams MD, Lishan Aklog MD, Sary F. Aranki MD, Farzan Filsoufi MD, Lawrence H. Cohn MD	584
	Left-Side Approach to the Mitral Valve Alberto Repossini MD, Igor N. Kotelnikov MD, Lucio Parenzan MD, Vincenzo Arena MD	591
	Valve Repair for Rheumatic Mitral Disease Ilhan Mavioglu MD, Orhan V. Dogan MD, Murat Ozeren MD, Alp Dolgun MD, Ertan Yucel MD	596
	AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
	Left Ventricular Mass Regression after Aortic Valve Replacement with Cryolife-O’Brien Stentless Aortic Bioprosthesis Sandro Gelsomino MD, Romeo Frassani MD, Giorgio Morocutti MD, Lorenzo Porreca MD, Vincenzo Tursi MD, Gianluca Masullo MD, Roberto Lumini MD, Ugolino Livi MD	603
	Influence of Prosthesis Size and Left Ventricular Mass on Left Ventricular Diastolic Reserve in Patients with Aortic Valve Prostheses J. R. Gonzalez-Juanatey MD, M. Vega Fernandez MD, F. Gude MD, D. Durán Muñoz MD, Varela Román MD, C. Iglesias Carreño MD	611
	NEW DEVICE EVALUATION
	Chitra Heart Valve: Results of a Multicenter Clinical Study R. Sankarkumar MCh, G. S. Bhuvaneshwar PhD, R. Magotra MS, S. Muralidharan MCh, R. S. Rajan MCh, D. Saha FRCS, K. S. V. K. Subba Rao MCh, M. S. Valiathan ChM, S. Radhakrishna PhD, A. V. Ramani BSc, Chem Tech	619
	Clinical Results of the ATS Prosthetic Valve in 240 Implants and Review of the Literature Murat Özeren MD, Orhan Veli DoGan MD, Alp Dolgun MD, Ergin KoçyldIrim MD, Kosym Karapinar MD, Ertan Yücel MD	628
	PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS
	The Role of Thrombolysis in the Management of Left-Sided Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis: A Study of 85 Cases Diagnosed by Transesophageal Echocardiography Maria Lengyel MD, Lászl— Vándor MD	636
	SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
	Homografts in Patients with Combined Disease of the Aortic Valve and the Ascending Aorta: An Alternative to the Classical Bentall Procedure Helmut Gulbins MD, Eckart Kreuzer MD, Antje Uhlig, Bruno Reichart MD	650
	EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
	Fixation-Related Autolysis and Bioprosthetic Aortic Wall Calcification Paul Human MD, Christoph Weissenstein MD, Ameli Trantina MD, Peter Zilla MD	656
	Mechanisms of Mechanical Heart Valve Cavitation: Investigation Using a Tilting Disk Valve Model Zhaoming He PhD, Baoshu Xi PhD, Keqin Zhu PhD, Ned H. C. Hwang PhD	666
	Aortic Valve Implantation in the Calf: A Successful Approach Using Heartport® Cannulation and Minimally Invasive Techniques Igor D. Gregoric MD, Daniel Tamez BS, Mehmet N. Karabulut MD, Roberto Cervera MD, Jeff Conger BS, Kazuhiro Eya MD, Didier Lapeyre MD, Branislav Radovancevic MD, O. H. Frazier MD	675
	CASE REPORTS
	Radiation-Associated Valvular Heart Disease in Hodgkin’s Disease is Associated with Characteristic Thickening and Fibrosis of the Aortic-Mitral Curtain Malcolm D. Brand MD, Christopher A. Abadi MD, Gerard P. Aurigemma MD, Harold L. Dauerman MD, Theo E. Meyer MD	681
	Cardioscopy and Robotic Assistance for the Diagnosis of Intraventricular Endocarditis Harun Arbatli MD, Bénédicte Hendrickx MD, Johan De Meester MD, Hugo Vanermen MD, Fadi Farhat MD	686
	Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis in a Patient with Marfan’s Syndrome following Acupuncture Pradeeo Nambiar FRCS, Chandana Ratnatunga FRCS	689
	Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Unmasked by Nifedipine: A Therapeutic Pitfall in the Management of Chronic Aortic Regurgitation Gian M. Novaro MD, L. Leonardo Rodriguez MD	691