The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Volume 11 Number 5 September 2002
CONTENTS
| AORTIC VALVE DISEASE | |
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Aortic Valve Imaging with Computed Tomography: A Review G. J. Morgan-Hughes BM, BS, BmedSci, MRCP, C. A. Roobottom FRCR, A. J. Marshall MD |
604 |
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Association between Aortic Stenosis and Hypertension Gordon E. Pate MSc |
612 |
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Independent Contribution of Left Ventricular Ejection Time to the Mean Gradient in Aortic Stenosis Lyes Kadem Eng, Philippe Pibarot DVM, Jean G. Dumesnil MD, Frédéric Mouret Eng, Vincent Garitey PhD, Louis-Gilles Durand Eng, Régis Rieu PhD |
615 |
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Reimplantation of the Two Coronary Ostia as a Single Button in Ross Procedure Tom P. Mwambu, Vijit K. Cherian, Madhu N. Sankar, Gangadharan Sumithran, Robert Coelho, Kulkarni Snehal, Kotturathu M. Cherian |
624 |
| MITRAL VALVE DISEASE | |
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The Severity of Functional Mitral Regurgitation Depends on the Shape of the Mitral Apparatus: A Three-Dimensional Echo Analysis Keiko Aikawa MD, Florence H. Sheehan MD, Catherine M. Otto MD, Karen Coady RCDS, Gerard Bashein MD, Edward L. Bolson MS |
627 |
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Mitral Valve Reserve in Double-Orifice Technique: An Exercise Echocardiographic Study Eustachio Agricola MD, Francesco Maisano MD, Michele Oppizzi MD, Michele De Bonis MD, Lucia Torracca MD, Giovanni La Canna MD, Ottavio Alfieri MD |
637 |
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Failure Mechanics of Mitral Valve Chordae Tendineae Kyra L. Sedransk, K. Jane Grande-Allen PhD, Ivan Vesely PhD |
644 |
| INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS | |
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Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Short- and Long-Term Outcome in Patients with Active Infective Endocarditis Raúl Moreno MD, José Zamorano MD, Carlos Almería MD, Alexis Villate MD, José-Luis Rodrigo MD, Dionisio Herrera MD, Lucía Alvarez MD, Juan Morán MD, Adalia Aubele MD, Luis Mataix MD, Esther De Marco MD, Luis Sánchez-Harguindey MD |
651 |
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Risk Factors and Management of Endocarditis after Mitral Valve Repair Alexandros N. Karavas MD, Farzan Filsoufi MD, Tomislav Mihaljevic MD, Sary F. Aranki MD, Lawrence H. Cohn MD, John G. Byrne MD |
660 |
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Infective Endocarditis with Myocardial Abscesses complicating Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Toshihiko Shibata MD, Hidekazu Hirai MD, Hiromichi Fujii MD, Takanobu Aoyama MD, Shigefumi Seuhiro MD |
665 |
| PORCINE BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES | |
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The Pulmonary Bioprosthetic Heart Valve: Its Unsuitability for Use as an Aortic Valve Replacement Louise M. Jennings PhD, Maya Butterfield PhD, Catherine Booth PhD, Kevin G. Watterson FRACS, John Fisher DEng |
668 |
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Biaxial Mechanical Properties of Porcine Ascending Aortic Wall Tissue Mark A. Nicosia PhD, Jeffrey S. Kasalko MS, Richard P. Cochran MD, Daniel R. Einstein, Karyn S. Kunzelman PhD |
680 |
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Biaxial Strain Distributions in Explanted Porcine Bioprosthetic Valves Margaret M. Adamczyk PhD, Ivan Vesely PhD |
688 |
| PERICARDIAL BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES | |
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A Temporarily Stented, Autologous Pericardial Aortic Valve Prosthesis Wolfgang A. Goetz MD, Hou-Sen Lim MS, Emmanuel Lansac MD, Patricia A. Weber DrPH, Carlos M. G. Duran MD |
696 |
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Early Postoperative Outcome and Hemodynamic Performance of the Sorin Pericarbon Stentless Aortic Valve Massimo Bonacchi MD, Gabriele Giunti MD, Edvin Prifti MD, Carlo Rostagno MD, Mauro Bini MD, Giacomo Frati MD, Guido Sani MD |
703 |
| LATE CLINICAL OUTCOME | |
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Editorial: The Dilemma of Moderate Aortic Valve Disease in Patients Subjected to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Manuel J. Antunes MD |
710 |
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The Prognostic Value of Calcification and Impaired Valve Motion in Combined Aortic Stenosis and Coronary Artery Disease Thomas Eitz MD, Georg Kleikamp MD, Kazutomo Minami MD, Reiner Körfer MD |
713 |
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Effect of Maze Procedure in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Valve Replacement Mitsuhiro Hirata MD, Ko Bando MD, Junjiro Kobayashi MD, Yoshikado Sasako MD, Osamu Tagusari MD, Kazuo Niwaya MD, Soichiro Kitamura MD |
719 |
| BASIC SCIENCE | |
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Thymosin b4 Regulation, Expression and Function in Aortic Valve Interstitial Cells Quan-Yi Li PhD, Peter L. Jones PhD, Robert P. Lafferty BA, Daniel Safer PhD, Robert J. Levy MD |
726 |
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Spectral Characteristics of Mechanical Heart Valve Closing Sounds Peter Johansen MSc, Mads Lomholt MD, Hans Nygaard DMSc |
736 |
| CASE REPORTS | |
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Failure of Low Molecular-Weight Heparin in the Prevention of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis during Pregnancy: Case Report and a Review of Options for Anticoagulation Balakrishnan Mahesh FRCS, Stephen Evans FRCP, Alan J. Bryan FRCS |
745 |
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Double Valve Replacement in a Patient with Osteogenesis Imperfecta George S. Chrysant MD, Stephen D. Cassivi MD, Charles F. Carey MD, Thoralf M. Sundt MD |
751 |
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Incidental Detection of a Quadricuspid Aortic Valve by Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Patient with Ruptured Mitral Valve Chorda Osman Akdemir MD, Hüseyin Sürücü MD, Gültaç Özbay MD |
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| THE SOCIETY FOR HEART VALVE DISEASE | |
| Guidelines for Working Group Activities | 757 |