AORTIC VALVE DISEASE |
Configuration of the Ascending Aorta in Patients with Bicuspid and
Tricuspid Aortic Valve
Disease Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement with or without Reduction
Aortoplasty
Matthias Bauer MD, Volker Gliech MD, Henryk Siniawski MD, Roland
Hetzer MD |
594 |
What do you Mean by Aortic Valve Area: Geometric Orifice Area, Effective
Orifice Area, or Gorlin Area?
Damien Garcia Eng., PhD, Lyes Kadem Eng., PhD |
601 |
Value and Limitations of Peak-to-Peak Gradient for Evaluation of
Aortic Stenosis
Lyes Kadem Eng, PhD, Damien Garcia Eng, PhD, Louis-Gilles Durand
Eng, PhD, Régis Rieu PhD,
Jean-Gaston Dumesnil MD, Philippe Pibarot DVM |
609 |
Dynamic Morphologic Changes in the Normal Aortic Annulus at Systole and Diastole
Toshinobu Kazui MD, Hiroshi Izumoto MD, Kunihiro Yoshioka MD, Kohei
Kawazoe MD |
617 |
Cyclic Pressure and Shear Stress Regulate Matrix Metalloproteinases
and Cathepsin Activity
in Porcine Aortic Valves
Manu O. Platt BS, Yun Xing PhD, Hanjoong Jo PhD, Ajit. P. Yoganathan
PhD |
622 |
Current Hospital Mortality of Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians
Thierry Langanay MD, Jean-Philippe Verhoye MD, Gabriella Ocampo MD,
Marco Vola MD,
Arnaud Tauran MD, Bertrand De La Tour MD, Thierry Derieux MD, Anne
Ingels PhD,
Hervé Corbineau MD, Alain Leguerrier MD |
630 |
Editorial: Left Ventricular Dynamics In Valvular Aortic Stenosis
Harisios Boudoulas MD |
638 |
Left Ventricular Midwall Mechanics in Subjects with Aortic Stenosis
and Normal Systolic Chamber Function
Piercarlo Ballo MD, Sergio Mondillo MD, Andrea Motto MD, Sergio A.
Faraguti MD |
639 |
Reverse
Remodeling of Cardiac Collagen Protein Expression after Surgical Therapy
for Experimental Aortic Stenosis
Thomas Walther MD, Andreas Schubert PhD, Thomas Wustmann MD, Volkmar Falk
MD, Claudia
Walther MD, Nicolas Doll MD, Ardawan Rastan MD, Jan Gummert MD, Friedrich
W. Mohr MD |
651 |
| MITRAL
VALVE DISEASE |
Combined
Replacement of Chordae Tendineae with Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Sutures in
Mitral Valve Repair: Early and Long-Term Results
Bruno Chiappini MD, Alvaro Sanchez MD, Philippe Noirhomme MD, Robert
Verhelst MD, Jean Rubay MD, Alain Poncelet MD, Jean Christophe Funken MD, Gebrine
El Khoury MD |
657 |
Mid-Term Results of the ‘Hybrid Maze’: A Combination
of Bipolar Radiofrequency and
Cryoablation for Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Leonid Sternik MD, Probal Ghosh MD, David Luria MD, Michael Glikson
MD,
Daniel Shpigelshtein MD, Ateret Malachy MD, Ehud Raanani MD |
664 |
Correlation of Tissue Selectin Expression and Hemodynamic Parameters
in Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
Lale Tokgözoglu MD, Ilknur Can MD, Petek Korkusuz MD, Esin Asan
MD, Necla Özer MD,
Metin Demircin MD |
671 |
| PREGNANCY AND HEART VALVE DISEASE |
Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin in Pregnant Women with Prosthetic Heart
Valves
Laurence M. Descarries MD, Line Leduc MD, Paul Khairy MD, Lise-Andrée
Mercier MD |
679 |
Cardiac Surgery During Pregnancy
Zafer H. Iscan MD, Levent Mavioglu MD, Kerem M. Vural MD, Seref Kucuker
MD |
686 |
| DEVICE
EVALUATION |
Long-Term Results of Aortic Valve Replacement with Edwards Prima
Plus Stentless
Bioprosthesis: Eleven Years’ Follow Up
Stefano Auriemma MD, Augusto D’Onofrio MD, Massimo Brunelli
MD, Paolo Magagna MD,
Mariemma Paccanaro MD, Fanny Rulfo MD, Alessandro Fabbri MD |
691 |
Intermediate-Term Results of Medtronic Freestyle Valve for Right
Ventricular Outflow
Tract Reconstruction in the Ross Procedure
Mehmet S. Bilal MD, Numan A. Aydemir MD, Nihat Cine MD, Tamer Turan
MD, Yahya Yildiz MD,
Yalim Yalcin MD, Ahmet Celebi MD |
696 |
Plasma ANP and Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System as New Parameters
Describing the
Hemodynamics of the Circulatory System after Implantation of Stented
or Stentless Aortic Valves
Adam Szafranek MD, Marek Jasinski PhD, Maciej Kolowca MD, Marek Gemel
MD,
Stanislaw Wos PhD |
702 |
Early Wear Development in a Novel Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis made
from Polymeric
Materials
Daniel Medart, Ulrich Steinseifer, Helmut Reul, Thomas Schmitz-Rode |
710 |
| CASE REPORTS |
Warfarin-Induced Skin Necrosis and Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
following Mitral
Valve Replacement for Marantic Endocarditis
Craig A. White MRCS, Darryl A. Chung FRCS, Martyn Thomas FRCP,
Michael T. Marrinan FRCS |
716 |
Non-Compaction of the Right Atrium and Left Ventricle in Ebstein’s
Malformation
Claudia Stöllberger MD, Wolfgang Kopsa MD, Josef Finsterer MD |
719 |
Obstructive Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic
Syndrome:
A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Michael W. Hii MBBS, Frank C. Firkin FRACP, Andrew I. MacIsaac MD,
Michael Yii FRACS |
721 |
Unique Presentation of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: Recurrent Mitral
Prosthetic Valve
Thrombosis without Endomyocardial Disease
Lívia Jánoskuti MD, Zsolt Förhécz MD, Mária
Lengyel MD |
726 |
Ochronosis of the Aortic Valve and Aorta
Miljenko Kovacevic MD, Ognjen Simic MD, Igor Medved MD, Ksenija Lucin
MD,
Marijan Padovan MD |
730 |
Successful Double Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement in a 64-Year-Old Man
with Carcinoid
Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder: Case Report
Sarah S. Tang MRCS, Michael Y. Henein PhD, Anthony De Souza FRCS |
733 |