The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volume 8 Number 5 September 1999

CONTENTS

 

LONG-TERM OUTCOME
Heart Valve Replacement: A Statistical Review of 35 Years' Results
Gary L. Grunkemeier PhD, Hui-Hua Li MD, Albert Starr MD		 466
New Surgical Options for the Failing Heart
Patrick M. McCarthy MD		 472
HITS
Platelet Aggregation and High-Intensity Transient Signals (HITS)
in a Sheep Model of Mitral Valve Replacement
Lucia Raco PhD, Philip R. Belcher FRCS, Iain Sim PhD, Anne McGarrity PhD,
Gillian M. Bernacca PhD, David J. Wheatley FRCS		 476
High-Frequency Pressure Fluctuations Measured in Heart Valve Patients
Peter K. Paulsen MD, Benedikte K. Jensen BSc, J. Michael Hasenkam MD,
Hans Nygaard ME		 482
Prospective Evaluation of Frequency and Nature of Transcranial
High-Intensity Doppler Signals in Prosthetic Valve Recipients
Aldo Milano MD, Alessandro D'Alfonso MD, Riccardo Codecasa MD,
Marco De Carlo MD, Carmela Nardi MD, Giovanni Orlandi MD,
Lucilla Landucci MD, Uberto Bortolotti MD		 488
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Aortic Valve Surgery: Where We Are and Where We Shall Go
Tirone E. David MD		 495
Pulmonary Autograft Root Replacement: Mid-term Results
Ronald C. Elkins MD, Mary M. Lane PhD, Carolyn McCue RN, Kent E. Ward MD		 499
Successful Dilatation of the Small Aortic Root for Implantation of
a Larger Valve Prosthesis
Claus Bartels MD, Hans-Hinrich Sievers MD		 507
Valve Orifice Area Alone is an Insufficient Index of
Aortic Stenosis Severity: Effects of the Proximal and Distal Geometry
on Transaortic Energy Loss
Russell S. Heinrich PhD, Richard H. Marcus MD, Ann E. Ensley BS,
David E. Gibson BS, Ajit P. Yoganathan PhD		 509
Exercise Hemodynamic Performance of the Pulmonary Autograft
Following the Ross Procedure
Graeme F. Porter FRACP, Peter D. Skillington FRACS, Andrew R. Bjorksten PhD,
John G. Morgan MBBS, Anthony G. Yapanis MBBS, FRACP,
Leeanne E. Grigg FRACP		 516
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with
21mm St. Jude Medical Aortic Prosthesis
Marco De Carlo MD, Aldo Milano MD, Giuseppe Musumeci MD,
Giuseppe Tartarini MD, Ombretta Biadi MD, Marco Benedetti MD,
Uberto Bortolotti MD		 522
Rest and Exercise Doppler Hemodynamics of the
Medtronic Intact Aortic Bioprosthesis
Philip C. Strike MRCP, Serban A. Balanescu MD, Diane Gardiner RN,
Steven A. Livesey FRCS, Iain. A. Simpson MD		 530
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Mitral Valve Reconstruction and Replacement for Ischemic
Mitral Insufficiency: Seven Years' Follow Up
Harald Hausmann MD, Henrik Siniawski MD, Roland Hetzer MD		 536
The Long-Term Effect of Successful Mitral Balloon Valvotomy
on Left Atrial Size
Miltiadis A. Stefadouros MD, Mohammed E. Fawzy FRCP, S. Malik MRCP,
Vasudevan Sivanandam MRCP, Layth Mimish FRCP, Zohair Al-Halees MD		 543
Papillary Muscle Misalignment Causes Multiple Mitral Regurgitant Jets:
An Ambiguous Mechanism for Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Sten L. Nielsen MD, Hans Nygaard DMSc, Arnold A. Fontaine PhD,
J. Michael Hasenkam MD, Shengqui He MD, Ajit P. Yoganathan PhD		 551
Posterior Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Rupture of
Posteromedial Papillary Muscle
Edward R. Assi DO, Tahir Tak MD		 565
TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE
Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Following Prior Left Heart Valve Surgery:
Analysis of Outcome in 34 Patients
Michael E. Staab MD, Rick A. Nishimura MD, Joseph A. Dearani MD		 567
Six-year Experience with Cryopreserved Mitral Homografts in the
Treatment of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in HIV-Infected Drug Addicts
Carlos-A. Mestres MD, Jose M. Miro MD, J. Carlos Pare MD, Jose L. Pomar MD		 575
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Unalloyed Pyrolytic Carbon for Implanted Mechanical Heart Valves
Ling Ma PhD, George H. Sines PhD		 578
CASE REPORTS
Brucella-Mediated Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with
Brachial Artery Mycotic Aneurysm
Cantürk Cakalagaoglu MD, Nurgül Keser, Cem Alhan		 586
Fatal Bacterial Endocarditis following Aortic Valve Replacement in
a Patient Treated with Methotrexate
N. M. Wilkinson		 591