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Volume 25 Number 1 January 2016

Valvular Heart Disease Epidemics Blanca Domenech, José Luis Pomar, Susanna Prat-González, Bárbara Vidal, Alfons López-Soto, Manel Castella, Marta Sitges	1
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Favorable Survival after Aortic Valve Replacement Compared to the General Population Sindri A. Viktorsson, Dadi Helgason, Andri W. Orrason, Thor Aspelund, Martin Ingi Sigurdsson, Arnar Geirsson, Tomas Gudbjartsson	8
Intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Therapy for Acute Basilar Artery Ischemic Stroke Following Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Nicholas J. Montarello, Adam J. Nelson, Samuel L. Sidharta, Stephen G. Worthley	14
Syphilitic Aortitis Presenting with Coronary Ostial Stenosis and Aortic Regurgitation Rayyan Jadeed, Ruth Paarmann, Wolfgang Harringer, Aschraf El-Essawi	18
Immediate Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement with Sutureless versus Stentless Bioprosthesis Ali Ihsan Parlar, Muhammet Onur Hanedan, Ilker Mataraci, Mehmet Ali Yuruk, Ufuk Sayar, Ali Kemal Arslan, Tanil Ozer	21
Value of Combined Circumferential and Longitudinal Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction to Predict Adverse Outcome in Patients with Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Giovanni Cioffi, Carmine Mazzone, Giulia Barbati, Andrea Rossi, Stefano Nistri, Federica Ognibeni, Luigi Tarantini, Andrea Di Lenarda, Pompilio Faggiano, Giovanni Pulignano, Carlo Stefenelli, Giovanni de Simone	28
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Impact of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch after Mitral Valve Replacement Calogera Pisano, Carmela Rita Balistreri, Oreste Fabio Triolo, Rosalba Franchino, Alberto Allegra, Veronica Capuccio, Vincenzo Argano, Giovanni Ruvolo	39
Untreated Mitral Regurgitation Does Not Affect Survival of Elderly Patients Undergoing TAVI Shuli Silberman, Daniel Fink, Adi Butnaru, Jonathan Balkin, Yaron Almagor, Rachel Tauber, Ofer Merin	46
Impact of Chronic Rheumatic Valve Diseases on Large Vessels Gokhan Altunbas, Murat Yuce, Hasan O. Ozer, Vedat Davutoglu, Suleyman Ercan, Nese Kizilkan, Muhammet Bilici	51
Impaired Left Ventricular Function Does Not Predict Worse Late Outcome after Isolated Mitral Valve Surgery Stefan E. Verstraeten, Mohamed A. Soliman Hamad, Kathinka C. M. Peels, Jan-Melle van Dantzig, Albert H. M. van Straten	55
Triple Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty for Patients with Recurrent Mitral Valve Stenosis: Long-Term Observations Paweł Tyczyński, Zbigniew Chmielak, Witold Rużyłło, Aneta Fronczak, Mariusz Kłopotowski, Piotr Szymański, Marek Konka, Adam Witkowski	62
TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE
The Double-Orifice Valve Technique to Treat Tricuspid Valve Incompetence Roland Hetzer, Mariano Javier, Eva Maria Delmo Walter	66
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Not So EASE-Y: How Often do Hospitalized Infective Endocarditis Patients Meet Criteria for Early Surgery? Mohammed Amin Kashef, Auras R. Atreya, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, Jennifer Friderici, Tara Lagu	72
REPLACEMENT DEVICE EVALUATION
Thrombocytopenia after Aortic Valve Replacement with Perceval S Sutureless Bioprosthesis Eladio Sánchez, Jose-Antonio Corrales, Pasnayotis Fantidis, Ibrahim S. Tarhini, Ijaz Khan, Tomás Pineda, Jose-Ramon González	75
Biomechanical Properties of Fiber Bundle and Membrane Mesostructures of the Porcine Aortic Valve Christopher A. Rock, Todd C. Doehring	82
Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Implantation in a Degenerated Mitral Bioprosthesis Using a Trans-Septal Anterograde Approach and 3-D Transesophageal Echocardiography Guidance N. Piotr Rudzinski, Zofia Dzielinska, Adam Witkowski, Marek Konka, Kulej-Lyko Katarzyna, Marcin Demkow	90
Ventricular Embolization of Two Edwards SAPIEN XT Prosthetic Valves During Trans-Subclavian Aortic Valve Implantation Serdal Baştuğ, Abdullah Nabi Aslan, Cenk Sarı, Hacı Ahmet Kasapkara, Hüseyin Ayhan, Engin Bozkurt	93
Experimental Study on the In-Vivo Heterotopic Transplantation of Aortic Valved Homografts after De-Endothelialization Yanmeng Lou , Qing Chang, Hui Jing, Tianyi Wang, Hongyan Wu	96
Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Pannus Tissue in Patients with Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction Süleyman Karakoyun, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Mahmut Yesin, Macit Kalçık, Mehmet Ali Astarcıoğlu, Sabahattin Gündüz, Ali Emrah Oğuz, Şermin Çoban Kökten, Ayşe Nimet Karadayı, Altuğ Tuncer, Cengiz Köksal, Tayyar Gökdeniz, Mehmet Özka	104
CASE REPORT
Quadruple Valve Reoperation after the Ross Procedure Nora Goebel, Marc Albert, Alina Stan, Adrian Ursulescu, Ulrich F. W. Franke	112
MISCELLANEOUS
Abiotrophia defectiva Endocarditis Complicated by Ventricular Tachycardia Kyriacos Mouyis, Sophia Metaxa, Constantinos Missouris	114
Left Atrial Reservoir Function in Symptomatic Versus Asymptomatic Patients with Moderate Mitral Stenosis Maha El Sebaie, Abd el Fatah Ferer, Hasam El Shaer, Possy Hamed	116
Analysis of the Early Results of 693 Patients Undergoing Valvular Reoperation Between 1993 and 2011 Mehmet Erdem Toker, Nihat Çine, Mehmet Taşar, Mehmet Dedemoğlu, Ekrem Yılmaz, Mehmet Balkanay, Cevat Yakut	123

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