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Valvular Heart Disease

Free Subscription 02.07.2008 4 Am J Cardiol 10 Ann Thorac Surg 2 Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 1 Chest 1 Clin Cardiol 2 Eur Heart J 2 Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2 J Am Coll Cardiol 2 Mayo Clin Proc 1 N Engl J Med

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Am J Cardiol

1. CHEN-TOURNOUX A , Fifer MA, Picard MH, Hung J, et al
   Use of tissue Doppler to distinguish discrete upper ventricular septal hypertrophy from obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
   Am J Cardiol. 2008;101:1498-503.
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2. FILSOUFI F , Rahmanian PB, Castillo JG, Bronster D, et al
   Incidence, imaging analysis, and early and late outcomes of stroke after cardiac valve operation.
   Am J Cardiol. 2008;101:1472-8.
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3. BONOW RO
   Bicuspid Aortic Valves and Dilated Aortas: A Critical Review of the Critical Review of the ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines Recommendations.
   Am J Cardiol. 2008;102:111-4.
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4. GUNTHEROTH WG
   A critical review of the american college of cardiology/american heart association practice guidelines on bicuspid aortic valve with dilated ascending aorta.
   Am J Cardiol. 2008;102:107-10.
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   Ann Thorac Surg

5. CICCOLO ML , Collazos JC, Acherman RJ, Galindo A, et al
   Modified De Vega mitral valve annuloplasty in an infant with endocarditis.
   Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:291-3.
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6. BIRINCIOGLU CL , Mavioglu L, Yavas S, Demirtas E, et al
   Single-stage repair of acute type A aortic dissection associated with aortic coarctation, perimembranous ventricular septal defect, and bicuspid aortic valve.
   Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:284-7.
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7. KALANGOS A , Christenson JT, Beghetti M, Cikirikcioglu M, et al
   Mitral valve repair for rheumatic valve disease in children: midterm results and impact of the use of a biodegradable mitral ring.
   Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:161-8.
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8. AILAWADI G , Swenson BR, Girotti ME, Gazoni LM, et al
   Is mitral valve repair superior to replacement in elderly patients?
   Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:77-85.
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9. BABU AN , Meng X, Zou N, Yang X, et al
   Lipopolysaccharide stimulation of human aortic valve interstitial cells activates inflammation and osteogenesis.
   Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:71-6.
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10. ROEDLER S , Czerny M, Neuhauser J, Zimpfer D, et al
    Mechanical aortic valve prostheses in the small aortic root: Top Hat versus standard CarboMedics aortic valve.
    Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:64-70.
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11. WAISBREN EC , Stevens LM, Avery EG, Picard MH, et al
    Changes in mitral regurgitation after replacement of the stenotic aortic valve.
    Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:56-62.
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12. SVENSSON LG , Dewey T, Kapadia S, Roselli EE, et al
    United States feasibility study of transcatheter insertion of a stented aortic valve by the left ventricular apex.
    Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:46-54.
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13. STULAK JM , Schaff HV, Dearani JA, Orszulak TA, et al
    Restoration of sinus rhythm by the Maze procedure halts progression of tricuspid regurgitation after mitral surgery.
    Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:40-4.
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14. SANTINI F , Telesca M, Bertolini P, Tomezzoli A, et al
    Precocious giant pseudoaneurysm of an "innocent" ascending aorta after bicuspid aortic valve replacement redo.
    Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:e1.
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    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv

15. BUTMAN SM
    Cupid's arrow.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008;71:919.
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16. LIM DS , Ragosta M, Dent JM
    Percutaneous transthoracic ventricular puncture for diagnostic and interventional catheterization.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008;71:915-8.
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    Chest

17. SIRAK TE , Sherrid MV
    Oral disopyramide for the acute treatment of severe outflow obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the ICU setting.
    Chest. 2008;133:1243-6.
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    Clin Cardiol

18. WANG S , Zou Y, Fu C, Xu X, et al
    Worse prognosis with gene mutations of beta-myosin heavy chain than myosin-binding protein C in Chinese patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
    Clin Cardiol. 2008;31:114-8.
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    Eur Heart J

19. RAHIMTOOLA SH
    Valvular heart disease: a perspective on the asymptomatic patient with severe valvular aortic stenosis.
    Eur Heart J. 2008;.
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20. KEMPFERT J , Blumenstein JM, Borger MA, Linke A, et al
    Minimally invasive off-pump valve-in-a-valve implantation: the atrial transcatheter approach for re-operative mitral valve replacement.
    Eur Heart J. 2008;.
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    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

21. GUENTHER T , Noebauer C, Mazzitelli D, Busch R, et al
    Tricuspid valve surgery: a thirty-year assessment of early and late outcome.
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008;.
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22. AOYAGI S , Arinaga K, Oda T, Hori H, et al
    Left ventricular-right atrial communication following tricuspid annuloplasty.
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008;.
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    J Am Coll Cardiol

23. LINTHORST GE , Poorthuis BJ, Hollak CE
    Enzyme activity for determination of presence of Fabry disease in women results in 40% false-negative results.
    J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;51:2082.
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24. EPSTEIN AE , DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NA 3rd, et al
    ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guidelin
    J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;51:e1-62.
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    Mayo Clin Proc

25. OLIVOTTO I , Girolami F, Ackerman MJ, Nistri S, et al
    Myofilament protein gene mutation screening and outcome of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
    Mayo Clin Proc. 2008;83:630-8.
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26. DANDONA S , Roberts R
    Identification of myofilament mutations: its role in the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
    Mayo Clin Proc. 2008;83:626-7.
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    N Engl J Med

27. WAKE N , Desai AS
    Images in clinical medicine. Spontaneous thrombolysis of an obstructed mechanical aortic valve.
    N Engl J Med. 2008;358:e31.
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