Introduction

Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S223. [Full Text]  

Carpentier–Edwards supraannular porcine bioprosthesis: second-generation prosthesis in aortic valve replacement

W.R. Eric Jamieson, Michael T. Janusz, Lawrence H. Burr, Hilton Ling, Robert T. Miyagishima, and Eva Germann
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S224-S227. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carpentier-Edwards supraannular porcine bioprosthesis in aortic position: 16-year experience

Hervé Corbineau, Bertrand De La Tour, Jean-Philippe Verhoye, Thierry Langanay, Bernard Lelong, and Alain Leguerrier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S228-S231. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Over twenty-year follow-up of the standard Hancock porcine bioprosthesis implanted in the mitral position

Francesco Santini, Giovanni Battista Luciani, Stefano Restivo, Gianluca Casali, Renzo Pessotto, Paolo Bertolini, Andrea Rossi, and Alessandro Mazzucco
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S232-S235. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fifteen-year experience with the mitral Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT pericardial bioprosthesis

Michel A. Marchand, Michel R. Aupart, Robert Norton, Ira R.A. Goldsmith, L. Conrad Pelletier, Michel Pellerin, Thomas Dubiel, Willem J. Daenen, Paul Herijgers, Filip P. Casselman, Michael P. Holden, and Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S236-S239. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of durability of bioprostheses in tricuspid and mitral positions

Toshihiro Ohata, Ikutaro Kigawa, Eiichi Tohda, and Yasuhiko Wanibuchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S240-S243. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term results of the bioprosthesis in elderly patients: impact on quality of life

Dennis F. Pupello, Luis N. Bessone, Enrique Lopez, John C. Brock, Mark J. Alkire, Edward G. Izzo, Guillermo Sanabria, David P. Sims, and George Ebra
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S244-S248. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Experience with the 19-mm Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis in the elderly

Michel Carrier, Michel Pellerin, Louis P. Perrault, Yves Hébert, Pierre Pagé, Raymond Cartier, Ihor Dyrda, and L. Conrad Pelletier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S249-S252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic valve replacement with mechanical and biologic prostheses in middle-aged patients

Michel Carrier, Michel Pellerin, Louis P. Perrault, Pierre Pagé, Yves Hébert, Raymond Cartier, Ihor Dyrda, and L. Conrad Pelletier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S253-S256. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanical or bioprosthetic valves in the elderly: a 20-year comparison

Pushpinder Sidhu, Hugh O’Kane, Niaz Ali, Dennis J. Gladstone, Mazin A.I. Sarsam, Gianfranco Campalani, and Simon W. MacGowan
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S257-S260. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late results of double-valve replacement with biologic or mechanical prostheses

Thierry Caus, Philippe Rouvière, Frédéric Collart, Annick Mouly-Bandini, Jean-Raoul Montiès, and Thierry Mesana
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S261-S264. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patient-prosthesis mismatch can be predicted at the time of operation

Philippe Pibarot, Jean G. Dumesnil, Paul C. Cartier, Jacques Métras, and Michel D. Lemieux
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S265-S268. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Medtronic mosaic porcine bioprosthesis: midterm investigational trial results

Dorothy J. Thomson, W.R. Eric Jamieson, Jean G. Dumesnil, John J. Burgess, Charles M. Peniston, Jacques Métras, John A. Sullivan, James C.W. Parrott, Andrew Maitland, and Irene J. Cybulsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S269-S272. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mosaic valve international clinical trial: early performance results

Guy J. Fradet, Niels Bleese, John Burgess, and Paul C. Cartier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S273-S277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Medtronic intact porcine bioprosthesis experience to twelve years

W.R. Eric Jamieson, Michel D. Lemieux, John A. Sullivan, A. Ian Munro, Jacques Métras, and Paul C. Cartier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S278-S281. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic comparison of second- and third-generation stented bioprostheses in aortic valve replacement

W.R. Eric Jamieson, Michael T. Janusz, Joan MacNab, and Charmaine Henderson
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S282-S284. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Short-term hemodynamic performance of the mitral Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT pericardial valve

Michael S. Firstenberg, Annitta J. Morehead, James D. Thomas, Nicholas G. Smedira, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, and Michel A. Marchand
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S285-S288. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericarbon pericardial bioprosthesis: an experience based on the lessons of the past

Thierry A. Folliguet, Emmanuel Le Bret, Jean Bachet, and François Laborde
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S289-S292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of three different types of stentless valves: full root or subcoronary

Hans H. Greve, Ibrahim Farah, and Manfred Everlien
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S293-S296. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early and midterm results of model 300 CryoLife O’Brien stentless porcine aortic bioprosthesis

Sandro Gelsomino, Romeo Frassani, Lorenzo Porreca, Giorgio Morocutti, Angelo Morelli, and Ugolino Livi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S297-S301. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical outcomes after aortic valve replacement with the Toronto stentless porcine valve

Bernard S. Goldman, Tirone E. David, Jeremy R. Wood, John R. Pepper, Scott M. Goldman, Edward D. Verrier, and Michael R. Petracek
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S302-S305. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term results after aortic valve replacement with the Biocor PSB stentless xenograft in the elderly

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Francesco Santini, Stefano Auriemma, Luca Barozzi, Paolo Bertolini, and Alessandro Mazzucco
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S306-S310. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial and porcine stentless aortic valves: are they hemodynamically different?

Xu Y. Jin and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S311-S314. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic evaluation of a new stentless autologous pericardial mitral valve

Yu Shomura, Stephen A. Tahta, Emmanuel Lansac, and Carlos M.G. Duran
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S315-S317. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A new aortic root prosthesis with compliant sinuses for valve-sparing operations

Mano J. Thubrikar, Francis Robicsek, Geoffrey G. Gong, and Brett L. Fowler
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S318-S322. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early experience with a quadrileaflet stentless mitral valve

Britt Hofmann, Romuald Cichon, Michael Knaut, Utz Kappert, Sems M. Tugtekin, Wilma Aron, and Stephan Schüler
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S323-S326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical autologous in vitro endothelialization of 153 infrainguinal ePTFE grafts

Johann G. Meinhart, Manfred Deutsch, Teddy Fischlein, Norbert Howanietz, Alexander Fröschl, and Peter Zilla
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S327-S331. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Highlights of a ten-year experience with the Ross procedure

John D. Oswalt, Stephen J. Dewan, Michael C. Mueller, and Suzi Nelson
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S332-S335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Midterm results of the Ross procedure

Renzo Pessotto, Winfield J. Wells, Craig J. Baker, Carlos Luna, and Vaughn A. Starnes
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S336-S339. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Technical evolution of the Ross operation: midterm results in 186 patients

Jürgen O. Böhm, Cornelius A. Botha, Joachim-Gerd Rein, and Detlef Roser
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S340-S343. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Estimated event-free life expectancy after autograft aortic root replacement in adults

Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Lex A. van Herwerden, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Gary L. Grunkemeier, J. Dik F. Habbema, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S344-S348. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Homograft crossmatching is unnecessary due to the absence of blood group antigens

Alexander Kadner, Raymond H. Chen, Richard N. Mitchell, and David H. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S349-S352. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results of up to 9 years of high-temperature- fixed valvular bioprostheses in a young population

Alain J. Berrebi, Sophie M. Carpentier, Phan Kim Phuong, Nguyen Van Phan, Sylvain M. Chauvaud, and Alain Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S353-S355. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biological versus mechanical aortic valve replacement in children

Mark W. Turrentine, Mark Ruzmetov, Palaniswamy Vijay, Randall G. Bills, and John W. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S356-S360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of the Medtronic freestyle valve as a right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit

Richard B. Chard, Nicholas Kang, David R. Andrews, and Graham R. Nunn
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S361-S364. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Performance of allografts and xenografts for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction

Ruediger Lange, Joachim Weipert, Michael Homann, Nikolaus Mendler, Sung-Un Paek, Klaus Holper, and Hans Meisner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S365-S367. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Electron beam tomography for cusp calcification in homograft versus freestyle xenografts

Giovanni Melina, Michael B. Rubens, Mohamed Amrani, Asghar Khaghani, and Magdi H. Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S368-S370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of truncus arteriosus in early infancy with antibiotic sterilized aortic homografts

Christos Alexiou, Barry R. Keeton, Anthony P. Salmon, and James L. Monro
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S371-S374. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of altered hydration on the internal shear properties of porcine aortic valve cusps

Eric A. Talman and Derek R. Boughner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S375-S378. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immunological aspects of fresh and cryopreserved aortic valve transplantation in rats

Frans B.S. Oei, Alexander P.A. Stegmann, Leonard M.B. Vaessen, Richard L. Marquet, Willem Weimar, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S379-S384. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Characterization of the immune response to valve bioprostheses and its role in primary tissue failure

Paul Human and Peter Zilla
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S385-S388. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transgenic porcine valves show no signs of delayed cardiac xenograft rejection

Raymond H. Chen and David H. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S389-S392. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Decreased porcine valve antigenicity with in vitro culture

Raymond H. Chen and David H. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S393-S395. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of human immunoglobulins on the immunogenicity of porcine bioprostheses

Olivier Schussler, Ming Shen, Lin Shen, Sophie M. Carpentier, Srini Kaveri, and Alain Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S396-S400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Calcification characteristics of porcine stented valves in a juvenile sheep model

Willem J. Flameng, Shigeyuki Ozaki, Jessa Yperman, Paul Herijgers, Bart Meuris, Alfons Van Lommel, and Erik Verbeken
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S401-S405. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Protein adsorption of calcified and noncalcified valvular bioprostheses after human implantation

Ming Shen, Sophie M. Carpentier, Alain J. Berrebi, Lin Chen, Bernard Martinet, and Alain Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S406-S407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Protein adsorption in glutaraldehyde-preserved bovine pericardium and porcine valve tissues

Ming Shen, Sophie M. Carpentier, Michelle Cambillau, Lin Chen, Bernard Martinet, and Alain Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S408-S409. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biochemical properties of heat-treated valvular bioprostheses

Sophie M. Carpentier, Ming Shen, Lin Chen, Crystal M. Cunanan, Bernard Martinet, and Alain Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S410-S412. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of ethanol and ether in the prevention of calcification of bioprostheses

Ming Shen, Ali Kara-Mostefa, Lin Chen, Michel Daudon, Marc Thevenin, Bernard Lacour, and Alain Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S413-S416. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tissue characterization and calcification potential of commercial bioprosthetic heart valves

Crystal M. Cunanan, Christine M. Cabiling, Tan T. Dinh, ShihHwa Shen, Phihoa Tran-Hata, James H. Rutledge, III, and Michael C. Fishbein
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S417-S421. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stentless bioprosthetic heart valve research: sheep versus primate model

Ameli Trantina-Yates, Christoph Weissenstein, Paul Human, and Peter Zilla
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S422-S427. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Decellularized human valve allografts

Ronald C. Elkins, Patti E. Dawson, Steven Goldstein, Steven P. Walsh, and Kirby S. Black
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S428-S432. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transformation of nonvascular acellular tissue matrices into durable vascular conduits

David R. Clarke, Robert M. Lust, You Su Sun, Kirby S. Black, and Jeremy D. Ollerenshaw
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S433-S436. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surface attached ultrathin polymer monolayers for control of cell adhesion

Manfred Dahm, Bung-Jun Chang, Oswald Prucker, Melanie Pierkes, Tatjana Alt, Eckhard Mayer, Jürgen Rühe, and Hellmut Oelert
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S437-S440. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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