Carlos M.G. Duran, MD, PhD Founder

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Special Interests:

• Basic and Translational Research
• Heart Valve Repair
• Tissue Engineering

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Education:

• Phil.D. at Oxford University, Oxford, England (Heart Valve Transplantation)
• Residency at Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
  
• M.D. from Madrid University, Madrid, Spain

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Summary of Curriculum Vitae:

• Surgical Demonstrations, Visiting Professor, and Invited Lecturer: 700
• Abstracts and Papers Presented at Meetings: 500
• Organization of Scientific Meetings: 150
• Published Peer Reviewed Articles: 350
• Major Research Grants Secured: 29
• Doctoral Thesis (PhD) Directed: 17
• Published Proceedings: 30
• Book Chapters: 34
• Articles: 33
• Patents: 16

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Peer Reviewed Articles:

• This section contains links to PDF files of the published articles, published proceedings, and book chapters that have been written by Prof. Duran. These files are provided for non-commercial research and educational use only. They are not for reproduction, distribution, or commercial use.
  MITRAL VALVE BASAL CHORDAE: COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND TERMINOLOGY
  AA Degandt, PA Weber, HA Saber, CMG Duran
  Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1250-1255
• FURTHER INFORMATION FROM A SONOMETRIC STUDY OF THE NORMAL TRICUSPID VALVE ANNULUS IN SHEEP: GEOMETRIC CHANGES DURING THE CARDIAC CYCLE
  J Jouan, MR Pagel, ME Hiro, KH Lim, E Lansac, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2007 Sept;16(5):511-518
• CORONARY FLOW OBSTRUCTION IN PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: AN IN VITRO STUDY
  EM Flecher, JW Curry, TM Joudinaud, CL Kegel, PA Weber, CMG Duran
  Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg 2007;32:291-295
• THE PAPILLARY MUSCLES AS SHOCK ABSORBERS OF THE MITRAL VALVE COMPLEX. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
  TM Joudinaud, CL Kegel, EM Flecher, PA Weber, E Lansac, U Hvass, CMG Duran
  Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;32:96-101 
• DIMENSIONAL RATIOS OF NORMAL MITRAL VALVE STRUCTURES: A TOOL FOR DETERMINING THE DEGREE OF GEOMETRIC DISTORTION IN INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS
  CL Kegel, TM Joudinaud, KH Lim, WA Goetz, E Lansac, P Weber, K Ganesan, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2007 May;16(3):260-266 
• SUTURELESS STENTED AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION UNDER DIRECT VISION: LESSONS FROM A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE IN SHEEP
  T. Joudinaud, EM Flecher, JW Curry, CL Kegel, PA Weber, CMG Duran
  J Card Surg 2007;22:13-17 
• EVIDENCE OF MITIGATED CALCIFICATION OF THE MOSAIC VERSUS HANCOCK STANDARD VALVE XENOGRAFT IN THE MITRAL POSITION OF YOUNG SHEEP
  P Weber, J Jouan, A Matsunaga, E Pettenazzo, T Joudinaud, G Thiene, CMG Duran
  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 Nov;132(5):1137-1143 
• PSEUDOANEURYSM OF AORTOCORONARY GRAFT SECONDARY TO SPONTANEOUS LATE RUPTURE
  E Flecher, S Wilson, CMG Duran
  Heart 2006 Oct;92(10);1495 
• THE LEFT VENTRICULAR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AT THE ORIGIN OF THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY
  TM Joudinaud, E Flecher, SA Tahta, U Hvass, CMG Duran
  Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2006;55:260-263 French 
• KINKING OF THE ATRIOVENTRICULAR PLANE DURING THE CARDIAC CYCLE
  W Goetz, E Lansac, H Lim, S Stevens, P Weber, CMG Duran
  Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:394-398 
• THE DOUBLE RING: A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR MITRAL REPAIR
  J Solís, SP Hiro, CMG Duran
  Rev Esp Cardiol 2006;59(9):985 
• TEE: THE ‘ROADMAP’ FOR MITRAL VALVE REPAIR
  CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2006;15(4):521-523 
• RESULTADOS DE LA REPARACION VALVULAR EN LA INSUFICIENCIA MITRAL CRONICA
  [RESULTS OF VALVE REPAIR IN CHRONIC MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY]
  CMG Duran
  Cirugia Cardiovascular (Madrid) 2006;13(1):17-19 
• REMPLACEMENT PERCUTANE DES VALVES SIGMOÏDIENNES: REVUE DE LA LITTERATURE[PERCUTANEOUS CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A REVIEW]
  EM Flecher, TM Joudinaud, CMG Duran
  Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2006;55:144-148 French 
• FUNCTIONAL TERMINOLOGY FOR THE TRICUSPID VALVE
  TM Joudinaud, EM Flecher, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2006;15:382-388 
• PROGRESSION OF TRICUSPID REGURGITATION AFTER REPAIRED FUNCTIONAL ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
  A Matsunaga, CMG Duran
  Circulation 2005;112[suppl I]:I453-I457 
• AN EXPERIMENTAL METHOD FOR THE PERCUTANEOUS INDUCTION OF A POSTEROLATERAL INFARCT AND FUNCTIONAL ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
  TM Joudinaud, CL Kegel, AA Gabster, ML Sanz, A MacDonald, D Propp, E Callaghan, PA Weber, U Hvass, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2005 July;14(4):460-466
• Invited Commentary on PERICARDIAL PATCH AUGMENTATION FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF INCOMPETENT BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES by M Doss et al. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80(1)July:304-307, commentary on 307-308 
• CHIRURGIE CARDIAQUE APRÈS TRANSPLANTATION HÉPATIQUE [CARDIAC SURGERY AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION]
  E Flecher, T Joudinaud, S Tahta, CMG Duran
  Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2005 Jun;54(3):141-143 French 
• UP TO 16 YEARS FOLLOW-UP OF AORTIC VALVE RECONSTRUCTION WITH PERICARDIUM: A STENTLESS READILY AVAILABLE CHEAP VALVE?
  Z Al Halees, M Al Shahid, A Al Sanei, A Sallehuddin, CMG Duran
  Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;28:200-205 
• EXTERNAL AORTIC ANNULOPLASTY RING FOR VALVE-SPARING PROCEDURES
  E Lansac, I Di Centa, S Varnous, A Rama, F Jault, CMG Duran, C Acar, A Pavie, I Gandjbakhch
  Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:356-358 
• THREE-DIMENSIONAL ASYMMETRICAL MODELING OF THE MITRAL VALVE: A FINITE ELEMENT STUDY WITH DYNAMIC BOUNDARIES
  KH Lim, JH Yeo, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2005;14:386-392 
• AORTIC ROOT DYNAMICS ARE ASYMMETRIC
  E Lansac, HS Lim, Y Shomura, KH Lim, NT Rice, WA Goetz, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2005;14:400-407 
• ANTERIOR MITRAL BASAL ‘STAY’ CHORDS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY AND FUNCTION
  WA Goetz, HS Lim, E Lansac, HA Saber, F Pekar, PA Weber, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2005;14:195-203 
• LEFT VENTRICULAR ENDOCARDIAL LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE CHANGES DURING ISOVOLUMIC CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION: A CHALLENGE
  WA Goetz, E Lansac, H-S Lim, PA Weber, CMG Duran
  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005;289:196-201 
• HALOFUGINONE INHIBITS SERUM-STIMULATED PERICARDIAL TISSUE RETRACTION IN VITRO
  DC Marchion, PA Weber, L Lomnitski, CMG Duran, DT Cheung
  Tissue Eng 2004;10(7/8):1076-1083 
• ESTADO ACTUAL DE LA CIRUGÍA MITRAL RECONSTRUCTIVA
  Gómez-Durán C
  Rev Esp Cardiol 2004;57(Supl 1):39-46 
• MECHANISM OF RECURRENT ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION POST-ANNULOPLASTY: CONTINUED LV REMODELING AS A MOVING TARGET
  J Hung, L Papakostas, SA Tahta, BG Hardy, BA Bollen, CMG Duran, RA Levine
  Circulation 2004; 110(suppl II):II85-II90 
• FLAT OR CURVED PERICARDIAL AORTIC VALVE CUSPS: A FINITE ELEMENT STUDY
  KH Lim, J Candra, JH Yeo, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2004;13:792-797 
• FAILURE OF REDUCTION ANNULOPLASTY FOR FUNCTIONAL ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
  A Matsunaga, SA Tahta, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2004;13:390-398 
• IMPROVING THE RESULTS OF SMALL-BORE VASCULAR GRAFT TESTING IN RABBITS: A TECHNICAL PRIMER
  F Pekar, AC Grobe, PA Weber, DT Cheung, CMG Duran
  Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci 2004;43(2):25-27 
• SONOMETRIC STUDY OF THE NORMAL TRICUSPID VALVE ANNULUS IN SHEEP
  ME Hiro, J Jouan, MR Pagel, E Lansac, KH Lim, HS Lim, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2004;13:452-460 
• THE AORTOMITRAL ANGLE IS SUSPENDED BY THE ANTERIOR MITRAL BASAL “STAY” CHORDS
  Goetz WA, Lim HS, Lansac E, Weber PA, Birnbaum DE, Duran CMG
  Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;51:190-195 
• DURAN RING ANNULOPLASTY OF THE TRICUSPID VALVE
  CMG Duran
  Op Tech Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 Nov;8(4):201-212 
• ANTERIOR MITRAL LEAFLET MOBILITY IS LIMITED BY THE BASAL “STAY” CHORDS
  WA Goetz, HS Lim, F Pekar, H Saber, PA Weber, E Lansac, D Birnbaum, CMG Duran
  Circulation 2003;107:2969-2974 
• COMPARISON OF HUMAN AND PORCINE AORTIC VALVES
  EKW Sim, S Muskawad, C-S Lim, JH Yeo, KH Lim, RT Grignani, A Durrani, G Lau, CMG Duran
  Clin Anat 2003;16:193-196 
• TECHNIQUES FOR ENSURING THE CORRECT LENGTH OF NEW MITRAL CHORDS
  CMG Duran, F Pekar
  J Heart Valve Dis 2003;12:156-161 
• CELLULAR EXPRESSION OF PCNA AND PROCOLLAGEN IN VITAL AND ETHANOL-TREATED AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIAL IMPLANTS IN SHEEP
  DC Marchion, DT Cheung, AC Grobe, PA Weber, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2003;12:87-92 
• AN IN VITRO MODEL OF PERICARDIAL TISSUE HEALING
  DC Marchion, JC Pfau, PA Weber, AC Grobe, CMG Duran, DT Cheung
  Biomaterials 2003;24:89-95 
• A TEMPORARILY STENTED, AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIAL AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESIS
  WA Goetz, HS Lim, E Lansac, PA Weber, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2002;11:696-702 
• DYNAMIC BALANCE OF THE AORTOMITRAL JUNCTION
  E Lansac, KH Lim, Y Shomura, WA Goetz, HS Lim, NT Rice, H Saber, CMG Duran
  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;123:911-918
• Editorial: DISTRIBUTION OF CHORDAE TENDINAE TENSION IN THE PORCINE MITRAL VALVE
  CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2002;11:335-336
• Letter to the Editor by R. H. Anderson and Response by CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2002;11:891 
• SERUM COMPONENTS STIMULATE PERICARDIAL TISSUE CONTRACTION
  DC Marchion, JJ Sticka, TH Han, PA Weber, DT Cheung, AC Grobe, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2002;11:283-287 
• A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL STUDY OF THE AORTIC ROOT DYNAMICS
  E Lansac, HS Lim, Y Shomura, KH Lim, NT Rice, W Goetz, C Acar, CMG Duran
  Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;22:497-503
• In Discussion of INFLUENCE OF PATIENT AGE AND IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE ON THE PROBABILITY OF RE-REPLACEMENT OF THE HOMOGRAFT AORTIC VALVE
  By SK Ng et al. J Heart Valve Dis 2002;11:217-225 
• AORTIC AND PULMONARY ROOT: ARE THEIR DYNAMICS SIMILAR?
  E Lansac, HS Lim, Y Shomura, KH Lim, W Goetz, NT Rice, C Acar, CMG Duran
  Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;21:268-275 
• OUTCOME AFTER MITRAL VALVE REPAIR FOR FUNCTIONAL ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
  SA Tahta, JH Oury, JM Maxwell, SP Hiro, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2002;11:11-19 
• A NEW METHOD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AORTIC VALVE HOMOGRAFTS
  DT Cheung, PA Weber, AC Grobe, Y Shomura, SJ Choo, HH Luo, DC Marchion, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2001;10:728-735
• In Discussion of PROPHYLACTIC MITRAL RECONSTRUCTION FOR MITRAL REGURGITATION
  by Smolens et al. Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1210-1216
• Editorial Comment on PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON HAEMODYNAMICS DURING PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS CONDITIONS FOLLOWING ‘DOUBLE-ORIFICE’ MITRAL VALVE REPAIR
  by Borghetti et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001;20:262-269 
• REPAIR OF MODERATE AORTIC VALVE LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER PATHOLOGY: AN 11-YEAR FOLLOW-UP
  Z Al Halees, B Gometza, A Al Sanei, CMG Duran
  Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001;20:247-251 
• HEMODYNAMIC EVALUATION OF A NEW STENTLESS AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIAL MITRAL VALVE
  Shomura, SA Tahta, E Lansac, CMG Duran
  Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:S315-S317 
• PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS IN RHEUMATIC CARDITIS: FOCUS ON VALVULAR ENDOTHELIUM
  S Roberts, S Kosanke, S Terrence Dunn, D Jankelow, CMG Duran, MW Cunningham
  Infect Dis 2001;183:507-511 
• ACTIVATION OF MYOCARDIAL ANGIOGENESIS AND UPREGULATION OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-2 IN TRANSMYOCARDIAL-REVASCULARIZATION-TREATED MICE
  K Chiotti, SJ Choo, SL Martin, C Reichert, TM Grass, CMG Duran, JD Coffin
  Coron Artery Dis 2000;11:537-544 
• A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO INTRAOPERATIVE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE MITRAL VALVE APPARATUS WITH ANATOMIC CORRELATION
  BA Bollen, HH Luo, JH Oury, DS Rubenson, RM Savage, CMG Duran
  Case 4-2000 of Case Conferences, Hensley and Aronson (Eds)
  J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2000;14(3):330-338 
• A STUDY OF THE JUNCTION BETWEEN GLUTARALDEHYDE-TREATED ALLOGENEIC AORTA AND HOST AORTA
  AC Grobe, DT Cheung, HH Luo, Y Shomura, DC Marchion, JC Pfau, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2000;9:570-575 
• SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF AORTIC ROOT VOLUME AND COMMISSURAL AREA OCCURS PRIOR TO AORTIC VALVE OPENING
  DC Pang, SJ Choo, HH Luo, Y Shomura, S Daniel, SJ Nikolic, DT Cheung, JH Oury, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 2000 Jan;9:9-15
• In Discussion of REPAIR OF ANTERIOR LEAFLET MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE: CHORDAL REPLACEMENT VERSUS CHORDAL SHORTENING
  by Phillips et al. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:25-29
• Meeting discussion comments on PHENOTYPIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF INTERSTITIAL CELLS FROM HUMAN HEART VALVES, PERICARDIUM AND SKIN
  by Taylor et al. J Heart Valve Dis 2000 Jan;9:150-158
• Meeting discussion comments on SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE PROLAPSING ANTERIOR LEAFLET IN DEGENERATIVE MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
  by El Khoury et al. J Heart Valve Dis 2000 Jan;9:75-81
• Meeting Discussion comments on THE AORTIC VALVE BLOOD SUPPLY
  by Weind et al. J Heart Valve Dis 2000 Jan;9:1-8 
• BEHAVIOR OF VITAL AND KILLED AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIUM IN THE DESCENDING AORTA OF SHEEP
  DT Cheung, SJ Choo, AC Grobe, DC Marchion, HH Luo, DC Pang, BE Favara, JH Oury, CMG Duran
  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 Dec;118(6):998-1005 
• SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE REPAIR OF ANTERIOR MITRAL LEAFLET PROLAPSE
  CMG Duran
  J Card Surg 1999 Nov-Dec;14(6):471-481 
• MULTIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: A ROADMAP FOR MITRAL VALVE REPAIR
  PM Shah, AA Raney, CMG Duran, JH Oury
  J Heart Valve Dis 1999 Nov;8(6):625-629 
• EXPANDING INDICATIONS FOR THE ROSS PROCEDURE
  JH Oury, BG Hardy, HH Luo, JM Maxwell, CMG Duran
  Ann Thorac Surg 1999 Oct;68(4):1403-1406
• In Discussion of IS ANTERIOR LEAFLET REPAIR ALWAYS NECESSARY IN REPAIR OF BILEAFLET MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE? by Gillinov et al. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:820-824 
• CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROSS PROCEDURE: DO ITS PROBLEMS JUSTIFY WIDER APPLICATION?
  JH Oury, SK Mackey, CMG Duran
  Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 Oct;11(4 Suppl 1):55-61
• AORTIC ROOT GEOMETRY: PATTERN OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LEAFLETS AND SINUSES OF VALSALVA
  SJ Choo, G McRae, JP Olomon, G St. George, W Davis, CL Burleson-Bowles, D Pang, HH Luo, D Vavra, DT Cheung, JH Oury, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 1999 Jul;8(4):407-415 
• A SURGICAL METHOD FOR SELECTING APPROPRIATE SIZE OF GRAFT IN AORTIC ROOT REMODELING Letter To The Editor
  SJ Choo, CMG Duran
  Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:599-600 
• VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES IN THE MITRAL AND TRICUSPID VALVES EXPLANTED FROM A PATIENT TREATED WITH FENFLURAMINE-PHENTERMINE Letter to the Editor
  CF Garon, JH Oury, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 1999 Mar;8(2):232
• Editorial Comment on SEMIRIGID OR FLEXIBLE MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY RINGS DO NOT AFFECT GLOBAL OR BASAL REGIONAL LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION by Green et al. Circulation 1999;98:II128-II136 
• REPARACIÓN Y RECONSTRUCCIÓN AÓRTICA
  CMG Duran
  Monocardio 1998;51:5-11 (“Avances en Cirugía Cardíaca”) 
• CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AS AN INTRAOPERATIVE METHOD TO DETERMINE THE AREA OF MYOCARDIUM PERFUSED BY TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER CHANNELS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
  SJ Choo, PM Shah, JH Oury, CMG Duran
  J Card Surg 1998;13(6):484-488 
• AN IN VITRO STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN AORTIC VALVE DIAMETER AND MITRAL INTERTRIGONAL DISTANCE: A SIMPLE METHOD TO SELECT THE CORRECT MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY RING SIZE
  SJ Choo, J Olomon, C Bowles, HH Luo, D Pang, JH Oury, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 1998 Sep;7(5):593-597 
• THE ROSS PROCEDURE: CURRENT REGISTRY RESULTS
  JH Oury, SP Hiro, JM Maxwell, JJ Lamberti, CMG Duran
  Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:S162-S165 
• CARDIOPULMONARY RESPONSE TO MAXIMAL EXERCISE IN YOUNG ATHLETES FOLLOWING THE ROSS PROCEDURE
  JH Oury, DB Doty, JD Oswalt, JF Knapp, SK Mackey, CMG Duran
  Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:S153-S154 
• TREATED BOVINE AND AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIUM FOR AORTIC VALVE RECONSTRUCTION.
  CMG Duran, B Gometza, M Shahid, Z Al Halees
  Ann Thorac Surg, 1998;66:S166-S169 
• IN VITRO SELF-TRAINING IN THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE OF AORTIC VALVE REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION
  HH Lou, SJ Choo, JH Oury, CMG Duran
  Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 1998;6(3):162-165 
• AORTIC VALVE REPAIR WITH BOVINE PERICARDIUM, Letter To The Editor
  Z AlHalees, B Gometza, CMG Duran
  Ann Thorac Surg 1998 Feb;65:601-602
• CIRCULAR PLICATION ANNULOPLASTY FOR RHEUMATIC MITRAL VALVE DISEASE, Invited Commentary
  CMG Duran
  Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 1997;5:127-128 
• EDITORIAL: THE WISDOM OF REPAIRING STENOTIC MITRAL LESIONS
  CMG Duran
  J Heart Valve Dis 1997;6:375-376
• In Discussion of REOPERATION FOR FAILURE OF MITRAL VALVE REPAIR, by AM Gillinov et al.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997;113:474
• In Discussion of PAPILLARY MUSCLE-LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL COMPLEX by M Komeda et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997;113:301 
• VASCULAR REACTIVITY OF ARTERIAL CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE
  N Dzimiri, AH Chester, SP Allen, C Duran, MH Yacoub
  Clinic Cardiol 1996;19(3):165-171 
• INFLUENCE OF COOLING ON MESENTERIC VASCULAR REACTIVITY
  SP Allen, M Kumar, B Arnfeh, AH Chester, N Dzimiri, CMG Duran, MH Yacoub
  Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg 1996;10:1015-1020 
• CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW UP AFTER AORTIC VALVE RECONSTRUCTION WITH BOVINE AND AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIUM
  K Bjornstad, R Martin Duran, K G Nassau, B Gometza, LK Hatle, CMG Duran
  Am Heart J 1996;132:1173-1178 
• MITRAL VALVE DISEASE: A CARDIOLOGIC-SURGICAL INTERACTION
  CMG Duran
  Israel J Med Sci 1996;32:843-845 
• THE SHEEP AS AN ANIMAL MODEL FOR HEART VALVE RESEARCH
  ML Ali, SP Kumar, K Bjornstad, CMG Duran
  J Cardiovasc Surg 1996;4:543-549 
• AORTIC VALVE REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION
  CMG Duran
  Op Tech Card Thorac Surg 1996;1:15-29 
• ADVANTAGE OF INOUE BALLOON CATHETER IN MITRAL BALLOON VALVOTOMY: EXPERIENCE WITH 220 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS
  ME Fawzy, L Mimish, V Sivanandam, J Lingamanaicker, M Al-Amri, B Khan, B Dunn, CMG Duran
  Cath Cardiovasc Diag 1996;38:9-14 
• SURGERY FOR RHEUMATIC MITRAL REGURGITATION IN PATIENTS BELOW 20 YEARS OF AGE: AN ANALYSIS OF FAILURES
  B Gometza, Z Al-Halees, M Shahid, L Hatle, CMG Duran
  J Heart Valv