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Optimism and Cardiovascular Disease: Meta-analysis Provides New Insights
An optimistic outlook might keep you alive longer and reduce your risk of heart and vascular problems. That’s the conclusion...
Updates & Features
Do “Insurance Lesions” Make Radiofrequency Ablation More Effective?
There is a common notion among electrophysiologists who perform RA that ablating an area more than once during the RA...
Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 49, Issue 2 | Special Series on Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Medicine
TECHNIQUES Continuous Thoracic Paravertebral Block to Treat Electrical Storm Daryl I. Smith, MD; Sarah A. Kralovic, MD, MS; Rafeek...
THI Scientists Identify Common Respiratory Diseases That Trigger Takotsubo Syndrome
In the Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratories at the Texas Heart Institute (THI), scientists perform basic research to understand the molecular...
Could Liquid Wires Revolutionize How Doctors Pace the Heart?
A novel hydrogel electrode may improve the effectiveness of electrotherapy. Cardiac arrhythmias, such as ventricular fibrillation, are the leading cause...
Avoiding Primary Graft Dysfunction After Lung Transplant
Lung transplantation can be a life-saving procedure—one that has become especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it carries a...
A Husband and Father’s Second Chance
In 2020, a devoted husband and father underwent a successful coronary artery bypass operation, but his cardiologist and cardiac surgeons...
Thirty Years of Experience with the “Elephant Trunk” Technique
Dr. Coselli Publishes Largest-ever Series of Aortic Aneurysm Repairs with the “Elephant Trunk” Technique Aortic aneurysm—a weakening of the wall...
Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 49, Issue 1
IMAGES IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula After Distal Transradial Coronary Wah Wah Htun, MD; Myo Maw, MD; Tak...
THI Doctor Named Top Social Media Influencer in Cardiology
Texas Heart Institute cardiologist Briana Costello, MD, was recently named on a list of the top 100 Twitter influencers in...
THI Doctors First to Describe an Uncommon Cause for Atypical Flutter
THI’s Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Research Team Discovers a Pattern of Macroreentrant Atrial Flutter Arising in Patients Who Underwent Transseptal Puncture...
Did You Know? The Ali Massumi Cardiac Arrhythmia Symposium: Remembering Dr. Massumi
As the date for the 2022 Ali Massumi Cardiac Arrhythmia Symposium approaches, we reflect on the remarkable man for whom...
