We are excited to share a new issue of the Texas Heart Institute Journal, now available online.

The Texas Heart Institute Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published bimonthly by the Texas Heart Institute as part of its medical education program and also as a continuous publication (NEW in 2021!). The purpose of the Journal is to educate, with emphasis on the dissemination of information to physicians in practice. For more information, visit the THI Journal pages on our website.

Our medical and scientific experts bring a wealth of knowledge and experience that make the THI Journal possible. Members of this group deserve our continuing gratitude and recognition.

Volume 48 Issue 3 of the Journal features the following articles:

CASE REPORTS

Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Facilitate Removal of Endobronchial Tumors
Bryan Miles, BA; Lucian A. Durham, MD, PhD; Jonathan Kurman, MD; Lyle D. Joyce, MD, PhD; David W. Johnstone, MD; David Joyce, MD; Paul J. Pearson, MD, PhD

Use of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Evaluate Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Function in a Man With Obesity
Charlene L. Rohm, MD; Brian Howard, MD; Baqir Lakhani, DO; Marian Wilim, NP; Rachel W. Holden, RN; David Snipelisky, MD

Managing Thrombosis and Hemorrhage in a Man with Myocardial Infarction and Traumatic Hemopericardium with Cardiac Tamponade
Aaron L. Bush, MD; Joseph Allencherril, MD; Mahboob Alam, MD

Percutaneous Hydrogel Coil Embolization of Aneurysms and Coronary Artery Fistulae in Congenital Heart Disease
Steven J. Healan, MD, MSCI; George Nicholson, MD; Thomas Doyle, MD; Dana Janssen, MD

Delayed Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction With Ventricular Septal Rupture Due to Patient Fear During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Minar Chhetry, MD; Reema Bhatt, MD; Nathan H. Tehrani, MD; Dimitrios V. Avgerinos, MD; Charles A. Mack, MD; Samuel J. Lang, MD; Xuming Dai, MD, PhD

 

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Mitochondrial Disease in the United States: A Propensity Score Analysis
Tran Nguyen, MD; Talal Alzahrani, MD, MPH; Joseph Krepp, MD; Gurusher Panjrath, MD

Sustained Use of the Impella 5.0 Heart Pump Enables Bridge to Clinical Decisions in 34 Patients
Daniel W. Nelson, MD; Sakthi Sundararajan, MD; Evan Klein, MD; Lyle D. Joyce, MD, PhD; Lucian A. Durham, MD, PhD; David L. Joyce, MD; Asim A. Mohammed, MD

 

REVIEW

A Review of the Cardiac and Cardiovascular Effects of COVID-19 in Adults and Children
Bibhuti B. Das, MD; S. Kristen Sexon Tejtel, MD; Shriprasad Deshpande, MD; Lara S. Shekerdemian, MD, MHA

Pathophysiology of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Reopened Debate
Paolo Angelini, MD; Carlo Uribe, MD; Jonathan M. Tobis, MD