Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 49, Issue 5

IMAGES IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Severe Aortic Stenosis and Large Membranous Interventricular Septal Aneurysm
Maheedhar Gedela, MD; Tomasz Stys, MD; Terezia Petraskova, DO; Adam Stys, MD

Combined Disease of the Quadricuspid Aortic Valve
Robert Blazekovic, MD, PhD; Jasmina Catic, MD, PhD; Stjepan Barisin, MD, PhD; Marko Kusurin, MD; Savica Gjorgjievska, MD; Stanislav Glumbic, MD

Double-Balloon Technique Using Optimo Balloon Guiding Catheter for Blood Flow Occlusion During Open Surgical Repair of Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysm
Takashi Yanagiuchi, MD; Taku Kato, MD; Kimitoshi Kitani, MD; Shinya Yamazaki, MD; Shunpei Ushimaru, MD; Hirokazu Yokoi, MD

Primary Renal Synovial Sarcoma Presenting as Metastatic Right Atrial Obstruction
Owais Ulhaq, MD; Syed Altamash Ali, MD; Umair Khalid, MD; Waleed Tallat Kayani, MD

 

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

New Diagnostic Criteria for Overmedication in Systemic Arterial Hypertension
Ricardo Pereira Silva, MD, PhD; Henrique Rodrigues, MS

Arrhythmia Burden and Heart Rate Response During Exercise in Anderson-Fabry Disease
Adam W. Powell, MD; Samuel G. Wittekind, MD; Wayne A. Mays, MS; Sean M. Lang, MD; Timothy K. Knilans, MD; Carlos E. Prada, MD; Robert J. Hopkin, MD; Clifford Chin, MD

Anterior and Posterior Pulmonary Cusp Augmentation in the Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot
Irfan Tasoglu, MD, PhD; Basak Soran Turkcan, MD, PhD; Naim Boran Tumer, MD, PhD; Atakan Atalay, MD, PhD; Deniz Eris, MD, PhD

Improved Right Ventricular Systolic Function After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure
Hakimeh Sadeghian, MD; Ali Kazemisaied, MD; Mehrnaz Rezvanfard, MD; Arash Jalali, PhD; Afsaneh Sadeghian, MD; Haleh Ashraf, MD; Farbod Semnani, MD; Amirhossein Ghaseminejad Raeini, MD

Being Overweight Is Related to Neoaortic Sinus Dilatation After Arterial Switch Operation
Jun Muneuchi, MD; Mamie Watanabe, MD; Yuichiro Sugitani, MD; Hirohito Doi, MD; Takashi Furuta, MD; Hiroki Ezaki, MD; Masaru Kobayashi, MD; Yoshie Ochiai, MD

PentaRay® Multielectrode Mapping Catheter for Atrial Tachyarrhythmia in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
Anudeep K. Dodeja, MD; Yubo Tan, MBBS, MS; Tamara Ackley, RN; Jennifer Russell, MSN, RN; Naomi Kertesz, MD; Curt J. Daniels, MD; Anna Kamp, MD, MPH

Association Between Ischemic Stroke and Left Atrial Appendage Morphology in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Low CHA2DS2-VASc Scores
Kan Huang, MD; Haitao Wen, MD; Canjun Liu, MD

Well-Developed Coronary Collateral Circulation Is Associated With Higher Thrombus Burden in the Setting of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Aslı Vural, MD; Devrim Kurt, MD; Ahmet Karagöz, MD; Zeki Yüksel Günaydın, MD

Impact of Active and Historical Cancers on the Management and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicating Cardiogenic Shock
Sri Harsha Patlolla, MBBS; Anusha G. Bhat, MD; Pranathi R. Sundaragiri, MD; Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD; Rajkumar P. Doshi, MD, MPH; Sudeep K. Siddappa Malleshappa, MD; Deepak K. Pasupula, MD, MPH; Wissam A. Jaber, MD; William J. Nicholson, MD; Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc

Can Right Ventricular Branch Bypass Alleviate Right Ventricular Dysfunction?
Mehmet Ali Sahin, MD; Mehmet Yokuşoğlu, MD; Erkan Kuralay, MD; Ertugrul Ozal, MD

Comparison of MANTA vs ProGlide Vascular Closure Device and 30-Day Outcomes in Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Christos Eftychiou, MD, PhD; Nicolaos Eteocleous, MD; Andreas Mitsis, MD; Ioannis Zittis, MD; Kyriacos Papadopoulos, MD, PhD; Andria Petrou, MD; Maria Adamou, MSc; Christos Kounnos, MSc; Christos Bekos, MD, PhD; Panayiotis Avraamides, MBBS, BSc

 

CASE REPORTS

Repair of Congenital Right Atrial Aneurysm Associated With Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in a 5-Year-Old Girl
Ruben Movsesyan, MD, PhD; Sergey Termosesov, MD; Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, MD, PhD; Gennady Chigikov, MD; Nikolay Antsygin, MD

Subclavian Steal Phenomenon Associated With Vascular Ring in an Infant Who Had a Prenatally Diagnosed Right Aortic Arch With an Atretic Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery
Daiji Takajo, MD, MPH; Jennifer Blake, MD; Sanjeev Aggarwal, MD

Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysms Discovered Early After Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Surgical Timing Dilemma
Andrei George Iosifescu, MD, PhD; Toma Andrei Iosifescu, MD; Alina Teodora Timisescu, MD; Elena-Laura Antohi, MD; Vlad Anton Iliescu, MD, PhD

Lyme Carditis Presenting With Complete Heart Block and Wide Complex Escape Rhythm
Jordan M. Zaid, MD; Justin M. Lingel, MD; Eitan Scheinthal, DO; Michael Foster, MD; Loheetha Ragupathi, MD; Andrea M. Russo, MD

Advancing a Bulky Delivery System Using a Novel Technique During Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation
Wenzhi Pan, MD; Shiqiang Hou, MD; Shasha Chen, MD; Daxin Zhou, MD; Junbo Ge, MD

Syncope in a Patient With Giant Left Main Coronary Aneurysm: Is There a Link With Ventricular Arrhythmias?
Kyriacos Papadopoulos, MD, PhD; Theodoros Christophides, MD; Christos Eftychiou, MD, PhD; Nicos Eteokleous, MD; Andreas Mitsis, MD; Ioannis Zittis, MD; Panayiotis Avraamides, MD

Usefulness of 3-Dimensional Reconstruction Images of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiogram in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Bentall Operation
Kazunori Sugimura, MD; Masaki Miyasaka, MD; Masaki Nakashima, MD; Norio Tada, MD, PhD

A Special Clinical Scenario for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: “Iatrogenic Double-Outlet” Left Ventricle
Alexander Postalian, MD; Sudeep Kuchibhotla, MD; Srikanth Koneru, MD; Neil E. Strickman, MD

 

REVIEW

Elevated Natriuretic Peptides in Patients With Severe or Critical COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis
Benjamin Benhuri, MD; Tadao Aikawa, MD, PhD; Hisato Takagi, MD, PhD; Daniel Benhuri, MD; Toshiki Kuno, MD, PhD

Does Pacemaker Implantation After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Impact Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality? A Focused Review
Mohammad El Diasty, MD, PhD; Mark Davies, MD; Angel L. Fernandez, MD, PhD; Igo Ribeiro, MD; Darrin Payne, MD; Dimitri Petsikas, MD

Photoplethysmography-Based Smart Devices for Detection of Atrial Fibrillation
Adna Sijerčić, MSc; Elnur Tahirović, MD, PhD

 

CORONARY ANOMALIES

Surgical Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction Caused by Intramural Anomalous Left Coronary Artery in a Young Female Athlete
Guglielmo Saitto, MD; Antonio Lio, MD; Vincenzo Polizzi, MD; Marco Russo, MD; Francesca Nicolò, MD; Federico Ranocchi, MD; Francesco Musumeci, MD

 

CASE SERIES

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Pregnancy: A Retrospective Analysis From a Tertiary Care Hospital
Pooja Sikka, MD; Vanita Suri, MD; Seema Chopra, MD; Neelam Aggarwal, MD; Subhas Chandra Saha, MD; Ramandeep Bansal, MD; Rajesh Vijayvergiya, DM; Ajay Bahl, DM, FRCP

Use of the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve in High-Risk Scenarios
Angelo Nascimbene, MD; Courtney McAlister, RN, BSN; Daniel Yo, MD; Stanislava Matejin, MD; Mateja Jezovnik, MD, PhD; Igor D. Gregoric, MD; Biswajit Kar, MD

 

SPECIAL REPORT

Chronic Kidney Disease and Post–Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Mortality in Patients With Left Main and Equivalent Coronary Artery Disease
Neil Yager, DO; Krishnakumar Hongalgi, MD; Mikhail Torosoff, MD, PhD

 

FOCUS ON ECGS: CASE #31

Electrocardiographic ST-Segment Elevation and Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in an Older Patient
Andreas Y. Andreou, MD; Chrisovalantis Christodoulou, MD; Theodoros Christou, MD; Elias Papasavvas, MD

 

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY

Highlighting Infranodal Block in Lyme Carditis
Rachel Wamboldt, MD; Adrian Baranchuk, MD

Coronary Collaterals in STEMI: Do Small Roads Lead to Clot?
George A. Younis, MD

 

FOCUS ON ECGS: CASE #32

Cardiac Arrest in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Andreas Y. Andreou, MD

 

GLOBAL CARDIOVASCULAR FORUM

Strategic Assessment of Mitral Valve Disease
Marc R. Moon, MD

Heart Failure Drug Therapy: New Treatments, New Guidelines
Lauren Golden, MD; Joseph G. Rogers, MD

A Minimalist Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Approach: Safety and Effectiveness in Real-World Practice
Zvonimir Krajcer, MD

Percutaneous Treatment Options for Complex Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease
Srikanth Koneru, MD; Allen Ding Hu, MD

 

ERRATUM

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