Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 42, Issue 1

We are excited to share the February 2015 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. 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 42, Issue 1 of the Journal features the following articles:

Editorial

Taking the Risk: The Other Side of the Story

H. L. Fred

Texas Heart Institute Medal and the Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement in Cardiovascular Diseases

Peabody’s Corner

Locked In and Locked Out

H. L. Fred

Review

Meta-Analysis of CHADS₂ versus CHA₂DS₂-VASc for Predicting Stroke and Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Independent of Anticoagulation

W. Zhu et al.

Clinical Investigation

Impact and Predictors of Noncircular Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Shapes on Estimating Aortic Stenosis Severity by Means of Continuity Equations

N. Bhatia et al.

Acute Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy: A 9-Year Retrospective Analysis

A. R. Hartman et al.

Echocardiographic versus Histologic Findings in Marfan Syndrome

X. Gu et al.

Innovative Chimney-Graft Technique for Endovascular Repair of a Pararenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

E. L. Galiñanes

Case Reports

Improved Systemic Saturation after Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in a Patient with Decompensated Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries after the Fontan Procedure

A. A. Jabbar et al.

Actinomycotic Endocarditis of the Eustachian Valve: A Rare Case and a Review of the Literature

A. Kottam et al.

Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in a Patient with Compensated Cardiac Disease: Hemodynamic and Functional Response to Sildenafil Therapy

L. Nikolaidis et al.

Bacterial Pancarditis with Myocardial Abscess: Successful Surgical Intervention in a 14-Month-Old Boy

J. K. Yoon et al.

Incidental Left Atrial Blood Cyst in a Patient Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

G. Suero et al.

Iliac Artery Aneurysm Repair with Preservation of a Single Ectopic Pelvic Kidney

A. Sarralde et al.

Cardiomyopathy Induced by Pulmonary Sequestration in a 50-Year-Old Man

S. Chatelain et al.

Early Detection of a Cavopulmonary Tumor Embolus with the Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography

M. M. E. Ahmed et al.

Lambl’s Excrescence, Migrainous Headaches, and “Tiger Stripes”: Puzzling Findings in One Patient

G. Davogustto et al.

Left Ventricular Noncompaction in a Family with Lamin A/C Gene Mutation

J. J. Parent et al.

Hemodynamic Evaluation of Suspected Severe Aortic Stenosis Leads to a Diagnosis of Renal Cell Carcinoma

M. Lake et al.

Restoration of Renal Allograft Function via Reduced-Contrast Percutaneous Revascularization of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis

P. A. Erwin et al.

Ochronotic Involvement of the Aortic and Mitral Valves in a 72-Year-Old Man

A. Atalay et al.

Images in Cardiovascular Medicine

Right Ventricular Free Wall Strain: A Predictor of Successful Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

M. C. Todaro et al.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Sarcoidosis: Rare Presentation of an Uncommon Disease

S. S. Patel et al.

Persistent 5th Aortic Arch with Coexisting Discontinuous Pulmonary Arteries, Double-Outlet Right Ventricle, and Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect

G. T. Nicholson III et al.

Book Review

On Medicine Today: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

L. A. Gordon

Correspondence

Methylprednisolone-Induced Transient Ventricular Dysfunction

H. Bhatt et al.

Single Coronary Artery

T. Sen et al.

Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms

G. H. Almassi

Erratum

About the Texas Heart Institute Journal

The Texas Heart Institute Journal is published bimonthly by Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas (ISSN 1526-6702). The Journal was printed under the name of Cardiovascular Diseases from 1974 through 1981 (ISSN 0093-3546). The name was changed to Texas Heart Institute Journal in 1982, and the Journal was printed through 2013 (ISSN 0730-2347). It is indexed by Index Medicus/MEDLINE and by other indexing and abstracting services worldwide.

The statements and opinions expressed in the Texas Heart Institute Journal are those of their authors and are not necessarily those of the Texas Heart Institute Journal, the Texas Heart Institute, the Texas Heart Institute Foundation, or affiliated institutions.