Clincal Investigation
Benefits of Catheter Thrombectomy during Carotid Stenting: A Preliminary Study
Eduardo Hernandez, MD, FACC, Nisheeth Goel, MD, Kathryn G. Dougherty, CRTT, CVT, Neil E. Strickman, MD, FACC, Zvonimir Krajcer, MD, FACC
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):404-8)
64-Slice Multidetector Computed Tomographic Evaluation of Arterial Conduit Patency after Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Vito A. Mannacio, MD, Massimo Imbriaco, MD, Severino Iesu, MD, Agostino La Marca Giordano, MD, Luigi Di Tommaso, MD, Carlo Vosa, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):409-15)
Coronary Revascularization Alone or with Mitral Valve Repair: Outcomes in Patients with Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Sorel Goland, MD, Lawrence S.C. Czer, MD, Robert J. Siegel, MD, Michele A. DeRobertis, RN, James Mirocha, MS, Kaveh Zivari, BS, Robert M. Kass, MD, Sharo Raissi, MD, Gregory Fontana, MD, Wen Cheng, MD, Alfredo Trento, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):416-24)
Repair of Atrial Septal Defects on the Perfused Beating Heart
Nikhil Pendse, MS, MCh, Sanjeev Gupta, MS, Mohammed Abid Geelani, MS, MCh, Harpreet Singh Minhas, MS, MCh, Saket Agarwal, MS, MCh, Akhlesh Tomar, MD, Amit Banerjee, MS, MCh
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):425-7)
Pseudoaneurysm in the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract after Prosthetic Aortic Valve Implantation: Evaluation upon Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography
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I-Chen Tsai, MD, Shih-Rong Hsieh, MD, Ming-Sheng Chern, MD, Hsiao-Ting Huang, MD, Min-Chi Chen, RT, Wei-Lin Tsai, MD, Clayton Chi-Chang Chen, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):428-32)
Cooley Society 16th International Symposium
Surgical Mentors: Blalock, Brock, and DeBakey
Denton A. Cooley, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):433-4)
Evolution of Aortic Arch Repair
Joseph S. Coselli, MD, Susan Y. Green, MPH
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):435-7)
Evolution of Surgical Techniques for Mitral Valve Repair
Ugo Filippo Tesler, MD, Gheorghe Cerin, MD, Eugenio Novelli, PhD, Anamaria Popa, MD, Marco Diena, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):438-40)
Surgical Knife
John Ochsner, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):441-3)
Complications of Endovascular Aortic Repair: Prevention and Management
Mark A. Farber, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):444-5)
Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Michael P. Siegenthaler, MD, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):446-8)
Surgeons as Mirrors of Common Life: A Novel Inquiry into the Ethics of Surgery
Harold Y. Vanderpool, PhD, ThM
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):449-50)
Surgical Treatment of Primary Cardiac Sarcomas
Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, Michael J. Reardon, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):451-2)
[The CME course containing selected presentations from the 16th International Symposium is now available on the THI website. View course details.]
Historical Perspectives
At the Cutting Edge of the Impossible: A Tribute to Vladimir P. Demikhov
Igor E. Konstantinov, MD, PhD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):453-8)
Coronary Anomalies
Coronary Artery Fistula Ligation in a Child with Use of the Starfish Heart Positioner
F. Bennett Pearce, MD, William S. McMahon, MD, Jeffrey A. Alten, MD, James K. Kirklin, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):459-61)
Case Series
Acute Aortic Dissection Early after Off-Pump Coronary Surgery: True Frequency Underestimated?
Imad F. Tabry, MD, Eugene M. Costantini, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):462-7)
Case Reports
Migraine and Vasodepressor Syncope in a Large Family
Robert D. Paisley, BA, Harvinder S. Arora, MD, Alireza Nazeri, MD, Ali Massumi, MD, Mehdi Razavi, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):468-9)
Takayasu Arteritis in a Young Woman: A 4-Year Case History
Fadi Saab, MD, Robert P. Giugliano, MD, SM, Gregory R. Giugliano, MD, SM
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):470-4)
Reconstruction of the Fibrous Trigone
Mehmet H. Akay, MD, Magdalena Anna Danch, MD, William E. Cohn, MD, O.H. Frazier, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):475-6)
Sinus Arrest during Radiofrequency Ablation of the Atrioventricular-Node Slow Pathway: Implications and Possible Mechanisms
Nilesh Mathuria, MD, Jaromir Bobek, RCIS, Hamid Afshar, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):477-9)
Surgical Improvement of Hepatic Venous Mixing to Resolve Systemic Arterial Hypoxemia Associated with Post-Fontan Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulae
Steffan Sernich, MD, Nancy Ross-Ascuitto, MD, Jaime Dorotan, MD, Serafin DeLeon, MD, Robert J. Ascuitto, PhD, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):480-2)
Aortopulmonary Fistula: A Rare Complication of an Aortic Aneurysm
Mahadev Damodar Dixit, DNB, Mohan Gan, MCh, Nishanimath Gurudev Narendra, MCh, Raghunath L. Mohapatra, MCh, Prabhu C. Halkatti, DM, Bhagyalakshmi V. Bhaskar, MS
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):483-5)
Quadricuspid Aortic Valve without Severe Dysfunction despite Advanced Age
Arda Sanli Okmen, MD, Ertan Okmen, MD, FESC
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):486-8)
Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Repair of the Brachiocephalic Artery and Aorta after a Gunshot Wound to the Chest
Christopher J. Mutrie, MD, Shady M. Eldaif, MD, Grace D. Rozycki, MD, Edward P. Chen, MD, Cullen D. Morris, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):489-90)
Images in Cardiovascular Medicine
Right Coronary Artery-to-Right Ventricle Fistula in a Pediatric Patient Evaluated by 64-Detector-Row Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography
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Aloha Meave, MD, Gabriela Melendez, MD, Juan Manuel Ochoa, MD, Pedro Alberto Lamothe, MD, Rodrigo Calleja, MD, Erick Alexanderson, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):491-3)
Incidental Diagnosis of Interrupted Aortic Arch in a 72-Year-Old Man
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Mahboob Alam, MD, Leo Simpson, MD, Salim S. Virani, MD, Benjamin Cheong, MD, Pranav Loyalka, MD, Andrew B. Civitello, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):494-5)
Bioprosthetic Tricuspid Valve Dehiscence in a Patient with Ebstein Anomaly
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Maryam Moshkani Farahani, MD, Ataollah Bagherzadeh, MD, Mehrdad Salehi, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):496-7)
Cardiovascular Complications in Behçet Syndrome: Acute Myocardial Infarction with Late Stent Thrombosis and Coronary, Ventricular, and Femoral Pseudoaneurysms
Alex Harrison, MD, Amir Abolhoda, MD, Chowdhury Ahsan, MD, PhD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):498-500)
Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Clinical Entity Uncommonly Recognized
Mahboob Alam, MD, Salim S. Virani, MD, Leo Simpson, MD, Stephen B. Williams, MD, James M. Wilson, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):501-4)
Correspondence
Thrombotic Obstruction of a Mechanical Prosthetic Valve in Tricuspid Position: Therapeutic Considerations
Fidel Manuel Cáceres-Lóriga, MD, PhD, José Santos-Gracia, MD, PhD, Horacio Pérez-López, MD, PhD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):505)
The Twiddling Andersen
Victor Parsonnet, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2009;36(5):505)
