Volume 35, Number 1, 2008 - Website Features and Table of Contents
Two website features are available with this issue:
Editorial
Guest Editorial: Dishonesty in Medicine Revisited (PDF)
Case Series
Contrast Echocardiography for Right-Sided Heart Conditions: Case Reports and Literature Review (PDF)
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| Full-text electronic versions of past issues (including website features) of the Texas Heart Institute Journal (ISSN 0730-2347) are available online at PubMed Central. |
Editorials A Word from the Dark Side
James J. Ferguson, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):1)
Passing of the Editorship to Dr. James Willerson
James T. Willerson, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):2)
In Memoriam: Tetsuzo Akutsu (1922–2007)
O.H. Frazier, MD, and Denton A. Cooley, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):4-5)
Website Feature
Guest Editorial
Dishonesty in Medicine Revisited
Herbert L. Fred, MD, MACP
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):6-15)
Laboratory Investigation
Targeted Gene Silencing of Tumor Necrosis Factor Attenuates the Negative Inotropic Effects of Lipopolysaccharide in Isolated Contracting Cardiac Myocytes
R.S. Ramabadran, MD, PhD, Amanda Chancey, PhD, Jesus G. Vallejo, MD, Philip M. Barger, MD, Natarajan Sivasubramanian, PhD, Douglas L. Mann, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):16-21)
Clinical Investigation
Evaluation of Left Ventricular Long-Axis Function in Cases of Rheumatic Pure Mitral Stenosis with Atrial Fibrillation
Sule Buyukkaya, MD, Eyup Buyukkaya, MD, Sakir Arslan, MD, Enbiya Aksakal, MD, Serdar Sevimli, MD, Fuat Gundogdu, MD, Huseyin Senocak, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):22-7)
Coronary Anomalies
“Acute Takeoff” of the Circumflex Artery: A Newly Recognized Coronary Anatomic Variant with Potential Clinical Consequences
Paolo Angelini, MD, Alexander Trujillo, MD, Fadi Sawaya, Vei-Vei Lee, MS
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):28-31)
Surgical Technique
ALCAPA with the Ectopic Orifice at the Non-Facing Sinus: Successful Anatomic Repair by Creation of an Autologous Extrapulmonary Tunnel
Ralf Sodian, MD, Darius Rassoullian, MD, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, MD, Markus Loeff, MD, Christoph Schmitz, MD, Bruno Reichart, MD, Sabine Daebritz, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):32-5)
Editorial Commentary
Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery: The Location of the Ectopic Ostium and the Course of the Proximal Left Coronary Artery Make a Difference
Paolo Angelini, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):36-7)
Case Series
Website Feature
Contrast Echocardiography for Right-Sided Heart Conditions: Case Reports and Literature Review
Harvinder Arora, MD, MPH, Salim S. Virani, MD, Leo Simpson, MD, Raymond F. Stainback, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):38-41)
Case Reports
Contained Ascending Aortic Rupture Disguised as a Right Atrial Mass
Philip S. Marzolino, DO, Justin H. Reynolds, DO, Joseph S. Coselli, MD, Alina M. Grigore, MD, FASE
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):43-5)
Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Support in a Patient with a Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect
Igor D. Gregoric, MD, Mark C. Bieniarz, MD, Harvinder Arora, MD, O.H. Frazier, MD, Biswajit Kar, MD, Pranav Loyalka, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):46-9)
Distal Embolization and Proximal Stent-Graft Deployment: A Dual Approach to Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Superior Gluteal Artery Aneurysm
Germano Melissano, MD, Massimo Venturini, MD, Domenico Baccellieri, MD, Fabio Calliari, MD, Alessandro Del Maschio, MD, Roberto Chiesa, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):50-3)
Transvenous Biventricular Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Right Superior Vena Cava Atresia
J. Alberto Lopez, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):54-7)
Transcatheter Closure of a Coronary Fistula with an Amplatzer® Vascular Plug: Should a Retrograde Approach Be Standard?
Seyed Ebrahim Kassaian, MD, Mohammad Alidoosti, MD, Hakimeh Sadeghian, MD, Maria Raissi Dehkordi, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):58-61)
Intraoperative Anticoagulation Management during Cardiac Transplantation for a Patient with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and a Left Ventricular Assist Device
Yasmin Wadia, MD, John R. Cooper, Jr., MD, Arthur W. Bracey, MD, Katheleen Pinto, PharmD, O.H. Frazier, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):62-5)
Spontaneous Rupture of the Superficial Femoral Artery Treated via an Endovascular Approach
Andrea Siani, MD, Isaac Flaishman, MD, Luca Maria Siani, MD, Federica Mounayergi, MD, Alvaro Zaccaria, MD, Annalisa Schioppa, MD, Emanuele Baldassarre, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):66-8)
Resection of a Left Atrial Hemangioma: Report of a Case and Overview of the Literature on Resected Cardiac Hemangiomas
Cipriano Abad, MD, Serguei de Varona, MD, Miguel A. Limeres, MD, Juan Morales, MD, José Marrero, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):69-72)
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Atypical Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Dobutamine-Precipitated Apical Ballooning with Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
John Cherian, MD, Seema Kothari, MD, Dimitrios Angelis, DO, Amr Atef, MD, Brian Downey, MD, Joseph Kirkpatrick, Jr., MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):73-5)
Methemoglobinemia in a Young Man
Yasmin S. Hamirani, MD, Wayne Franklin, MD, Ronald G. Grifka, MD, FACC, Raymond F. Stainback, MD, FACC
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):76-7)
Images in Cardiovascular Medicine
Left Cervical Aortic Arch with Right Ligamentum Arteriosum Forming a Vascular Ring
Fong-Lin Chen, MD, Giles W. Vick, MD, PhD, Shuping Ge, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):78-9)
Double Aortic Arch Suspected upon Transthoracic Echocardiography and Diagnosed upon Computed Tomography
Cem Koz, MD, Mehmet Yokusoglu, MD, Mehmet Uzun, MD, Mustafa Tasar, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):80-1)
Atypical Carotid Body Tumor
Gokhan Ilhan, MD, Omer Tetik, MD, Haydar Yasa, MD, Bulent Pamuk, MD, Ali Gurbuz, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):82-3)
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Heart
Hafize Yaliniz, MD, Orhan Kemal Salih, MD, Acar Tokcan, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):84-5)
Nonischemic Anterior and Inferior Wall Stunning in the Setting of Severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Dong Huang, MD, Fang-Yun Jiang, MD, Jing-Yu Hang, MD, Zhi-Gang Lu, MD, Meng Wei, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):86)
Correspondence
The Origin of Echocardiography?
Harvey Feigenbaum, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):87-8)
With reply by Siddharth Singh, MBBS, Abha Goyal, MBBS
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):88-9)
Lambl's Excrescences: Is Surgical Excision Really Necessary?
Rowlens M. Melduni, MD, FASE, FACC, Kyle W. Klarich, MD, FACC, Gillian C. Nesbitt, MD, Clarence Shub, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):89)
With reply by Faisal Aziz, MD, Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr., MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):90)
On the Death of Arthur Keats
Lawrence Noriega, PhD (Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):90-1)
History of Streptokinase Use in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Fidel M. Cáceres-Lóriga, MD, PhD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(1):91)
Clinical Update 2008 is a comprehensive collection of educational presentations for physicians. This CME (continuing medical education) activity is available on a CD-ROM included with this March 2008 issue of the Journal. The full course may also be accessed online.
