Texas Heart Institute has been at the forefront of cardiovascular discovery and innovation since its formation. It continues to relentlessly pursue solutions for preventing, diagnosing, and treating heart and vascular disease. Sharing scientific discoveries advance the Institute’s mission and contribute to knowledge globally that can ultimately improve outcomes. In 2019, over 75 Texas Heart Institute members published 187 articles in reputable scientific and medical journals around the world with the help of the Texas Heart Institute Scientific Publications support teams who provide the researchers with professional, scientific editorial services.

FEBRUARY

1. Yutao Xi.  Effects of Rosuvastatin and Aspirin on Retinal Vascular Structures in Hypercholesterolemic Patients with Low-to-Moderate Risk of Coronary Artery Disease. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs.
2. Zvonimir Krajcer and Dhaval Parekh. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation: It’s not like the aortic valve.Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
3. James T. Willerson. Genomic Reorganization of Lamin-Associated Domains in Cardiac Myocytes is Associated with Differential Gene Expression and DNA Methylation in Human Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Circ Res.
4. Zvonimir Krajcer and Dhaval Parekh – Percutaneous atrial septal occluders: Are we there yet? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
5. Mendel Chen . Association between Negatively Charged Low-Density Lipoprotein L5 and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. J Clin Med.
6. Andrew Civitello, Masashi Kawabori, and Sugiura T. Severe LVAD-related infections requiring surgical treatment: Incidence, predictors, effect on survival, and impact of device selection. J Card Surg.
7. Carlo E. Uribe and Paolo E. Angelini. Symptomatic right coronary anomaly with dynamic systolic intramural obliteration and isolated right ventricular ischemia. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.

 

MARCH

1. Paolo Angelini. What can we learn from animal models of Takotsubo syndrome? Int J Cardiol.
2. Maximillian Buja. Cardiac repair and the putative role of stem cells. J Mol Cell Cardiol.Joseph S. Coselli. A fascinating technique searching for a clinical problem. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
3. Joseph S. Coselli, Scott LeMaire, and Dianna Milewicz. SMAD4 rare variants in individuals and families with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. European Journal of Human Genetics.
4. Doris Taylor. Perspectives on directions and priorities for future preclinical studies in regenerative medicine. Circ Res.
5. Todd Rosengart and Joseph S. Coselli. Mitral valve repair rate at a Veterans Affairs hospital utilizing a multidisciplinary heart team. Seminars in Thoracic Cardiovasc Surgery.
6. Mendel Chen. An updated review of lysophosphatidylcholine metabolism in human diseases. Int J Mol Sci.Gabriel Loor. EVLP: ready for prime time?Seminars in Thoracic Cardiovasc Surgery.
7. Daniel Tolpin and James M. Anton. Con: patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation should not always have a left ventricular vent placed. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth.
8. David Burkland and Nilesh Mathuria. Isolated hemopericardium after initiation of rivaroxaban: Implications and potential mechanisms. Clin Pract.
9. Fernanda P. Mesquita, Camila Hochman-Mendez, Jacquelynn Morrissey, Luiz Sampaio, and Doris Taylor. Laminin as a potent substrate for large-scale expansion of human induced pluripotent stem cells in a closed cell expansion system. Stem Cells Int.
10. Dhaval Parekh and Zvonimir Krajcer. Branch pulmonary artery stenting in children by using premounted stents: Can we benefit from slenderization? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
11. Wassim Shatila and Zvonimir Krajcer. TAVI: How to best predict postprocedural outcomes? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
12. Wassim Shatila and Zvonimir Krajcer. Does single-valve surgery cause ischemia? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
13. Andrew Civitello, Todd K. Rosengart, and O.H. Frazier. Concomitant valve procedures in patients undergoing continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation: A single-center experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
14. Paolo Angelini. Embryology of coronary arteries and anatomy/pathophysiology of coronary anomalies. A comprehensive update. Int J Cardiol.
15. O.H. Frazier. The hemopump, the first intravascular ventricular assist device. ASAIO J.
16. Joseph S. Coselli. Review: perspectives on renal and visceral protection during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
17. Mendel Chen. A potential new approach for treating systemic sclerosis: Dedifferentiation of SSc fibroblasts and change in the microenvironment by blocking store-operated Ca2+ entry. PLoS One.

 

APRIL

1. Ourania Preventza and Kim I. De la Cruz. Commentary: When time is brain-In type A aortic dissection, team approach prevails over cannulation strategy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2. Yochai Birnbaum. The significance of electrocardiographic changes without echocardiographic evidence of segmental wall motion abnormalities in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography. J Electrocardiol.
3. Zvonimir Krajcer. Safety of EndoAnchors in real-world use: A report from the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database. Vascular.
4. Joseph Lamelas. A Synthetic Cardiocel Tube for Minimally Invasive Superior Vena Cava Bypass. Ann Thorac Surg.
5. Joseph S. Coselli and Alice Le Huu. Commentary: Horseshoes and hand grenades. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
6. Andrew Civitello. Gastrointestinal Bleeding After HeartMate II or HVAD Implantation: Incidence, Location, Etiology, and Effect on Survival. ASAIO J.
7. Paolo E. Angelini. Coronary artery anomalies: Why should we diagnose them in young athletes, by what means, and for what aims?Eur J Prev Cardiol.
8. Ying H. Shen and Scott LeMaire. Elastin-Specific Autoimmunity in Smokers with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection is Independent of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. J Am Heart Assoc.
9. Ourania Preventza, Benjamin Cheong, Kim De La Cruz, Scott LeMaire, and Joseph S. Coselli. Acute type I aortic dissection with or without antegrade stent delivery: Mid-term outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
10. Mendel Chen. A Novel Cell-Free, Non-Fluorescent Method to Measure Lox-1-Binding Activity Corresponding to The Functional Activity of HDL. J Atheroscler Thromb.
11. Ourania Preventza, Kim De La Cruz, Scott LeMaire, and Joseph S. Coselli. Tracheostomy After horacoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Risk Factors and Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg.
12. Yutao Xi and Jie Cheng. Essential roles of EphrinB2 in mammalian heart: from development to diseases. Cell Commun Signal.
13. Ourania Preventza. Commentary: Respect the brain, and please perfuse mine bilaterally during arch surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
14. Joseph S. Coselli, Ourania Preventza, Kim De La Cruz, and Scott LeMaire. Spinal cord deficit after 1114 extent II open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repairs. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
15. Joseph S. Coselli. Target in range-repair of acute type A aortic dissection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
16. Jie Cheng and Yochai Birnbaum. Tachycardia with alternating pacemaker spikes: Is it pacemaker malfunction? J Electrocardiol.
17. Andrew Civitello, O.H. Frazier. Fatal neurologic dysfunction during continuous-flow left ventricular assist device support. Ann Thorac Surg.
18. Ourania Preventza, Todd Rosengart. Successful conservative management of a large splenic abscess secondary to infective endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg.
19. Rosalinda Madonna . Diagnostic and prognostic relevance of red blood cell distribution width for vascular aging and cardiovascular diseases. Rejuvenation Res.
20. Mehdi Razavi. An Energy Harvesting Wireless Leadless Multisite Pacemaker Prototype. IEEE Xplore.

 

MAY

1. Payam Safavi-Naeini and Mehdi Razavi. Effect of high influenza activity on risk of ventricular arrhythmias requiring therapy in patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators. Am J Cardiol.
2. Mahboob Alam and Yochai Birnbaum. Upsloping ST depression: Is it acute ischemia? Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol.
3. Scott LeMaire, Ourania Preventza, Kim I. de la Cruz, and Joseph S. Coselli. Early-stage acute kidney injury adversely affects thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018.
4. Rosalinda Madonna. From molecular mechanisms to clinical management of antineoplastic drug-induced cardiovascular toxicity: a translational overview. Antioxid Redox Signal.
5. Maximillan Buja, and Deborah C. Vela. Automated detection of superficial macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques using autofluorescence lifetime imaging. Atherosclerosis.
6. Wassim Shatila and Zvonimir Krajcer. Myocardial fibrosis and MitraClip: Does it even matter? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
7. Paul G. Swinton and James F Martin. The hippo pathway blocks mammalian retinal Muller glial cell reprogramming. Cell Rep.
8. Vishal Parikh. Update in recent clinical trials in heart failure. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2019.
9. James F. Martin. Transcriptomic and epigenetic regulation of hair cell regeneration in the mouse utricle and its potentiation by Atoh1. Elife.
10. Alex Smith and William E. Cohn. Dietrich JE. Can we improve vaginal tissue healing using customized devices: 3D printing and biomechanical changes in vaginal tissue. Gynecol Obstet Invest.
11. Kawabori M, Kurihara C, Conyer RT, Critsinelis AC, Sugiura T,and Todd Rosengart. Morgan JA. Effect of concomitant mitral valve procedures for severe mitral regurgitation during left ventricular assist device implantation. J Artif Organs.
12. William E. Cohn. Evaluation of the CorInnova heart assist device in an acute heart failure model. J Cardiovasc Transl Res.
13. Joanna Molina Razavi and Yochai Birnbaum. Atrial pacing every other beat: Is it pacemaker malfunction? J Electrocardiol.
14. Benjamin Cheong and Raja Muthupillai. High frame rate cardiac cine MRI for the evaluation of diastolic function and its direct correlation with echocardiography. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019.
15. Chatterjee S. Commentary: Enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery: A game changer, passing fad, or somewhere in between?J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
16. Joseph S. Coselli. Witness protection for authors of controversial guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
17. Alice Le Huu and Joseph S. Coselli. Commentary: To be or not to be: The guidelines are the question. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
18. Ourania Preventza, Kim I. de la Cruz and Coselli JS. Commentary: In surgery for acute type A aortic dissection, follow the principles and do what you need to do. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
19. James F Martin. Optical coherence elastography reveals the changes in cardiac tissue biomechanical properties after myocardial infarction in a mouse model. Proc SPIE.
20. James F Martin. Assessment of the biomechanical changes in cardiac tissue after myocardial infarction with optical coherence elastography. Proc SPIE.
21. Joseph S. Coselli. Hemoadsorption to reduce plasma free hemoglobin during cardiac surgery: Results of REFRESH I pilot study. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019.
22. Yochai Birnbaum. Hepatocellular carcinoma involving the left ventricle. Tex Heart Inst J.
23. Mark Pollet and Yochai Birnbaum. Tachycardia in the presence of ventricular pacing. Tex Heart Inst J.

 

JUNE

1. Swami Gnanashanmugam and Joseph Lamelas. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Alkaptonuria-Associated Aortic Stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg.
2. Doris Taylor. Sex-Based Differences in Outcomes After Mitral Valve Surgery for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: From the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network. JACC Heart Fail.
3. Todd R. Heallen, Jong Hwan Kim, James F. Martin. Stimulating Cardiogenesis as a Treatment for Heart Failure. Circ Res.
4. O.H. Frazier. Use of Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplantation for Advanced Heart Failure. Circ Res.
5. James T. Willerson. The Medical and Device-Related Treatment of Heart Failure. Circ Res.
6. Yochai Birnbaum. Circulating Blood Cells and Extracellular Vesicles in Acute Cardioprotection. Cardiovasc Res.
7. Joseph S. Coselli. Commentary: Does the Risk of Paraplegia Leave You Cold?J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
8. Paolo E. Angelini. Another Typical ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly?Open Heart.
9. Joseph S. Coselli. Commentary: Despite Global Warming, Frozen Has Its Place. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
10. Dhaval Parekh. Guidewire pacing during transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a patient with complex congenital heart disease. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol.
11. Robert J. Schwartz. Discovery of Vascular Rho Kinase (ROCK) Inhibitory Peptides. Exp Biol Med (Maywood).
12. Corinne Tan. Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm in the setting of celiac and superior mesenteric artery occlusion. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech.
13. James F. Martin. A Cellular Atlas of Pitx2-Dependent Cardiac Development. Development.
14. Alice Le Huu and Joseph S. Coselli. Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: From an Era of Revolution to an Era of Evolution. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
15. Darren G. Woodside. Nanoparticle Imaging of Vascular Inflammation and Remodeling in Atherosclerotic Disease. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep.
16. Wassim Shatila and Guilherme V. Silva. Transapical Implantation of Edwards Sapien XT Valve to Close a Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Pseudoaneurysm. Tex Heart Inst J.
17. Yochai Birnbaum. ST-Segment Elevation Soon after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Tex Heart Inst J.
18. Paolo Angelini. An Unusual Case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Pheochromocytoma. Tex Heart Inst J.
19. Zvonimir Krajcer. Minimally Invasive Endovascular Repair of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm with Use of Local Anesthesia and Conscious Sedation. Tex Heart Inst J.
20. James T. Willerson and Toban Dvoretzky. In Memoriam: Herbert L. Fred, MD (1929–2018). Tex Heart Inst J.

 

JULY

1. Camila Hochman Mendez. The microstructure of laminin-111 compensates for dystroglycan loss in mammary epithelial cells in downstream expression of milk proteins. Biomaterials.
2. Emerson Perin. Phase 3 DREAM-HF trial of mesenchymal precursor cells in chronic heart failure. Circ Res.
3. Paolo E. Angelini and Carlo E. Uribe. Is transient takotsubo syndrome associated with cancer? Why, and with what implications for oncocardiology? J Am Heart Assoc.
4. Sourav Chatterjee. Commentary: The enhanced recovery train is leaving the station-Compliance with phase of care guidelines is associated with earlier extubation and shorter length of stay as part of an enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery program. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
5. Maria G. Cabreira, James T. Willerson, and Emerson Perin. Labeling stem cells with a new hybrid bismuth/carbon nanotube contrast agent for x-ray imaging. Contrast Media Mol Imaging.
6. Joseph S. Coselli. You can’t always get what you want. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
7. Marin MJ, Joggy K. George and Reynolds Delgado III. A coronary cameral fistula treated with coil embolization. JRSM Cardiovasc Dis.
8. Peter Vanderslice and Richard A. F. Dixon. Interactions between structural remodeling and volumetric growth in right ventricle in response to pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Biomech Eng.
9. Ourania Preventza, James M. Anton and Arthur W. Bracey. Commentary: Can we make autologous blood transfusion a reality in high-risk cardiac surgery cases? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
10. Joseph S. Coselli. Keep the arm in armamentarium. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
11. Maximillan Buja. Pathobiology of cardiovascular diseases: an update. Cardiovasc Pathol.
12. Sourav Chatterjee. Commentary: The way to a patient’s heart is through the stomach. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
13. Gabriel Loor. Evaluation of the INSPIRE trial and its implications for lung transplantation with normothermic portable ex vivo lung perfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
14. Scott LeMaire. Thoracic aortic, aortic valve and mitral valve surgery in pediatric and young adult patients with Marfan Syndrome: Characteristics and outcomes. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
15. Mohammad Saeed and Yochai Birnbaum. An interesting ECG in a patient with a dual chamber pacemaker. J Electrocardiol.
16. Rosalinda Madonna . Developmental programming of adult haematopoiesis system. Ageing Res Rev.
17. Ourania Preventza. Temperature selection in antegrade cerebral perfusion for aortic arch surgery: A meta-analysis. Ann Thorac Surg.

 

 

AUGUST

1. Doris A. Taylor. Pedro Brugada and Peter Schwartz share the Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation Scientific Prize 2019. Eur Heart J.
2. Ourania Preventza. The importance of a diverse specialty – Introducing the STS Workforce on Diversity and Inclusion. Ann Thorac Surg.
3. James F. Martin. Leading progress in heart regeneration and repair. Curr Opin Cell Biol.
4. Madjid Mirzai, Juliette Dean, Richard A. F. Dixon and Mendel Chen. Combined LDL and VLDL electronegativity correlates with coronary heart disease risk in asymptomatic individuals. J Clin Med.
5. Mendel Chen. Immunoregulatory effects of very low density lipoprotein from healthy individuals and metabolic syndrome patients on glial cells. Immunobiology.
6. Michael McCauley, Brian Greet, Abdelmotagaly Mohamed Elgalad, Mathews M. John, Doris A. Taylor, Luiz Sampaio, and Mehdi Razavi. In vivo restoration of myocardial conduction with carbon nanotube fibers. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol.
7. Alon Azares, Sui Zhang, Joseph S. Coselli, Ying H. Shen, and Scott LeMaire. Activation of bone marrow-derived cells and resident aortic cells during aortic injury. J Surg Res.
8. Yochai Birnbaum. DPP-4 inhibition by linagliptin prevents cardiac dysfunction and inflammation by targeting the Nlrp3/ASC inflammasome. Basic Res Cardiol.
9. Scott LeMaire. Type B aortic dissection in young individuals with confirmed and presumed heritable thoracic aortic disease. Ann Thorac Surg.
10. Paolo Angelini. Imaging approaches for coronary artery anomalies: Purpose and techniques. Curr Cardiol Rep.
11. James F. Martin. Depletion of endothelial prolyl hydroxylase domain protein 2 and 3 promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation and prevents ventricular failure induced by myocardial infarction. Circulation.
12. Ourania Preventza. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg.
13. James F. Martin. PRDM16s transforms megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors into myeloid leukemia-initiating cells. Blood. 
14. William “Billy” Cohnand Andrew Civitello. Long-term continuous-flow left ventricular assist device support after left ventricular outflow tract closure. ASAIO J.
15. Payam Safavi-Naeni. High prevalence of cholesterol-rich atherosclerotic lesions in ancient mummies: A near-infrared spectroscopy study. Am Heart J.
16. Dhaval Parekh, Guilherme V. Silva,  David Fish, and Raymond Stainback. Forme fruste cor triatriatum dexter by transesophageal echocardiography and its impact on percutaneous heart procedures: A case series. Case.
17. Andrew Civitello, Reynolds Delgado, and OH Frazier. Accuracy of postoperative risk scores for survival prediction in iInteragency registry for mechanically assisted circulatory support profile 1 continuous-flow left ventricular assist device recipients. ASAIO J.
18. Swami Gnanashanmugam. Leveraging multiple schools into a multidisciplinary innovation and entrepreneurship program at an academic medical center: The NUvention model. Springer Link.
19. Doris A. Taylor, Camila Hochman Mendez, Abdelmotagaly Mohamed Elgalad, Luiz Sampaio. Whole-heart scaffolds—how to build a heart. Science Direct.

 

SEPTEMBER

1. Masashi Kawabori, Chitaru Kurihara, Andre Critsinelis, and Andrew Civitello. Effect of cardiac arrest with aortic cross-clamping during left ventricular assist device implantation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg.
2. Masashi Kawaboriand Chitaru Kurihara. Stroke on LVAD: moving from the preoperative patient stratification to the postoperative prevention (Reply). Ann Thorac Surg.
3. Ourania Preventza. Representation of women in Society of Thoracic Surgeons authorship and leadership positions. Ann Thorac Surg.
4. Salman Bandeali. Meta-analysis of catheter directed ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis in pulmonary embolism. Am J Cardiol.
5. Daniel A. Tolpin. Right ventricular dysfunction and the “D”-shaped left ventricle. Anesthesiology.
6. Mendel Chen.. p38 MAP-kinase inhibitor protects against platelet-activating factor-induced death in mice. Free Radic Biol Med.
7. Nandan Kumar Mondal. Management of antiplatelet therapy during continuous-flow left ventricular assist device support after thrombotic hemorrhagic events. ASAIO J.
8. Wassim Shatilaand Zvonimir Krajcer. Delivery catheters: Do they truly make a difference in transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
9. Nicholas Greatrex, Matthias Kleinheyer, Frank Nestler and Daniel Timms. The Maglev heart. IEEE Spectr.
10. Joseph Coselli. Commentary: Keep the head cool. Keep the spine cooler. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
11. Arthur Bracey. Evaluation of a heparin monitoring protocol for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and review of the literature. J Thorac Dis.

 

OCTOBER

1. Jie Cheng. Differences in transient thermal response of commercial esophageal temperature probes: insights from an experimental study. JACC Clin Electrophysiol.
2. James F. Martin. Long-range Pitx2c enhancer–promoter interactions prevent predisposition to atrial fibrillation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
3. James F. Martin. Identification of atrial fibrillation associated genes and functional non-coding variants. Nat Commun.
4. Todd R. Heallenand James F. Martin. Determinants of cardiac growth and size. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol.
5. Ourania Preventza. Commentary: Fenestration in static malperfusion for acute type B aortic dissection: Teamwork can be the Holy Grail, but concerns remain. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
6. Subhasis Chatterjee. Commentary: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future”-Use of the Prognostic Nutritional Index for cardiac surgery outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
7. Maximillan Bujaand Deborah C. Vela. Intravascular optical coherence tomography method for automated detection of macrophage infiltration within atherosclerotic coronary plaques. Atherosclerosis.
8. Scott LeMaire, Ourania Preventza, Kim I. De La Cruz, and Joseph S. Coselli. Is incidental splenectomy during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair associated with reduced survival?J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
9. Mendel Chen. Electronegative low-density lipoprotein of patients with metabolic syndrome induces pathogenesis of aorta via disruption of STRA6 cascade. J Diabetes Investig.
10. Abdi Rasekh. Long-term clinical outcomes from real-world experience of left atrial appendage exclusion with LARIAT device. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol.
11. Joseph S. Coselliand Scott LeMaire. Open thoracoabdominal aortic repair in patients with heritable aortic disease in the GenTAC Registry. Ann Thorac Surg.
12. James F Martin. Hippo pathway deletion in adult resting cardiac fibroblasts initiates a cell state transition with spontaneous and self-sustaining fibrosis. Genes Dev.
13. Ying H. Shenand Scott LeMaire. Unfolding the story of proteoglycan accumulation in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.
14. James F Martin. Tet inactivation disrupts YY1 binding and long-range chromatin interactions during embryonic heart development. Nat Commun.
15. Ourania Preventza, Kim I. De La Cruz, and Joseph S. Coselli. In the endovascular era, is elective open aortic arch surgery in elderly patients still justified? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.

 

NOVEMBER

1. O.H. Frazier, Masashi Kawabori, and Gabriel Loor. Outcomes in patients who underwent a concomitant tricuspid valve procedure during left ventricular assist device implantation. J Card Surg.
2. Arthur W. Bracey, Andrew Civitello, Reynolds Delgado III, H. Frazier, Ajith P. Nairand Leo Simpson. Plasmapharesis in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia requiring ventricular assist Device. Ann Thorac Surg.
3. Paolo E. Angelini and Carlo E. Uribe. Low origin of the coronary arteries and a small aortic annulus complicating aortic valve replacement. Tex Heart Inst J.
4. O.H. Frazier. The man with 2 hearts: 25 years from heterotopic to orthotopic heart transplantation. Tex Heart Inst J.
5. Eduardo Hernandez-Vila and Zvonimir Krajcer. EndoAnchors minimize endoleaks in chimney-graft endovascular repair of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. Tex Heart Inst J.
6. William E. Cohn, Anand Ganapathy, H. Frazier, George V. Lesouand Gabriel Loor. Low incidence of pump-related infections in Jarvik 2000 ventricular assist device recipients with a subcostal driveline exit site. Tex Heart Inst J.
7. Dhaval Parekh and Zvonimir Krajcer. Transapical transcatheter aortic valves. Down but definitely not out for the count. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
8. Jie (Jay) Cheng. Direct current cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in patients with left atrial appendage occlusion devices. J Am Coll Cardiol.
9. Zvonimir Krajcer. Clinical and economic outcomes of PrGlide compared with surgical repair of large bore arterial access. J Comp Eff Res.
10. Doris A. Taylor, Camila Hochman Mendez, and Luiz Sampaio. Are we close to bioengineering a human-sized, functional heart?J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
11. Salman Bandeali. Prescription patterns of clopidogrel, prasugrel, and ticagrelor after percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation (from the NCDR PINNACLE Registry). Am J Cardiol.
12. Joseph S. Coselli. Commentary: Bringing life to the golden years. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
13. Ziad A. Taimeh. Assessment and treatment of the failing right heart: considerations for transplantation referral. J Thorac Dis.
14. Parikh V, Ajith P. Nair. Pharmacotherapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Thorac Dis.
15. Bhoumesh Patel and Michael S. Arcaro. Bedside troubleshooting during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). J Thorac Dis.
16. Bhoumesh Pateland James P Herlihy. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy for severe hypoxemic respiratory failure. J Thorac Dis.
17. Joseph S. Coselli. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg.
18. Doris A. Taylor. Meta-analysis of short- and long-term efficacy of mononuclear cell transplantation in patients with myocardial infarction. Am Heart J.
19. Camila Hochman Mendez. The manufacture of GMP-grade bone marrow stromal cells with validated in vivo bone-forming potential in an orthopedic clinical center in Brazil. Stem Cells Int.
20. Joseph Coselli, Scott Anthony LeMaire and Ourania Preventza. Neurologic complications after the frozen elephant trunk procedure: A meta-analysis of more than 3000 patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.

 

DECEMBER

1. Joseph S. Coselli. Systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical outcomes comparing mechanical valve replacement and bioprosthetic valve replacement in infective endocarditis. Ann Cardiothorac Surg.
2. Ying H. Shen. Twenty novel disease group-specific and 12 new shared macrophage pathways in eight groups of 34 diseases including 24 inflammatory organ diseases and 10 types of tumors. Front Immunol.
3. Robert J. Schwartz. Beta-adrenergic stimuli and rotating suspension culture enhance conversion of human adipogenic mesenchymal stem cells into highly conductive cardiac progenitors. J Tissue Eng Regen Med.
4. Yochai Birnbaum and Luiz Sampaio. Ticagrelor improves remodeling, reduces apoptosis, inflammation and fibrosis and increases the number of progenitor stem cells after myocardial infarction in a rat model of ischemia reperfusion. Cell Physiol Biochem.
5. Gabriel Loor. Need for tracheostomy after lung transplant predicts decreased mid- and long-term survival. Clin Transplant.
6. Jay Cheng. Safety and efficacy of catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation patients with left ventricular dysfunction. Clin Cardiol.
7. Wassim Shatila and Zvonimir Krajcer. Ascending aortic dissection: Can we treat it without surgery? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
8. James F Martin. Awakening the regenerative potential of the mammalian retina. Development.
9. Subhasis Chatterjee. Reply: Is hyperoxia full of hot air?J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
10. Mendel Chen. Nociceptive transient receptor potential canonical 7 (TRPC7) mediates aging-associated tumorigenesis induced by ultraviolet B. Aging Cell.
11. Jun Wang. Spectrum of thalassemia mutations in fetuses of Han and Li ethnicities in Hainan province, China. Asian Pac J Trop Med.
12. Robert J. Schwartz. CRISPR‐Cas9–induced IGF1 gene activation as a tool for enhancing muscle differentiation via multiple isoform expression. FASEB J.
13. Deborah C. Vela. Stabilizing peri-stent restenosis using a novel therapeutic carrier. JACC Basic Transl Sci.
14. Alon Azaresand Darren G. Woodside. Chemical functionality of multidomain peptide hydrogels governs early host immune response. Biomaterials.
15. Wassim Shatila. The bioresorbable vascular scaffolds: Actual knowledge and future prospects. J Heart Stroke.