Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 47, Issue 3

We are excited to share a new 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 47, Issue 3 of the Journal features the following articles:
Editorial
In Memoriam: Lionel H. Opie, MD (1933–2020)
Heinrich Taegtmeyer, MD, DPhil
Peabody’s Corner
Our Duty of Care in Pandemic Times
Perryn Ng, MBBS, MRCP
Clinical Investigation
Left Ventricular Noncompaction Detected by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Screening: A Reexamination of Diagnostic Criteria
Anthony H. Masso, PhD; Carlo Uribe, MD; James T. Willerson, MD; Benjamin Y. Cheong, MD; Barry R. Davis, MD, PhD
Surgical Endoepicardial Linear Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia With Postinfarction Left Ventricular Aneurysm
Changcheng Liu, MD; Zhaoping Su, MD; Liangshan Wang, MD; Bo Li, MD; Jin Wang, MD; Yang Yu, MD, PhD; Chengxiong Gu, MD
Review
Mechanical Circulatory Support to Treat Pulmonary Embolism: Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Right Ventricular Assist Devices
Aneil Bhalla, MD; Robert Attaran, MBChB, FACC
Techniques
Optimizing P2 Neochordal Length and Stability in Mitral Valve Repair With Use of a Polypropylene Loop
Anil Ozen, MD; Ertekin Utku Unal, MD; Hamdi Mehmet Ozbek, MD; Gorkem Yigit, MD; Hakki Zafer Iscan, MD
Case Reports
Cardiac Involvement by Burkitt Lymphoma in a 49-Year-Old Man
Kainat Khalid, MD; Nadeen Faza, MD; Nasser M. Lakkis, MD; Rashed Tabbaa, MD
Dislodged Coronary Artery Stent Retrieved With an Endovascular Snare
Jonathan Senior, MBChB, MRCP; Marina Roelas Guillamo, LMS; Angie Ghattas, MBChB, MRCP; Luke Tapp, MBBS, MRCP
Use of Large Balloon Catheter to Treat Infants With Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
Yuji Ohnishi, MD; Seigo Okada, MD, PhD; Takashi Furuta, MD, PhD; Yasuo Suzuki, MD, PhD; Yuki Iwaya, MD; Shunji Hasegawa, MD, PhD; Jun Muneuchi, MD, PhD
High-Grade Atrioventricular Block Associated With Acute Influenza
Kevin Ergle, MD; Janelle Y. Gooden, MD; Mustafa M. Ahmed, MD
Rapid, Fatal Acute Right Ventricular Failure After Locoregional Cytokine Therapy for Uveal Melanoma Liver Metastases
Rajiv A. Kabadi, MD, MS; Mital Shah, MD; Gregary D. Marhefka, MD; Gautam George, MD; Bharat Awsare, MD; Mizue Terai, PhD; Takami Sato, MD, PhD
Altered Mental Status and Hyponatremia After 20 Hours of Amiodarone Therapy
Andrea Qi, ScB; John C. Moscona, MD; Justin Reed, MD; Thierry H. Le Jemtel, MD
Posttraumatic Subacute Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis After a Motor Vehicle AccidentMelroy S. D’Souza, MD; Kaitlin Shinn, BA; Anup D. Patel, MD
FOCUS ON ECGS: CASE #22
Improper Atrial Pacing: Differential Diagnosis
Sanket Borgaonkar, MD; Mark Pollet, MD; Yochai Birnbaum, MD, FACC
Images In Cardiovascular Medicine
Incidental Cannulation of Left Ventricular Thebesian Vein
Kalyan Chakravarthy Potu, MD; Jay N. Patel, MD; Majd Ibrahim, MD; Sujitha Sree Ketineni, MBBS; Sudhir Mungee, MD
Intra-Aortic Migration of a Clipped Epicardial Pacing Wire
Omar Ray Kahaly, MD; Dilesh Patel, MD; Ralph S. Augostini, MD, FACC; Gregory D. Rushing, MD; Mahmoud M. Houmsse, MD
CORRESPONDENCE
Handling Egregious Plagiarism
Beuy Joob, PhD; Viroj Wiwanitkit, MD
About the Texas Heart Institute Journal
The Texas Heart Institute Journal is published 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.