The Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 50, Issue 3

The Texas Heart Institute Journal is an online peer-reviewed, international journal covering the broad field of cardiovascular diseases. The Journal aims to be a highly reputable and well-balanced reference that highlights practical techniques and pathways of care and delivers high-impact scientific contributions from clinicians in all disciplines of cardiovascular medicine. Subjects include coronary, peripheral, structural, and congenital heart disease, and cardiovascular anesthesia. The Journal publishes original research contributions, editorials, reviews, meta-analyses, case reports, images, and letters to the editor.

In 2023, we are introducing important updates to The Journal with Volume 50, Issue 1. The most striking changes include a modified logo and a switch to blue accents. More importantly, article formats are structured to deliver messages more concisely (see New Author Instructions for details).

Please consider submitting your research results and other scientific contributions to The Journal. Authorship is open to all clinicians and research scientists with an interest in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Moreover, our continuous publication schedule enables articles to be published within six to eight weeks of acceptance.

We also encourage you to read The Journal to keep up to date on what is happening in the field of cardiovascular medicine.

Zvonimir Krajcer, MD
Editor-in-Chief

Volume 50, Issue 3 of The Texas Heart Institute Journal Online

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Postpartum Detection of Diastolic Dysfunction and Nondipping Blood Pressure Profile in Women With Preeclampsia
Marwa Sayed, MD; Mariam Rashed, MSc; Ahmed M. Abbas, MD; Amr Youssef, MD; Mohamed Abdel Ghany, MD

Does the Type of Chronic Heart Failure Impact In-Hospital Outcomes for Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures?
Talha Mubashir, MD; John Zaki, MD; Sin Yeong An, MD; Ismael A. Salas De Armas, MD; Yafen Liang, MD; Travis Markham, MD; Han Feng, PhD; Mehmet H. Akay, MD; Angelo Nascimbene, MD; Bindu Akkanti, MD; George W. Williams, MD; Fabricio Zasso, MD; Maria Patarroyo Aponte, MD; Igor D. Gregoric, MD; Biswajit Kar, MD

Establishment and Verification of a Nomogram for Predicting the Probability of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Dual-Chamber Pacemaker Implantation
Ying Yang, MD; Jiangting Lu, MD; Cui Xiong, MM; Zhida Shen, MD; Chao Shen, MM; Jinshan Tong, MD; Jiangfen Jiang, MD; Guosheng Fu, MD; Fen Xu, MD

Effects of Pooled Platelet Concentrate After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Patients With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy
Kaan Kaya, MD; Ufuk Mungan, MD

Increased Plasma Non–High-Density Lipoprotein Levels and Poor Coronary Collateral Circulation in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Fatih Sivri, MD; Banu Öztürk Ceyhan, MD

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Atrial Fibrillation, Hypertension, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and Wake-Up Stroke
Jin Zhou, MD; Jing Xu, MB; Aijuan Cheng, MD; Yimiti Kadier, MM; Xiaoli Liang, MB; Maimaitijiang Mutailipu, MB; Shan Sun, PhD

P2Y12 Inhibitors for Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Tomohiro Fujisaki, MD; Toshiki Kuno, MD, PhD; Alexandros Briasoulis, MD, PhD; Naoki Misumida, MD; Hisato Takagi, MD, PhD; Azeem Latib, MD

CASE REPORTS

Successful Reuse of a Donor Heart
Gabriel Esmailian, BS; Qiudong Chen, MD; Danny Ramzy, MD, PhD; Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD; Joanna Chikwe, MD; Fardad Esmailian, MD

Atrioventricular Nodal Ablation Is Not an Effective Treatment Strategy in Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
S. Yukiko Asaki, MD; David Kessler, MD; Aarushi Nayak; Jeffrey J. Kim, MD; Christina Y. Miyake, MD, MS

Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Diagnosed on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in a Patient With Trisomy 13 Syndrome
Shiva Barforoshi, MD; Chandana Sheker, MD; Ajayram V. Ullal, MD; Venkat Manubolu, MD; Matthew J. Budoff, MD; Sion K. Roy, MD

A Novel Approach to Diagnostic Left and Right Heart Catheterization in a Patient With a Mechanical Prosthetic Tricuspid Valve
Seulgi E. Kim, MD; Dhaval Parekh, MD; Wilson Lam, MD

HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Closed Mitral Valvotomy: Celebrating 100 Years of Surgical History
Uberto Bortolotti, MD; Igor Vendramin, MD; Aldo Domenico Milano, MD, PhD; Ugolino Livi, MD

IMAGES IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Quadricuspid Aortic Valve
Mariam Khabsa, MD; Ahmad Harb, MD; Farah Zahra, MD

GLOBAL CARDIOVASCULAR FORUM

Conduction System Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The 31-Million-Dollar Question
Jitae A. Kim, MD; Mihail G. Chelu, MD, PhD

Management of Cardiogenic Shock: Present and Future
Nikolaos A. Diakos, MD, PhD

The Role of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients With Bicuspid Valves in 2023
Milad El Hajj, MD; Zvonimir Krajcer, MD

Cutting-Edge Trials in Structural Heart Disease at The Texas Heart Institute
Riyad Yazan Kherallah, MD; Guilherme Silva, MD

The Past, Present, and Future of Complex Aortic Intervention
Joseph S. Coselli, MD

Leveraging Innovation to Mitigate Risk During Heart Surgery
Marc R. Moon, MD; Puja Kachroo, MD

Arterial Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Who, When, and Why
Natalia Roa-Vidal, BS; Lauren K. Barron, MD

EDITORIAL

In Memoriam: Michael R. Nihill, MBBS (1936–2023)
Wayne J. Franklin, MD; Colin J. McMahon, MD; Daniel J. Penny, MD, PhD

The James T. Willerson, MD, Editor’s Choice Award
Zvonimir Krajcer, MD

ERRATUM

Proofreading Oversight

ANNOUNCEMENT

Pivotal Changes at The Texas Heart Institute Journal: Open Access, Creative Commons Licenses, and Article Processing Charges

AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS

The Texas Heart Institute Journal publishes articles on all aspects of preventing, diagnosing, and treating cardiovascular disease from a clinical perspective. The editors welcome original research and educational articles, as well as opinion pieces and essays related to medical discipline.