The Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 50, Issue 4

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 4 of The Texas Heart Institute Journal Online

CASE REPORTS

Coronary Ostial Acquired Occlusion or Congenital Atresia: An Ongoing Discussion
Divyansh Sharma, BSc (Med) Hons; Abhisheik Prashar, MBBS, MMed

Trigeminal Amyloidoma in a Patient With Cardiac Amyloidosis
Nikita Jhawar, MD; Razvan Chirila, MD; Juan Carlos Leoni Moreno, MD

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The Value of Strain Echocardiography in Predicting Electrical Progression in Patients With Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Leila Hosseini, MD; Nahid Rezaeian, MD; Anita Sadeghpour, MD; Zahra Amirajam, MD; Hamid Farzamnia, MD; Sanaz Asadian, MD; Hooman Bakhshandeh, MD; Sara Hosseini, MD; Zahra Emkanjoo, MD

Effects of COVID-19 on the Autonomic Cardiovascular System: Heart Rate Variability and Turbulence in Recovered Patients
Sedat Taş, MD; Ümmü Taş, MD

Clinical Predictors and Outcomes After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Tracheostomy
Harveen K. Lamba, MD, MSc; Lucy D. Hart, MD; Qianzi Zhang, MPH; Jackquelin M. Loera, MS; Andrew B. Civitello, MD; Ajith P. Nair, MD; Mourad H. Senussi, MD; Gabriel Loor, MD; Kenneth K. Liao, MD, PhD; Alexis E. Shafii, MD; Subhasis Chatterjee, MD

IMAGES IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

Bail-Out Stent Graft Implantation for Wire Perforation of an Axillary Artery Branch
Tomoki Fukui, MD; Nobuyuki Ogasawara, MD

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Sex-Based Differences in the Presentation and Outcomes of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Yu Zhang, MD; Yu Qiu, MD; Jinming Luo, MD; Jian Zhang, MD; Qingqing Yan, MD

RESEARCH LETTER

High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Variation After Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Closure
Alejandro E. Contreras, MD; Alejandro R. Peirone, MD; Facundo Ledesma, MD; Ernesto Juaneda, MD; Víctor Defagó, MD; Eduardo Cuestas, MD

PERIOPERATIVE MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT SYMPOSIUM

Anticoagulation Management in Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
Ellen B. Yin, PharmD, BCCP

Pearls in Anticoagulation Management for Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Ellen Yin, PharmD, BCCP

End-of-Life Issues in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Mary Acelle G. Garcia, MD; Astrid Grouls, MD

Critical Care Echocardiography for Fluid Responsiveness
Maki Ishizuka, MD; Erik Su, MD

Evidence and Practicality of Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit: A New Skill Set for the Intensivist
Jacqueline Sohn, DO; Min Se Cha, BS

Early Intraoperative Detection and Management of Right Ventricular Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Thomas R. Powell, MDD

Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Weaning Trial-Off
José L. Díaz-Gómez, MD, MAS; Alec A. Hendon, MD

Management of Vasoplegic Shock in Left Ventricular Assist Device Insertion Procedures
Subhasis Chatterjee, MD

Cutting-Edge Physical Therapy in Mechanical Circulatory Support: Critical Care Physical Therapy Perspectives
Mia Frances H. Tennant, PT, DPT; Christiane Perme, PT, CCS; Amy Butcher, PA-C

Perioperative Hemotherapy Management in Left Ventricular Assist Device Surgery
Arthur W. Bracey, MD

Surgical Considerations for Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Syed B. Peer, MD; Gabriel Loor, MD

The Transition From Temporary to Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support: Surgical Considerations
Syed B. Peer, MD; Harveen K. Lamba, MD; Alexis E. Shafii, MD

Optimization of Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
Arantxa G. Suero, MD; Lola X. Xie, MD

Mitigating Diagnostic Errors With Point-of-Care Ultrasonography: A New Framework
Jayne Chirdo Taylor, MS, PA-C

ERRATUM

Production Oversight

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.