Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 43, Issue 3

We are excited to share the June 2016 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 43, Issue 3 of the Journal features the following articles:

Editorial

Does Myocardial Necrosis Occur in Rhabdomyolysis?

G. M. Aisenberg and H. L. Fred

Peabody’s Corner

Skepticism, the Trained Eye, and the Telltale Clue

E. A. Natelson

Clinical Investigation

Fresh Autologous Pericardium to Reconstruct the Pulmonary Valve at the Annulus When Tetralogy of Fallot Requires a Transannular Patch at Midterm

S. Pande et al.

Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Indications and Outcomes from 2003 through 2013

Erin M. Schumer et al.

With Editorial Commentary by D. A. Ott

Increased Epicardial Fat Thickness Correlates with Aortic Stiffness and N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

I. Altun et al.

Case Reports

Endocarditis and Incomplete Endothelialization 12 Years after Amplatzer Septal Occluder Deployment

A. K. Nguyen et al.

Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair by Means of the Chimney Technique in a Patient with Crossed Fused Renal Ectopia

E. Kfoury et al.

Primary Cardiac Sarcoidosis with Syncope and Refractory Atrial Arrhythmia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

M. Thangam et al.

Two Cases of Transcatheter Closure of Central Aortopulmonary Shunts: One with an Amplatzer Duct Occluder II and One with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug I

A. Celebi et al.

Inhalant-Abuse Myocarditis Diagnosed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

W. Dinsfriend et al.

Endovascular Treatment of Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Stenoses and Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in a Patient with Advanced Mediastinal Fibrosis

L. I. Valentin et al.

Total Artificial Heart Implantation after Excision of Right Ventricular Angiosarcoma

B. A. Bruckner et al.

Rothia dentocariosa Endocarditis: An Especially Rare Case in a Previously Healthy Man

D. Fridman et al.

Gemella Endocarditis Presenting as an ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

J. Winkler et al.

Lone, Mobile Left Atrial Hydatid Cyst

B. Sarli et al.

Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome: To Shunt or Not to Shunt, That is the Question

M. R. Klein et al.

Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Myxoma in a 12-Year-Old Male

M. Chlebowski et al.

Focus on ECGs: Case #3

Heart Block in a Pacemaker: Does This Mean Trouble?

M. Pollet et al.

Images in Cardiovascular Medicine

Pneumopericardium after Permanent Pacemaker Implantation

D. Hennessy et al.

Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a 40-Year-Old Woman after Patent Ductus Arteriosus Ligation at 2 Years of Age

A. Kannan et al.

Giant Intramyocardial Dissecting Hematoma: A Rare Sequela of Subacute Myocardial Infarction

M. Yaman et al.

About the Texas Heart Institute Journal

The Texas Heart Institute Journal is published bimonthly 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.