Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 45, Issue 2

We are excited to share the April 2018 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 45, Issue 2 of the Journal features the following articles:

Editorial

In Memoriam: Richard E. Kerber, MD (1939–2016)

D. D. McPherson

Texas Heart Institute Medal and the Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement in Cardiovascular Diseases

Editorial Commentary

Public Hospitals Matter

H. L. Fred

Peabody’s Corner

Kindness Can Move Mountains

D. J. Savage

Clinical Investigation

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance to Evaluate Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation in Children and Young Adults

C. G. de Alba et al.

Review

Varying Evidence on Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Surgery

P. Gupta et al.

Techniques

New Pulmonary Valvuloplasty Technique by Use of an Hourglass-Shaped Balloon in 3 Adults with Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis

T. Kilic et al.

Case Series

Changes in Coronary Plaque Volume: Comparison of Serial Measurements on Intravascular Ultrasound and Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography

R. Nakanishi et al.

Case Report

Malignant Shamblin III Carotid Body Tumors Resected with Use of the Retrocarotid Dissection Technique in 2 Patients

C. A. Hinojosa et al.

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Urgent Rivaroxaban Reversal

V. Kumar et al.

Distal Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm Resection during 5-Vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

N. P. Villano et al.

Murmur Associated with Diastolic Paradoxical Jet Flow in a 43-Year-Old Man with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

M. Yamano et al.

Recurrent Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in 4 Vascular Territories

N. Makki et al.

Long-Term Continuous-Flow Biventricular Support in a 63-Year-Old Woman

A. C. W. Baldwin et al.

Focus on ECGs: Case #14

Slow, But Dangerous

K. N. V. Bush and G. G. Gerasimon

Images in Cardiovascular Medicine

Pericardial Rupture with Intermittent Cardiac Luxation

D. A. Motto et al.

Caught in the Act: Paradoxical Emboli

M. E. Layoun et al.

Book Review

Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital

M. S. Scheid

Correspondence

Continuous Suture Technique for Aortic Valve Replacement

M. K. Lee et al.

With response by T. Kitamura

Erratum

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.