| | Editorial In Memoriam: Norman E. Shumway Denton A. Cooley Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 1–2. PMCID: PMC1413616 Clinical Investigations QTc Interval Prolongation Predicts Postoperative Mortality in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Surgical Revascularization Bojan Vrtovec, Aria P. Yazdanbakhsh, Tatjana Pintar, Charles D. Collard, Igor D. Gregoric, and Branislav Radovancevic Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 3–8. PMCID: PMC1413604 Sharp Dissection versus Electrocautery for Radial Artery Harvesting Mehrab Marzban, Reza Arya, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Abbas Ali Karimi, Kiomars Abbasi, Namvar Movahed, and Seyed Hesameddin Abbasi Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 9–13. PMCID: PMC1413608 In Situ Reconstruction with Cryopreserved Arterial Allografts for Management of Mycotic Aneurysms or Aortic Prosthetic Graft Infections: a Multi-Institutional Experience Wei Zhou, Peter H. Lin, Ruth L. Bush, Thomas T. Terramani, John H. Matsuura, Mitchell Cox, Eric Peden, Marlon Guerrero, Eric J. Silberfein, Alan Dardik, David Rosenthal, and Alan B. Lumsden Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 14–18. PMCID: PMC1413601 Biventricular Pacing for Heart Failure Patientson Inotropic Support: A Review of 38 Consecutive Cases Karen B. James, Michael Militello, Barbara Gus, and Bruce L. Wilkoff Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 19–22. PMCID: PMC1413603 Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: Factors Predicting Cardiac Events in Patients Awaiting Coronary Surgery Salim S. Virani, Cesar E. Mendoza, Alexandre C. Ferreira, and Eduardo de Marchena Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 23–26. PMCID: PMC1413613 Long-Term Follow-Up of Heart Transplant Recipients with Pre-Transplant Malignancies Samuel D. Ladowski, Milinda Abel, Linda Beatty, Margaret Scatena, and Joseph S. Ladowski Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 27–30. PMCID: PMC1413611 Traumatic Brachial Artery Injuries Kazim Ergunes, Levent Yilik, Ibrahim Ozsoyler, Mert Kestelli, Cengiz Ozbek, and Ali Gurbuz Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 31–34. PMCID: PMC1413600 Laboratory Investigation Effect of Myocardial Reperfusion on the Release of Nitric Oxide after Regional Ischemia: An Experimental Model of Beating-Heart Surgery Koki Nakamura, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Caroline Gray, Magdi Yacoub, and Mohamed Amrani Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 35–39. PMCID: PMC1413597 Review Hyperkalemia Revisited Walter A. Parham, Ali A. Mehdirad, Kurt M. Biermann, and Carey S. Fredman Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 40–47. PMCID: PMC1413606 Surgical Techniques Off-Pump Insertion of an Extracorporeal LVADthrough a Left Upper-Quadrant Incision William E. Cohn and O. H. Frazier Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 48–50. PMCID: PMC1413593 Large Left Atrial Myxoma with Severe Mitral Regurgitation: The Inverted T-Shaped Biatrial Incision Revisited Giuseppe Davoli, Luigi Muzzi, Gianluca Lucchese, Nicola Uricchio, and Mario Chiavarelli Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 51–53. PMCID: PMC1413602 Detachment of the Mitral Valve Anterior Leaflet as a Complication of Aortic Valve Replacement Fatih Islamoglu, Anil Ziya Apaydin, Kenan Degirmenciler, Cemil Gurgun, and Isa Durmaz Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 54–56. PMCID: PMC1413596 Case Reports Guillain-Barré Syndrome as a Cause of Reversible Cardiomyopathy Jason S. Finkelstein and Bekir H. Melek Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 57–59. PMCID: PMC1413614 Late Manifestation of a Large Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula in an Adult Pankaj Saxena and Robert Tam Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 60–62. PMCID: PMC1413598 Papillary Fibroelastoma Presenting as Left Ventricular Mass: Current Update and Literature Review K. C. Kurian, Fred H. Edwards, Binu Jacob, Carmela Monteiro, and Jun Chiong Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 63–65. PMCID: PMC1413617 Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in a Pregnant Woman Joshua Latzman, Amgad N. Makaryus, and David Rosman Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 66–69. PMCID: PMC1413609 Aortic Root Dilatation with Sinus of Valsalva and Coronary Artery Aneurysms Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis Linda L. Huffer and James L. Furgerson Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 70–73. PMCID: PMC1413595 Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia during Aortography Treated with Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy Lucas Restrepo and Jorge F. Guttin Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 74–77. PMCID: PMC1413592 Paradoxical and Pulmonary Embolism due to a Thrombus Entrapped in a Patent Foramen Ovale Ozgul Ucar, Zehra Golbasi, Okan Gulel, and Nesligul Yildirim Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 78–80. PMCID: PMC1413610 Traumatic Common Carotid—Jugular Fistula: Report of 2 Cases Ndubueze Ezemba, Eyo E. Ekpe, Humphrey A. Ezike, and Chijioke H. Anyanwu Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 81–83. PMCID: PMC1413591 Brief Communications Perioperative Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Dynamic Circumflex Coronary Artery Occlusion after Mitral Valve Repair Diederik F. Meursing, N. Ab Boonswang, Nikola Dobrilovic, and Michael A. Wait Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 85–87. PMCID: PMC1413615 Cardiac Fibroma as an Inherited Manifestation of Nevoid Basal-Cell Carcinoma Syndrome Torsten Bossert, Thomas Walther, David Vondrys, Jan Fritz Gummert, Martin Kostelka, and Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 88–90. PMCID: PMC1413607 Spontaneous Hemo-pneumothorax as a Result of Venous Hemangioma: A Unique Case? Jayapadman Bhaskar and Ashok K. Sharma Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 91–92. PMCID: PMC1413590 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Asymptomatic Incomplete Left Ventricular Apical Rupture Diagnosed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Rajiv Agarwal, Pedro Diaz-Ortiz, Ravinder Reddy, Veronica Lenge, R. David Fish, David A. Ott, John Connelly, and Scott D. Flamm Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 93–95. PMCID: PMC1413605 Supracristal Ventricular Septal Defect Lane R. Miller, Margit Nemeth, Scott D. Flamm, Chung Sung, and Raymond F. Stainback Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 96–97. PMCID: PMC1413599 Vineberg Procedure for Inadvertent Injury to Anomalous Left Anterior Descending Artery during Tetralogy of Fallot Repair: Four Decades Later Rajiv Gupta, Shaul Atar, Ernst R. Schwarz, Barry F. Uretsky, and Yochai Birnbaum Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 98–99. PMCID: PMC1413612 Mitral Valve Endocarditis Presenting as Complete Heart Block Thomas R. Porter, Kelly Airey, and Mohammed Quader Tex Heart Inst J. 2006; 33(1): 100–101. PMCID: PMC1413594 |