| | Editorial Commentary A Day Without Orange Juice is Like an Invitation to Atrial Fibrillation James M. Wilson Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 265–267. PMCID: PMC1995055 Clinical Investigations Oral Ascorbic Acid in Combination with Beta-Blockers Is More Effective than Beta-Blockers Alone in the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Masoud Eslami, Roya Sattarzadeh Badkoubeh, Mehdi Mousavi, Hassan Radmehr, Mehrdad Salehi, Nafiseh Tavakoli, and Mohamad Reza Avadi Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 268–274. PMCID: PMC1995047 Initial Clinical Experience with the HeartMate® II Axial-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device O. H. Frazier, Courtney Gemmato, Timothy J. Myers, Igor D. Gregoric, Brano Radovancevic, Pranav Loyalka, and Biswajit Kar Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 275–281. PMCID: PMC1995046 Effects of Lesion Complexity on Baseline and Postprocedural B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Aylin Yildirir, Sadik Acikel, Cagatay Ertan, Alp Aydinalp, Bulent Ozin, and Haldun Muderrisoglu Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 282–289. PMCID: PMC1995045 Immunohistochemical Comparison of Traditional and Modified Harvesting of the Left Internal Mammary Artery Mustafa Buyukates, Ozer Kandemir, Banu Dogan Gun, Erol Aktunc, and Tolga Kurt Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 290–295. PMCID: PMC1995050 Multislice Computed Tomography Accurately Detects Stenosis in Coronary Artery Bypass Conduits Cihan Duran, Ertan Sagbas, Baris Caynak, Ilhan Sanisoglu, Belhhan Akpinar, and Murat Gulbaran Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 296–300. PMCID: PMC1995059 Clinical Outcomes in “Complex” Thoracic Aortic Surgery Anil Z. Apaydin, Fatih Islamoglu, Hakan Posacioglu, Tahir Yagdi, Yuksel Atay, Tanzer Calkavur, and Emrah Oguz Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 301–304. PMCID: PMC1995060 Use of Gallium 67 Scintigraphy to Differentiate Acute Myocarditis from Acute Myocardial Infarction Ming-Yow Hung, Ming-Jui Hung, and Chi-Wen Cheng Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 305–309. PMCID: PMC1995057 Surgical Technique Tricuspid Anterior Leaflet Replacement with Autologous Pericardium and Polytetrafluoroethylene Chordae, Followed by Edge-to-Edge Repair Raúl García-Rinaldi Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 310–312. PMCID: PMC1995044 Laboratory Investigation Tests of Experimental Tissue Adhesive Sealants: Analysis of Strength Effects in Relation to Tissue Adhesive Sealant Standards David A. Browdie and David Cox Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 313–317. PMCID: PMC1995054 Historical Perspectives A History of Streptokinase Use in Acute Myocardial Infarction Nikhil Sikri and Amit Bardia Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 318–327. PMCID: PMC1995058 Maxwell Myer Wintrobe: New History and a New Appreciation Herbert L. Fred Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 328–335. PMCID: PMC1995040 Reviews The “1st Septal Unit” in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Newly Recognized Anatomo-Functional Entity, Identified during Recent Alcohol Septal Ablation Experience Paolo Angelini Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 336–346. PMCID: PMC1995043 Cardiac Tamponade Revisited: A Postmortem Look at a Cautionary Case Vignendra Ariyarajah and David H. Spodick Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 347–351. PMCID: PMC1995065 A Synopsis of Research in Cardiac Apoptosis and Its Application to Congestive Heart Failure Ali Khoynezhad, Ziba Jalali, and Anthony J. Tortolani Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 352–359. PMCID: PMC1995053 Case Reports Right Ventricular Thrombus with Behçet's Syndrome: Successful Treatment with Warfarin and Immunosuppressive Agents Sait M. Dogan, Alparslan Birdane, Cengiz Korkmaz, Necmi Ata, and Bilgin Timuralp Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 360–362. PMCID: PMC1995061 Aortic Arch Aneurysm, Pseudocoarctation, and Coronary Artery Disease in a Patient with Behçet's Syndrome Hasmet Bardakci, Umit Kervan, Emre Boysan, Levent Birincioglu, and Adnan Cobanoglu Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 363–365. PMCID: PMC1995049 Lambl's Excrescences: Review and Recommendations Faisal Aziz and Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr. Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 366–368. PMCID: PMC1995042 Endovascular Stenting for Primary Aortobronchial Fistula in Association with Massive Hemoptysis John Kokotsakis, Panagiotis Misthos, Thanos Athanasiou, Constantina Romana, Elian Skouteli, Achilles Lioulias, and Ioannis Kaskarelis Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 369–372. PMCID: PMC1995068 Transient Cortical Blindness after Cardiac Catheterization with Iobitridol Mehmet Yazici, Hakan Ozhan, Ozan Kinay, Baris Kilicaslan, Mustafa Karaca, Hasan Cece, Serdar Biceroglu, and Oktay Ergene Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 373–375. PMCID: PMC1995067 Intraperitoneal Migration of Epicardial Pacemakers José García-Bengochea, Miguel Caínzos, Angel L. Fernández, Fernando Santos, and Francisco Gonzalez Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 376–378. PMCID: PMC1995062 Brief Communication Chylopericardium Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to an Anterior Mediastinal Cystic Teratoma David J. Revere, Amgad N. Makaryus, Elias P. Bonaros, and L. Michael Graver Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 379–382. PMCID: PMC1995052 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Cor Triatriatum Dexter Tharak R. Yarrabolu, Leo Simpson, Salim S. Virani, Harvinder Arora, Joseph Navarijo, and Raymond F. Stainback Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 383–385. PMCID: PMC1995069 Giant, Dumbbell-Shaped Pericardial Cyst Ersin Ozturk, Mustafa Aparci, Abdullah Haholu, Guner Sonmez, Hakan Mutlu, C. Cinar Basekim, and Esref Kizilkaya Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 386–387. PMCID: PMC1995063 Can Multidetector CT Angiography Detect Coronary Artery Dissection? Mutlu Vural, Zafer Aksit, Ilhami Kovanlikaya, Muzaffer Degertekin, and Ertan Demirtas Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 388–389. PMCID: PMC1995048 Giant Brachial Artery Aneurysm: Secondary to Infective Endocarditis Sadik Kadri Acikgoz, Yusuf Tavil, Huseyin Ugur Yazici, Nihat Sen, and Mehmet Ridvan Yalcin Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 390–391. PMCID: PMC1995056 Correspondence The History of Aspirin John D. Folts Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 392. PMCID: PMC1995041 The History of Aspirin Tsung O. Cheng, MD Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 392–393. PMCID: PMC1995051 The Amazing Adventures of a Heart Surgeon Jordan D. Haller Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 393–394. PMCID: PMC1995066 The Amazing Adventures of a Heart Surgeon Denton A. Cooley Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(3): 394. PMCID: PMC1995064 |