| | Editorial In Memoriam: Dr. Ernest Craige (1918–2008) Hugh A. McAllister, Jr. Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 97–98. PMCID: PMC2435438 Laboratory Investigation Statins Improve Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Morphology Stephanie D. Reilly, Silvio H. Litovsky, Michael P. Steinkampf, and James B. Caulfield Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 99–103. PMCID: PMC2435445 Clinical Investigations Outcomes and Risk Factors in 1,609 Carotid Endarterectomies J. Michael Duncan, George J. Reul, David A. Ott, Robert C. Kincade, and John W. Davis Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 104–110. PMCID: PMC2435429 Diagnostic Accuracy of N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Evaluation of Postoperative Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction Fatih Islamoglu, Kaan Ozcan, Anil Z. Apaydin, Cahide Soydas, Oya Bayindir, and Isa Durmaz Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 111–118. PMCID: PMC2435446 Early Outcomes of Double-Vessel Coronary Endarterectomy in Comparison with Single-Vessel Coronary Endarterectomy Mehrab Marzban, Abassali Karimi, Hossein Ahmadi, Saeed Davoodi, Kyomars Abbasi, Namvar Movahedi, Abbas Salehiomran, Seyed Hesameddin Abbasi, Yasaman Kawoosi, and Parin Yazdanifard Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 119–124. PMCID: PMC2435433 The TandemHeart as a Bridge to a Long-Term Axial-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device (Bridge to Bridge) Igor D. Gregoric, Leon P. Jacob, Saverio La Francesca, Brian A. Bruckner, William E. Cohn, Pranav Loyalka, Biswajit Kar, and O. H. Frazier Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 125–129. PMCID: PMC2435454 Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in Aortic and Left Internal Mammary Artery Biopsies Erkan Iriz, Meltem Yalinay Cirak, Evren Doruk Engin, Mustafa Hakan Zor, Dilek Erer, Mehmet Emin Ozdogan, Sevgi Turet, and Ali Yener Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 130–135. PMCID: PMC2435450 Left Atrial Size May Predict Exercise Capacity and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Heart Failure Esmeray Acarturk, Mevlut Koc, Abdi Bozkurt, and Ilker Unal Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 136–143. PMCID: PMC2435436 Surgical Techniques Circumflex Coronary Artery Bypass via the Posterior Interatrial Sulcus and under the Venae Cavae Niyazi Cebi and Gerhard Walterbusch Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 144–146. PMCID: PMC2435440 New Use of Teflon to Reduce Bleeding in Modified Bentall Operation Onur Sokullu, Soner Sanioglu, Gokcen Orhan, M. Sinan Kut, Oral Hastaoglu, Pelin Karaca, Batuhan Ozay, Umut Ayoglu, and Fuat Bilgen Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 147–151. PMCID: PMC2435449 Continuing Medical Education Cardiologists' and Emergency Physicians' Perspectives on and Knowledge of Reperfusion Guidelines Pertaining to ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction W. Frank Peacock, Deepak L. Bhatt, Deborah Diercks, Ezra Amsterdam, Abhinav Chandra, E. Magnus Ohman, David F.M. Brown, and James Januzzi Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 152–161. PMCID: PMC2435452 Coronary Anomalies Ectopic Origin of Left Coronary Ostium from Left Ventricle, with Occlusive Membrane: A Previously Unreported Anomaly, with an Embryologic Interpretation Luigi Pirelli, Pey-Jen Yu, Monvadi B. Srichai, Katherine Khvilivitzky, Paolo Angelini, and Juan B. Grau Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 162–165. PMCID: PMC2435451 Review Devices in Heart Failure: Potential Methods for Device-Based Monitoring of Congestive Heart Failure Shahzeb M. Munir, Roberta C. Bogaev, Ed Sobash, K. J. Shankar, Sreedevi Gondi, Igor V. Stupin, Jillian Robertson, M. Alan Brewer, S. Ward Casscells, Reynolds M. Delgado, and Amany Ahmed Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 166–173. PMCID: PMC2435457 Historical Perspective Einthoven's String Galvanometer: The First Electrocardiograph Moises Rivera-Ruiz, Christian Cajavilca, and Joseph Varon Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 174–178. PMCID: PMC2435435 Case Reports Iatrogenic Circumflex Coronary Lesion in Mitral Valve Surgery: Case Report and Review of the Literature Antonino M. Grande, Antonio Fiore, Massimo Massetti, and Mario Viganò Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 179–183. PMCID: PMC2435437 CentriMag Left Ventricular Assist System: Cannulation through a Right Minithoracotomy Igor D. Gregoric, William E. Cohn, Mehmet H. Akay, Saverio La Francesca, Tim Myers, and O. H. Frazier Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 184–185. PMCID: PMC2435439 Acquired Pseudoaneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva Hiroshi Iida, Yoshio Sudo, Tohru Sunazawa, and Hideo Ukita Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 186–188. PMCID: PMC2435462 Spontaneous Resolution of Coronary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Consequent to Percutaneous Intervention with Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent David Chen, Richard Chang, Andrew T. Ho, Geir Frivold, and Gary Foster Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 189–192. PMCID: PMC2435461 Biatrial Myxoma and Cerebral Ischemia Successfully Treated with Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy and Surgical Resection Morhaf Ibrahim, Cezar Iliescu, Hazim J. Safi, Maximilian L. Buja, David D. McPherson, and Francisco Fuentes Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 193–195. PMCID: PMC2435448 Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy Wissam I. Khalife, Manal C. Mourtada, and Jihad Khalil Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 196–199. PMCID: PMC2435434 Combined Cardiac–Neurosurgical Treatment of Acute Aortic Dissection, Stroke, and Coma Vlad A. Iliescu, Lucian F. Dorobantu, Ovidiu Stiru, Serban Bubenek, Ion Miclea, Mihaela Rugina, Cristian Boros, and Serban Georgescu Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 200–202. PMCID: PMC2435460 Ventricular Septal Defect Closure in a Patient with VACTERL Syndrome: Anticipating Sequelae in a Rare Genetic Disorder Ali Can Hatemi, Mete Gursoy, Kadir Ceviker, Aybala Tongut, Gurkan Cetin, Serdar Celebi, and Erhan Kansiz Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 203–205. PMCID: PMC2435430 Brief Communications Interrupted Aortic Arch with Transposition of Great Arteries and Hypoplastic Right Ventricle: A Successful Repair Igor E. Konstantinov and Peter Pohlner Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 206–208. PMCID: PMC2435463 Vascular Ring: Tracheoesophageal Compression Associated with Symmetrical Double Aortic Arch Necip Becit, Bilgehan Erkut, and Yasar Karaca Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 209–210. PMCID: PMC2435458 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus Harvinder Arora, Pankaj Madan, Leo Simpson, and Raymond F. Stainback Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 211–213. PMCID: PMC2435443 Anastomotic Leak after Cabrol Composite Graft Procedure: Diagnosis by Computed Tomographic Angiography and Treatment by Covered Stent Ugur Bozlar, Michael Ragosta, Vishal Arora, and Klaus D. Hagspiel Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 214–215. PMCID: PMC2435442 Acute Ortner's Syndrome Arising from Ductus Arteriosus Aneurysm John Kokotsakis, Panagiotis Misthos, Thanos Athanassiou, Elian Skouteli, and Dimitra Rontogianni Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 216–217. PMCID: PMC2435444 Cavernous Hemangioma Atypically Located at the Left Brachial Region Omer Tetik, Ufuk Yetkin, Turkan Rezanko, Barcin Ozcem, and Ali Gurbuz Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 218–219. PMCID: PMC2435431 Giant Aneurysm 25 Years after Patch Aortoplasty for Aortic Coarctation Roberto Chiesa, Germano Melissano, Efrem Civilini, Luca Bertoglio, Francesco Setacci, and Domenico Baccellieri Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 220–221. PMCID: PMC2435432 Giant Right Femoral Pseudoaneurysm Diagnosed 7 Years after Cardiac Catheterization Ali Gurbuz, Ufuk Yetkin, Haydar Yasa, Murat Aksun, and Aylin Orgen Calli Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 222–223. PMCID: PMC2435456 Severe Calcific Chronic Constrictive Tuberculous Pericarditis Ufuk Yetkin, Gokhan Ilhan, Aylin Orgen Calli, Murat Yesil, and Ali Gurbuz Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 224–225. PMCID: PMC2435447 Correspondence “Chronic” Dishonesty in Medicine? Herbert L. Fred Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 226. PMCID: PMC2435453 Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 227. PMCID: PMC2435459 Circumferential Intimal Flap Prolapsing into the Left Ventricle G. Hossein Almassi Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 227–228. PMCID: PMC2435441 Circumferential Intimal Flap Prolapsing into the Left Ventricle Anil Z. Apaydin Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(2): 228. PMCID: PMC2435455 |