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Volume 35(4);  2008
Editorials
In Memoriam: Judah Folkman 1933–2008
James T. Willerson
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 379–380.
PMCID: PMC2607093
In Memoriam: Ketty Schwartz 1937–2007
James T. Willerson
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 381–382.
PMCID: PMC2607092
Texas Heart Institute Medal and the Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement in Cardiovascular Diseases
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 383–384.
PMCID: PMC2607096
Guest Editorial
Elephant Medicine Revisited
Herbert L. Fred
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 385–388.
PMCID: PMC2607086
Clinical Investigations
Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 and Tissue Inhibitors Do Not Predict Incident Coronary Artery Disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
Vijay Nambi, Alanna C. Morrison, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Josef Coresh, Shawn Miles, Charles Etta Rhodes, A. Richey Sharrett, B. Eric Boerwinkle, and Christie M. Ballantyne
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 388–394.
PMCID: PMC2607088
Carotid Endarterectomy versus Carotid Artery Stenting: Findings in Regard to Neuroclinical Outcomes and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
Hakan Posacioglu, Cagatay Engin, Celal Cinar, Anil Z. Apaydin, Ismail Oran, Mustafa Parildar, Cem Calli, Emrah Oguz, and Ahmet Memis
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 395–401.
PMCID: PMC2607080
Surgical Management of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Mehmet Unal, Ali Kubilay Korkut, Mesut Kosem, Vedat Ertunc, Mustafa Ozcan, and Nizamettin Caglar
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 402–405.
PMCID: PMC2607103
Acute Coronary Syndrome without Significant Stenosis on Angiography Characteristics and Prognosis
Hubertus von Korn, Volker Graefe, Marc-Alexander Ohlow, Jiangtao Yu, Burkhard Huegl, Andreas Wagner, Stefan Gruene, and Bernward Lauer
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 406–412.
PMCID: PMC2607085
The Cardioprotective Role of Preinfarction Angina as Shown in Outcomes of Patients after First Myocardial Infarction
Zorica T. Mladenovic, Andjelka Angelkov-Ristic, Dragan Tavciovski, Zdravko Mijailovic, Branko Gligic, and Zoran Cosic
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 413–418.
PMCID: PMC2607100
Medical Devices
Retractable-Needle Catheters: An Update on Local Drug Delivery in Coronary Interventions
Paolo Angelini and Wijay Bandula
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 419–424.
PMCID: PMC2607095
Surgical Technique
A Modification to the Manouguian Aortoplasty for Biological Valve Implantation in Patients with Small (≤19 mm) Aortic Anuli—Rationale and Benefit
Andreas Borowski and Muhammed Kurt
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 425–427.
PMCID: PMC2607105
Review
Does Minimal-Access Aortic Valve Replacement Reduce the Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation?
Bari Murtuza, John R. Pepper, Rex DeL Stanbridge, Ara Darzi, and Thanos Athanasiou
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 428–438.
PMCID: PMC2607094
Case Series
Treating Acute “No-Reflow” with Intracoronary Adenosine in 4 Patients during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Mervyn B. Forman, Dongming Hou, and Edwin K. Jackson
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 439–446.
PMCID: PMC2607097
Clinical Experience with the TandemHeart Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation
Brian A. Bruckner, Leon P. Jacob, Igor D. Gregoric, Pranav Loyalka, Biswajit Kar, William E. Cohn, Saverio La Francesca, Branislav Radovancevic, and O. H. Frazier
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 447–450.
PMCID: PMC2607106
Case Reports
Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: Results after 47 Years
Denton A. Cooley, Oscar Villegas Cabello, and Fernando Monraz Preciado
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 451–453.
PMCID: PMC2607107
Right Atrial Thrombus Mimicking Myxoma with Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Tomás F. Cianciulli, María C. Saccheri, Héctor J. Redruello, Lucas A. Cosarinsky, Leonardo Celano, Carla S. Trila, Coloma E. Parisi, and Horacio A. Prezioso
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 454–457.
PMCID: PMC2607098
Intrapericardial Primary Thymic Carcinoma in a 73-Year-Old Man
Ana Maria Calderon, Juan Andres Merchan, Juan Carlos Rozo, Cesar Ivan Guerrero, Bernardo Treistman, Laura E. Sulak, Benjamin Y.C. Cheong, German Rodríguez, and Andrés Mesa
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 458–461.
PMCID: PMC2607082
TandemHeart Insertion via a Femoral Arterial GORE-TEX Graft Conduit in a High-Risk Patient
Jonas Busch, Guillermo Torre-Amione, George P. Noon, and Matthias Loebe
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 462–465.
PMCID: PMC2607081
Repair of Coarctation-Related Aortic Arch Aneurysm and Ventricular Septal Defect in an Adolescent
Cuneyt Narin, Erdal Ege, Atilla Orhan, and Mehmet Yeniterzi
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 466–469.
PMCID: PMC2607102
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting after Pneumonectomy
Bai-Qin Zhao, Ru-Kun Chen, and Jian-Ping Song
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 470–471.
PMCID: PMC2607084
Brief Communications
Simultaneous Coronary and Cerebral Air Embolism after CT-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of the Lung
David H. Hsi, Thomas N. Thompson, Alexander Fruchter, Michael S. Collins, Olaf U. Lieberg, and Hartwig Boepple
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 472–474.
PMCID: PMC2607090
Thrombus Straddling an Atrial Septal Defect: Surgical Prevention of Massive Pulmonary and Systemic Embolization
Igor E. Konstantinov, Pankaj Saxena, Ruth Blackham, Trenton Barrett, Chris Finn, and Mark A.J. Newman
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 475–476.
PMCID: PMC2607104
Split Right Coronary Artery Its Definition and Its Territory
Fadi J. Sawaya, Jaber I. Sawaya, and Paolo Angelini
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 477–479.
PMCID: PMC2607101
Images in Cardiovascular Medicine
Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Complicated by a Mural Thrombus and Outflow Tract Obstruction in a Patient with Pheochromocytoma
Igor Mrdovic, Jovan Perunicic, Milika Asanin, Mihailo Matic, Zorana Vasiljevic, and Miodrag Ostojic
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 480–482.
PMCID: PMC2607089
Transient Apical Ballooning in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Nishith K. Singh, Abdul Rehman, and Sudhir J. Hansalia
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 483–484.
PMCID: PMC2607108
Multislice Computed Tomography of a Repaired Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Arising from the Pulmonary Artery
Preethi Nambi, Ranjita Sengupta, and Benjamin Y.C. Cheong
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 485–486.
PMCID: PMC2607083
Pacemaker Endocarditis Viewed via Intracardiac Ultrasonography
Siddharth Prakash and Audrius Bredikis
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 487–488.
PMCID: PMC2607087
Correspondence
Cryoplasty for the Treatment of In-Stent Renal Artery Stenosis?
Daniel E. Hendricks and Klaus D. Hagspiel
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 489–491.
PMCID: PMC2607091
Cryoplasty for the Treatment of In-Stent Renal Artery Stenosis?
Zvonimir Krajcer
Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(4): 491.
PMCID: PMC2607099
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