| | Editorial Grand Hamdan International Award Robert J. Hall Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 1–2. PMCID: PMC101120 Clinical Investigations The Role of Interleukin-6 in Cases of Cardiac Myxoma: Clinical Features, Immunologic Abnormalities, and a Possible Role in Recurrence Cesar Emilio Mendoza, Manuel Francisco Rosado, and Leon Bernal Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 3–7. PMCID: PMC101121 Mitral Valve Repair in a Predominantly Rheumatic Population: Long-Term Results Shiv K. Choudhary, Sachin Talwar, Bharat Dubey, Arun Chopra, Anita Saxena, and A. Sampath Kumar Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 8–15. PMCID: PMC101122 Microembolic Signals in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Effect of Aortic Atherosclerosis Emre Kumral, Kaan Balkir, Tahir Yagdi, Erkan Kara, Dilek Evyapan, and Önol Bilkay Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 16–20. PMCID: PMC101123 Subject Review with Illustrative Cases Coronary Artery Fistula: Management and Intermediate-Term Outcome after Transcatheter Coil Occlusion Colin J. McMahon, Michael R. Nihill, John P. Kovalchin, Charles E. Mullins, and Ronald G. Grifka Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 21–25. PMCID: PMC101124 Introduction The Texas Heart® Institute Award for Undergraduate Writing in the History of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 27. PMCID: PMC101125 Historical Perspective Charles Theodore Dotter: The Father of Intervention Misty M. Payne Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 28–38. PMCID: PMC101126 Surgical Techniques Replacement of the Left Common Iliac Vein with a Custom-Made Bovine Pericardium Tubular Graft Carlos Del Campo and Allen Fonseca Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 39–41. PMCID: PMC101127 Transapical Aortic Cannulation for Acute Aortic Dissection to Prevent Malperfusion and Cerebral Complications Shin Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Hosoda, Motoshige Yamasaki, Noboru Ishikawa, Koji Fuchimoto, and Tomonobu Fukuda Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 42–43. PMCID: PMC101128 Editorial Commentary: Transapical Aortic Cannulation for Acute Aortic Dissection to Prevent Malperfusion and Cerebral Complications Denton A. Cooley Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 43. PMCID: PMC101129 Catheterization Technique Ever Heard of Percutaneous Transvenous Selective Coronary Angiography? Unusual Approach in a Patient with Patent Ductus Arteriosus Mathias C. Busch and Ulrich W. Busch Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 44–46. PMCID: PMC101130 Case Reports Mitral Valve Replacement and Repair: Report of 5 Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus John P. Hakim, Anurag Mehta, Abnash C. Jain, and Gordon F. Murray Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 47–52. PMCID: PMC101131 Mitral Valve Regurgitation Causing Right Upper Lobe Pulmonary Edema Andrew L. Young, Charles S. Langston, Robert L. Schiffman, and Michael J. Shortsleeve Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 53–56. PMCID: PMC101132 The Pitfalls of Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case of Eustachian Valve Endocarditis Jamelle Bowers, William Krimsky, and Jeremy D. Gradon Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 57–59. PMCID: PMC101133 Perfusionist-Transmitted Bacterial Mediastinitis in a Heart Transplant Recipient Ron-Bin Hsu, Mei-Ling Chen, Shan-Chwen Chang, Wen-Je Ko, Nai-Kuan Chou, Shoei-Shen Wang, and Shu-Hsun Chu Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 60–62. PMCID: PMC101134 Constrictive Pericarditis Associated with Marlex Mesh: Two Case Reports Robert F. Chen and Cha Po Lai Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 63–64. PMCID: PMC101135 Esophageal Perforation in a Sword Swallower Scott A. Scheinin and Patrick R. Wells Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 65–68. PMCID: PMC101136 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Twelve-Lead Electrocardiogram of Torsades de Pointes Ijaz A. Khan Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 69. PMCID: PMC101137 Guidewire Perforation during PTCA with Subsequent Off-Pump Bypass Surgery Madhava Naik, Kean-Wah Lau, and Yeow-Leng Chua Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 70–71. PMCID: PMC101138 Ebstein's Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve with Associated Mitral Valve Prolapse Ijaz A. Khan Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 72. PMCID: PMC101139 Cardiac Herniation and Torsion after Partial Pericardiectomy during Right Pneumonectomy Paolo Buniva, Alessandro Aluffi, Giuseppe Rescigno, Johannes Rademacher, and Stefano Nazari Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 73. PMCID: PMC101140 Book Review Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics Lance C. LaMotte Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 75. PMCID: PMC101141 Correspondence Curvilinear Paramedian Sternotomy Myles Edwin Lee Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 76. PMCID: PMC101142 Femoral Hemostasis Herbert J. Semler Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 76–77. PMCID: PMC101143 Femoral Hemostasis Zvonimir Krajcer and Marcus H. Howell Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28(1): 77. PMCID: PMC101144 |