| | Editorial The Texas Aorta Institute? James J. Ferguson, III Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 169. PMCID: PMC197311 Review of the Literature Pedicled or Skeletonized?: A Review of the Internal Thoracic Artery Graft Carlos Del Campo Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 170–175. PMCID: PMC197312 Clinical Investigations Effects of Carvedilol Therapy on QT-Interval Dispersion in Congestive Heart Failure: Is There a Difference in the Elderly? Ricardo Mourilhe Rocha, Guilherme Vianna Silva, Emerson C. Perin, André Regazzi Gerk, Elias Pimentel Gouvea, Valéria Martins Soares Santos, Francisco Manes Albanesi Filho, and Denilson Campos de Albuquerque Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 176–179. PMCID: PMC197313 Pericardiectomy for Chronic Constrictive Tuberculous Pericarditis: Risks and Predictors of Survival Nilgun Bozbuga, Vedat Erentug, Ercan Eren, Hasan Basri Erdogan, Kaan Kirali, Arzu Antal, Esat Akinci, and Cevat Yakut Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 180–185. PMCID: PMC197314 Peripheral Interventions Mechanical Trauma as a Cause of Late Complications after AneuRx® Stent Graft Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Zvonimir Krajcer, Kamal Gupta, and Kathy G. Dougherty Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 186–193. PMCID: PMC197315 Cardiovascular Devices Novel Left Ventricular Assist System®: An Electrocardiogram-Synchronized LVAS That Avoids Cardiac Cannulation Domingo Liotta Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 194–201. PMCID: PMC197316 Surgical Techniques Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm of the Non-Coronary Cusp: Repaired in the Adult with a Freestyle® Bioprosthesis Carlos Del Campo and David M. Weinberg Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 202–204. PMCID: PMC197317 Perigraft-to-Right Atrial Shunt for Aortic Root Hemostasis Chiung-Lun Kao and Jen-Ping Chang Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 205–207. PMCID: PMC197318 Congenital Heart Disease Coronary Arteries in Crisscross Heart Paolo Angelini, Alberto Lopez, Roberto Lufschanowski, Margit A. Nemeth, and Scott D. Flamm Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 208–213. PMCID: PMC197319 An Unusual Presentation of Congenital Heart Disease Nilesh J. Goswami, Tony S. Wen, and Gregory L. Freeman Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 214–217. PMCID: PMC197320 Case Reports Surgical Management of Metastatic Melanoma to the Ventricle Greg Messner, Matthew T. Harting, Pierantonio Russo, Igor D. Gregoric, Madhuri Mukhopadhyay, Scott D. Flamm, and O. H. Frazier Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 218–220. PMCID: PMC197321 Chronic Dissection of the Left Subclavian Artery with Pseudocoarctation Soma Guhathakurta, Ravi Agarwal, Shirish Borker, and Ashok Kumar Sharma Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 221–224. PMCID: PMC197322 Surgical Treatment of Multiple Mycotic Aneurysms in the Ascending Aorta, Aortic Arch, and Descending Aorta Alvaro Ortiz de Salazar, Javier Lopez Izaguirre, and Zuriñe Zubero Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 225–228. PMCID: PMC197323 Delayed Treatment of Contained Blunt Traumatic Aortic Rupture: A Case of Rupture Treated by Endoprosthesis François Dagenais, Richard Bauset, Roc Turcotte, and Jean-Pierre Normand Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 229–232. PMCID: PMC197324 Combined Repair of Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome John N. Kokotsakis, Achilleas G. Lioulias, Christophoros N. Foroulis, Eleni Anna T. Skouteli, Michael K. Milonakis, Elias A. Bastounis, and Dimitrios G. Boulafendis Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 233–235. PMCID: PMC197325 Brief Communications Percutaneous Closure of Window-Type Patent Ductus Arteriosus Using the CardioSEAL® and STARFlex® Devices Jacek Bialkowski, Malgorzata Szkutnik, Jacek Kusa, and Joerg Stein Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 236–239. PMCID: PMC197326 Aortic Graft Pseudoaneurysm Secondary to Fracture of Sternal Wires Chiung-Lun Kao and Jen-Ping Chang Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 240–242. PMCID: PMC197327 Aortic Insufficiency in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome after Aortic Root Reconstruction with a Tailored-Sinus Graft Igor E. Konstantinov and Kenton J. Zehr Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 243–245. PMCID: PMC197328 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Pericarditis after Myocardial Infarction Margit A. Nemeth, Stephanie Coulter, and Scott D. Flamm Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 246–247. PMCID: PMC197329 Correspondence Coronary-to-Pulmonary Artery Fistula Steven C. Bailey, Jeffery L. Curtis, and Kelly D. Hedlund Tex Heart Inst J. 2003; 30(3): 248–249. PMCID: PMC197330 |