| | 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 |