For 50 years, The Texas Heart Institute Journal has been published by The Texas Heart Institute as part of its medical education program. Our continuously published, peer-reviewed journal enjoys a global audience of physicians, scientists, and healthcare professionals who are contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Beginning in 2023, the official name is The Texas Heart Institute Journal.
Historically, The Journal was printed under the name of Cardiovascular Diseases from 1974 through 1981 (ISSN 0093-3546). The name was changed to Texas Heart Institute Journal in 1982 and was printed through 2013 (ISSN 0730-2347). In 2014, The Journal moved to online-only publication. The Journal is indexed by Index Medicus/MEDLINE and by other indexing and abstracting services worldwide. Our full archive is available at PubMed Central.
As of July 15, 2023, The Texas Heart Institute Journal is a fully Open Access publication that enables authors to retain copyright under an appropriate Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY-NC). This collection showcases a small selection of the journal archive from 2011- current.
Submissions from 2025
Effective Thrombectomy for Biventricular Thrombosis With an Endoscope via the Aortic and Tricuspid Heart Valves, Yuki Endo, Yoshiei Shimamura, Chizuo Kikuchi, et al.
Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life in Kawasaki Disease-Related Coronary Artery Aneurysm: A Large Single-Center Assessment in Nanjing, China, Yun Zhou, Mei Chen, Wenting Gao, et al.
The Mental Health of Cardiology Fellows in Training, Juan Simon Rico-Mesa, Suman M Atluri, and Maria Antonia Rico-Mesa
The Role of Electrophysiologic Study in Device Selection for Leadless Atrial Pacing, Joshua R Hirsch, Jordan M Gales, Irakli Giorgberidze, et al.
Submissions from 2024
Acute Mitral Valve Regurgitation Caused by Left Ventricular Pacing Wire During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Byeng-Ju Son, Ung Kim, Jong-Ho Nam, et al.
Artificial Chordae Implantation vs Posterior Leaflet Preservation: A Comparison of Midterm Results After Mitral Valve Replacement, Salih Salihi, Bilhan Özalp, Fatih Toptan, et al.
Cannula Placement for Cerebral Protection Without Circulatory Arrest in Patients Undergoing Hemiarch Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Joseph C Sweeney, Jaimin R Trivedi, Toyokazu Endo, et al.
Cardiac Mass in a 78-Year-Old Patient With a History of Cancer: Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges, Bihong Zhao, Ayah Zaqqa, Michelle M McDonald, et al.
Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to Esophagopericardial Fistula, Caitlin T Perez-Stable, Lauren T Callaghan, Christopher K Wong, et al.
Cardiometabolic Health: Actionable Prevention Strategies and New Care Models, Omar Leonards and David Aguilar
Cardiovascular Disease Management With Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Cardiology Primer, Allan Zhang, Ramsey Kalil, Alexander Marzec, et al.
Comparison of Perioperative and Postoperative Outcomes Among 3 Left Atrial Incisions: Conventional Direct, Transseptal, and Superior Septal Left Atriotomy, Estelle Démoulin, Dionysios Adamopoulos, Tornike Sologashvili, et al.
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Patient With Multivessel Disease and Dextrocardia With Situs Inversus Totalis, Rohit Shahani, Adham Ahmed, Frank M Rosell, et al.
Does Serum Uric Acid to Creatinine Ratio Predict Mortality Risk in Patients With Heart Failure, Xiaoqing Xi, Jinfeng Cai, Chen Zhang, et al.
Dronedarone for the Treatment of Atrial Arrhythmias in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease, Mahdi S Agha, Peter R Ermis, Wayne J Franklin, et al.
Effects of Bioprosthetic Valve Fracturing on Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Transvalvular Gradients, Osama Hallak, Karley Fischer, Shaina Ailawadi, et al.
Heart Transplantation in a Patient With Rheumatic Heart Disease and Severe Left Atrial Calcification, Kyungsub Song, Seonhwa Lee, and Yun Seok Kim
Iatrogenic Atrial Septal Defect After MitraClip Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: To Close or Not to Close??, Mariem Abdelsalam, Raghad Younus, Lamis F Abdalla, et al.
Insights From The Histopathologic Analysis of Acquired and Genetic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections, L Maximilian Buja, Bihong Zhao, Humaira Sadaf, et al.
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Using a Cold Fibrillatory Cardiac Arrest Technique in Patients With Prior Cardiac Surgery, Ahmed Ali, Zachary Gray, Gabriel Loor, et al.
Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Klippel-Feil Syndrome With Related Thoracic Deformity, Yuki Endo, Yoshiei Shimamura, and Hiroshi Niinami
Modern Perspectives on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-No One Size Fits All, Brett Doliner, Hadeel Gaddar, Ramsey Kalil, et al.
Modern Perspectives on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-No One Size Fits All, Brett Doliner, Hadeel Gaddar, Ramsey Kalil, et al.
Predictive Value of HAS-BLED and HEMORR2HAGES Bleeding Risk Scores After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Ianis Doomun, Daphné Doomun, Sara Schukraft, et al.
Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Women: Insights From the Houston HeartReach Study, Arjun R Raghuram, Matthew W Segar, Stephanie Coulter, et al.