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 2015
Is Autologous or Heterologous Pericardium Better for Valvuloplasty? A Comparative Study of Calcification Propensity, Wen-Jian Jiang, Yong-Chao Cui, Jin-Hua Li, Xiu-Hui Zhang, Huan-Huan Ding, Yong-Qiang Lai, and Hong-Jia Zhang
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension, Ayhan Pektas, Rana Olgunturk, Ayhan Cevik, Semiha Terlemez, Emre Kacar, and Yusuf Ali Oner
Microaxial Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Bridge to Transplantation after LVAD Malfunction, Heidi J Reich, Aamir Shah, Babak Azarbal, Jon Kobashigawa, Jaime Moriguchi, Lawrence Czer, and Fardad Esmailian
Modified Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation as an Adjunct to Elective Cardiac Surgery: Predictors of Mid-Term Recurrence and Echocardiographic Follow-Up, Claudia Loardi, Francesco Alamanni, Fabrizio Veglia, Claudia Galli, Alessandro Parolari, and Marco Zanobini
Multivariate Criteria Most Accurately Distinguish Cardiac from Noncardiac Causes of Dyspnea., Mirza Nubair Ahmad, Syed Hasan Yusuf, Rafath Ullah, Mirza Mujadil Ahmad, Mary K Ellis, Haroon Yousaf, Timothy E Paterick, and Khawaja Afzal Ammar
Pathways involved in interleukin-1β-mediated murine cardiomyocyte apoptosis., Yi Shen, Jie Qin, and Peili Bu
Prenatal Diagnosis of Left Pulmonary Artery-to-pulmonary Vein Fistula and Its Successful Surgical Repair in a Neonate, Oleksii Ostras, Andrii Kurkevych, Lyubomyr Bohuta, Tetyana Yalynska, Tammo Raad, Mark Lewin, and Illya Yemets
Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Adults with Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Review of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement, Sandeep S Sodhi and Ari M Cedars
Regression of Left Ventricular Mass After Implantation of the Sutureless 3f Enable Aortic Bioprosthesis, Giovanni Concistrè, Antonio Miceli, Federica Marchi, Francesca Chiaramonti, Mattia Glauber, and Marco Solinas
Successful Use of Therapeutic Hypothermia in a Pregnant Patient, Kevin N Oguayo, Ola O Oyetayo, David Stewart, Steven M Costa, and Richard O Jones
Taking the Risk: the Other Side of the Story, Herbert L Fred
Target-Specific Oral Anticoagulants: Should We Switch From Warfarin?, Payam Safavi-Naeini and Mohammad Saeed
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation despite challenging vascular access., Angelo Nascimbene, Federico Azpurua, James J Livesay, R David Fish, and Zvonimir Krajcer
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Physician-Patient's Story, Herbert L Fred
Treating the Patient Who Has the Disease, Emily J Gibson
Tunneling a Pulmonary Artery Graft: A Simplified Way to Insert and Remove a Temporary Right Ventricular Assist Device, Pankaj Saxena and Silvana F Marasco
Ultrasound Biomicroscopic Imaging for Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist-Inhibiting Atherosclerosis and Markers of Inflammation in Atherosclerotic Development in Apolipoprotein-E Knockout Mice, Rong-Juan Li, Yan Sun, Qin Wang, Jiao Yang, Ya Yang, Li Song, Zheng Wang, Xiang-Hong Luo, and Rui-Juan Su
When the Chief Complaint Tells It All, Herbert L Fred
Submissions from 2014
Abdominal Fat Suspension Device for Maintaining Normal Cardiorespiratory Function in Patients Undergoing Conscious Sedation During Surgery: A Feasibility Study, Norman F Truong, Joanna C Nathan, Daeun Yoon, Gabriel Ochoa, Marisa Prevost, Sehyun Yun, Z Maria Oden, and Mehdi Razavi
Anticoagulation With Bivalirudin During Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in a Patient With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia, Agamemnon Pericleous, Mostafa Sadek, Mary Fitzmaurice, Constance Caldwell, Kris Natividad, and Konstadinos A Plestis
Aortic Valve Reconstruction With Use of Pericardial Leaflets in Adults With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease: Early and Midterm Outcomes, Meong Gun Song, Hyun Suk Yang, Jong Bum Choi, Je Kyoun Shin, Hyun Keun Chee, and Jun Seok Kim
Brachiocephalic Artery Cannulation in Proximal Aortic Surgery That Requires Circulatory Arrest, Mehmet Unal, Oguz Yilmaz, Ilker Akar, Ilker Ince, Cemal Aslan, Fatih Koc, and Haluk Kafali
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Investigation of Cardiovascular Disorders. Part 1: Current Applications, Ajit H Goenka and Scott D Flamm
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Investigation of Cardiovascular Disorders. Part 2: Emerging Applications, Ajit H Goenka, Hui Wang, and Scott D Flamm
Contemporary Use of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in the Era of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, Dawn S Hui, David M Shavelle, Mark J Cunningham, Ray V Matthews, and Vaughn A Starnes