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
Early Detection of a Cavopulmonary Tumor Embolus With the Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography, Magdy M El-Sayed Ahmed, Raed M Al-Najjar, Muhammad Aftab, James M Anton, John S Colen, and Ross M Reul
Echocardiographic Versus Histologic Findings in Marfan Syndrome, Xiaoyan Gu, Yihua He, Zhian Li, Jiancheng Han, Jian Chen, and J V Ian Nixon
Efficacy of Oral Anticoagulation in Stroke Prevention among Sinus-Rhythm Patients Who Lack Left Atrial Mechanical Contraction after Cryoablation, José Martínez-Comendador, Javier Gualis, José Miguel Marcos-Vidal, Jonnatan Buber, Carlos Esteban Martín, Jesús Gomez-Plana, Miguel Angel Rodríguez, Ignacio Iglesias-Garriz, David Alonso, Carlos Soria, Eva Higuera Miguélez, and Mario Castaño
Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Metastatic from the Uterus to the Inferior Vena Cava and Right Atrium, Daniel Scher, William Nghiem, Salim Aziz, Rodeen Rahbar, Whitney Banks, Anthony Venbrux, and Shawn Sarin
Evaluation of Previously Cannulated Radial Arteries as Patent Coronary Artery Bypass Conduits, Timothy Watson, Adele Pope, Niels van Pelt, and Peter N Ruygrok
Impact and Predictors of Noncircular Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Shapes on Estimating Aortic Stenosis Severity by Means of Continuity Equations, Nirmanmoh Bhatia, Buddhadeb Dawn, Tariq S Siddiqui, and Marcus F Stoddard
Impact of Insulin Resistance on Neointimal Tissue Proliferation after 2nd-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation, Takaaki Komatsu, Isao Yaguchi, Sachiko Komatsu, Shiro Nakahara, Sayuki Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Sakai, and Isao Taguchi
Improved Systemic Saturation After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in a Patient With Decompensated Dextro-transposition of the Great Arteries After the Fontan Procedure, Ali Abdul Jabbar, Wayne J Franklin, Leo Simpson, Andrew B Civitello, Reynolds M Delgado, and O H Frazier
Is Autologous or Heterologous Pericardium Better for Valvuloplasty? A Comparative Study of Calcification Propensity, Arthur W Bracey
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