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 2012
Cellular Retrograde Cardiomyoplasty and Relaxin Therapy for Postischemic Myocardial Repair in a Rat Model, Gabriella Di Lascio, Guy Harmelin, Mattia Targetti, et al.
Chronic Kidney Disease is Associated With Increased Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis as Revealed by Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography, Sion K Roy, Albert Cespedes, Dong Li, et al.
Constrictive Pericarditis Treated by Surgery, Alireza A Ghavidel, Maziar Gholampour, Majid Kyavar, et al.
Coronary Arteriovenous Fistulae: The Complexity of Coronary Artery-to-Coronary Sinus Connections, Todd L Kiefer, Anna Lisa Crowley, James Jaggers, et al.
Culprit-Vessel Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Followed by Contralateral Angiography Versus Complete Angiography in Patients With St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Chadi Dib, Elias B Hanna, Muhammad A Chaudhry, et al.
Does the Expression of Transforming Growth Factor β-1: Affect the Outcome of the Radiofrequency Modified Maze Procedure in Patients With Rheumatic Atrial Fibrillation?, Wei Wang, Lei Liu, Yuan Li, et al.
Early Cardiac Metastasis From Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue in 2 Patients, Jean Onwuchekwa and Jose Banchs
Ectopic and Atretic Ostium of Left Main Coronary Artery: From Interleaflet Triangle Between Left and Noncoronary Cusps, Ta-Chung Shen, Hsin-Hua Chou, and Kuei-Ton Tsai
Eptifibatide-Induced Thrombocytopenia: With Thrombosis and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Immediately After Left Main Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty, Michael W Tempelhof, Keith H Benzuly, Dan Fintel, et al.
Extreme Thrombocytosis and Cardiovascular Surgery: Risks and Management, Ethan A Natelson
False Scents, False Sense, and False Cents: Why Physicians Should Read Sherlock Holmes, Ira Martin Grais
Hypoplastic Right-Heart Syndrome Presenting as Multiple Miscarriages, Chadi Dib, Philip A Araoz, Norman P Davies, et al.
Intramyocardial Hematoma From Blunt Trauma Mimicking Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Meta Linda Mobula, Sammy Zakaria, and Glenn A Hirsch
Long-Term Results of Aortic Banding for Complex Infrarenal Neck Anatomy and Type I Endoleak After Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Zvonimir Krajcer, Kathryn G Dougherty, and Igor D Gregoric
Management of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Entrapment: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Gerard J Fitzmaurice, Anton Collins, and Haralambos Parissis
Medical Education on the Brink: 62 Years of Front-Line Observations and Opinions, Herbert L Fred
Mid-Aortic Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Girl Successfully Treated by Aorto-Aortic Grafting and Renal Artery Implantation Into the Graft, Tanja Kersnik Levart and Tomislav Klokocovnik
Nitinol Thermoreactive Clips for Secondary Sternal Closure in Cases of Noninfective Sternal Dehiscence, Arif Gucu, Faruk Toktas, Cuneyt Eris, et al.
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Review, Anirban Bhattacharyya, Sukhdeep Singh Basra, Priyanka Sen, et al.
Potential Role of Plasma Myeloperoxidase Level in Predicting Long-Term Outcome of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Mehmet Gungor Kaya, Ridvan Yalcin, Kaan Okyay, et al.
Pulmonary Resection in the 21st Century: The Role of Robotics, Robert J Cerfolio
Restoration of Microcirculatory Patency After Myocardial Infarction: Results of Current Coronary Interventional Strategies and Techniques, Marlos R Fernandes, R David Fish, John Canales, et al.
The History of Art Versus the Art of Surgery, Ugo Filippo Tesler
Transcatheter Retrieval and Repositioning of Embolized Stent From the Right Ventricle in an Infant, Daisuke Kobayashi, Harinder R Singh, Daniel R Turner, et al.
Submissions from 2011
A Dosing Study of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells for Transendocardial Injection in a Pig Model of Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease, Guilherme V Silva, Marlos R Fernandes, Cristiano O Cardoso, et al.