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 2023
Validity and Diagnostic Performance of Computing Fractional Flow Reserve From 2-Dimensional Coronary Angiography Images, Vahid Mohammadi, Massoud Ghasemi, Reza Rahmani, Maryam Mehrpooya, Hamidreza Babakhani, Akbar Shafiee, and Mohammad Sadeghian
Submissions from 2022
Abnormal Electrocardiogram in a Man Presenting With Dyspnea and Chest Pain, Daniel W Nelson, Ryley McPeters, and Atul Singla
Arrhythmia Burden and Heart Rate Response During Exercise in Anderson-Fabry Disease, Adam W Powell, Samuel G Wittekind, Wayne A Mays, Sean M Lang, Timothy K Knilans, Carlos E Prada, Robert J Hopkin, and Clifford Chin
Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Medicine: Historical Overview, Current Status, and Future Directions, Zvonimir Krajcer
Combined Disease of the Quadricuspid Aortic Valve, Robert Blazekovic, Jasmina Catic, Stjepan Barisin, Marko Kusurin, Savica Gjorgjievska, and Stanislav Glumbic
Continuous Thoracic Paravertebral Block to Treat Electrical Storm, Daryl I Smith, Sarah A Kralovic, Rafeek A Hegazy, and Hai Tran
Decongestion Models and Metrics in Acute Heart Failure: ESCAPE Data in the Age of the Implantable Cardiac Pressure Monitor, David Paniagua, Glenn N Levine, Lorraine D Cornwell, Ernesto Jimenez, Biswajit Kar, Hani Jneid, Ali E Denktas, and Tony S Ma
Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Multiple Left Ventricular Thrombi and Embolic Stroke After Mild COVID-19, Radhapriya Yalamanchi, Madhan Kumar Murugan, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekharan, and Refai Showkathali
Effects of Escalating Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients With Worsening Cardiogenic Shock, Iyad N Isseh, Sarah Gorgis, Carina Dagher, Shivani Sharma, Mir B Basir, and Sachin Parikh
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Pregnancy: A Retrospective Analysis From a Tertiary Care Hospital, Pooja Sikka, Vanita Suri, Seema Chopra, Neelam Aggarwal, Subhas Chandra Saha, Ramandeep Bansal, Rajesh Vijayvergiya, and Ajay Bahl
Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula After Distal Transradial Coronary Angiography, Wah Wah Htun, Myo Maw, and Tak Kwan
Iatrogenic Diversion of Superior Vena Cava Into Left Atrium, Tarun Jain, Jamil F Borgi, James C Lee, and Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam
Impact of Active and Historical Cancers on the Management and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicating Cardiogenic Shock, Sri Harsha Patlolla, Anusha G Bhat, Pranathi R Sundaragiri, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Rajkumar P Doshi, Sudeep K Siddappa Malleshappa, Deepak K Pasupula, Wissam A Jaber, William J Nicholson, and Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula
Impact of Recent Acute Kidney Injury on Creatinine Clearance Estimation in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, Amaris Fuentes, Jagadeswara R Earla, Tomona Iso, and Joshua T Swan
Improved Right Ventricular Systolic Function After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure, Hakimeh Sadeghian, Ali Kazemisaied, Mehrnaz Rezvanfard, Arash Jalali, Afsaneh Sadeghian, Haleh Ashraf, Farbod Semnani, and Amirhossein Ghaseminejad Raeini
Left Ventricular Assist Device Support and Longitudinal Sleeve Gastrectomy Combined With Diet in Bridge to Heart Transplant, Mandy Ng, Beverly Rodgers, Saadiya Rehman, Sriram S Nathan, Kulvinder S Bajwa, Shinil K Shah, Bindu H Akkanti, Marwan F Jumean, Sachin Kumar, Jennifer L Dressel, Rajko Radovancevic, Melissa M Felinski, Biswajit Kar, and Igor D Gregoric
Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Outpatients with Frequent Ventricular Premature Complexes, Kyoung-Min Park, Sung Il Im, Sung Ho Lee, Hye Bin Gwag, Youngjun Park, Seung-Jung Park, June Soo Kim, and Young Keun On
Mitral Regurgitation and Serum N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Children: A Modification of Adult Criteria, Elif Erolu and Figen Akalin
Myocardial Scintigraphy in Diagnosing Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Marija Petrovic, Persio D Lopez, Calvin Eng, and Mahjabeen Rashid
Myocarditis Mimicking Stress-Induced (Takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy, Arzu Canan, Ryan C Van Woerkom, and Prabhakar Shantha Rajiah
Papillary Fibroelastoma Incidentally Found on Left Atrial Wall During Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement, Qasim Al Abri, Lamees I El Nihum, M Mujeeb Zubair, Roberto Barrios, Michael J Reardon, and Mahesh Ramchandani
Radiation Doses in Patients Undergoing Computed Tomographic Coronary Artery Calcium Evaluation With a 64-Slice Scanner Versus a 256-Slice Scanner, Paul Madaj, Dong Li, Rine Nakanishi, Daniele Andreini, Gianluca Pontone, Edoardo Conte, Rachael O'Rourke, Christian Hamilton-Craig, Manojna Nimmagadda, Nicholas Kim, Badiha Fatima, Christopher Dailing, Kashif Shaikh, Chandana Shekar, Ju Hwan Lee, and Matthew J Budoff
Recurrent Parotid Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Diffuse Myocardial Metastatic Disease, Edward A El-Am, Upasana Jarori, Sara J Grethlein, Ronald Mastouri, and Abhishek Khemka
Relationship Between Preprocedural Lipid Levels and Periprocedural Myocardial Injury in Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Mohsen Maadani, Nima Sari Sarraf, Sanam Alilou, Kamran Aeinfar, Parham Sadeghipour, Ali Zahedmehr, Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi, Seyyed Isa Hashemi Ghadi, Abbas Zavarehee, Maryam Zolfaghari, and Reza Zolfaghari
Silent Kawasaki Disease Affecting Multiple Coronary Arteries in a 39-Year-Old Egyptian Woman, Hamdy Singab, Gamal Sami, and Mahmoud Tag El Sabah