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 2022
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Severe Aortic Stenosis and Large Membranous Interventricular Septal Aneurysm, Maheedhar Gedela, Tomasz Stys, Terezia Petraskova, et al.
Usefulness of a Perfusion Balloon for Intraprocedural Stent Thrombosis in a Patient With ST-Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction Complicated With Cardiogenic Shock, Taro Takeyama, Yukiko Mizutani, Tetsuya Ishikawa, et al.
Very Late Aortic Endograft Infection With Listeria monocytogenes in an Elderly Man, Jorge A Miranda, Ahmed Khouqeer, James J Livesay, et al.
Submissions from 2021
A Review of the Cardiac and Cardiovascular Effects of COVID-19 in Adults and Children, Bibhuti B Das, S Kristen Sexon Tejtel, Shriprasad Deshpande, et al.
Arteriovenous Fistula Formation After Transradial Coronary Intervention, Khader Herzallah, Abdulmohsin Ahmadjee, Yehia Saleh, et al.
Association Between Morning Surge in Systolic Blood Pressure and SYNTAX Score I in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease, Alaa Quisi, Gokhan Alici, Hazar Harbalioglu, et al.
Atypical ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Presentation in Patients With COVID-19 at a High-Volume Center in New York City, Miguel A Alvarez Villela, Ahmad Alkhalil, Michael A Weinreich, et al.
Avoidance of ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treatment for >1 Week Due to COVID-19 Fears, Rahul V Annabathula, Gregory J Sinner, Talal S Alnabelsi, et al.
Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma in the Heart of a 45-Year-Old Woman, Mohamad Karnib, Isaac Rhea, Robin Elliott, et al.
Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Mitochondrial Disease in the United States: A Propensity Score Analysis, Tran Nguyen, Talal Alzahrani, Joseph Krepp, et al.
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in a 17-Year-Old Boy Awaiting Heart Transplantation, Nooralam A Rai, Aliva De, and Carin Lamm
Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Explantation After More Than 5 Years of Circulatory Support and Ventricular Reconditioning, George V Letsou, Andrew C W Baldwin, Andrew B Civitello, et al.
Delayed Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction With Ventricular Septal Rupture Due to Patient Fear During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Minar Chhetry, Reema Bhatt, Nathan H Tehrani, et al.
Endovascular Treatment of Acquired Atheromatous Postsubclavian Aortic Coarctation, Bhushan S Sonawane, Sreeja Pavithran, and Kothandam Sivakumar
Flecainide-Induced Atrial Flutter With 1:1 Conduction Complicated by Ventricular Fibrillation After Electrical Cardioversion, Timothy Colangelo, Drew Johnson, and Reginald Ho
Improper Use of Temporary Epicardial Pacing Wires, Emre Kubat, Isil Tasoz, Kubilay Karabacak, et al.
Large-Bore Aspiration Thrombectomy: Catalyst for a Revolution in Treating Pulmonary Embolism, Thomas M Tu
Left Ventricular Ballooning Patterns in Recurrent Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Reported Cases, Ravi Korabathina, Jamie Porcadas, Kevin E Kip, et al.
Medical and Device Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Sophia Huang, Payam Safavi-Naeini, and Abdi Rasekh
Novel Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis for Treating Intermediate-Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism: The Bashir Endovascular Catheter, Maninder Singh, Austin Quimby, Vladimir Lakhter, et al.
Papillary Fibroelastoma in Differential Diagnosis of Left Atrial Appendage Masses, Anthony Alozie, Annette Zimpfer, Andreas Erbersdobler, et al.
Papillary Muscle Rupture After Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction, Narayana Sarma V Singam and Shahab Ghafghazi
Routine Outpatient Electrocardiogram: What Is the Diagnosis?, Muzamil Khawaja, Vincent R J Siebert, John Allison, et al.
Single-Dose del Nido Cardioplegia Compared With Standard Cardioplegia During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting at a Veterans Affairs Hospital, Michael R Reidy, Ernesto Jimenez, Shuab Omer, et al.
Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography for Detecting Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Rongjuan Li, Jinjie Xie, Bo Jiang, et al.