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Volume 36(6);  2009
Editorial
In Memoriam: Donald G. Rochelle (1931–2009)
James T. Willerson
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 507.
PMCID: PMC2801936
Guest Editorial
Statistics and the Rise of Medical Fortunetellers
Michel Accad
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 508–509.
PMCID: PMC2801944
Reviews
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Contemporary Medical Management
Susan M. Joseph, Ari M. Cedars, Gregory A. Ewald, Edward M. Geltman, and Douglas L. Mann
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 510–520.
PMCID: PMC2801958
Statin Therapy May Influence the Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation: What Is the Evidence?
Srdjan Saso, Joshua A. Vecht, Christopher Rao, Aristotle Protopapas, Hutan Ashrafian, Daniel Leff, Ara Darzi, and Thanos Athanasiou
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 521–529.
PMCID: PMC2801933
Clinical Investigations
PROCLAIM: Pilot Study to Examine the Effects of Clopidogrel on Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome Receiving Low-Dose Aspirin
James T. Willerson, Greg Cable, Edward T.H. Yeh, and On Behalf of the PROCLAIM Investigators
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 530–539.
PMCID: PMC2801957
Obesity: An Independent Predictor of In-Hospital Postoperative Renal Insufficiency among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery?
Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Vei-Vei Lee, MacArthur A. Elayda, Wei Pan, Laura A. Petersen, James M. Wilson, James T. Willerson, and Christie M. Ballantyne
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 540–545.
PMCID: PMC2801932
Factors Contributing to Suboptimal Vaccination against Influenza: Results of a Nationwide Telephone Survey of Persons with Cardiovascular Disease
Mohammad Madjid, Anushayanthan Alfred, Achal Sahai, Jodie L. Conyers, and S. Ward Casscells
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 546–552.
PMCID: PMC2801927
Isolated Cleft of the Mitral Valve: Clinical Spectrum and Course
Diqi Zhu, Roosevelt Bryant, Jeffrey Heinle, and Michael R. Nihill
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 553–556.
PMCID: PMC2801948
Second and Third Cardiac Valve Reoperations: Factors Influencing Death and Long-Term Survival
Mehmet Erdem Toker, Ercan Eren, Mustafa Guler, Kaan Kirali, Mehmet Yanartas, Mehmet Balkanay, and Cevat Yakut
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 557–562.
PMCID: PMC2801951
Electrical Storm in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Can It Be Forecast?
Zahra Emkanjoo, Narges Alihasani, Abolfath Alizadeh, Mohammad Tayyebi, Hamid Bonakdar, Hamid Barakpour, and Mohammad Ali Sadr-Ameli
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 563–567.
PMCID: PMC2801945
Laboratory Investigation
Continuous-Flow Total Artificial Heart Supports Long-Term Survival of a Calf
O. H. Frazier, William E. Cohn, Egemen Tuzun, Jo Anna Winkler, and Igor D. Gregoric
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 568–574.
PMCID: PMC2801939
Techniques
Anterolateral Minithoracotomies for the Radical Correction of Congenital Heart Diseases
Gaetano Palma, Raffaele Giordano, Veronica Russolillo, Sabato Cioffi, Sergio Palumbo, Marco Mucerino, Vincenzo Poli, Giuseppina Langella, and Carlo Vosa
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 575–579.
PMCID: PMC2801954
Historical Perspective
Taussig-Bing Anomaly: From Original Description to the Current Era
Igor E. Konstantinov
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 580–585.
PMCID: PMC2801930
Case Reports
STEMI in a 24-Year-Old Man after Use of a Synephrine-Containing Dietary Supplement: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
John E. Thomas, Jamalah A. Munir, Peter Z. McIntyre, and Michael A. Ferguson
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 586–590.
PMCID: PMC2801940
Concurrent Primary Cardiac Tumors of Differing Histology and Origin: Case Report with Literature Review
Nisreen Jallad, Rupen Parikh, Joseph Daoko, Enis Albareqdar, Anthony Al-Dehneh, Jonathan Goldstein, Fayez Shamoon, and Mark W. Connolly
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 591–593.
PMCID: PMC2801934
Right Atrial Paraganglioma: A Rare Primary Cardiac Neoplasm as a Cause of Chest Pain
Mohammad Tahir, Syed Javad Noor, Aravind Herle, and Stephen Downing
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 594–597.
PMCID: PMC2801953
Hydatid Cyst Confined to the Papillary Muscle: A Very Rare Cause of Mitral Regurgitation
Anil Z. Apaydin, Emrah Oguz, Fatih Ayik, Sanem Nalbantgil, and Naim Ceylan
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 598–600.
PMCID: PMC2801946
Suspected Legionella-Induced Perimyocarditis in an Adult in the Absence of Pneumonia: A Rare Clinical Entity
Peter T. Burke, Roshni Shah, Raveend Thabolingam, and Souheil Saba
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 601–603.
PMCID: PMC2801935
Translocation of Prosthetic Aortic Valve in Advanced Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Pankaj Saxena, Jaffar Shehatha, Stuart Downie, Mark A.J. Newman, and Igor E. Konstantinov
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 604–606.
PMCID: PMC2801941
Primary Aortoesophageal Fistula due to Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Successful Surgical Treatment
Christos Prokakis, Nikolaos Charoulis, Dimitrios Tselikos, Efstratios N. Koletsis, Efstratios Apostolakis, and Dimitrios Dougenis
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 607–610.
PMCID: PMC2801929
Isolated Right Superior Vena Cava Drainage into the Left Atrium Diagnosed Noninvasively in the Peripartum Period
Charles Baggett, Shawn J. Skeen, D. Scott Gantt, Bradley R. Trotter, and Krista L. Birkemeier
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 611–614.
PMCID: PMC2801949
Latent Tricuspid Valve Rupture after Motor Vehicle Accident and Routine Echocardiography in All Chest-Wall Traumas
Suchi Khurana, Rishi Puri, Dennis Wong, Benjamin K. Dundon, Michael A. Brown, Matthew I. Worthley, and Stephen G. Worthley
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 615–617.
PMCID: PMC2801947
Fracture of Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent after Implantation
Meng-Chieh Wu, Chen-Chuan Cheng, and Tsuei-Yuan Huang
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 618–620.
PMCID: PMC2801950
Images in Cardiovascular Medicine
Leaflet Entrapment Causing Acute Aortic Insufficiency after Valve Replacement
María Elena Arnáiz García, Ivan García Martín, Alejandro Pontón Cortina, José Manuel Bernal Marco, and José Manuel Revuelta Soba
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 621.
PMCID: PMC2801942
Multiple Coronary–Cameral Fistulae Causing Angina Pectoris
Sakir Arslan, Yekta Gurlertop, M. Ali Elbey, and Sule Karakelleoglu
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 622–623.
PMCID: PMC2801959
Thrombus Formation on the Delivery Sheath during Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure
Nihan Kahya Eren, Zehra Ilke Akyildiz, Halit Acet, Faruk Ertas, Cem Nazli, and Oktay Ergene
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 624–625.
PMCID: PMC2801952
Inadvertent Anastomosis of Internal Mammary Artery to Great Cardiac Vein: A Rare Complication of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Rishi Puri, Benjamin K. Dundon, Peter J. Psaltis, Stephen G. Worthley, and Matthew I. Worthley
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 626–627.
PMCID: PMC2801931
Cardiac Involvement in Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Taner Sen, Omer Gungor, Ibrahim Akpinar, Mustafa Cetin, Omac Tufekcioglu, and Zehra Golbasi
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 628–629.
PMCID: PMC2801956
Book Reviews
The Clinical Anatomy of the Coronary Arteries: An Anatomical Study on 100 Human Heart Specimens
L. Maximilian Buja
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 630–631.
PMCID: PMC2801960
Time to Care: Personal Medicine in the Age of Technology
Herbert L. Fred
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 631.
PMCID: PMC2801937
Correspondence
Endovascular Abdominal Aneurysm Repair in Nonagenarians: Never Beyond the Limits
Abhishek Karnwal, Maurice Lippmann, Inderjeet S. Julka, and Rodney White
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 632.
PMCID: PMC2801943
Humpty Dumpty
Ira Martin Grais
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 632–633.
PMCID: PMC2801938
Humpty Dumpty
Albert J. Miller
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 633.
PMCID: PMC2801955
Erratum
Erratum
Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(6): 633.
PMCID: PMC2801928
Corrects: Arda Sanli Okmen, et al. Quadricuspid Aortic Valve without Severe Dysfunction despite Advanced Age. Tex Heart Inst J. 2009; 36(5): 486–488.
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