Surgical Techniques
Circumflex Coronary Artery Bypass via the Posterior Interatrial Sulcus and under the Venae Cavae
Niyazi Cebi, MD, Gerhard Walterbusch, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):144-6)
New Use of Teflon to Reduce Bleeding in Modified Bentall Operation
Onur Sokullu, MD, Soner Sanioglu, MD, Gokcen Orhan, MD, M. Sinan Kut, MD, Oral Hastaoglu, MD, Pelin Karaca, MD, Batuhan Ozay, MD, Umut Ayoglu, MD, Fuat Bilgen, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):147-51)
Continuing Medical Education
Cardiologists’ and Emergency Physicians’ Perspectives on and Knowledge of Reperfusion Guidelines Pertaining to ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction
W. Frank Peacock, MD, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, Deborah Diercks, MD, Ezra Amsterdam, MD, Abhinav Chandra, MD, E. Magnus Ohman, MB, CHB, David F.M. Brown, MD, James Januzzi, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):152-61)
Coronary Anomalies
Ectopic Origin of Left Coronary Ostium from Left Ventricle, with Occlusive Membrane: A Previously Unreported Anomaly, with an Embryologic Interpretation
Luigi Pirelli, MD, Pey-Jen Yu, MD, Monvadi B. Srichai, MD, Katherine Khvilivitzky, MS, Paolo Angelini, MD, Juan B. Grau, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):162-5)
Review
Devices in Heart Failure: Potential Methods for Device-Based Monitoring of Congestive Heart Failure
Shaheb M. Munir, MD, Roberta C. Bogaev, MD, Ed Sobash, BSEE, K.J. Shankar, MD, Sreedevi Gondi, MD, Igor V. Stupin, MD, Jillian Robertson, BS, M. Alan Brewer, MBA, S. Ward Casscells, MD, Reynolds M. Delgado, MD, Amany Ahmed, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):166-73)
Historical Perspectives
Website Feature
Einthoven’s String Galvanometer: The First Electrocardiograph (PDF)
Moises Rivera-Ruiz, MS, Christian Cajavilca, MS, Joseph Varon, MD, FCCM
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):174-8)
Case Reports
Iatrogenic Circumflex Coronary Lesion in Mitral Valve Surgery: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Antonino M. Grande, MD, Antonio Fiore, MD, Massimo Massetti, MD, Mario Viganò, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):179-83)
CentriMag Left Ventricular Assist System: Cannulation through a Right Minithoracotomy
Igor D. Gregoric, MD, William E. Cohn, MD, Mehmet H. Akay, MD, Saverio La Francesca, MD, Tim Myers, BS, O.H. Frazier, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):184-5)
Acquired Pseudoaneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva
Hiroshi Iida, MD, PhD, Yoshio Sudo, MD, PhD, Tohru Sunazawa, MD, Hideo Ukita, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):186-8)
Spontaneous Resolution of Coronary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Consequent to Percutaneous Intervention with Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent
David Chen, MD, Richard Chang, MD, Andrew T. Ho, MD, Geir Frivold, MD, Gary Foster, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):189-91)
With Editorial Commentary by Cezar Iliescu, MD, and H. Vernon Anderson, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):192)
Website Feature
Biatrial Myxoma and Cerebral Ischemia Successfully Treated with Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy and Surgical Resection (PDF with motion images)
Morhaf Ibrahim, MD, Cezar Iliescu, MD, Hazim J. Safi, MD, Maximilian L. Buja, MD, David D. McPherson, MD, Francisco Fuentes, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):193-5)
Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
Wissam I. Khalife, MD, Manal C. Mourtada, MD, Jihad Khalil, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):196-9)
Combined Cardiac–Neurosurgical Treatment of Acute Aortic Dissection, Stroke, and Coma
Vlad A. Iliescu, MD, PhD, Lucian F. Dorobantu, MD, Ovidiu Stiru, MD, Serban Bubenek, MD, PhD, Ion Miclea, MD, PhD, Mihaela Rugina, MD, PhD, Cristian Boros, MD, Serban Georgescu, MD, PhD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):200-2)
Ventricular Septal Defect Closure in a Patient with VACTERL Syndrome: Anticipating Sequelae in a Rare Genetic Disorder
Ali Can Hatemi, MD, PhD, Mete Gursoy, MD, Kadir Ceviker, MD, Aybala Tongut, MD, Gurkan Cetin, MD, Serdar Celebi, MD, Erhan Kansiz, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):203-5)
Brief Communication
Interrupted Aortic Arch with Transposition of Great Arteries and Hypoplastic Right Ventricle: A Successful Repair
Igor E. Konstantinov, MD, PhD, Peter Pohlner, MBBS, FRACS
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):206-8)
Vascular Ring: Tracheoesophageal Compression Associated with Symmetrical Double Aortic Arch
Necip Becit, MD, Bilgehan Erkut, MD, Yasar Karaca, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):209-10)
Images in Cardiovascular Medicine
Website Feature
Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus (PDF with motion images)
Harvinder Arora, MD, Pankaj Madan, MD, Leo Simpson, MD, Raymond F. Stainback, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):211-3)
Anastomotic Leak after Cabrol Composite Graft Procedure: Diagnosis by Computed Tomographic Angiography and Treatment by Covered Stent
Ugur Bozlar, MD, Michael Ragosta, MD, Vishal Arora, MD, Klaus D. Hagspiel, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):214-5)
Acute Ortner’s Syndrome Arising from Ductus Arteriosus Aneurysm
John Kokotsakis, MD, Panagiotis Misthos, MD, Thanos Athanassiou, MD, Elian Skouteli, MD, Dimitra Rontogianni, MD, Achilleas Lioulias, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):216-7)
Cavernous Hemangioma Atypically Located at the Left Brachial Region
Omer Tetik, MD, Ufuk Yetkin, MD, Turkan Rezanko, MD, Barcin Ozcem, MD, Ali Gurbuz, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):218-9)
Giant Aneurysm 25 Years after Patch Aortoplasty for Aortic Coarctation
Roberto Chiesa, MD, Germano Melissano, MD, Efrem Civilini, MD, Luca Bertoglio, MD, Francesco Setacci, MD, Domenico Baccellieri, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):220-1)
Giant Right Femoral Pseudoaneurysm Diagnosed 7 Years after Cardiac Catheterization
Ali Gurbuz, MD, Ufuk Yetkin, MD, Haydar Yasa, MD, Murat Aksun, MD, Aylin Orgen Calli, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):222-3)
Website Feature
Severe Calcific Chronic Constrictive Tuberculous Pericarditis (PDF with motion images)
Ufuk Yetkin, MD, Gokhan Ilhan, MD, Aylin Orgen Calli, MD, Murat Yesil, MD, Ali Gurbuz, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):224-5)
Correspondence
“Chronic” Dishonesty in Medicine?
Herbert L. Fred, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):226)
Midwife
Denton A. Cooley, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):227)
Circumferential Intimal Flap Prolapsing into the Left Ventricle
G. Hossein Almassi, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):227-8)
With response by Anil Z. Apaydin, MD
(Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(2):228
