Matrix metalloproteinase-1 and tissue inhibitors do not predict incident coronary artery disease in the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study.

abstract：:Anomalous coronary arteries are rare in the general population. We report the case of a term neonate who underwent an echocardiogram to evaluate a possible patent ductus arteriosus. Unexpectedly, an apparent anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery was detected by surface 2-dimensio...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Robinson JA,Maclellan-Tobert SG,Horner JM,Cetta F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the following review, we outline the cellular ontogeny and time course of coronary artery development within the vertebrate heart. Our eventual focus will be the potential role of arteriogenesis in the differentiation of a subset of specialized conduction cells in the chick heart. We begin by briefly outlining earl...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Harris BS,O'Brien TX,Gourdie RG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a modified technique for advancing a catheter or sheath into the right common carotid artery when the aortic arch anatomy is unfavorable.A standard 0.035-inch guidewire is passed into the right subclavian artery, and a diagnostic catheter is threaded over it, deep into the right axillary and brachial artery....

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Gupta K,Biria M,Mortazavi A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets play an important role in the development of acute coronary syndromes. Evidence indicates that platelet-inhibiting drugs, such as glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, can be beneficial when they are administered at the time of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Guo J,Xu M,Xi Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed the clinical presentations, courses, and outcomes of 90 patients seen at Texas Children's Hospital from 1983 through 2008 who had an isolated cleft of the mitral valve without some form of endocardial cushion defect. Additional congenital cardiac defects were present in 61 of the 90 patients, 35 of wh...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Zhu D,Bryant R,Heinle J,Nihill MR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella infection can manifest itself in many clinical forms, most commonly as pneumonia, but rarely in the form of myocardial involvement. Legionella with myocardial involvement independent of pneumonia is almost never seen in the adult population and therefore is cited only a handful of times in the medical liter...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Burke PT,Shah R,Thabolingam R,Saba S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consequences of deep wound infections before, during, and after coronary artery bypass grafting have prompted research to clarify risk factors and explore preventive measures to keep infection rates at an irreducible minimum. An analysis of 42 studies in which investigators used multivariate logistic regression an...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Bryan CS,Yarbrough WM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients who undergo cardiac transplantation do so as a result of end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy (DC). Little is known about the causes of this condition, but long-term follow-up studies reveal a high incidence of DC in patients who have had acute viral myocarditis. The following article examines the role of my...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： O'Connell JB

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the structural and functional heart adaptations of 52 male triathletes compared with those of 22 active, nonathletic men, by 2-dimensional Doppler echocardiography. Left ventricular diastolic function was evaluated by recording transmitral flow velocities. To exclude the influences of preload, left atrial p...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Claessens PJ,Claessens CW,Claessens MM,Claessens MC,Claessens JE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of total left main coronary artery occlusion is rarely reported (84 chronic and acute cases in the world literature), due to the high mortality rate from massive myocardial infarction. Acute occlusions have been treated with intracoronary streptokinase, with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Lijoi A,Della Rovere F,Passerone GC,Dottori V,Scarano F,Bo M,Parodi E,Venere G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with a slowly enlarging mass in the right posterolateral chest wall. Computed tomography showed a soft-tissue mass 8.5 × 7.5 × 5.5 cm in size, arising from the right posterolateral 9th, 10th, and 11th intercostal spaces. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a vascu...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Ulku R,Onat S,Avci A,Ozmen CA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of percutaneous ablative treatments for atrial fibrillation led to new information regarding the region of the left atrium and pulmonary veins, which electrophysiologists had previously overlooked. Initially, procedures for treating atrial fibrillation involved ablation and then the isolation of speci...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Moreira W,Timmermans C,Wellens HJ,Rodriguez LM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant metastases to the heart and pericardium, which occur far more often than do primary cardiac neoplasms, typically lead to fatal outcomes. The phyllodes tumor is a rare, predominantly benign fibroepithelial breast neoplasm with variable malignancy potential. Herein, we describe the case of a 35-year-old woman ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Garg N,Moorthy N,Agrawal SK,Pandey S,Kumari N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an early diagnosis and successful correction of a disrupted "improved" Björk-Shiley prosthetic valve in the mitral position. The role of 2-Dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis is emphasized. ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Patel RR,Senan P,Nair M,Ramesh ML,Ticzon AR

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortoiliac occlusive disease is a frequently encountered occlusive arterial disease. Different surgical approaches to the infrarenal abdominal aorta have been reported. We retrospectively studied the postoperative outcomes of patients who were treated for aortoiliac occlusive disease via a retroperitoneal versus a tra...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Emrecan B,Onem G,Ocak E,Arslan M,Yagci B,Baltalarli A,Akdag B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing thromboembolic risk is crucial for proper management of patients with atrial fibrillation. Left atrial volume is a promising predictor of cardiac thrombosis. To determine whether left atrial volume can predict left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation, we conducted a prospective stu...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Osawa K,Nakanishi R,Ceponiene I,Nezarat N,French WJ,Budoff MJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apical akinesis and dilation in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease is a typical feature of stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy, whereas apical hypertrophy is seen in apical-variant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We report the cases of 2 patients who presented with takotsubo cardiomyopathy and were ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Roy RR,Hakim FA,Hurst RT,Simper D,Appleton CP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-healing mid-sternotomy wounds are a persistently difficult problem. The numerous methods that have been employed to manage these wounds are costly in terms of patient discomfort and length of hospital stay. We present a method to manage a complicated sternotomy that uses an omental flap with an immediate, split-th...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Hellman AA,Lammermeier DE,Cooley DA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonfunctional paragangliomas are slow-growing, typically benign tumors that arise from the extra-adrenal paraganglion of the autonomic nervous system. They are identified and characterized with the use of computed tomography and other imaging methods; for definitive diagnosis, histopathologic evaluation is crucial. Su...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Ghouri MA,Krishnan E,Singh A,Zaman T,Hallman CH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericardial calcification is detrimental to the long-term durability of valvuloplasty. However, whether calcification susceptibility differs between heterologous and autologous pericardium is unclear. In this study, we compared the progression of calcification in vivo between autologous and heterologous pericardium. W...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Jiang WJ,Cui YC,Li JH,Zhang XH,Ding HH,Lai YQ,Zhang HJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who sustained a myocardial infarction after inhaling cocaine. He developed a persistent wall motion defect that was present 18 months after the acute event despite resolution of electrocardiographic evidence of infarction. ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Wilkins CE,Mathur VS,Ty RC,Hall RJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambl's excrescences are filiform fronds that occur at sites of valve closure. They originate as small thrombi on endocardial surfaces (where the valve margins contact) and have the potential to embolize to distant organs. We describe the case of a 61-year-old woman who presented with repeated episodes of stroke. She ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Aziz F,Baciewicz FA Jr

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 2002 through June 2004, 17 patients (2% of all coronary cases) were treated with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting combined with percutaneous coronary intervention. There were 13 men and 4 women, whose ages ranged from 54 to 78 years (mean, 63.1 +/- 20.9 yr). Preoperative angiography revealed 2-ves...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Us MH,Basaran M,Yilmaz M,Yaymaci B,Ulusoy E,Sanioglu S,Ozbek C,Arslan Y,Pocan S,Yilmaz AT

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of adults with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease who underwent aortic valve reconstructive surgery (AVRS), consisting of replacement of the diseased BAV with 2 or 3 pericardial leaflets plus fixation of the sinotubular junction for accurate and constant leaflet...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Song MG,Yang HS,Choi JB,Shin JK,Chee HK,Kim JS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an interesting case of single right coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva and continuing distally as a rare anomalous left coronary artery. Over the 7-year course of our clinical follow-up, the right coronary artery manifested severe, progressive atherosclerotic disease in multiple sites, ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Ghosh P,Chauhan A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unruptured aneurysms of the left sinus of Valsalva are extremely rare, and their clinical features are not well-documented in the literature. We describe an unusual case in which an unruptured aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva associated with previously undiagnosed Marfan syndrome caused extrinsic compression of ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Hoganson NE,Cernaianu AC,Cilley JH Jr,Delrossi AJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoaneurysms of the ascending aorta after the original inclusion/wrap technique of the Bentall procedure present a difficult surgical management problem and are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Patients with Marfan syndrome frequently develop aneurysms and dissections that involve multiple aorti...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Kokotsakis JN,Lioulias AG,Foroulis CN,Skouteli EA,Milonakis MK,Bastounis EA,Boulafendis DG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications for transcatheter aortic valve implantation have been increasing with the development of new-generation valves and delivery systems. Our patient, an 81-year-old man with aortic stenosis, had an existing coronary artery bypass graft and bilateral aortoiliac bypass grafts. We used the transfemoral approa...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Gul M,Akgul O,Erturk M,Eksik A,Yildirim A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few reported cases document injury to the circumflex coronary artery secondary to repair of the mitral valve annulus. This potentially life-threatening sequela must be considered during mitral valve repair. In an effort to increase awareness of this sequela, we present the case of a patient who experienced a periopera...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Meursing DF,Boonswang NA,Dobrilovic N,Wait MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the indications for implanting left ventricular assist devices have expanded, some patients are qualifying for device removal after myocardial recovery. Whereas explantation has been described for previous generations of devices, no standard procedures have been developed. Removal of centrifugal-flow devices has cr...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Schutz A,Mattar A,Loor G,Cohn WE,Shafii A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00