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：:The rupture of a mycotic femoral artery pseudoaneurysm in an intravenous drug abuser is a limb- and life-threatening condition that necessitates emergency intervention. Emergency stent-grafting appears to be a viable, minimally invasive alternative, or a bridge, to subsequent open surgery. Caution is required in cases...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Karkos CD,Kalogirou TE,Giagtzidis IT,Papazoglou KO

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiologic profile of infective endocarditis has changed substantially over the past few years, especially in industrialized countries. Our study evaluates the clinical and pathologic characteristics of infective endocarditis patients treated by cardiac surgery in China during a 12-year period. We retrospective...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Li L,Wang H,Wang L,Pu J,Zhao H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoid tumors are rare neuroendocrine malignancies that typically originate from the gastrointestinal tract. Patients who are diagnosed with carcinoid heart disease generally have poor prognoses because of advanced metastases during staging and few therapeutic options. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman wit...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Goldman T,Adamson K,Yang E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ideal management of stable patients who present late after acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is still a matter of conjecture. We hypothesized that the extent of improvement in left ventricular function after successful revascularization in this subset was related to the magnitude of viability in the...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Goel PK,Bhatia T,Kapoor A,Gambhir S,Pradhan PK,Barai S,Tewari S,Garg N,Kumar S,Jain S,Madhusudan P,Murthy S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During his work, an 18-year-old carpenter-in-training overbalanced and shot himself in the left median thorax with a nail gun. The patient was delivered to our thoracic surgery unit with a tentative diagnosis of penetrating lung trauma. An emergent computed tomogram showed a heart-penetrating nail injury. The patient ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Rupprecht H,Ghidau M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-supported patients are evaluated routinely with use of transthoracic echocardiography. Values of left ventricular unloading in this unique patient population are needed to evaluate LVAD function and assist in patient follow-up. We introduce a new M-mode measurement, the slope of t...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Martinez SC,Bradley EA,Novak EL,Rasalingam R,Cedars AM,Ewald GA,Silvestry SC,Joseph SM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frozen elephant trunk procedure is a hybrid, single-staged alternative to conventional surgery for repairing diffuse pathologic conditions of the thoracic aorta. This approach is particularly advantageous in patients who have pathologic conditions of the left side of the chest, because the descending thoracic aort...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Kent WD,Manjunath A,Malaisrie SC

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Neisseria elongata, a common oral bacterium, has been recognized as a cause of infections such as infective endocarditis, septicemia, and osteomyelitis. Neisseria-induced infective endocarditis, although infrequently reported, typically arises after dental procedures. Without antibiotic therapy, its complications can ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Yoo YP,Kang KW,Yoon HS,Yoo S,Lee MS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Percutaneous closure of patent arterial ducts with the Amplatzer Ductal Occluder has become an effective and widely accepted alternative to surgical management. Although rarely, the occluder can be dislodged after an initially successful deployment, and with catastrophic consequences. We describe such a case in a 12-m...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Tang L,Zhou S,Shen X

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：: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：:The objective of this study was to determine the safety and feasibility of performing transendocardial electromechanical mapping and mesenchymal precursor stem cell injections after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation in a sheep model of acute myocardial infarction. Six sheep were assigned to either an ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Zheng Y,Sampaio LC,Li K,Silva GV,Cabreira-Hansen M,Vela D,Segura AM,Bovè C,Perin EC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inferior vena cava filters are commonly used to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients who manifest deep vein thrombosis and recurrent pulmonary embolism despite anticoagulation, or in patients with contraindications to anticoagulation. We report the case of a 69-year-old man with a structurally normal heart who exper...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Peters MN,Khazi Syed RH,Katz MJ,Moscona JC,Nijjar VS,Bisharat MB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regardless of the diabetic status of patients with coronary artery disease, hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia are adversely associated with cardiovascular events. The relationship between glucose levels and increased mortality risk in acute myocardial infarction has been shown through various glucose metrics; however, th...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Madani M,Alizadeh K,Ghazaee SP,Zavarehee A,Abdi S,Shakerian F,Salehi N,Firouzi A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor. Patients with atrial myxoma typically present with obstructive, embolic, or systemic symptoms; asymptomatic presentation is very rare. To our knowledge, isolated association of atrial myxoma with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been reported only once in the Engl...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Abdou M,Hayek S,Williams BR 3rd

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) are known to be increased in the sera of subjects with heart failure. Existing models do not account for the biomass of thrombus that occurs in patients undergoing myocardial infarction. In this study, we compared the expressi...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Chandrakala AN,Kwiatkowski P,Sai-Sudhakar CB,Sun B,Phillips A,Parthasarathy S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac amyloidosis is an infiltrative cardiomyopathy with a grave prognosis. Its clinical manifestations include restrictive cardiomyopathy, diastolic heart failure, conduction defects, and arrhythmias. Isolated cardiac involvement and significant conduction disturbances are reported very infrequently. We report a ra...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Pattanshetty DJ,Bhat PK,Chamberlain WA,Lyons MR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the medium-term results of De Vega, modified De Vega, and ring annuloplasty techniques for the correction of tricuspid insufficiency and investigates the risk factors for recurrent grades 3 and 4 tricuspid insufficiency after repair. In our clinic, 93 patients with functional tricuspid insufficienc...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Kara I,Koksal C,Cakalagaoglu C,Sahin M,Yanartas M,Ay Y,Demir S

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：: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：:In selected patients, transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects with the AMPLATZER Septal Occluder has yielded excellent results. However, there is a slight risk of device embolization after deployment. We report the case of a 26-year-old woman in whom an embolized AMPLATZER device was retrieved percutaneously fr...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Goel PK,Kapoor A,Batra A,Khanna R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycotic aneurysm formation is a rare and potentially fatal sequela of bacteremia. We present the cases of 2 octogenarians who had surgically confirmed mycotic aneurysms that involved the ascending aorta, with contained rupture (pseudoaneurysm). Neither patient had evidence of valvular endocarditis. Patient 1, an 82-ye...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Mukherjee JT,Nautiyal A,Labib SB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman presented with dyspnea on exertion due to a right internal mammary artery-to-superior vena cava arteriovenous fistula that occurred after pacemaker lead extraction with a laser sheath. The fistula was successfully repaired by placing a covered stent in the right internal mammary artery. In this unu...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Azpurua FE,Dougherty KG,Massumi A,Strickman NE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of cancer survivors in the United States has exceeded 12 million and is increasing. After secondary malignancies, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of late morbidity and death among cancer survivors. The cardiovascular needs of cancer survivors have not been described. We describe the clinical cha...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Daher IN,Daigle TR,Bhatia N,Durand JB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 35-year-old man with severe, dilated idiopathic cardiomyopathy who was placed on the waiting list for cardiac transplantation. While awaiting transplantation, his heart failure decompensated to such a degree that left ventricular assist device support was necessary. He did well on device supp...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Demirozu ZT,Frazier OH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital pericardial diverticula and cysts are extremely uncommon lesions within the anterior mediastinum. Both lesions derive from the pericardial celom and represent different stages of a common embryogenesis. Initial reports date from the 19th century. Surgical pioneers were Otto Pickhardt, who removed a pericard...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Schweigert M,Dubecz A,Beron M,Ofner D,Stein HJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin, an anthracycline antibiotic commonly used as a chemotherapeutic agent for breast cancer, is well known to cause cardiotoxicity. We report the case of an active, otherwise healthy 57-year-old breast cancer survivor who, 17 years after chemotherapy, presented with symptoms of overt heart failure. She had no...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Kumar S,Marfatia R,Tannenbaum S,Yang C,Avelar E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac metastasis from primary tumors is rare. Cardiac metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue is rare; in the English-language medical literature, we read of only 4 patients with this condition. Here, we discuss the cases of 2 such patients who presented at our institution only a few months apart. In b...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Onwuchekwa J,Banchs J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombosis involving a permanent infusion catheter in the subclavian vein and superior vena cava is relatively common, especially in cancer patients. Edema of the arms and head is a well-known clinical consequence of this thrombosis, with an intrinsic risk of pulmonary embolism; however, systemic embolization into the...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Nascimbene A,Angelini P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension associated with pediatric congenital heart defects is a major cause of postoperative morbidity and death. Sildenafil has been combined with inhaled nitric oxide to treat pulmonary hypertension. We retrospectively studied the pre- and postoperative effects of oral sildenafil as monotherapy in chi...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Palma G,Giordano R,Russolillo V,Cioffi S,Palumbo S,Mucerino M,Poli V,Vosa C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary intervention in tortuous or calcified vessels poses a substantial challenge for interventional cardiologists. Many techniques have been described to overcome the challenge, including the use of stiffer wires, buddy wires, the anchor balloon technique, and deep seating of the guide catheter. Herei...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Attaran RR,Butman S,Movahed MR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tricuspid regurgitation secondary to percutaneous lead extraction is uncommon, and it rarely requires surgical intervention. Most tricuspid regurgitation occurs during the implantation of tined leads, which can be entrapped in the tricuspid valve apparatus and may require immediate withdrawal. Severe tricuspid regurgi...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Mehrotra D,Kejriwal NK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow-derived CD34(+) cells are a well-characterized population of stem cells that have traditionally been used clinically to reconstitute the hematopoietic system after radiation or chemotherapy. More recently, CD34(+) cells have also been shown to induce therapeutic angiogenesis in animal models of myocardial,...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Mackie AR,Losordo DW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mad-honey poisoning can occur after the eating of honey that contains grayanotoxin. Mad honey is intentionally produced from the nectar of Rhododendron ponticum, which grows in Japan, Nepal, Brazil, parts of North America and Europe, and the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. Low doses of grayanotoxin can cause dizzi...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Yarlioglues M,Akpek M,Ardic I,Elcik D,Sahin O,Kaya MG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man presented with chest pain and tightness and was diagnosed with a Q-wave anterior myocardial infarction. He then developed pulseless ventricular arrhythmias, which were treated with repeated direct-current shocks and intravenous amiodarone. He underwent emergency cardiac catheterization: stents were d...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Loyalka P,Hariharan R,Gholkar G,Gregoric ID,Tamerisa R,Nathan S,Kar B

更新日期：2011-01-01 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