Texas Heart Institute Journal最新文献

{"title":"George J. Reul, MD: A Tribute.","authors":"James J Livesay, John Cooper","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-25-8613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14503/THIJ-25-8613","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e258613"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12188462/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144498776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Accidental Left Ventricular Placement of a Leadless Micra Pacemaker Through a Patent Foramen Ovale.","authors":"Hamza Alkowatli, Mahmoud Kutmah, Adnan Shaik, Osama Hallak","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-23-8303","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-23-8303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Micra device is a leadless pacemaker implanted in the right ventricle via a femoral vein transcatheter approach. There are several indications for and advantages to using a leadless pacemaker, and the device's role in the field of cardiology will probably continue to increase. This article presents the case of a rare complication probably due to inadvertent placement of the device in the left ventricle across an undiagnosed patent foramen ovale.</p>","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e238303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12188124/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144498775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of a Cardiology-Based Shock Team on Institutional Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use for Cardiogenic Shock.","authors":"Moein Bayat Mokhtari, Abduljabar Adi, Chad A Kliger, Arber Kodra, Sirish Vullaganti, Miguel Alvarez Villela","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8520","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8520","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e248520"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12188123/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144498777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rhabdomyosarcoma Involving the Left Atrium and the Mitral Valve.","authors":"Hamza A Abdul-Hafez, Ahmad K Darwazah, Hasan Alkhatib, Baraa J Ibrahim, Mahmoud Mansour, Nour Dibas","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8555","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8555","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rhabdomyosarcoma represents almost 20% of all primary malignant neoplasms of the heart. In the majority of cases, the tumor arises from the ventricular wall, although these tumors can also arise from the atrial walls and mimic atrioventricular valve stenosis. This report presents a case of a patient diagnosed with an atrial mass that was detected by transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by histopathology. The mass was successfully resected during an uneventful surgical intervention, but the patient died 6 months after the procedure.</p>","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e248555"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12142148/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Double Atrial Septum With Interatrial Space in Patients Experiencing Ischemic Attack.","authors":"Blerim Berisha, Fadhel Hamidani, Mathias Humm","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8515","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8515","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e248515"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12142147/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coronary-Cameral Fistula Following Myectomy in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.","authors":"Alex Pu, Rahul V Annabathula, Manjula G Ananthram","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-25-8577","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-25-8577","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e258577"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12142149/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Case of a Multistent Scaffold Approach for Treatment of a Coronary Artery Aneurysm.","authors":"Rahul Annabathula, Anweshan Samanta, Diljon Chahal","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-25-8573","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-25-8573","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e258573"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12142146/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Platypnea-Orthodeoxia and Patent Foramen Ovale in a Patient in the Setting of COVID-19.","authors":"Laura Sarmiento, Riyad Kherallah, Guilherme Vianna Silva","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8401","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8401","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare condition characterized by positional dyspnea and hypoxemia, with symptoms presenting in the upright position and improving when recumbent. Hypoxemia in platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is defined as a drop in Pao₂ of more than 4 mm Hg or oxygen saturation greater than 5% when moving from a supine to an upright position. Etiologic mechanisms include intracardiac or pulmonary shunts and ventilation perfusion ratio mismatch. Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome has been described as part of COVID-19 pneumonia sequelae, with differing physiologic mechanisms from cardiac pathologies. This report presents the case of a patient with platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome of multifactorial etiology: intracardiac shunting secondary to a patent foramen ovale and ventilation perfusion ratio mismatch as a sequela of COVID-19 pneumonia.</p>","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e248401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12120488/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144182039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unexpected Heartbreak: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Induced by Esophagogastroduodenoscopy.","authors":"Wassim Abouzeid, Ahmad Haddad, Mohammad Kloub, Yazeed Abu Ruman, Kinjal Patel, Joaquim Correia","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-25-8558","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-25-8558","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (stress cardiomyopathy, or broken-heart syndrome), characterized by reversible left ventricular dysfunction without clinically significant coronary artery obstruction, is rare but has been more commonly reported recently. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy as a cause of takotsubo cardiomyopathy remains exceedingly rare. The case report of an 84-year-old female patient with a complex medical history who had acute stress cardiomyopathy following esophagogastroduodenoscopy, which required prolonged hospitalization and hemodynamic support, is presented. This case emphasizes the importance of recognizing and considering this uncommon pathology and its complications in differential diagnosis. Diagnostic modalities and treatment options for this condition are also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e258558"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12102090/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Proposed Genetic Risk Score for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Susceptibility in the Chinese Han Population.","authors":"Jianjun Lan, Lin Wang, Guoyuan Qiu, Shihai Wang, Chao Yang, Mengnian Ran, Hongyu Li, Shiyang Li","doi":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8525","DOIUrl":"10.14503/THIJ-24-8525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the most common types of cardiomyopathies. The current study constructs a proposed genetic risk score and assesses its potential as a predictive tool for individual DCM susceptibility.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 1,000 patients with idiopathic DCM and 828 control participants from the study institution were enrolled. The top 25 up-regulated and down-regulated genes from tandem mass spectrometry analysis of 6 hearts with DCM and 7 control hearts (from a study by Chen et al) were selected for logistic analysis using whole-exome sequencing data. Statistically significant variants were prepared for genetic risk score construction. The predictive power of the genetic risk score and a composite variable for DCM risk were evaluated using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 5 variants associated with DCM susceptibility were identified to develop the genetic risk score. A score of at least 6.4 was more strongly associated with increased risk of DCM (odds ratio, 2.4; <i>P</i> < .001) than scores lower than 6.4. Statistical significance remained evident in multivariate analysis after adjusting for traditional risk factors, including age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking status (odds ratio, 2.54; <i>P</i> < .001). Individuals with a score of at least 6.4 exhibited a decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction and an increase in left ventricular end-diastolic diameter compared with individuals with a score lower than 6.4 (<i>P</i> < .001). Stratification by age, sex, history of hypertension, diabetes, and smoking status did not substantially affect the association between genetic risk score and the risk of DCM. The discriminant power of the genetic risk score is excellent, with a C statistic of 0.72.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The genetic risk score, which consists of 5 variants, could effectively identify individuals at high risk of DCM in the study population and aid in the implementation of early prevention strategies in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":48680,"journal":{"name":"Texas Heart Institute Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"e248525"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086268/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144102500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}