Open Heart: 12 (1)

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Original research: Prevalence of ventricular parasystole in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis: correlation between parasystole and inflammation in ventricular fibrillation (9 April, 2025)
Takashi Ikee, Kenzaburo Nakajima, Kohei Ishibashi, Emi Tateishi, Reina Tonegawa-Kuji, Toshihiro Nakamura, Satoshi Oka, Yuichiro Miyazaki, Akinori Wakamiya, Nobuhiko Ueda, Tsukasa Kamakura, Mitsuru Wada, Yuko Inoue, Koji Miyamoto, Satoshi Nagase, Takeshi Aiba, Tetsuya Fukuda, Kengo Kusano
Original research: Initial experience of transoesophageal echocardiography-guided percutaneous pulsed field ablation of atrial fibrillation (5 April, 2025)
Jun Liu, Min Tang, Guodong Niu, Chao Li, Daoliang Zhang, Yong Jiang, Yan Yao, Xiang-Bin Pan
Systematic review: Prognostic implications of stress test-induced arrhythmias: a systematic review and meta-analysis (28 March, 2025)
Paul Y Lee, Juan Bello, Sarthak Patel, Rafael Toro-Manotas, Angelo Biviano, Elaine Wan, Hasan Garan, Jose Dizon, Matthew Yuyun, Hirad Yarmohammadi
Protocol: Effects of 1-year exercise in patients with atrial fibrillation: study protocol for the Norwegian Exercise in Atrial Fibrillation (NEXAF) randomised controlled trial (22 March, 2025)
Bjarne M Nes, Jon Magne Letnes, Kristin Espolin Johnson, Andreas Berg Sellevold, Rune Byrkjeland, Fedelix Phetogo Brown, Turid Follestad, Håvard Dalen, Ulrik Wisløff, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Arnljot Tveit, Bente Morseth, Marius Myrstad, Jan Pål Loennechen
Original research: Integrating pre-ablation and post-ablation B-type natriuretic peptide to identify high-risk population for long-term adverse events and arrhythmic recurrence in persistent atrial fibrillation (27 February, 2025)
Hironori Ishiguchi, Yasuhiro Yoshiga, Masakazu Fukuda, Shohei Fujii, Masahiro Hisaoka, Shintaro Hashimoto, Takuya Omuro, Noriko Fukue, Shigeki Kobayashi, Motoaki Sano
Original research: Emulation of ARISTOTLE and ROCKET AF trials in real-world atrial fibrillation patients results in similar efficacy and safety as original landmark trials: insights from the GARFIELD-AF registry (19 January, 2025)
Jelle C L Himmelreich, Saverio Virdone, A John Camm, Karen Pieper, Ralf E Harskamp, Freek W A Verheugt, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Frank Misselwitz, Antônio C Pereira-Barretto, Frank Cools, Harry Gibbs, Ajay K Kakkar

Basic and translational research

Original research: Integrating deep learning with ECG, heart rate variability and demographic data for improved detection of atrial fibrillation (31 March, 2025)
Araz Rawshani, Aidin Rawshani, Gustav Smith, Jan Boren, Deepak L Bhatt, Mats Börjesson, Johan Engdahl, Peter Kelly, Antros Louca, Truls Ramunddal, Erik Andersson, Elmir Omerovic, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Vibha Gupta
Original research: Risk of myocardial infarction and stroke following bloodstream infection: a population-based self-controlled case series (25 March, 2025)
Jonathan Underwood, Nicola Reeve, Victoria Best, Ashley Akbari, Haroon Ahmed
Original research: Phase 1 study of novel anti-platelet agent to overcome pharmacogenomic limitations of clopidogrel (11 February, 2025)
Anil Pareek, Nitin Chandurkar, Vivek Raut, Kumar Naidu
Original research: Right ventricular strain impairment due to hypoxia in patients with COPD: a post hoc analysis of two randomised controlled trials (4 January, 2025)
Helga Preiss, Laura Mayer, Michael Furian, Simon Rafael Schneider, Julian Müller, Stephanie Saxer, Maamed Mademilov, Anna Titz, Anwer Shehab, Lena Reimann, Talant Sooronbaev, Felix C Tanner, Konrad E Bloch, Silvia Ulrich, Mona Lichtblau

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Original research: Evaluation of vascular responses to moderate-intensity continuous and high-intensity interval physical exercise in subjects with elevated blood pressure: a randomised, cross-over clinical trial (2 April, 2025)
Sara Rodrigues, Renata Gomes Sanches Verardino, Valéria Costa - Hong, Camila Paixao Jordao, Marcel Jose Andrade da Costa, Luiz Bortolotto
Original research: Investigating the impact of multidimensional sleep traits on cardiovascular diseases and the mediating role of depression (13 March, 2025)
Hao Zhao, Xiaojie Wang, Lan Guo, Xiuwen Li, Kayla M Teopiz, Roger S McIntyre, Wanxin Wang, Ciyong Lu
Original research: Variations in sex differences in major cardiometabolic risk factors by age and menopause status: results from the UK Biobank (3 March, 2025)
Rebecca Kathe Kelly, Katie Harris, Paul Muntner, Mark Woodward
Original research: Patterns of systolic blood pressure response at the end of exercise and mortality and morbidity in patients referred for exercise testing (3 March, 2025)
Anna Carlén, Thomas Lindow, Nicholas Cauwenberghs, Viktor Elmberg, Lars Brudin, Francisco B Ortega, Magnus Ekström, Kristofer Hedman
Original research: Association of single and multiple cardiometabolic diseases with atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort study (23 February, 2025)
Qunyong Peng, Tianqi Ma, Ming Gao, Xuerui Wang, Wei Pan
Original research: Association of blood pressure and left ventricular mass with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis (11 February, 2025)
Enver De Wei Loh, Weiting Huang, Rehena Sultana, Siew Ching Kong, Chirk Jenn Ng, Swee Yaw Tan, Calvin Chin, Jonathan Jiunn Liang Yap, Khung K Yeo
Original research: Global, regional and national burdens of cardiovascular disease attributable to secondhand smoke from 1990–2019: an age-period-cohort analysis (11 February, 2025)
Hong Jiang, Zeye Liu, Peijian Wei, Fengwen Zhang, Shouzheng Wang, Wen-Bin Ou-yang, Xiaofei Li, Xiang-Bin Pan
Original research: Atrial fibrillation outcomes in patients from Asia and non-Asia countries: insights from GARFIELD-AF (6 February, 2025)
Chun-Yan Cheng, Tian-Yu Lian, Xi-Jie Zhu, Saverio Virdone, Kai Sun, John Camm, Xian-Mei Li, Shinya Goto, Karen Pieper, Gloria Kayani, Xian-Hong Fang, Zhi-Cheng Jing, Ajay K Kakkar
Original research: Tissue Doppler echocardiography predicts long-term cardiovascular mortality: the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) legacy 20-year follow-up study (4 February, 2025)
Anenta Ratneswaren, Tong Wu, Amit Kaura, Devan Wasan, Somayeh Rostamian, Andrew Sharp, Neil R Poulter, PS Sever, Alice Stanton, Simon Thom, Darrel Francis, Alun D Hughes, Anoop SV Shah, Jamil Mayet
Original research: Cardiac events and procedures following COVID-19 compared with other pneumonias: a national register study (4 February, 2025)
Tarjei Øvrebotten, Birgitte Tholin, Kristian Berge, Peder Langeland Myhre, Knut Stavem
Original research: Revealing the limitations of 10-year MACE observations: 20-year observed total cardiovascular burden in the EPIC-Norfolk study (4 February, 2025)
Tinka J van Trier, Marjolein Snaterse, Jannick AN Dorresteijn, Manon van den Bogaart, Wilma JM Scholte op Reimer, Frank LJ Visseren, Ron JG Peters, Harald T Jørstad, S Matthijs Boekholdt
Original research: Temporal order of atrial fibrillation and acute myocardial infarction and associated prognosis in the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort (21 January, 2025)
Tanja Charlotte Frederiksen, Morten Krogh Christiansen, Emelia J Benjamin, Anja Olsen, Henrik Kjærulf Jensen, Christina C Dahm

Cardiac surgery

Original research: Carotid artery dissection and neurological complications after surgery for type 1 aortic dissection (12 March, 2025)
Fausto Biancari, Timo Mäkikallio, Stefano Rosato, Tatu Juvonen, Giovanni Mariscalco, Zein El-Dean, Metesh Acharya, Matteo Pettinari, Javier Rodriguez-Lega, Angel G Pinto, Andrea Perrotti, Francesco Onorati, Konrad Wisniewski, Lenard Conradi, Till Demal, Marek Pol, Jan Rocek, Petr Kacer, Giuseppe Gatti, Igor Vendramin, Daniela Piani, Mauro Rinaldi, Luisa Ferrante, Eduard Quintana, Robert Pruna-Guillen, Sven Peterss, Joscha Buech, Caroline Radner, Mark Field, Amer Harky, Antonio Fiore, Jean Sénémaud, Caius Mustonen, Angelo M Dell’Aquila, Paola D’Errigo, Gianluca Polvani, Dario Di Perna
Systematic review: Efficacy and safety of anti-thrombotic therapy after surgical mitral valve repair: a scoping review (30 January, 2025)
Hazal Ece Babadagli, Jian Ye, Jenny Chen, Ricky Turgeon, Erica HZ Wang

Congenital heart disease

Systematic review: The effect of strength training interventions on people with congenital heart disease: a systematic review (25 March, 2025)
Kunyu Hao, Curtis Adrian Wadey, Alan R Barker, Craig A Williams
Original research: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on rates of congenital heart disease procedures among children: prospective cohort analyses of 26 270 procedures in 17 860 children using CVD-COVID-UK consortium record linkage data (25 March, 2025)
Arun Karthikeyan Suseeladevi, Rachel Denholm, Sonya V Babu-Narayan, Shubhra Sinha, Serban Stoica, Tim Dong, Gianni D Angelini, Cathie L M Sudlow, Venexia Walker, Kate Brown, Massimo Caputo, Debbie A Lawlor
Original research: Reinterventions in patients with congenital aortic stenosis and a commissurotomy (3 March, 2025)
Mostafa Mahmoud, Bengt Johansson, Daniel Rinnstrom, Camilla Sandberg, Christina Christersson, Peder Sörensson, Alexandra Trzebiatowska-Krzynska, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Joanna Hlebowicz, Johan Ljungberg
Original research: Peripandemic outcomes of infants treated for sentinel congenital heart diseases in England and Wales (17 February, 2025)
Qi Huang, Deborah A Lawlor, John Nolan, Ferran Espuny-Pujol, Massimo Caputo, Christina Pagel, Sonya Crowe, Rodney CG Franklin, Kate L Brown
Original research: Sacubitril/valsartan is associated with improvements in quality of life in adult congenital heart disease patients with systemic right ventricular failure (30 January, 2025)
Ralph M.L. Neijenhuis, Marieke Nederend, Anna E. van Groningen, Monique R.M. Jongbloed, Hubert W. Vliegen, J. Wouter Jukema, Philippine Kiès, Anastasia D. Egorova
Original research: Artificial intelligence-based, non-invasive assessment of the central aortic pressure in adults after operative or interventional treatment of aortic coarctation (21 January, 2025)
Sebastian Freilinger, Pinar Bambul Heck, Oliver Dewald, Andreas Eicken, Peter Ewert, Annika Freiberger, Frank Harig, Michael Huntgeburth, Manuel Lösch, Harald Kaemmerer, Frank Klawonn, Christian Meierhofer, Fritz Mellert, Martin Middeke, Nicole Nagdyman, Renate Oberhoffer, Fabian von Scheidt, Elsa Ury, Nicole Wolfrum, Ann-Sophie Kaemmerer-Suleiman, Mathieu N. Suleiman
Original research: Pregnancy and cardiovascular outcomes among patients post Fontan surgery: a 25-year single-centre retrospective cohort study (19 January, 2025)
Daniel Yehuda, Omri Soudry, Eyal Schwartz, Ilan Richter, Alexander Dadashev, Shahar Vig, Shimon Kolker, Ohad Houri, Eran Hadar, Ran Kornowski, Rafael Hirsch, Nili Schamroth Pravda

Coronary artery disease

Original research: Resolving the observe zone: validation of the ESC 0/3-hour and the APACE criteria for NSTEMI triage (28 March, 2025)
Christoph Reich, Mustafa Yildirim, Christian Salbach, Moritz Biener, Pedro Lopez-Ayala, Christian Müller, Norbert Frey, Evangelos Giannitsis
Systematic review: Discrimination and calibration performances of non-laboratory-based and laboratory-based cardiovascular risk predictions: a systematic review (10 February, 2025)
Yihun Mulugeta Alemu, Sisay Mulugeta Alemu, Nasser Bagheri, Kinley Wangdi, Dan Chateau
Original research: Ischaemia-reperfusion time differences in ST-elevation myocardial infarction in very young patients: a cohort study (28 January, 2025)
Pablo Juan-Salvadores, Luis Mariano De La Torre Fonseca, Beatriz Calderon-Cruz, Cesar Veiga, Samuel Pintos-Rodríguez, Saleta Fernandez Barbeira, Victor Alfonso Jimenez Diaz, Andres Iñiguez Romo
Systematic review: Prognostic role of con-/discordant coronary flow reserve and microvascular resistance in coronary microvascular disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (21 January, 2025)
Jin Al-Gully, Federico Oliveri, Jessica Parisa Forouzanfar, Jose Manuel Montero-Cabezas, Johan Wouter Jukema, Melina Cynthia den Haan, Ibtihal Al Amri, Brian Oscar Bingen
Original research: Association between left ventricular reverse remodelling and the B-type natriuretic peptide–cGMP cascade after anterior acute myocardial infarction (11 January, 2025)
Marina Arai, Yasuhide Asaumi, Satoshi Honda, Soshiro Ogata, Eri Kiyoshige, Kazuhiro Nakao, Hiroyuki Miura, Yoshiaki Morita, Takahiro Nakashima, Kota Murai, Takamasa Iwai, Kenichiro Sawada, Hideo Matama, Masashi Fujino, Hiroyuki Takahama, Shuichi Yoneda, Kensuke Takagi, Fumiyuki Otsuka, Yu Kataoka, Kunihiro Nishimura, Teruo Noguchi, Naoto Minamino, Satoshi Yasuda
Original research: End-to-end deep-learning model for the detection of coronary artery stenosis on coronary CT images (11 January, 2025)
Vibha Gupta, Petur Petursson, Aidin Rawshani, Jan Boren, Truls Ramunddal, Deepak L Bhatt, Elmir Omerovic, Oskar Angerås, Gustav Smith, Naveed Sattar, Erik Andersson, Björn Redfors, Lukas Hilgendorf, Göran Bergström, Carlo Pirazzi, Kristofer Skoglund, Araz Rawshani
Original research:
Evaluation of three diagnostic algorithms to reduce normal scan rates, radiation exposure and costs in patients with suspected chronic coronary syndrome referred for 82Rb-Positron Emission Tomography (⁸²Rb-PET)
(11 January, 2025)
Simon M Frey, Gabrielle Huré, Jan-Philipp Leibfarth, Kathrin Thommen, Melissa L Amrein, Ibrahim Schaefer, Klara Rumora, Igor G Schneider, Federico Caobelli, Damian Wild, Philip Haaf, Felix Mahfoud, Christian Müller, Michael J Zellweger
Original research: Diagnostic accuracy in coronary CT angiography analysis: artificial intelligence versus human assessment (11 January, 2025)
Rachel Bernardo, Nick S Nurmohamed, Michiel J Bom, Ruurt Jukema, Ruben W de Winter, Ralf Sprengers, Erik S G Stroes, James K Min, James Earls, Ibrahim Danad, Andrew D Choi, Paul Knaapen

Editorial

Relevance of longer-term outcome measures in the assessment of cardiovascular risk (25 March, 2025)
Marcus Flather, Fatemeh Habibi Nameghi
Stroke and bleeding risks in Asian and non-Asian patients with atrial fibrillation: further insights into the ‘East Asian Paradox’ (18 February, 2025)
Manlin Zhao, Gregory YH Lip
Mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock: translating trial evidence into real-world practice (17 February, 2025)
Matthew Ryan

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Original research: Secular trends in types of cardiovascular disease in the West of Scotland (22 March, 2025)
Anna Kamdar, Jocelyn M Friday, Tran Q B Tran, Clea du Toit, Alan Stevenson, Jim D Lewsey, Colin Berry, Denise Brown, Claire E Hastie, Michael Fleming, Claudia Geue, Daniel F Mackay, Ruth Dundas, Christian Delles, Naveed Sattar, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Jill Pell, Frederick K Ho
Original research: Recovery of cardiovascular testing in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the INCAPS COVID 2 study (27 February, 2025)
Kathy Z Dai, Luca Bremner, Yosef Cohen, Ganesan Karthikeyan, Thomas NB Pascual, Bin Lu, Amjed Albadr, Hee-Seung Henry Bom, Tairkhan Dautov, Shazia Fatima, Mohamad Haidar, Nobuo Iguchi, Felix YJ Keng, Benjapa Khiewvan, Damayanthi Nanayakkara, Phuoc Minh Hiep Nguyen, Chetan Patel, Gulnora Rozikhodjaeva, Nathan Better, Rodrigo J Cerci, Sharmila Dorbala, Leslee J Shaw, Todd C Villines, João V Vitola, Michelle C Williams, Andrew D Choi, Eli Malkovskiy, Michael Randazzo, Francesco Giammarile, Yaroslav Pynda, Maurizio Dondi, Diana Paez, Andrew J Einstein
Original research: Cost-effectiveness of a community first responder system for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Belgium (17 February, 2025)
Bianca de Greef, Cornelia Genbrugge, Sanjay Verma, Goran Medic, Joachim Maurer, Tom A Kooy, Olivier Hoogmartens, Marc Sabbe

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Original research: Tale of three services: early UK experience with mavacamten treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (17 April, 2025)
Edward Burford, Yande Kasolo, Jane Draper, Nabeel Sheikh, Gerry Carr-White, Antonio de Marvao, Jason N Dungu, Rachel Bastiaenen, Robert M Cooper
Original research: Validation of predictors of successful weaning from mechanical circulatory support and histological features in lymphocytic fulminant myocarditis (8 April, 2025)
Sho Suzuki, Kazuhiro Kimura, Takeshi Uehara, Nami Teraoka, Kii Ito, Ken Nishikawa, Yukari Okuma, Koji Yoshie, Masatoshi Minamisawa, Soichiro Ebisawa, Hirohiko Motoki, Tatsuichiro Seto, Hiroshi Imamura, Koichiro Kuwahara
Original research: Efficacy and safety of myectomy and radiofrequency septal ablation for treating hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (4 April, 2025)
Larissa Ventura Ribeiro Bruscky, Bruno Pereira Valdigem, Edileide de Barros Correia, Paulo Chaccur, Andrea de Andrade Vilela, Antônio Tito Paladino Filho, Ibraim Pinto, Rui Fernando Ramos, Jorge Eduardo Assef
Original research: Diagnostic pathways, cardiac manifestations and outcomes in light chain amyloidosis: analysis of a US claims database (4 April, 2025)
Genevieve Lyons, Jeffrey Thompson, Isabelle Lousada, Julia Catini, Richa Manwani, Mathew S Maurer
Original research: Characteristics and prognosis in acute myocarditis and unexplained acute chest pain: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study (4 April, 2025)
Marie Björkenstam, Emanuele Bobbio, Christian L Polte, Clara Hjalmarsson, Niklas Bergh, Elmir Omerovic, Entela Bollano
Original research: Characteristics of pulmonary hypertension in adults with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (2 April, 2025)
Seshika Ratwatte, Simon Stewart, David Playford, Geoff Strange, David S Celermajer
Original research: Echocardiography reporting in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Delphi consensus study (28 March, 2025)
Maria F Paton, Carys Barton, Resham Baruah, Nick Hartshorne-Evans, Geraint H Jenkins, Andrew Potter, Shaun Robinson, Raj Thakkar, Rosita Zakeri, Clare J Taylor
Original research: Mavacamten maintenance dose determination: insights into individualised therapy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (28 March, 2025)
Smita Scholtz, Cédric Coppée, Kawa Mohemed, Max Potratz, Vasco Sequeira, Volker Rudolph, Werner Scholtz, Jan-Christian Reil
Original research: Clinical impact of combined assessment of myocardial inflammation and fibrosis using myocardial biopsy in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: a multicentre, retrospective cohort study (12 March, 2025)
Takafumi Nakayama, Keiko Ohta Ogo, Yasuo Sugano, Tetsuro Yokokawa, Hiromitsu Kanamori, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Michiaki Hiroe, Kinta Hatakeyama, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Kazufumi Nakamura, Kaoru Dohi, Toshihisa Anzai, Yoshihiro Seo, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida
Original research: Impact of iron deficiency on congestion and postdischarge survival in patients recently hospitalised for decompensated heart failure: a multicentre, prospective, observational analysis of the FERIC-RO study (27 February, 2025)
Cornelia Margineanu, Laura Antohi, Andrew Ambrosy, Daniela Bartos, Sean Collins, Crina Sinescu, Gabriel Tatu Chitoiu, Daniel Lighezan, Dragos Vinereanu, Dana Pop, PS Pang, Javed Butler, Ovidiu Chioncel
Original research: Responses of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), mature BNP and proBNP to sacubitril/valsartan differs between responders and non-responders (23 February, 2025)
Toshio Nishikimi, Yasuaki Nakagawa, Shoichi Miyamoto, Takahiko Kanamori, Hideaki Inazumi, Hiromu Yanagisawa, Kenji Moriuchi, Hideaki Kinoshita, Yusuke Tamamura, Hiroyuki Takahama, Naoto Minamino, Koh Ono
Original research: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation: the Cardiomyopathy/Myocarditis Registry of the EURObservational Research Programme of the European Society of Cardiology (17 February, 2025)
Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Juan R Gimeno, Philippe Charron, Perry M Elliott, Juan Pablo Kaski, Aldo Pietro Maggioni, Michal Tendera, Luigi Tavazzi, Maciej T Wybraniec, Cécile Laroche, Alida Caforio
Original research: Role and prognostic value of growth differentiation factor 15 in patient of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: insights from the PURSUIT-HFpEF registry (19 January, 2025)
Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuki Matsuoka, Daisaku Nakatani, Katsuki Okada, Akihiro Sunaga, Hirota Kida, Taiki Sato, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Shunsuke Tamaki, Masahiro Seo, Masamichi Yano, Takaharu Hayashi, Akito Nakagawa, Yusuke Nakagawa, Yoshio Yasumura, Takahisa Yamada, Shungo Hikoso, Yohei Sotomi, Yasushi Sakata
Original research: Automated electronic health record-based screening for Fabry disease in unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy (FAPREV-HCM) (11 January, 2025)
Kolja Lau, Victoria Sokalski, Lora Lorenz, Georg Fette, Claudia Sommer, Nurcan Üçeyler, Christoph Wanner, Peter Nordbeck
Original research: Acute kidney injury recovery status predicts mortality and cardiorenal outcomes in patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure (4 January, 2025)
Sumita Barua, Sanjay Chavali, Albert Vien, Shehane Mahendran, David Makarious, Phillip Lo, Kirsty Pringle, James Chong, Kavitha Muthiah, Christopher Hayward

Interventional cardiology

Original research: MIRACLE2 score validation for neuroprognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a district general hospital experience (22 March, 2025)
Ibrahim Antoun, Sotirios Dardas, Falik Sher, Manoj Bhandari
Original research: Durable versus biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents in all-comers (3 March, 2025)
Thierry Witzig, Serban Puricel, Alain Witzig, Pascal Meier, Diego Arroyo, Mario Togni, Stéphane Cook
Original research: Clinical use and impact of mechanical circulatory support for myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock in the Netherlands: a registry-based propensity-matched analysis (17 February, 2025)
Margriet Bogerd, Alexander M Griffioen, Jeroen J H Bunge, Elma J Peters, Sanne Ten Berg, Marijke J C Timmermans, Adriaan O Kraaijeveld, Erik Lipsic, Luuk C Otterspoor, Gabe Bleeker, José M Montero-Cabezas, Krischan D Sjauw, Martijn Meuwissen, Eric A Dubois, Robert-Jan M van Geuns, José P S Henriques
Original research: Microcosting analysis of percutaneous coronary intervention with and without intracoronary imaging in an Irish tertiary referral centre (17 February, 2025)
Rory A Gallen, James F O’Mahony, Karen M Kuntz, Catherine McGorrian, Ivan P Casserly, Gavin J Blake
Original research: Impact of porcelain aorta on outcomes in transfemoral aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with balloon-expandable valves (30 January, 2025)
Philipp Lauten, Julian Kreutz, Lisa C Costello-Boerrigter, Mathias Schreiber, Guido Boerrigter, Christian Albert, Mohammad El Garhy, Björn Göbel, Bernhard Schieffer, Harald Lapp, Tamer Owais, Thomas Kuntze, Birgit Markus
Original research: Complex high-risk indicated PCI (CHIP-PCI): is it safe to let fellows-in-training perform it as primary operators? (30 January, 2025)
Majd B Protty, Saad Hasan, Diluka Premawardhana, Mohammed Shugaa Addin, Holly Morgan, Shantu Bundhoo, Hussain Hussain, Zia Ul-Haq, Alexander Chase, David Hildick-Smith, Anirban Choudhury, Tim Kinnaird, Ahmed Hailan
Original research: Parsimonious versus extensive bleeding score: can we simplify risk stratification after percutaneous coronary intervention and reduce bleeding events by de-escalation of the antiplatelet strategy? (28 January, 2025)
Eva Christine Ida Woelders, Yoshinobu Onuma, Kai Ninomiya, Neil O’Leary, Peter Damman, Denise Adriana Maria Peeters, Arnoud Willem Johannes van 't Hof, Marco Valgimigli, Pascal Vranckx, Stephan Windecker, Patrick Washington J C Serruys, Robert-Jan Matthijs van Geuns
Original research: Emergency interventions for cardiogenic shock due to decompensated aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (19 January, 2025)
Stephanie Gladys Kühne, Andrea Patrignani, Sebastien Elvinger, Bastian Wein, Eva Harmel, Damyan Penev, Tamer Owais, Evaldas Girdauskas, Philip W Raake, Mauro Chiarito, Dario Bongiovanni
Original research: Sex differences in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated by primary percutaneous intervention (4 January, 2025)
Selma T Cook, Laure Allemann, Malica Cook, Diego A Arroyo, Thais Pittet, Pascal Meier, Mario Togni, Amel Brahim-Mathiron, Serban Puricel, Stéphane Cook

Meta-analysis

Systematic review: Pyridostigmine in the management of orthostatic hypotension: a systematic review and meta-analysis (25 March, 2025)
Nicholas Vlado Pavic, Shane Zhang, Alexander George Maloof, Rudy Goh, Joshua Kovoor, Pramesh Kovoor, Ron Postuma, Dennis Lau, Suzanne Edwards, Stephen Bacchi
Systematic review: Efficacy of cardiac myosin inhibitors mavacamten and aficamten in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (23 February, 2025)
Ayesha Aman, Arfa Akram, Bisma Akram, Momina Maham, Masooma Zainab Bokhari, Aleena Akram, Sania Akram, Furqan Yaqub

Special populations

Original research: Cold hypersensitivity in the lower extremities: an underappreciated symptom in patients with varicose veins (15 April, 2025)
Cheng-Ken Tsai, Hsuan-Yin Wu, Oswald Ndi Nfor, Disline Manli Tantoh, Wen-Yu Lu, Yung-Po Liaw
Original research: Trends in incidence rates of acute myocardial infarction and stroke among immigrant groups in Norway, 1999–2019: the NCDNOR project (4 April, 2025)
Kjersti Stormark Rabanal, Randi Marie Selmer, Jannicke Igland, Inger Ariansen, Haakon Eduard Meyer

Valvular heart disease

Systematic review: Survival outcomes in isolated severe tricuspid regurgitation according to therapeutic modalities: a systematic review and meta-analysis (12 March, 2025)
Gaspard Suc, Jules Mesnier, Audrey Cailliau, Mustafa Habib, Clemence Delhomme, Dimitri Arangalage, Dominique Himbert, Gregory Ducrocq, Eric Brochet, Alec Vahanian, Bernard Iung, Marina Urena-Alcazar
Review: Embolic risk management in infective endocarditis: predicting the ‘embolic roulette’ (31 January, 2025)
Adela Mihaela Serban, Diana Pepine, Andreea Inceu, Alexandra Dadarlat, Alexandru Achim
Systematic review: Machine-learning versus traditional methods for prediction of all-cause mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis (21 January, 2025)
Ammar Zaka, Cecil Mustafiz, Daud Mutahar, Shreyans Sinhal, James Gorcilov, Benjamin Muston, Shaun Evans, Aashray Gupta, Brandon Stretton, Joshua Kovoor, Naim Mridha, Gopal Sivagangabalan, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Fabio Ramponi, Justin Chan, Jayme Bennetts, Dale J Murdoch, Sarah Zaman, Clara K Chow, Rohan Jayasinghe, Pramesh Kovoor, Stephen Bacchi
Original research: Systolic blood pressure response during exercise testing in symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (21 January, 2025)
Henric Nilsson, Carl Bellander, Anna Carlén, Eva Nylander, Kristofer Hedman, Éva Tamás
Original research: Can aortic valve calcium score predict a need for permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation? (11 January, 2025)
Thomas Barbe, Charles Fauvel, Thibaut Hemery, Guillaume Le Pessec, Christophe Tron, Najime Bouhzam, Nicolas Bettinger, Julie Burdeau, Jade Makke, Quentin Laissac, Jean-Nicolas Dacher, Helene Eltchaninoff, Eric Durand
Original research: Diabetes is associated with a higher incidence of short-term mortality risk and readmission in patients who undergo surgical but not transcatheter aortic valve replacement (11 January, 2025)
Ahston D Souza, Khalifa Bsheish, Soha Dargham, Amin Jayyousi, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Charbel Abi Khalil
Original research: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation complexity score (4 January, 2025)
Amr Abdelrahman, Paul Bamford, Suleman Aktaa, Rowan Hall, Sacchin Arockiam, Daniel J Blackman, Christopher Malkin, Michael Cunnington, Noman Ali

Viewpoint

Hypoxia in myocardial infarction and natriuretic peptides (22 March, 2025)
Olli Arjamaa
Clinically relevant haemolysis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation with new-generation balloon-expandable valve (8 January, 2025)
Ryosuke Higuchi, Itaru Takamisawa, Mitsunobu Kitamura, Mamoru Nanasato, Makoto Ohno, Mitsuaki Isobe

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January 2025 - Volume 12 - 1

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Basic and translational research

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Cardiac surgery

Congenital heart disease

Coronary artery disease

Editorial

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Interventional cardiology

Meta-analysis

Special populations

Valvular heart disease

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