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Open Heart

is an open access journal by BMJ and BCS, publishing original research in cardiovascular medicine.

Open Heart is dedicated to publishing high quality, peer reviewed medical research in all disciplines and therapeutic areas of cardiovascular medicine. Research is published across all study phases and designs, from protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or specialist studies. Opinionated discussions on controversial topics are welcomed.

Open Heart is an official journal of the British Cardiovascular Society.

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Editor-in-Chief: Dr Pascal Meier, Hospital of Graubunden (Switzerland) and Royal Brompton Hospital (UK)
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Open Heart considers submissions of a variety of article types, including original research articles, study protocols and occasional review articles. Responses to published work are also welcomed.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

This is an open access journal that levies an Article Publishing Charge (APC). Discounts and waivers are available; details are provided in the Author Information section.

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Latest Articles

Cardiac risk factors and prevention:

Associations between short-term exposure to PM2.5 and cardiomyocyte injury in myocardial infarction survivors in North Carolina

Editorial:

Air pollution and cardiovascular risk: is it time to change guidelines?

Basic and translational research:

Rationale and Design for the LOnger-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 INfection on blood Vessels And blood pRessure (LOCHINVAR): an observational phenotyping study

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies:

IGFBP7 as a preoperative predictor of congestive acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery

Interventional cardiology:

Early versus delayed complete revascularisation in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

COVID-19

BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH:

Rationale and Design for the LOnger-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 INfection on blood Vessels And blood pRessure (LOCHINVAR): an observational phenotyping study

ARRHYTHMIAS AND SUDDEN DEATH:

Impact of COVID-19 on patients awaiting ablation for atrial fibrillation

SPECIAL POPULATIONS:

Evaluating the role of transthoracic echocardiography in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 infection

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, ECONOMICS AND GLOBAL HEALTH CARE:

Feasibility, efficacy and safety of exercise stress echocardiography during the COVID-19 pandemic

CARDIAC RISK FACTORS AND PREVENTION:

Acute myocarditis caused by COVID-19 disease and following COVID-19 vaccination

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Vitamin K2—a neglected player in cardiovascular health: a narrative review

Arrhythmias and sudden death:

Prospective arrhythmia surveillance after a COVID-19 diagnosis

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Management of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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