Open Heart
is an open access journal by BMJ and BCS, publishing original research in cardiovascular medicine.
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New Editor-in-Chief appointed for 2024
We are delighted to announce that Professor Ganesan Karthikeyan from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi has been appointed as the incoming Editor-in-Chief for Open Heart. He will officially start his term in January 2024, replacing Professor Pascal Meier.
Professor Karthikeyan is a clinical, interventional cardiologist and a Senior International Fellow of the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Canada, as well as Professor of Cardiology at AIIMS.
His research is mainly focused on cardiovascular diseases affecting low and middle income countries, including valvular heart disease, particularly rheumatic heart disease (RHD), mechanical valve thrombosis, anticoagulation, and indigenous drug-eluting stents.
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Latest Articles
Arrhythmias and sudden death:
Single-lead arrhythmia detection through machine learning: cross-sectional evaluation of a novel algorithm using real-world data21 September 2023
Cardiac risk factors and prevention:
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CVD prevention between different socioeconomic groups in Switzerland20 September 2023
Congenital heart disease:
Cardiovascular events more than 6 months after pregnancy in patients with congenital heart disease14 September 2023
Aortic and vascular disease:
Impact of heart rate, aortic compliance and stroke volume on the aortic regurgitation fraction studied in an ex vivo pig model11 September 2023
Heart failure and cardiomyopathies:
Inferior vena cava diameter and risk of acute decompensated heart failure rehospitalisations11 September 2023