Open Heart: 1 (1)

Aortic and vascular disease

Feasibility and outcomes of combined transcatheter aortic valve replacement with other structural heart interventions in a single session: a matched cohort study (30 June, 2014)
Ahmed A Khattab, Steffen Gloekler, Beate Sprecher, Samera Shakir, Ênio Guerios, Stefan Stortecky, Crochan J O'Sullivan, Fabian Nietlispach, Aris Moschovitis, Thomas Pilgrim, Lutz Buellesfeld, Peter Wenaweser, Stephan Windecker, Bernhard Meier
Percutaneous coronary intervention causes a rapid but transient mobilisation of CD34⁺CD45⁻ cells
(20 August, 2014)
Gareth J Padfield, Olga Tura-Ceide, Elizabeth Freyer, G Robin Barclay, Marc Turner, David E Newby, Nicholas L Mills

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Feasibility and outcomes of ajmaline provocation testing for Brugada syndrome in children in a specialist paediatric inherited cardiovascular diseases centre (12 February, 2014)
Merlin Ranald McMillan, Thomas George Day, Margarita Bartsota, Sarah Mead-Regan, Rory Bryant, Jasveer Mangat, Dominic Abrams, Martin Lowe, Juan Pablo Kaski
Genetic, clinical and pharmacological determinants of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: rationale and outline of the AmsteRdam Resuscitation Studies (ARREST) registry (6 August, 2014)
M T Blom, D A van Hoeijen, A Bardai, J Berdowski, P C Souverein, M L De Bruin, R W Koster, A de Boer, H L Tan
A pilot study of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) genotype and return of spontaneous circulation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (14 August, 2014)
Thomas W Lindner, Charles D Deakin, Hildegunn Aarsetøy, Sten Rubertsson, Jon-Kenneth Heltne, Eldar Søreide
Sudden Unexpected Death in North Carolina (SUDDEN): methodology review and screening results (27 August, 2014)
Parin P Nanavati, John Paul Mounsey, Irion W Pursell, Ross J Simpson, Mary Elizabeth Lewis, Neil D Mehta, Jefferson G Williams, Michael W Bachman, J Brent Myers, Eugene H Chung

Basic and translational research

Original research article: Gender-related associations of genetic polymorphisms of α-adrenergic receptors, endothelial nitric oxide synthase and bradykinin B2 receptor with treadmill exercise test responses (22 December, 2014)
Rafael Amorim Belo Nunes, Lúcia Pereira Barroso, Alexandre da Costa Pereira, José Eduardo Krieger, Alfredo José Mansur

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

On site assessment of cardiac function and neural regulation in amateur half marathon runners (12 February, 2014)
Laura Dalla Vecchia, Egidio Traversi, Alberto Porta, Daniela Lucini, Massimo Pagani
Subclinical atherosclerosis and silent myocardial ischaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes: a protocol of a clinico-observational study (11 June, 2014)
D S Prasad, Zubair Kabir, K Revathi Devi, A K Dash, B C Das
B-type natriuretic peptide-guided therapy for perioperative medicine? (5 August, 2014)
Charles Shang
Review: The wrong white crystals: not salt but sugar as aetiological in hypertension and cardiometabolic disease (10 December, 2014)
James J DiNicolantonio, Sean C Lucan

Coronary artery disease

The clinical value of serial measurement of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in acute exacerbations ofchronic obstructive pulmonary disease (16 January, 2014)
Arne Didrik Høiseth, Anke Neukamm, Tor-Arne Hagve, Torbjørn Omland, Pål H Brekke, Vidar Søyseth
Interaction between access choice and pharmacotherapy for coronary intervention: the results of a UK survey (13 June, 2014)
Tim D Kinnaird, Nicholas Ossei-Gerning, Rito Mitra, Richard A Anderson
Hypertension: empirical evidence and implications in 2014 (10 July, 2014)
Spyros Makridakis, James J DiNicolantonio
Efficacy of cilostazol on platelet reactivity and cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from a meta-analysis of randomised trials (7 August, 2014)
Sripal Bangalore, Amita Singh, Bora Toklu, James J DiNicolantonio, Kevin Croce, Frederick Feit, Deepak L Bhatt
The diagnostic and prognostic value of coronary CT angiography in asymptomatic high-risk patients: a cohort study (12 August, 2014)
Fabian Plank, Guy Friedrich, Wolfgang Dichtl, Andrea Klauser, Werner Jaschke, Wolfgang-Michael Franz, Gudrun Feuchtner
A prospective, observational, multicentre study comparing tenecteplase facilitated PCI versus primary PCI in Indian patients with STEMI (STEPP—AMI) (20 August, 2014)
Suma M Victor, Vijayakumar Subban, Thomas Alexander, Bahuleyan C G, Arun Srinivas, Selvamani S, Ajit S Mullasari
Original research article: Mental symptoms in patients with cardiac symptoms and normal coronary arteries (3 November, 2014)
Marian Christoph, Antje Christoph, Stephanie Dannemann, David Poitz, Christian Pfluecke, Ruth H Strasser, Carsten Wunderlich, Volker Koellner, Karim Ibrahim
Original research article: Peak flow rate and death due to coronary heart disease: 30-year results from the Northwick Park Heart cohort study (8 October, 2014)
Tim C Clayton, Tom W Meade, Elizabeth L Turner, Bianca L De Stavola
Original research article: Non-invasive assessment of functionally significant coronary stenoses through mathematical analysis of spectral ECG components (27 November, 2014)
Tetsuya Amano, Norihiro Shinoda, Ayako Kunimura, Ken Harada, Tadayuki Uetani, Hiroaki Takashima, Hirohiko Ando, Soichiro Kumagai, Masahiko Gosho, Toyoaki Murohara
Original research article: Influence of health-related quality of life on time from symptom onset to hospital arrival and the risk of readmission in patients with myocardial infarction (15 December, 2014)
Catrin Henriksson, Margareta Larsson, Johan Herlitz, Jan-Erik Karlsson, Lisa Wernroth, Bertil Lindahl
Original research article: A decade of changes in clinical characteristics and management of elderly patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction admitted in Italian cardiac care units (15 December, 2014)
Leonardo De Luca, Zoran Olivari, Leonardo Bolognese, Donata Lucci, Lucio Gonzini, Antonio Di Chiara, Gianni Casella, Francesco Chiarella, Alessandro Boccanelli, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Francesco M Bovenzi, Stefano Savonitto
Original research article: Is 6-month GRACE risk score a useful tool to predict stroke after an acute coronary syndrome? (22 December, 2014)
Belén Álvarez-Álvarez, Sergio Raposeiras-Roubín, Emad Abu-Assi, Cristina Cambeiro-González, Santiago Gestal-Romaní, Andrea López-López, Noelia Bouzas-Cruz, María Castiñeira-Busto, Ozoda Saidhodjayeva, Alfredo Redondo-Diéguez, Eva Pereira López, José María García-Acuña, José Ramón González-Juanatey

Editorials

Open Heart – The new BMJ cardiovascular journal, advocating open access, open peer-review and open data
(11 December, 2013)
Pascal Meier, Georg M Fröhlich, Guido Knapp, Saidi Mohiddin, Ben Goldacre, Duolao Wang, Christoph Kustosz, James J DiNicolantonio, Shah Ebrahim, Andreas Baumbach, Niels van Royen, Juan-P Casas
The double jeopardy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and myocardial infarction (3 February, 2014)
Shashank S Sinha, Hitinder S Gurm
Troponin: a risk marker beyond heart disease (6 February, 2014)
Rodney De Palma, Pascal Meier
The cardiometabolic consequences of replacing saturated fats with carbohydrates or Ω-6 polyunsaturated fats: Do the dietary guidelines have it wrong? (5 March, 2014)
James J DiNicolantonio
The challenges of performing ajmaline challenge in children with suspected Brugada syndrome (20 February, 2014)
Giulio Conte, Pedro Brugada
‘Paracelcus’ rediscovered: searching for the right dose of physical training (25 February, 2014)
Christian Schmied
Bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention: can we still ignore the obvious? (28 February, 2014)
Mony Shuvy, Dennis T Ko
The cardiometabolic benefits of glycine: Is glycine an ‘antidote’ to dietary fructose? (28 May, 2014)
Mark F McCarty, James J DiNicolantonio
β-Alanine and orotate as supplements for cardiac protection (4 August, 2014)
Mark F McCarty, James J DiNicolantonio
Is concomitant aspirin helping novel oral anticoagulants? Focus on apixaban (12 September, 2014)
James J DiNicolantonio, Ales Tomek, Pascal Meier, James H O'Keefe, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Enrico Cerrato, Saurav Chatterjee, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai
Lorcaserin for the treatment of obesity? A closer look at its side effects (19 October, 2014)
James J DiNicolantonio, Subhankar Chatterjee, James H O'Keefe, Pascal Meier
How to reduce costs in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (21 November, 2014)
Stefan Toggweiler

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

The reduced cost of providing a nationally recognised service for familial hypercholesterolaemia (12 August, 2014)
Robert Pears, Michael Griffin, Melanie Watson, Rebecca Wheeler, Debbie Hilder, Beverley Meeson, Sallie Bacon, Christopher D Byrne
Transfer of residents to hospital prior to cardiac death: the influence of nursing home quality and ownership type (12 August, 2014)
Gabriella M Anic, Elizabeth Barnett Pathak, Jean Paul Tanner, Michele L Casper, Laurence G Branch
Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions (12 August, 2014)
Barbara Farquharson, Stephan Dombrowski, Alex Pollock, Marie Johnston, Shaun Treweek, Brian Williams, Karen Smith, Nadine Dougall, Claire Jones, Stuart Pringle
Identifying barriers to participation in cardiac prevention and rehabilitation programmes via decision tree analysis: establishing targets for remedial interventions (14 August, 2014)
Orna Reges, Noa Vilchinsky, Morton Leibowitz, Abdulrahem Khaskia, Morris Mosseri, Jeremy D Kark
Original research article: Cost-utility of transcatheter aortic valve implantation for inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis treated by medical management: a UK cost-utility analysis based on patient-level data from the ADVANCE study (23 October, 2014)
Stephen Brecker, Stuart Mealing, Amie Padhiar, James Eaton, Mark Sculpher, Rachele Busca, Johan Bosmans, Ulrich J Gerckens, Peter Wenaweser, Corrado Tamburino, Sabine Bleiziffer, Nicolo Piazza, Neil Moat, Axel Linke
Original research article: Trends in the incidence and prevalence of cardiac pacemaker insertions in an ageing population (10 December, 2014)
Pamela J Bradshaw, Paul Stobie, Matthew W Knuiman, Thomas G Briffa, Michael S T Hobbs

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Inflammation and echocardiographic parameters of ventricular hypertrophy in a cohort with preserved cardiac function (10 February, 2014)
D Medenwald, S Dietz, D Tiller, A Kluttig, KH Greiser, H Loppnow, J Thiery, S Nuding, M Russ, A Fahrig, J Haerting, K Werdan
Vitamin D levels and left ventricular diastolic function (17 February, 2014)
Anil Pandit, Farouk Mookadam, Sailaja Boddu, Aashrayata Aryal Pandit, Anwar Tandar, Hari Chaliki, Stephen Cha, Howard R Lee
Asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction with long-term clozapine treatment for schizophrenia: a multicentre cross-sectional cohort study (26 February, 2014)
V Chow, T Yeoh, A C C Ng, T Pasqualon, E Scott, J Plater, B Whitwell, D Hanzek, T Chung, L Thomas, D S Celermajer, L Kritharides
Potential genetic predisposition for anthracycline-associated cardiomyopathy in families with dilated cardiomyopathy (21 July, 2014)
Marijke Wasielewski, Karin Y van Spaendonck-Zwarts, Nico-Derk L Westerink, Jan D H Jongbloed, Aleida Postma, Jourik A Gietema, J Peter van Tintelen, Maarten P van den Berg
Trends in left ventricular assist device use and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2004–2011 (5 August, 2014)
Julianna F Lampropulos, Nancy Kim, Yun Wang, Mayur M Desai, José Augusto S Barreto-Filho, John A Dodson, Daniel L Dries, Abeel A Mangi, Harlan M Krumholz
Endothelial function and left ventricular diastolic functional reserve in type 2 diabetes mellitus (5 August, 2014)
Melissa Leung, Victoria Phan, Dominic Y Leung
ECG characteristics according to the presence of late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac MRI in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (5 August, 2014)
Sylvain Grall, Loïc Biere, Guillaume Clerfond, Victor Mateus, Fabrice Prunier, Alain Furber
Novel cardiac pacemaker-based human model of periodic breathing to develop real-time, pre-emptive technology for carbon dioxide stabilisation (12 August, 2014)
Resham Baruah, Alberto Giannoni, Keith Willson, Charlotte H Manisty, Yoseph Mebrate, Andreas Kyriacou, Hemang Yadav, Beth Unsworth, Richard Sutton, Jamil Mayet, Alun D Hughes, Darrel P Francis
Functional, morphological and electrocardiographical abnormalities in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and apical aneurysm: correlation with cardiac MR (13 August, 2014)
Kenichiro Suwa, Hiroshi Satoh, Makoto Sano, Mamoru Nobuhara, Takeji Saitoh, Masao Saotome, Tsuyoshi Urushida, Hideki Katoh, Kei Tawarahara, Hayato Ohtani, Yasushi Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Takase, Hajime Terada, Yasuo Takehara, Harumi Sakahara, Hideharu Hayashi
Original research article: The influence of aortoseptal angulation on provocable left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (30 October, 2014)
Christopher Howell Critoph, Antonios Pantazis, Maria Teresa Tome Esteban, Joel Salazar-Mendiguchía, Efstathios D Pagourelias, James C Moon, Perry Mark Elliott
Original research article: Classification of left ventricular size: diameter or volume with contrast echocardiography? (15 December, 2014)
Patrick H Gibson, Harald Becher, Jonathan B Choy

Interventional cardiology

Preventive PCI versus culprit lesion stenting during primary PCI in acute STEMI: a systematic review and meta-analysis (17 February, 2014)
Anil Pandit, Madan Raj Aryal, Aashrayata Aryal Pandit, Fayaz Ahmad Hakim, Smith Giri, Naba Raj Mainali, Prashant Sharma, Howard R Lee, F David Fortuin, Farouk Mookadam
Daylight savings time and myocardial infarction (30 March, 2014)
Amneet Sandhu, Milan Seth, Hitinder S Gurm
Predictors and outcomes of early coronary angiography in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery presenting with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (13 June, 2014)
Muhammad Asrar ul Haq, Nima Rudd, Mueed Mian, Anastasia Castles, Tamara Mogilevski, Vivek Mutha, William J Van Gaal
Effects of intravenous caffeine on fractional flow reserve measurements in coronary artery disease (4 August, 2014)
Vivek Mutha, Muhammad Asrar ul Haq, William J Van Gaal
Mechanisms of tissue uptake and retention of paclitaxel-coated balloons: impact on neointimal proliferation and healing (6 August, 2014)
Juan F Granada, Mark Stenoien, Piotr P Buszman, Armando Tellez, Dan Langanki, Greg L Kaluza, Martin B Leon, William Gray, Michael R Jaff, Robert S Schwartz
The effect of bivalirudin and closure device on bleeding outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions (12 August, 2014)
David R Dobies, Kimberly R Barber, Amanda L Cohoon
Original research article: C-arm rotation as a method for reducing peak skin dose in interventional cardiology (24 December, 2014)
Alexander S Pasciak, Austin C Bourgeois, A Kyle Jones

Meta-analysis

Renal denervation and blood pressure reduction in resistant hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis (5 August, 2014)
Chun Shing Kwok, Yoon K Loke, Shiva Pradhan, Bernard Keavney, Magdi El-Omar, Mamas A Mamas
Comparative analysis and meta-analysis of major clinical trials with oral factor Xa inhibitors versus warfarin in atrial fibrillation (5 August, 2014)
José Pedro L Nunes, Rui Paulo Rodrigues, Francisco Rocha Gonçalves
Chronic heavy drinking and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis (6 August, 2014)
Michael Roerecke, Jürgen Rehm
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and non-randomised trials (12 August, 2014)
Vinayak Nagaraja, Jwalant Raval, Guy D Eslick, Andrew T L Ong
Benefit of statin pretreatment in prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy in different adult patient population: systematic review and meta-analysis (14 August, 2014)
Nirmal Singh, Justin Z Lee, Jennifer J Huang, See Wei Low, Carol Howe, Anil Pandit, Prakash Suryanarayana, Kwan S Lee
First-generation versus second-generation drug-eluting stents in current clinical practice: updated evidence from a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials comprising 31 379 patients (21 August, 2014)
Eliano Pio Navarese, Mariusz Kowalewski, David Kandzari, Alexandra Lansky, Bartosz Górny, Łukasz Kołtowski, Ron Waksman, Sergio Berti, Giuseppe Musumeci, Ugo Limbruno, Rene J van der Schaaf, Malte Kelm, Jacek Kubica, Harry Suryapranata
Original research article: Cilostazol increases patency and reduces adverse outcomes in percutaneous femoropopliteal revascularisation: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (4 November, 2014)
Alexandre M Benjo, Daniel C Garcia, J Stephen Jenkins, Rhanderson M N Cardoso, Taina P Molina, Georges E El-Hayek, Girish N Nadkarni, Emad F Aziz, James J Dinicolantonio, Tyrone Collins

Reviews

Blood vessel repair and regeneration in the ischaemic heart (3 February, 2014)
Huajun Zhang, Casper van Olden, Dominic Sweeney, Enca Martin-Rendon
Role of frailty assessment in patients undergoing cardiac interventions (3 February, 2014)
Rebecca Rowe, Javaid Iqbal, Rachel Murali-krishnan, Ayyaz Sultan, Rachel Orme, Norman Briffa, Martin Denvir, Julian Gunn
Major bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis (13 February, 2014)
Chun Shing Kwok, Sunil V Rao, Phyo K Myint, Bernard Keavney, James Nolan, Peter F Ludman, Mark A de Belder, Yoon K Loke, Mamas A Mamas
Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: an update (7 June, 2014)
O De Backer, S Arnous, N Ihlemann, N Vejlstrup, E Jørgensen, S Pehrson, T D W Krieger, P Meier, L Søndergaard, O W Franzen

Special populations

Impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on morbidity and mortality after myocardial infarction (3 February, 2014)
Pontus Andell, Sasha Koul, Andreas Martinsson, Johan Sundström, Tomas Jernberg, J Gustav Smith, Stefan James, Bertil Lindahl, David Erlinge
Cardiac troponin I but not cardiac troponin T adheres to polysulfone dialyser membranes in an in vitro haemodialysis model: explanation for lower serum cTnI concentrations following dialysis (12 June, 2014)
David C Gaze, Paul O Collinson
Heart rate variability analysis during head-up tilt test predicts nitroglycerine-induced syncope (17 June, 2014)
Kristian Efremov, Donatella Brisinda, Angela Venuti, Emilia Iantorno, Claudia Cataldi, Francesco Fioravanti, Riccardo Fenici

Valvular heart disease

Two-year outcomes after percutaneous mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system: durability of the procedure and predictors of outcome (8 April, 2014)
Stefan Toggweiler, Michel Zuber, Daniel Sürder, Patric Biaggi, Christine Gstrein, Tiziano Moccetti, Elena Pasotti, Oliver Gaemperli, Francesco Faletra, Iveta Petrova-Slater, Jürg Grünenfelder, Peiman Jamshidi, Roberto Corti, Giovanni Pedrazzini, Thomas F Lüscher, Paul Erne
The OxVALVE population cohort study (OxVALVE-PCS)—population screening for undiagnosed valvular heart disease in the elderly: study design and objectives (15 May, 2014)
Sean Coffey, Joanna L d'Arcy, Margaret A Loudon, David Mant, Andrew J Farmer, Bernard D Prendergast, for the OxVALVE-PCS group
Original research article: Calcific extension towards the mitral valve causes non-rheumatic mitral stenosis in degenerative aortic stenosis: real-time 3D transoesophageal echocardiography study (15 September, 2014)
Mai Iwataki, Masaaki Takeuchi, Kyoko Otani, Hiroshi Kuwaki, Hidetoshi Yoshitani, Haruhiko Abe, Roberto M Lang, Robert A Levine, Yutaka Otsuji

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October 2014 - Volume 1 - 1

Aortic and vascular disease

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Basic and translational research

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Coronary artery disease

Editorials

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Interventional cardiology

Meta-analysis

Reviews

Special populations

Valvular heart disease

Correction

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Table of contents

October 2014 - Volume 1 - 1

Aortic and vascular disease

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Basic and translational research

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Coronary artery disease

Editorials

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Interventional cardiology

Meta-analysis

Reviews

Special populations

Valvular heart disease

Correction