Open Heart: 2 (1)

Aortic and vascular disease

Protocol:
MRI using ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide in patients under surveillance for abdominal aortic aneurysms to predict rupture or surgical repair: MRI for abdominal aortic aneurysms to predict rupture or surgery—the MA³RS study
(20 April, 2015)
Olivia M B McBride, Colin Berry, Paul Burns, Roderick T A Chalmers, Barry Doyle, Rachael Forsythe, O James Garden, Kirsteen Goodman, Catriona Graham, Peter Hoskins, Richard Holdsworth, Thomas J MacGillivray, Graham McKillop, Gordon Murray, Katherine Oatey, Jennifer M J Robson, Giles Roditi, Scott Semple, Wesley Stuart, Edwin J R van Beek, Alex Vesey, David E Newby
Review: Guilt by association: paradigm for detecting a silent killer (thoracic aortic aneurysm) (24 April, 2015)
John A Elefteriades, Adam Sang, Gregory Kuzmik, Matthew Hornick

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Review: A systematic review of ICD complications in randomised controlled trials versus registries: is our ‘real-world’ data an underestimation? (17 February, 2015)
Vivienne A Ezzat, Victor Lee, Syed Ahsan, Anthony W Chow, Oliver Segal, Edward Rowland, Martin D Lowe, Pier D Lambiase
Original research article: The 7-year teesside experience of primary prevention ICD indications following primary PCI (PPCI) and the potential impact of a change in NICE guidance (24 April, 2015)
Thanh Trung Phan, Saima Khan, Muhammad Muzaffar Mahmood, Sudha Mani, Vineet Wadehra, Mark de Belder, Andrew Thornley, Simon James, Nicholas J Linker, Andrew J Turley
Original research article: Routine issuance of clinical magnets to patients receiving implantable defibrillators: retention of information and appropriateness of use (20 May, 2015)
Dewi E Thomas, James P Barry, Wendy Churchouse, Mark H Anderson
Original research article: Low rate of and rapid attention to inappropriate ICD shocks with remote device and rhythm monitoring: a qualitative study (27 July, 2015)
Emma Sandgren, Cecilia Rorsman, Johan Engdahl, Nils Edvardsson
Review: Atrioesophageal fistula following ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation: systematic review of case reports (10 September, 2015)
Patricia Chavez, Franz H Messerli, Abel Casso Dominguez, Emad F Aziz, Tina Sichrovsky, Daniel Garcia, Connor D Barrett, Stephan Danik
Original research article: Effect of catheter ablation on quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation and its correlation with arrhythmia outcome (10 September, 2015)
Daniel Raine, Philip Langley, Ewen Shepherd, Stephen Lord, Stephen Murray, Alan Murray, John P Bourke
Original research article: Exercise-related sudden cardiac arrest in London: incidence, survival and bystander response (5 October, 2015)
Melanie J Edwards, Rachael T Fothergill
Original research article: Cause of death in patients with atrial fibrillation admitted to French hospitals in 2012: a nationwide database study (2 December, 2015)
Laurent Fauchier, Adeline Samson, Gwendoline Chaize, Anne-Françoise Gaudin, Alexandre Vainchtock, Cécile Bailly, Francois-Emery Cotté

Basic and translational research

Original research article: Genetic variation at the human connexin 43 locus but not at the connexin 40 locus is associated with left bundle branch block (10 April, 2015)
Per Ladenvall, Björn Andersson, Mikael Dellborg, Per-Olof Hansson, Henry Eriksson, Dag Thelle, Peter Eriksson
Original research article: Optical coherence tomography for serial in vivo imaging of aortic plaque in the rabbit: a preliminary experience (8 October, 2015)
Jordan Fulcher, Sanjay Patel, Stephen J Nicholls, Shisan Bao, David Celermajer

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Review: Evidence of poor adherence to secondary prevention after acute coronary syndromes: possible remedies through the application of new technologies (23 January, 2015)
Kevin Cheng, Nicola Ingram, Jan Keenan, Robin P Choudhury
Review: β-Blockers in hypertension, diabetes, heart failure and acute myocardial infarction: a review of the literature (23 March, 2015)
James J DiNicolantonio, Hassan Fares, Asfandyar K Niazi, Saurav Chatterjee, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Enrico Cerrato, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Carl J Lavie, David S Bell, James H O'Keefe
Review: Angiotensin receptor blockers for prevention of cardiovascular disease: where does the evidence stand? (10 April, 2015)
Flávio Danni Fuchs, James J DiNicolantonio
Review: Capsaicin may have important potential for promoting vascular and metabolic health (17 June, 2015)
Mark F McCarty, James J DiNicolantonio, James H O'Keefe
Review: Prerace aspirin to protect susceptible runners from cardiac arrest during marathons: is opportunity knocking? (2 July, 2015)
Arthur J Siegel
Original research article: Natriuretic peptides for the detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (3 August, 2015)
Joachim Seegers, Markus Zabel, Timo Grüter, Antje Ammermann, Mark Weber-Krüger, Frank Edelmann, Götz Gelbrich, Lutz Binder, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Klaus Gröschel, Gerd Hasenfuß, Nicolas Feltgen, Burkert Pieske, Rolf Wachter
Original research article: Alcohol consumption and risk of incident heart failure in older men: a prospective cohort study (11 August, 2015)
S Goya Wannamethee, Peter H Whincup, Lucy Lennon, Olia Papacosta, A Gerald Shaper
Original research article: The value of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase in cardiovascular disease risk assessment (21 August, 2015)
Stephen F Weng, Joe Kai, Indra Neil Guha, Nadeem Qureshi
Original research article: Observational study of the relationship between volume and outcomes using data from the National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (11 November, 2015)
Patrick Doherty, Alexander S Harrison, Mike Knapton, Veronica Dale

Cardiac surgery

Original research article: The no-touch vein graft for coronary artery bypass surgery preserves the left ventricular ejection fraction at 16 years postoperatively: long-term data from a longitudinal randomised trial (24 March, 2015)
Benny Johansson, Ninos Samano, Domingos Souza, Lennart Bodin, Derek Filbey, John D Mannion, Leif Bojö
Standards for heart valve surgery in a ‘Heart Valve Centre of Excellence’ (7 July, 2015)
John Chambers, Simon Ray, Bernard Prendergast, Tim Graham, Brian Campbell, Donna Greenhalgh, Mario Petrou, Jeremy Tinkler, Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, Carlos A Mestres, Raphael Rosenhek, Philippe Pibarot, Catherine Otto, Thoralf Sundt

Congenital heart disease

Original research article: Trends in 30-day mortality rate and case mix for paediatric cardiac surgery in the UK between 2000 and 2010 (2 April, 2015)
Katherine L Brown, Sonya Crowe, Rodney Franklin, Andrew McLean, David Cunningham, David Barron, Victor Tsang, Christina Pagel, Martin Utley
Original research article: Impact of clinical follow-up and diagnostic testing on intervention for tetralogy of Fallot (30 April, 2015)
Aswathy Vaikom House, David A Danford, Robert L Spicer, Shelby Kutty
Original research article: Outcomes following repair of anomalous coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in infants: results from a procedure-based national database (4 September, 2015)
Daniel Paul Fudulu, Dan Mihai Dorobantu, Mansour Taghavi Azar Sharabiani, Gianni Davide Angelini, Massimo Caputo, Andrew John Parry, Serban Constantin Stoica

Coronary artery disease

Original research article: Coronary artery stenosis risk and time course in Kawasaki disease patients: experience at a US tertiary pediatric centre (17 March, 2015)
Alok Sunil Patel, Margaret Bruce, Whitney Harrington, Michael A Portman
Original research article: Impact of proctoring on success rates for percutaneous revascularisation of coronary chronic total occlusions (30 March, 2015)
Vinoda Sharma, S T Jadhav, A A Harcombe, P A Kelly, A Mozid, A Bagnall, J Richardson, M Egred, M McEntegart, A Shaukat, K Oldroyd, G Vishwanathan, O Rana, S Talwar, M McPherson, J W Strange, C G Hanratty, S J Walsh, J C Spratt, W H T Smith
Original research article: The influence of system delay on 30-day and on long-term mortality in patients with anterior versus non-anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a cohort study (10 April, 2015)
Sonja Postma, Jan-Henk E Dambrink, A T Marcel Gosselink, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Evelien Kolkman, Jurrien M ten Berg, Harry Suryapranata, Arnoud W J van ‘t Hof
Original research article: Observer variability in the assessment of CT coronary angiography and coronary artery calcium score: substudy of the Scottish COmputed Tomography of the HEART (SCOT-HEART) trial (19 May, 2015)
Michelle C Williams, Saroj K Golay, Amanda Hunter, Jonathan R Weir-McCall, Lucja Mlynska, Marc R Dweck, Neal G Uren, John H Reid, Steff C Lewis, Colin Berry, Edwin J R van Beek, Giles Roditi, David E Newby, Saeed Mirsadraee
Original research article: Treatment choices in elderly patients with ST: elevation myocardial infarction—insights from the Vital Heart Response registry (24 June, 2015)
Olga Toleva, Quazi Ibrahim, Neil Brass, Sunil Sookram, Robert Welsh
Original research article: Fetuin-A is related to infarct size, left ventricular function and remodelling after acute STEMI (26 June, 2015)
Hans-Josef Feistritzer, Gert Klug, Sebastian J Reinstadler, Marie-Therese Gröber, Johannes Mair, Rudolf Kirchmair, Benjamin Henninger, Wolfgang-Michael Franz, Bernhard Metzler
Review: The ischaemic constellation: an alternative to the ischaemic cascade—implications for the validation of new ischaemic tests (14 July, 2015)
Annette Maznyczka, Sayan Sen, Christopher Cook, Darrel P Francis
Original research article: Single-centre cohort study of gender influence in coronary CT angiography in patients with a low to intermediate pretest probability of coronary heart disease (15 July, 2015)
Kirsten Schou Nørgaard, Christin Isaksen, Jørgen Selmer Buhl, Jane Kirk Johansen, Agnete Hedemann Nielsen, Aage Nørgaard, Grazina Urbonaviciene, Jes S Lindholt, Lars Frost
Original research article: Randomised comparison of zofenopril and ramipril plus acetylsalicylic acid in postmyocardial infarction patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a post hoc analysis of the SMILE-4 Study in patients according to levels of left ventricular ejection fraction at entry (3 August, 2015)
Claudio Borghi, Stefano Omboni, Arrigo FG Cicero, Stefano Bacchelli, Daniela Degli Esposti, Salvatore Novo, Dragos Vinereanu, Giuseppe Ambrosio, Ettore Ambrosioni
Original research article: Influence of cardiovascular risk factors on infarct size and interaction with mechanical ischaemic postconditioning in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (6 August, 2015)
Sophie Pichot, Nathan Mewton, Theodora Bejan-Angoulvant, Francois Roubille, Gilles Rioufol, Céline Giraud, Inesse Boussaha, Olivier Lairez, Meyer Elbaz, Christophe Piot, Denis Angoulvant, Michel Ovize
Original research article: Gender differences in health-related quality of life in patients undergoing coronary angiography (27 August, 2015)
Crystel M Gijsberts, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Imo E Hoefer, Folkert W Asselbergs, Gerard Pasterkamp, Hendrik Nathoe, Yolande E Appelman, Dominique P V de Kleijn, Hester M den Ruijter
Original research article: Cardioprotective role of zofenopril in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a pooled individual data analysis of four randomised, double-blind, controlled, prospective studies (8 September, 2015)
Claudio Borghi, Stefano Omboni, Giorgio Reggiardo, Stefano Bacchelli, Daniela Degli Esposti, Ettore Ambrosioni
Original research article: Resilience as a correlate of acute stress disorder symptoms in patients with acute myocardial infarction (26 October, 2015)
Rebecca E Meister, Tania Weber, Mary Princip, Ulrich Schnyder, Jürgen Barth, Hansjörg Znoj, Jean-Paul Schmid, Roland von Känel

Editorial

The evidence base for fat guidelines: a balanced diet (9 February, 2015)
Rahul Bahl
Thrombus aspiration in STEMI revisited: impact on coronary microcirculation? (17 June, 2015)
Georg M Fröhlich, Ulf Landmesser
Shared decision-making in selection of prosthetic aortic valve (18 June, 2015)
Rahul Bahl
Direct emergency medical services transport in STEMI: breaking the bank for non-PCI capable hospitals? (2 July, 2015)
Jacqueline L Green, Brahmajee K Nallamothu
Centres of excellence in heart valve surgery: are there standards for best practice? (10 July, 2015)
Patrizio Lancellotti, Raluca Dulgheru, Natzi Sakalihasan
Does pneumococcal vaccination prevent myocardial infarction and stroke in elderly adults? (21 July, 2015)
Ole S Søgaard
It is time to stop counting calories, and time instead to promote dietary changes that substantially and rapidly reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (26 August, 2015)
Aseem Malhotra, James J DiNicolantonio, Simon Capewell
Coronary artery disease is associated with persistent lower quality of life in women (25 September, 2015)
Baris Gencer, François Girardin
FD-OCT and IVUS for detection of incomplete stent apposition in heavily calcified vessels: novel insights (23 December, 2015)
David M Leistner, Ulf Landmesser, Georg M Fröhlich

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Original research article: Underuse of an invasive strategy for patients with diabetes with acute coronary syndrome: a nationwide study (6 February, 2015)
Ida Gustafsson, Anders Hvelplund, Kim Wadt Hansen, Søren Galatius, Mette Madsen, Jan Skov Jensen, Hans-Henrik Tilsted, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Lisette Okkels Jensen, Erik Jørgensen, Jan Kyst Madsen, Steen Zabell Abildstrøm
Original research article: Implementation of NICE Clinical Guideline 95 for assessment of stable chest pain in a rapid access chest pain clinic reduces the mean number of investigations and cost per patient (19 February, 2015)
Alvin J X Lee, Michael Michail, Shumonta A Quaderi, James A Richardson, Suneil K Aggarwal, M Elsya Speechly-Dick
Original research article: Organisation of reperfusion therapy for STEMI in a developing country (21 May, 2015)
Surya Dharma, Hananto Andriantoro, Iwan Dakota, Ismi Purnawan, Vireza Pratama, Herawati Isnanijah, Muhammad Yamin, Tjatur Bagus, Benny Hartono, Endang Ratnaningsih, Frits Suling, M Abas Basalamah
A new electrode placement method for obtaining 12-lead ECGs (9 June, 2015)
Gabriel M Khan
Original research article: Routine diversion of patients with STEMI to high-volume PCI centres: modelling the financial impact on referral hospitals (29 June, 2015)
Elizabeth Barnett Pathak, Meg M Comins, Colin J Forsyth, Joel A Strom
Original research article: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation after heart valve surgery: cost analysis of healthcare use and sick leave (13 August, 2015)
T B Hansen, A D Zwisler, S K Berg, K L Sibilitz, L C Thygesen, P Doherty, R Søgaard
Original research article: Are valve clinics a sound investment for the health service? A cost-effectiveness model and an automated tool for cost estimation (29 October, 2015)
Adrian Ionescu, Charlie McKenzie, John B Chambers

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Original research article: Current challenges in palliative care provision for heart failure in the UK: a survey on the perspectives of palliative care professionals (16 January, 2015)
Mun Hong Cheang, Gabrielle Rose, Chi-Chi Cheung, Martin Thomas
Review: The role of cardiac biomarkers for predicting left ventricular dysfunction and cardiovascular mortality in acute exacerbations of COPD (26 March, 2015)
Alice Buchan, Ruth Bennett, Anna Coad, Simon Barnes, Richard Russell, Ari R Manuel
Original research article: Left ventricular diastolic reserve in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (8 April, 2015)
Melissa Leung, Victoria Phan, Melinda Whatmough, Stephane Heritier, Vincent W Wong, Dominic Y Leung
Original research article: Clinical prediction of incident heart failure risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis (10 April, 2015)
Hong Yang, Kazuaki Negishi, Petr Otahal, Thomas H Marwick
Original research article: Mechanical dyssynchrony is additive to ECG criteria and independently associated with reverse remodelling and clinical response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with advanced heart failure (6 May, 2015)
Alan J Bank, Ryan M Gage, Josef J Marek, Toshinari Onishi, Kevin V Burns, David Schwartzman, Samir Saba, John Gorcsan
Original research article: In-hospital treatment and outcomes of heart failure in specialist and non-specialist services: a retrospective cohort study in the elderly (21 May, 2015)
Kishan R Parmar, Philip Y Xiu, Muhibbur R Chowdhury, Ekta Patel, Maurice Cohen
Original research article: Predictors and prognostic value of left atrial remodelling after acute myocardial infarction (8 June, 2015)
Kasper Kyhl, Niels Vejlstrup, Jacob Lønborg, Marek Treiman, Kiril Aleksov Ahtarovski, Steffen Helqvist, Henning Kelbæk, Lene Holmvang, Erik Jørgensen, Kari Saunamäki, Helle Søholm, Mads J Andersen, Jacob E Møller, Peter Clemmensen, Thomas Engstrøm
Original research article: Calibrated integrated backscatter and myocardial fibrosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery (25 August, 2015)
David L Prior, Jithendra B Somaratne, Alicia J Jenkins, Michael Yii, Andrew E Newcomb, Casper G Schalkwijk, Mary J Black, Darren J Kelly, Duncan J Campbell
Original research article: Ischaemia change with revascularisation versus medical therapy in reduced ejection fraction (25 August, 2015)
Robert J Mentz, Mona Fiuzat, Linda K Shaw, Afshin Farzaneh-Far, Christopher M O'Connor, Salvador Borges-Neto
Original research article: Results of comprehensive diagnostic work-up in ‘idiopathic’ dilated cardiomyopathy (9 October, 2015)
Kaspar Broch, Arne K Andreassen, Einar Hopp, Trond P Leren, Helge Scott, Fredrik Müller, Svend Aakhus, Lars Gullestad
Original research article: MRI and serum high-sensitivity C reactive protein predict long-term mortality in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (19 October, 2015)
Taketaro Sadahiro, Shun Kohsaka, Shigeo Okuda, Taku Inohara, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Takashi Kohno, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Keiichi Fukuda
Original research article: Copeptin in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: a report from the prospective KaRen-study (3 November, 2015)
Camilla Hage, Lars H Lund, Erwan Donal, Jean-Claude Daubert, Cecilia Linde, Linda Mellbin
Review: What can we learn from RELAX-AHF compared to previous AHF trials and what does the future hold? (24 December, 2015)
Jane A Cannon, Andrew R McKean, Pardeep S Jhund, John J V McMurray

Interventional cardiology

Original research article: Validity of a PCI Bleeding Risk Score in patient subsets stratified for body mass index (10 February, 2015)
David R Dobies, Kimberly R Barber, Amanda L Cohoon
Original research article: Adherence to process of care quality indicators after percutaneous coronary intervention in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective observational cohort study (16 February, 2015)
Andrew Czarnecki, Treesa J Prasad, Julie Wang, Harindra C Wijeysundera, Asim N Cheema, Vladimír Dz̆avík, Madhu K Natarajan, Chris S Simpson, Derek Y So, Jaffer Syed, Jack V Tu, Dennis T Ko
Original research article: Serial assessment of the index of microcirculatory resistance during primary percutaneous coronary intervention comparing manual aspiration catheter thrombectomy with balloon angioplasty (IMPACT study): a randomised controlled pilot study (18 May, 2015)
Stephen P Hoole, Catherine Jaworski, Adam J Brown, Liam M McCormick, Bobby Agrawal, Sarah C Clarke, Nick E J West
Original research article: Incidence of cardiovascular events and gastrointestinal bleeding in patients receiving clopidogrel with and without proton pump inhibitors: an updated meta-analysis (30 June, 2015)
Rhanderson N Cardoso, Alexandre M Benjo, James J DiNicolantonio, Daniel C Garcia, Francisco Y B Macedo, Georges El-Hayek, Girish N Nadkarni, Sebastiano Gili, Mario Iannaccone, Ioannis Konstantinidis, John P Reilly
Original research article: Efficacy and follow-up of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with radiation-induced aortic stenosis (25 August, 2015)
Marina Dijos, Amélie Reynaud, Lionel Leroux, Patricia Réant, Claire Cornolle, Raymond Roudaut, Pierre Dos Santos, Stéphane Lafitte
Original research article: Impact of frailty on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: a prospective cohort study (8 September, 2015)
Rachel Murali-Krishnan, Javaid Iqbal, Rebecca Rowe, Emer Hatem, Yasir Parviz, James Richardson, Ayyaz Sultan, Julian Gunn
Original research article: Bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin: a meta-analysis of patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes (1 October, 2015)
Mohamed Farag, Diana A Gorog, Abhiram Prasad, Manivannan Srinivasan
Original research article: Predicting emergency coronary artery bypass graft following PCI: application of a computational model to refer patients to hospitals with and without onsite surgical backup (2 December, 2015)
Zeeshan Syed, Mauro Moscucci, David Share, Hitinder S Gurm
Original research article: Optical coherence tomography versus intravascular ultrasound to evaluate stent implantation in patients with calcific coronary artery disease (23 December, 2015)
Ingibjorg Gudmundsdottir, Philip Adamson, Calum Gray, James C Spratt, Miles W Behan, Peter Henriksen, David E Newby, Nicholas Mills, Neal G Uren, Nicholas L Cruden

Meta-analysis

Original research article: Evidence from randomised controlled trials did not support the introduction of dietary fat guidelines in 1977 and 1983: a systematic review and meta-analysis (9 February, 2015)
Zoë Harcombe, Julien S Baker, Stephen Mark Cooper, Bruce Davies, Nicholas Sculthorpe, James J DiNicolantonio, Fergal Grace
Review: Effect of the adult pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine on cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis (26 June, 2015)
Shu Ren, David Newby, Shu Chuen Li, Emily Walkom, Peter Miller, Alexis Hure, John Attia
Original research article: Systematic oral hydration with water is similar to parenteral hydration for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: an updated meta-analysis of randomised clinical data (5 October, 2015)
Shiv Kumar Agarwal, Sameh Mohareb, Achint Patel, Rabi Yacoub, James J DiNicolantonio, Ioannis Konstantinidis, Ambarish Pathak, Shailesh Fnu, Narender Annapureddy, Priya K Simoes, Sunil Kamat, Georges El-Hayek, Ravi Prasad, Damodar Kumbala, Rhanderson M Nascimento, John P Reilly, Girish N Nadkarni, Alexandre M Benjo

Review

Review: Exercise-based rehabilitation for heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis (28 January, 2015)
Viral A Sagar, Edward J Davies, Simon Briscoe, Andrew J S Coats, Hasnain M Dalal, Fiona Lough, Karen Rees, Sally Singh, Rod S Taylor
Review: Acarbose, lente carbohydrate, and prebiotics promote metabolic health and longevity by stimulating intestinal production of GLP-1 (29 January, 2015)
Mark F McCarty, James J DiNicolantonio
Review: The health benefits of vitamin K (6 October, 2015)
James J DiNicolantonio, Jaikrit Bhutani, James H O'Keefe
Review: Coenzyme Q10 for the treatment of heart failure: a review of the literature (19 October, 2015)
James J DiNicolantonio, Jaikrit Bhutani, Mark F McCarty, James H O'Keefe
Review: Acarbose: safe and effective for lowering postprandial hyperglycaemia and improving cardiovascular outcomes (19 October, 2015)
James J DiNicolantonio, Jaikrit Bhutani, James H O'Keefe
Review: Physiology-guided myocardial revascularisation in complex multivessel coronary artery disease: beyond the 2014 ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularisation (22 October, 2015)
Jan J Piek, Bimmer E Claessen, Justin E Davies, Javier Escaned
Review: Neurocognition after paediatric heart surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (29 October, 2015)
Caroline Sterken, Jurgen Lemiere, Ilse Vanhorebeek, Greet Van den Berghe, Dieter Mesotten

Special populations

Review: Cardiovascular disease in HIV patients: from bench to bedside and backwards (20 March, 2015)
Enrico Cerrato, Andrea Calcagno, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Massimo Mancone, Walter Grosso Marra, Daniela Demarie, Pierluigi Omedè, Antonio Abbate, Stefano Bonora, James J DiNicolantonio, Vicente Estrada, Javier Escaned, Claudio Moretti, Fiorenzo Gaita
Original research article: Subtle increases in heart size persist into adulthood in growth restricted babies: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (28 August, 2015)
Clare Arnott, Michael R Skilton, Saku Ruohonen, Markus Juonala, Jorma S A Viikari, Mika Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Tomi Laitinen, David S Celermajer, Olli T Raitakari
Original research article: Sympathetic autonomic dysfunction and impaired cardiovascular performance in higher risk surgical patients: implications for perioperative sympatholysis (19 October, 2015)
John Whittle, Alexander Nelson, James M Otto, Robert C M Stephens, Daniel S Martin, J Robert Sneyd, Richard Struthers, Gary Minto, Gareth L Ackland

Valvular heart disease

Original research article: High sensitivity C reactive protein as a prognostic marker in patients with mild to moderate aortic valve stenosis during lipid-lowering treatment: an SEAS substudy (4 February, 2015)
Adam Blyme, Camilla Asferg, Olav W Nielsen, Thomas Sehestedt, Y Antero Kesäniemi, Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, Kurt Boman, Ronnie Willenheimer, Simon Ray, Christoph A Nienaber, Anne Rossebø, Kristian Wachtell, Michael H Olsen
Original research article: Prosthetic aortic valve selection: current patient experience, preferences and knowledge (8 April, 2015)
Nelleke M Korteland, Frans J Bras, Fabienne M A van Hout, Jolanda Kluin, Robert J M Klautz, Ad J J C Bogers, Johanna J M Takkenberg
Original research article: Infective endocarditis in the Pacific: clinical characteristics, treatment and long-term outcomes (30 April, 2015)
Mariana Mirabel, Romain André, Paul Barsoum Mikhaïl, Hester Colboc, Flore Lacassin, Baptiste Noël, Jacques Robert, Marie Nadra, Corinne Braunstein, Shirley Gervolino, Eloi Marijon, Bernard Iung, Xavier Jouven
Original research article: Does valvuloarterial impedance impact prognosis after surgery for severe aortic stenosis in the elderly? (26 June, 2015)
Minako Katayama, Mohammad Q Najib, Punnaiah C Marella, M'hamed H Temkit, Marek Belohlavek, Hari P Chaliki
Original research article:
Does the CHA₂DS₂-Vasc score predict procedural and short-term outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation?
(22 October, 2015)
Tahir Hamid, Tawfiq R Choudhury, Simon G Anderson, Izhar Hashmi, Saqib Chowdhary, David Hesketh Roberts, Douglas G Fraser, Ragheb Hasan, Vaikom S Mahadevan, Richard Levy

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October 2015 - Volume 2 - 1

Aortic and vascular disease

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

Review

Special populations

Valvular heart disease

Correction

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Table of contents

October 2015 - Volume 2 - 1

Aortic and vascular disease

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

Review

Special populations

Valvular heart disease

Correction