Open Heart: 3 (1)

Aortic and vascular disease

Original research article: Endovascular management of renal artery aneurysms using the multilayer flow modulator (10 March, 2016)
Sherif Sultan, Mahmoud Basuoniy Alawy, Rita Flaherty, Edel P Kavanagh, Mohamed Elsherif, Ala Elhelali, Florian Stefanov, Violet Lundon, Niamh Hynes
Original research article: Effects of the small molecule SIRT1 activator, SRT2104 on arterial stiffness in otherwise healthy cigarette smokers and subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (17 May, 2016)
Sowmya Venkatasubramanian, Radzi M Noh, Shruti Daga, Jeremy P Langrish, Nicholas L Mills, Brian R Waterhouse, Ethan Hoffmann, Eric W Jacobson, Ninian N Lang, Brian M Frier, David E Newby

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Original research article: Long-term risk of atrial fibrillation after the death of a partner (5 April, 2016)
Simon Graff, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Bo Christensen, Henrik Søndergaard Pedersen, Jakob Christensen, Jiong Li, Mogens Vestergaard
Original research article: Estimated incidence and risk factors of sudden unexpected death (23 March, 2016)
Mary Elizabeth Lewis, Feng-Chang Lin, Parin Nanavati, Neil Mehta, Louisa Mounsey, Anthony Nwosu, Irion Pursell, Eugene H Chung, J Paul Mounsey, Ross J Simpson
Review: Opportunistic detection of atrial fibrillation using blood pressure monitors: a systematic review (12 April, 2016)
Sarah A Kane, James R Blake, Frank J McArdle, Philip Langley, Andrew J Sims

Basic and translational research

Original research article: Effectiveness of structured, hospital-based, nurse-led atrial fibrillation clinics: a comparison between a real-world population and a clinical trial population (13 January, 2016)
Ina Qvist, Jeroen M L Hendriks, Dorthe S Møller, Andi E Albertsen, Helle M Mogensen, Gitte D Oddershede, Annette Odgaard, Leif Spange Mortensen, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Lars Frost
Original research article: Cardiovascular MR T2-STIR imaging does not discriminate between intramyocardial haemorrhage and microvascular obstruction during the subacute phase of a reperfused myocardial infarction (20 April, 2016)
Esben Søvsø Szocska Hansen, Steen Fjord Pedersen, Steen Bønløkke Pedersen, Uffe Kjærgaard, Nikolaj Hjort Schmidt, Hans Erik Bøtker, Won Yong Kim
Original research article: Time to spontaneous ductus arteriosus closure in full-term neonates (11 May, 2016)
Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Chikuma Hamada, Masashi Wakabayashi, Yuki Nakagawa, Satoshi Nomura, Yoshinori Kohno
Original research article: Novel, single-beat approach for determining both end-systolic pressure–dimension relationship and preload recruitable stroke work (15 June, 2016)
Ryo Inuzuka, David A Kass, Hideaki Senzaki

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Original research article: The relationship between affective symptoms and hypertension—role of the labelling effect: the 1946 British birth cohort (12 January, 2016)
Valérie Tikhonoff, Rebecca Hardy, John Deanfield, Peter Friberg, Graciela Muniz, Diana Kuh, Carmine M Pariante, Matthew Hotopf, Marcus Richards
Original research article: Does the timing of cardiac rehabilitation impact fitness outcomes? An observational analysis (8 February, 2016)
Jennifer Fell, Veronica Dale, Patrick Doherty
Original research article: Association of ambulatory heart rate and atherosclerosis risk factors with blood pressure in young non-hypertensive adults (12 February, 2016)
Cynthia Cheng, Constantine Daskalakis
Original research article: Cardiac function associated with previous, current and repeated depression and anxiety symptoms in a healthy population: the HUNT study (15 February, 2016)
L T Gustad, O Bjerkeset, L B Strand, I Janszky, Ø Salvesen, H Dalen
Original research article: Dynamic cycling in atrial size and flow during obstructive apnoea (23 February, 2016)
Gregg S Pressman, Beatriz Cepeda-Valery, Nicolas Codolosa, Marek Orban, Solomon P Samuel, Virend K Somers
Original research article: Distribution of lifespan gain from primary prevention intervention (11 March, 2016)
Judith A Finegold, Matthew J Shun-Shin, Graham D Cole, Saman Zaman, Annette Maznyczka, Sameer Zaman, Rasha Al-Lamee, Siqin Ye, Darrel P Francis
Original research article: Pathophysiological effects of different risk factors for heart failure (18 March, 2016)
Hong Yang, Ying Wang, Kazuaki Negishi, Mark Nolan, Thomas H Marwick
Review: Nutritional strategies for skeletal and cardiovascular health: hard bones, soft arteries, rather than vice versa (22 March, 2016)
James H O'Keefe, Nathaniel Bergman, Pedro Carrera-Bastos, Maélan Fontes-Villalba, James J DiNicolantonio, Loren Cordain
Original research article: Cardiac rehabilitation using the Family-Centered Empowerment Model versus home-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with myocardial infarction: a randomised controlled trial (19 April, 2016)
Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Andrew C Miller, Mohammadreza Hajiesmaieli, Mari Kangasniemi, Fatemah Alhani, Hosseinali Jelvehmoghaddam, Mohammad Fathi, Behrooz Farzanegan, Seyed H Ardehali, Sevak Hatamian, Mehdi Gahremani, Seyed M M Mosavinasab, Zohreh Rostami, Seyed J Madani, Morteza Izadi

Cardiac surgery

Protocol: Trial protocol for a randomised controlled trial of red cell washing for the attenuation of transfusion-associated organ injury in cardiac surgery: the REDWASH trial (7 March, 2016)
G J Murphy, V Verheyden, M Wozniak, N Sullo, W Dott, S Bhudia, N Bittar, T Morris, A Ring, A Tebbatt, T Kumar
Original research article: Excess short-term mortality in women after isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery (22 March, 2016)
Giovanni Filardo, Baron L Hamman, Benjamin D Pollock, Briget da Graca, Danielle M Sass, Teresa K Phan, James Edgerton, Syma L Prince, W Steves Ring

Congenital heart disease

Original research article: Inpatient detection of cardiac-inherited disease: the impact of improving family history taking (16 February, 2016)
Kathryn E Waddell-Smith, Tom Donoghue, Stephanie Oates, Amanda Graham, Jackie Crawford, Martin K Stiles, Andrew Aitken, Jonathan R Skinner
Original research article: Effect of dual pulmonary vasodilator therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease: a retrospective analysis (15 April, 2016)
Oliver Monfredi, Elliot Heward, Linda Griffiths, Robin Condliffe, Vaikom S Mahadevan
Original research article: Variabilities in the mortality-related resource utilisation for congenital heart disease (6 May, 2016)
David A Danford, Quentin Karels, Shelby Kutty

Coronary artery disease

A propensity matched comparison of return to work and quality of life after stenting or coronary artery bypass surgery (13 January, 2016)
Annette M Maznyczka, James P Howard, Amerjeet S Banning, Anthony H Gershlick
Original research article: High levels of cathepsin D and cystatin B are associated with increased risk of coronary events (27 January, 2016)
Isabel Gonçalves, Karin Hultman, Pontus Dunér, Andreas Edsfeldt, Bo Hedblad, Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson, Harry Björkbacka, Jan Nilsson, Eva Bengtsson
Original research article:
Systematic review and meta-analysis of optimal P2Y₁₂ blockade in dual antiplatelet therapy for patients with diabetes with acute coronary syndrome
(26 February, 2016)
Jennifer A Rossington, Oliver I Brown, Angela Hoye
Original research article: Risk factors and therapeutic coverage at 6 years in patients with previous myocardial infarction: the CASTUO study (26 February, 2016)
Francisco Javier Félix-Redondo, Luis Lozano Mera, Luciano Consuegra-Sánchez, Fernando Giménez Sáez, Francisco Javier Garcipérez de Vargas, José María Castellano Vázquez, Daniel Fernández-Bergés
Original research article: Physical exercise and quantitative lower limb collateral function (8 March, 2016)
Michael Stoller, David Stoller, Christian Seiler
Original research article: Interpreting angina: symptoms along a gender continuum (28 April, 2016)
Catherine Kreatsoulas, Mary Crea-Arsenio, Harry S Shannon, James L Velianou, Mita Giacomini
Original research article: Ventricular longitudinal function is associated with microvascular obstruction and intramyocardial haemorrhage (3 May, 2016)
Pankaj Garg, Ananth Kidambi, James R J Foley, Tarique Al Musa, David P Ripley, Peter P Swoboda, Bara Erhayiem, Laura E Dobson, Adam K McDiarmid, John P Greenwood, Sven Plein
Original research article: Altered gene expression in T-cell receptor signalling in peripheral blood leucocytes in acute coronary syndrome predicts secondary coronary events (30 June, 2016)
Shin-ichiro Takashima, Soichiro Usui, Keisuke Kurokawa, Teppei Kitano, Takeshi Kato, Hisayoshi Murai, Hiroshi Furusho, Hiroyuki Oda, Michiro Maruyama, Yoshiki Nagata, Kazuo Usuda, Koji Kubota, Yumie Takeshita, Yoshio Sakai, Masao Honda, Shuichi Kaneko, Masayuki Takamura

Editorials

Examining uncertainty in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (17 March, 2016)
Rahul Bahl
Arm exercise stress testing: diagnostic options in stable coronary artery disease (13 May, 2016)
Rahul Bahl, Pascal Meierl
Congenital heart disease and the cost of mortality (23 May, 2016)
Richard J Czosek, Jeffery B Anderson

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Original research article: A time-series study of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: premature adoption? (4 January, 2016)
Kian Nian Lew, Gianni D Angelini, William Hollingworth
Original research article: Exercise training characteristics in cardiac rehabilitation programmes: a cross-sectional survey of Australian practice (23 February, 2016)
Bridget Abell, Paul Glasziou, Tom Briffa, Tammy Hoffmann
Original research article: Prehospital and in-hospital use of healthcare resources in patients surviving acute coronary syndromes: an analysis of the EPICOR registry (24 February, 2016)
Lieven Annemans, Nicolas Danchin, Frans Van de Werf, Stuart Pocock, Muriel Licour, Jesús Medina, Héctor Bueno
Original research article: Cost-effectiveness of chiropractic care versus self-management in patients with musculoskeletal chest pain (4 May, 2016)
Mette Jensen Stochkendahl, Jan Sørensen, Werner Vach, Henrik Wulff Christensen, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen, Jan Hartvigsen
Original research article: Health utility indexes in patients with acute coronary syndromes (23 May, 2016)
Baris Gencer, Nicolas Rodondi, Reto Auer, David Nanchen, Lorenz Räber, Roland Klingenberg, Mark Pletscher, Peter Jüni, Stephan Windecker, Christian M Matter, Thomas F Lüscher, François Mach, Thomas V Perneger, François R Girardin
Original research article: A cardiovascular disease policy model: part 2—preparing for economic evaluation and to assess health inequalities (10 June, 2016)
K D Lawson, J D Lewsey, I Ford, K Fox, L D Ritchie, H Tunstall-Pedoe, G C M Watt, M Woodward, S Kent, M Neilson, A H Briggs

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Original research article: Prevalence and prognostic impact of kidney disease on heart failure patients (18 January, 2016)
Ida Löfman, Karolina Szummer, Inger Hagerman, Ulf Dahlström, Lars H Lund, Tomas Jernberg
Original research article: Comparative effects of long-acting and short-acting loop diuretics on cardiac sympathetic nerve activity in patients with chronic heart failure (2 February, 2016)
Yae Matsuo, Shu Kasama, Takuji Toyama, Ryuichi Funada, Noriaki Takama, Norimichi Koitabashi, Shuichi Ichikawa, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Naoya Matsumoto, Yuichi Sato, Masahiko Kurabayashi
Original research article: Stress-coping skills and neuroticism in apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo/stress cardiomyopathy) (5 February, 2016)
Dawn C Scantlebury, Daniel E Rohe, Patricia J M Best, Ryan J Lennon, Amir Lerman, Abhiram Prasad
Original research article: Clinical, ECG and echocardiographic clues to the diagnosis of TTR-related cardiomyopathy (8 February, 2016)
Thibaud Damy, Mathew S Maurer, Claudio Rapezzi, Violaine Planté-Bordeneuve, Onur N Karayal, Rajiv Mundayat, Ole B Suhr, Arnt V Kristen
Original research article: Adaptive servoventilation versus oxygen therapy for sleep disordered breathing in patients with heart failure: a randomised trial (31 March, 2016)
Kimihiko Murase, Koh Ono, Tomoya Yoneda, Moritake Iguchi, Takafumi Yokomatsu, Tetsu Mizoguchi, Toshiaki Izumi, Masaharu Akao, Shinji Miki, Ryuji Nohara, Kenji Ueshima, Michiaki Mishima, Takeshi Kimura, David P White, Kazuo Chin
Original research article: Significant reduction of left atrial volume concomitant with clinical improvement after percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation for drug-refractory hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, and its precise detection with multidetector CT (3 June, 2016)
Yuichiro Maekawa, Keitaro Akita, Hikaru Tsuruta, Yoshitake Yamada, Kentaro Hayashida, Shinsuke Yuasa, Mitsushige Murata, Masahiro Jinzaki, Keiichi Fukuda
Original research article: Measures of endothelial dysfunction predict response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy (7 June, 2016)
David R Warriner, Patricia Lawford, Paul J Sheridan

Interventional cardiology

Original research article: Heart rate never lies: interventional cardiologist and Braude's quote revised (11 January, 2016)
Stéphane Cook, Jean-Christophe Stauffer, Jean-Jacques Goy, Denis Graf, Serban Puricel, Aurélien Frobert, Olivier Muller, Mario Togni, Diego Arroyo
Original research article:
Did the use of the Guideliner V2^TM guide catheter extension increase complications? A review of the incidence of complications related to the use of the V2 catheter, the influence of right brachiocephalic arterial anatomy and the redesign of the V3^TM Guideliner and clinical outcomes
(27 January, 2016)
Mohammad Alkhalil, Alison Smyth, Simon J Walsh, Conor McQuillan, Mark S Spence, Colum G Owens, Colm G Hanratty
Original research article: The relationship between oxidised LDL, endothelial progenitor cells and coronary endothelial function in patients with CHD (28 January, 2016)
Jonathan Watt, Simon Kennedy, Nadeem Ahmed, James Hayhurst, John D McClure, Colin Berry, Roger M Wadsworth, Keith G Oldroyd
Original research article: Is there a role for a local inpatient CT coronary angiography service in selected patients with acute coronary syndrome? A cohort analysis of inpatient tertiary centre referrals for invasive coronary angiography (10 March, 2016)
Hamish MacLachlan, Ranji Thomas, Jessica Langtree, Chris Hare, Andrew R J Mitchell
Original research article: Gender-specific secondary prevention? Differential psychosocial risk factors for major cardiovascular events (12 April, 2016)
Christina E Kure, Yih-Kai Chan, Chantal F Ski, David R Thompson, Melinda J Carrington, Simon Stewart
Original research article: Mortality pattern and cause of death in a long-term follow-up of patients with STEMI treated with primary PCI (15 April, 2016)
Ataollah Doost Hosseiny, Soniah Moloi, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Ahmad Farshid
Protocol: Non-invasive versus invasive management in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery with a non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: study design of the pilot randomised controlled trial and registry (CABG-ACS) (20 April, 2016)
Matthew M Y Lee, Mark C Petrie, Paul Rocchiccioli, Joanne Simpson, Colette Jackson, Ammani Brown, David Corcoran, Kenneth Mangion, Margaret McEntegart, Aadil Shaukat, Alan Rae, Stuart Hood, Eileen Peat, Iain Findlay, Clare Murphy, Alistair Cormack, Nikolay Bukov, Kanarath Balachandran, Richard Papworth, Ian Ford, Andrew Briggs, Colin Berry
Original research article: Switching between thienopyridines in patients with acute myocardial infarction and quality of care (23 May, 2016)
Francois Schiele, Etienne Puymirat, Laurent Bonello, Nicolas Meneveau, Jean-Philippe Collet, Pascal Motreff, Ramin Ravan, Florence Leclercq, Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, Jean Ferrières, Tabassome Simon, Nicolas Danchin
Original research article: Patterns of ST segment resolution after guidewire passage and thrombus aspiration in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for acute myocardial infarction (7 June, 2016)
Paul Russhard, Firas Al Janabi, Michael Parker, Gerald J Clesham
Original research article: Staged re-evaluation of non-culprit lesions in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: a retrospective study (24 June, 2016)
Troels Thim, Gro Egholm, Kevin Kris Warnakula Olesen, Anne Kaltoft, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Lars Romer Krusell, Steen Dalby Kristensen, Hans Erik Bøtker, Evald Høj Christiansen, Michael Maeng

Meta-analysis

Original research article: NOACs versus warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with AF: a systematic review and meta-analysis (18 January, 2016)
Tim Hicks, Fiona Stewart, Anne Eisinga
Original research article: Bias associated with left ventricular quantification by multimodality imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis (27 April, 2016)
Marzia Rigolli, Sulakchanan Anandabaskaran, Jonathan P Christiansen, Gillian A Whalley
Original research article: Efficacy and safety of warfarin in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis (16 June, 2016)
Surapon Nochaiwong, Chidchanok Ruengorn, Rattanaporn Awiphan, Phongsak Dandecha, Kajohnsak Noppakun, Arintaya Phrommintikul

Pulmonary vascular disease

Original research article: Prognostic value of TAPSE after therapy optimisation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension is independent of the haemodynamic effects of therapy (9 May, 2016)
Stefano Ghio, Silvia Pica, Catherine Klersy, Eleonora Guzzafame, Laura Scelsi, Claudia Raineri, Annalisa Turco, Sandra Schirinzi, Luigi Oltrona Visconti

Reviews

Pentoxifylline for vascular health: a brief review of the literature (8 February, 2016)
Mark F McCarty, James H O'Keefe, James J DiNicolantonio
Multimodality imaging in heart valve disease (8 March, 2016)
John B Chambers, Saul G Myerson, Ronak Rajani, Gareth J Morgan-Hughes, Marc R Dweck
Comparison between National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the diagnosis and management of stable angina: implications for clinical practice (10 June, 2016)
R Andrew Archbold

Special populations

Original research article: A prognostic scoring system for arm exercise stress testing (12 January, 2016)
Yan Xie, Hong Xian, Pooja Chandiramani, Emily Bainter, Leping Wan, Wade H Martin
Original research article: Subclinical cardiopulmonary dysfunction in stage 3 chronic kidney disease (24 February, 2016)
Alexander Nelson, James Otto, John Whittle, Robert C M Stephens, Daniel S Martin, John R Prowle, Gareth L Ackland
Original research article: Effects of paediatric HIV infection on electrical conduction of the heart (10 March, 2016)
Nikmah S Idris, Michael M H Cheung, Diederick E Grobbee, David Burgner, Nia Kurniati, Mulyadi M Djer, Cuno S P M Uiterwaal
Original research article: Maternal ethnicity and its impact on the haemodynamic and blood pressure response to labetalol for the treatment of antenatal hypertension (22 March, 2016)
D Stott, M Bolten, D Paraschiv, I Papastefanou, J B Chambers, N A Kametas
Original research article: Reduced cardiac volumes in chronic fatigue syndrome associate with plasma volume but not length of disease: a cohort study (24 June, 2016)
Julia L Newton, Andreas Finkelmeyer, George Petrides, James Frith, Tim Hodgson, Laura Maclachlan, Guy MacGowan, Andrew M Blamire

Valvular heart disease

Original research article: Long-term survival after surgical aortic valve replacement among patients over 65 years of age (25 March, 2016)
Mansour T A Sharabiani, Francesca Fiorentino, Gianni D Angelini, Nishith N Patel
Original research article: Annular sizing using real-time three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography-guided trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (21 April, 2016)
Alejandro Rendon, Tahir Hamid, Gajen Kanaganayagam, Devinda Karunaratne, Vaikom S Mahadevan
Original research article: Plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentrations in patients with valvular heart disease (4 May, 2016)
Vishal Sharma, Ralph A Stewart, Mildred Lee, Ruvin Gabriel, Niels Van Pelt, David E Newby, Andrew J Kerr
Original research article: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) in patients undergoing heart valve surgery: why should we measure them and which instruments should we use? (5 May, 2016)
Charlotte Holmes, Norman Briffa
Original research article: Observed change in peak oxygen consumption after aortic valve replacement and its predictors (26 May, 2016)
Van Doan Tuyet Le, Gunnar Vagn Hagemann Jensen, Lars Kjøller-Hansen
Original research article: Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis: medical therapy and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)—a real-world retrospective cohort analysis of outcomes and cost-effectiveness using national data (8 June, 2016)
Phillip M Freeman, Majd B Protty, Omar Aldalati, Arron Lacey, William King, Richard A Anderson, Dave Smith

Corrections

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May 2016 - Volume 3 - 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

Editorials

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Interventional cardiology

Meta-analysis

Pulmonary vascular disease

Reviews

Special populations

Valvular heart disease

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Table of contents

May 2016 - Volume 3 - 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

Editorials

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Interventional cardiology

Meta-analysis

Pulmonary vascular disease

Reviews

Special populations

Valvular heart disease

Corrections