Open Heart: 5 (2)

Editorial

Importance of maintaining a low omega–6/omega–3 ratio for reducing inflammation (26 November, 2018)
James J DiNicolantonio, James H O’Keefe
Antioxidant bilirubin works in multiple ways to reduce risk for obesity and its health complications (16 October, 2018)
James J DiNicolantonio, Mark F McCarty, James H O’Keefe
Effects of dietary fats on blood lipids: a review of direct comparison trials (25 July, 2018)
James J DiNicolantonio, James H O’Keefe
Cardiotoxicity: precision medicine with imprecise definitions (25 July, 2018)
Robin Chung, Arjun Kumar Ghosh, Amitava Banerjee
The introduction of refined carbohydrates in the Alaskan Inland Inuit diet may have led to an increase in dental caries, hypertension and atherosclerosis (7 July, 2018)
James J DiNicolantonio, James H O’Keefe
Role of dietary histidine in the prevention of obesity and metabolic syndrome (1 July, 2018)
James J DiNicolantonio, Mark F McCarty, James H OKeefe
Magnesium for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (1 July, 2018)
James J DiNicolantonio, Jing Liu, James H O’Keefe

Protocol

Rationale and design of the Coronary Microvascular Angina Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CorCMR) diagnostic study: the CorMicA CMR sub-study (30 December, 2018)
David Corcoran, Thomas J Ford, Li-Yueh Hsu, Amedeo Chiribiri, Vanessa Orchard, Kenneth Mangion, Margaret McEntegart, Paul Rocchiccioli, Stuart Watkins, Richard Good, Katriona Brooksbank, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Naveed Sattar, Alex McConnachie, Keith G Oldroyd, Rhian M Touyz, Andrew Arai, Colin Berry
Effect of sildenafil (Revatio) on postcardiac surgery acute kidney injury: a randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial: the REVAKI-2 trial protocol (18 October, 2018)
Hardeep Aujla, Tracy Kumar, Marcin Woźniak, William Dott, Nikol Sullo, Lathishia Joel-David, Thomas Morris, Cassandra Brookes, Shaun Barber, Gavin James Murphy

Basic and translational research

Original research article: Intermittent systemic hypoxic–hyperoxic training for myocardial protection in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: first results from a single-centre, randomised controlled trial (10 November, 2018)
Denis S Tuter, Philippe Y Kopylov, Abram L Syrkin, Oleg S Glazachev, Roman N Komarov, Andrei I Katkov, Ljudmila P Severova, Ekaterina V Ivanova, Young Zhang, Hugo Saner
Review: HIV-associated cardiovascular disease: importance of platelet activation and cardiac fibrosis in the setting of specific antiretroviral therapies (11 July, 2018)
Jeffrey Laurence, Sonia Elhadad, Jasimuddin Ahamed

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Original research article: New score for assessing bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with NOACs (9 December, 2018)
Ole-Christian Walter Rutherford, Christian Jonasson, Waleed Ghanima, René Holst, Sigrun Halvorsen
Original research article: Cardiovascular drugs attenuated myocardial resistance against ischaemia-induced and reperfusion-induced injury in a rat model of repetitive occlusion (4 December, 2018)
Nora Gatzke, Nadija Güc, Philipp Hillmeister, André Dülsner, Ferdinand Le Noble, Eva Elina Buschmann, Maja Ingwersen, Peter Bramlage, Ivo R Buschmann
Original research article: Agatston score of the descending aorta is independently associated with coronary events in a low-risk population (24 November, 2018)
Elton A M P Dudink, Frederique E C M Peeters, Sibel Altintas, Luuk I B Heckman, Rutger J Haest, Hans Kragten, Bas L J H Kietselaer, Joachim Wildberger, Justin G L M Luermans, Bob Weijs, Harry J G M Crijns
Original research article: Risk classification in primary prevention of CVD according to QRISK2 and JBS3 ‘heart age’, and prevalence of elevated high-sensitivity C reactive protein in the UK cohort of the EURIKA study (17 November, 2018)
Ieuan Johns, Konstantinos E Moschonas, Jesús Medina, Nicholas Ossei-Gerning, George Kassianos, Julian P Halcox
Original research article: Nocturnal respiratory rate as a predictor of mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (5 November, 2018)
Christian Eick, Patrick Groga-Bada, Kathrin Reinhardt, Martin Duckheim, Lars Mizera, Katharina Böhm, Nina Götz, Meinrad Gawaz, Christine Zürn
Original research article: Childhood and adult exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and cardiac structure and function: results from Echo-SOL (19 October, 2018)
Melissa Suzanne Burroughs Peña, Katrina Swett, Robert C Kaplan, Krista Perreira, Martha Daviglus, Mayank M Kansal, Jianwen Cai, Aida L Giachello, Marc D Gellman, Eric J Velazquez, Carlos J Rodriguez
Original research article:
Web-based cardiac REhabilitatioN alternative for those declining or dropping out of conventional rehabilitation: results of the WREN feasibility randomised controlled trial
(8 October, 2018)
Linzy Houchen-Wolloff, Nikki Gardiner, Reena Devi, Noelle Robertson, Kate Jolly, Tom Marshall, Gill Furze, Patrick Doherty, Ala Szczepura, John Powell, Sally Singh
Original research article: Impact of residence altitude on readmission in patients with heart failure (17 September, 2018)
Makoto Saito, Manami Yamaoka, Mayuri Ohzawa, Emi Tominaga, Kayo Takahashi, Toru Morofuji, Takumi Sumimoto, Shinji Inaba
Review: Applying the ordinal model of atherosclerosis to imaging science: a brief review (30 July, 2018)
Jacob W Groenendyk, Nehal N Mehta
Original research article: Risk factors for incident heart failure with preserved or reduced ejection fraction, and valvular heart failure, in a community-based cohort (23 July, 2018)
Fei Fei Gong, Michael V Jelinek, Julian M Castro, Jennifer M Coller, Michele McGrady, Umberto Boffa, Louise Shiel, Danny Liew, Rory Wolfe, Simon Stewart, Alice J Owen, Henry Krum, Christopher M Reid, David L Prior, Duncan J Campbell
Original research article: Morphofunctional cardiac changes in pregnant women: associations with biomarkers (16 July, 2018)
Takeshi Umazume, Takahiro Yamada, Satoshi Yamada, Satoshi Ishikawa, Itsuko Furuta, Hiroyuki Iwano, Daisuke Murai, Taichi Hayashi, Kazunori Okada, Mamoru Morikawa, Takashi Yamada, Kota Ono, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Hisanori Minakami
Original research article: Are physical fitness outcomes in patients attending cardiac rehabilitation determined by the mode of delivery? (16 July, 2018)
Alexander S Harrison, Lars Tang, Patrick Doherty
Original research article: Performance of a Framingham cardiovascular risk model among Indians and Europeans in New Zealand and the role of body mass index and social deprivation (11 July, 2018)
Kjersti Stormark Rabanal, Haakon Eduard Meyer, Romana Pylypchuk, Suneela Mehta, Randi Marie Selmer, Rodney T Jackson

Congenital heart disease

Original research article: Assessing the risk of preterm birth for newborns with congenital heart defects conceived following infertility treatments: a population-based study (19 October, 2018)
Karim Tararbit, Nathalie Lelong, François Goffinet, Babak Khoshnood
Original research article: Survival in patients with univentricular hearts: the impact of right versus left ventricular morphology (18 October, 2018)
Gunnar Erikssen, Jamil Aboulhosn, Jeannette Lin, Knut Liestøl, Mette E Estensen, Ola Gjesdal, Helge Skulstad, Gaute Døhlen, Harald Lauritz Lindberg

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Original research article: Predictors of β-blocker adherence in cardiac inherited disease (16 December, 2018)
Claire E O’Donovan, Kathryn E Waddell-Smith, Jonathan R Skinner, Elizabeth Broadbent
Original research article:
Improving CHA₂DS₂-VASc stratification of non-fatal stroke and mortality risk using the Intermountain Mortality Risk Score among patients with atrial fibrillation
(17 November, 2018)
Kevin G Graves, Heidi T May, Kirk U Knowlton, Joseph B Muhlestein, Victoria Jacobs, Donald L Lappé, Jeffrey L Anderson, Benjamin D Horne, Thomas Jared Bunch
Original research article: Obesity paradox on outcome in atrial fibrillation maintained even considering the prognostic influence of biomarkers: insights from the ARISTOTLE trial (1 November, 2018)
Roopinder K Sandhu, Justin A Ezekowitz, Ziad Hijazi, Johan Westerbergh, Julia Aulin, John H Alexander, Christopher B Granger, Sigrun Halvorsen, Michael S Hanna, Renato D Lopes, Agneta Siegbahn, Lars Wallentin
Original research article: Mapping the potential of community first responders to increase cardiac arrest survival (25 October, 2018)
Tomás Barry, Ainhoa González, Niall Conroy, Paddy Watters, Siobhán Masterson, Jan Rigby, Gerard Bury
Original research article: Early coronary angiography and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis (19 October, 2018)
Rohan Khera, Sheena CarlLee, Amy Blevins, Marin Schweizer, Saket Girotra
Review: Direct oral anticoagulants versus standard triple therapy in atrial fibrillation and PCI: meta-analysis (3 July, 2018)
Natale Daniele Brunetti, Nicola Tarantino, Luisa De Gennaro, Michele Correale, Francesco Santoro, Matteo Di Biase

Cardiac surgery

Original research article: Disability–free survival after coronary artery bypass grafting in women and men with heart failure (5 November, 2018)
Louise Y Sun, Jack V Tu, Douglas S Lee, Rob S Beanlands, Marc Ruel, Peter C Austin, Anan Bader Eddeen, Peter P Liu
Original research article: Male-female differences in aortic valve and combined aortic valve/coronary surgery: a national cohort study in the Netherlands (10 September, 2018)
M Mostafa Mokhles, Sadaf Soloukey Tbalvandany, Sabrina Siregar, Michel I M Versteegh, Luc Noyez, Bart van Putte, Alexander B A Vonk, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Ad J J C Bogers, Johanna J M Takkenberg
Original research article: Comparative early outcomes of tricuspid Valve repair versus replacement for secondary tricuspid regurgitation (10 September, 2018)
Mohamad Alkhouli, Chalak Berzingi, Amer Kowatli, Fahad Alqahtani, Vinay Badhwar

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Original research article: Non-cardiac chest pain: prognosis and secondary healthcare utilisation (15 October, 2018)
Karen Anne Mol, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Braim Mohammed Rahel, Joan Gerard Meeder, Loes Janssen, Pieter A Doevendans, Maarten-Jan Cramer
Original research article: Cardiologist perceptions of family-centred rounds in cardiovascular clinical care (5 September, 2018)
Jonathan Ludmir, Xinggang Liu, Anuj Gupta, Gautam V Ramani, Stanley S Liu, Sammy Zakaria, Avelino C Verceles, Nirav G Shah, Michael T McCurdy, Jennifer A Dammeyer, Giora Netzer
Original research article: The HASTE Protocol: a standardised CT Coronary Angiography service operated from a District General Hospital (11 July, 2018)
Iain Thomas Parsons, Clare Bannister, John Badelek, Mark Ingram, Emma Wood, Alex Horton, Michael Hickman, Edward Leatham

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Original research article: Quantitative assessment of pericardial delayed hyperenhancement helps identify patients with ongoing recurrences of pericarditis (16 December, 2018)
Arnav Kumar, Kimi Sato, Beni Rai Verma, Chandra Kanth Ala, Jorge Betancor, Edlira Yzeiraj, Lin Lin, Divyanshu Mohananey, Salima Qamruddin, Apostolos Kontzias, Michael A Bolen, Massimo M Imazio, Deborah H Kwon, Rory Hachamovitch, Allan L Klein
Original research article: Contractility surrogates derived from three-dimensional lead motion analysis and prediction of acute haemodynamic response to CRT (10 December, 2018)
Stian Ross, Hans Henrik Odland, Trent Fischer, Thor Edvardsen, Lars Ove Gammelsrud, Trine Fink Haland, Richard Cornelussen, Einar Hopp, Erik Kongsgaard
Original research article: Hospitalisation and life support in the year before and during heart transplantation: a French national study (9 December, 2018)
Christelle Cantrelle, Richard Dorent, Camille Legeai, Thibaud Damy, Olivier Bastien, Philippe Tuppin
Original research article: Prognosis and risk stratification in patients with decompensated heart failure receiving inotropic therapy (6 December, 2018)
Clara Gomes, Caíque Bueno Terhoch, Silvia Moreira Ayub-Ferreira, Germano Emilio Conceição-Souza, Vera Maria Cury Salemi, Paulo Roberto Chizzola, Mucio Tavares Oliveira Jr, Silvia Helena Gelas Lage, Fernando Frioes, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Victor Sarli Issa
Review: Role of cardiovascular imaging for the diagnosis and prognosis of cardiac amyloidosis (26 September, 2018)
Ali M Agha, Purvi Parwani, Avirup Guha, Jean B Durand, Cezar A Iliescu, Saamir Hassan, Nicolas L Palaskas, Greg Gladish, Peter Y Kim, Juan Lopez-Mattei
Original research article: Real-world presentation with heart failure in primary care: do patients selected to follow diagnostic and management guidelines have better outcomes? (10 November, 2018)
Alex Bottle, Dani Kim, Paul P Aylin, F Azeem Majeed, Martin R Cowie, Benedict Hayhoe
Original research article: Lamin mutation location predicts cardiac phenotype severity: combined analysis of the published literature (25 October, 2018)
Gabriella Captur, Eloisa Arbustini, Petros Syrris, Dina Radenkovic, Ben O'Brien, William J Mckenna, James C Moon
Original research article: Characterisation of circulating biomarkers before and after cardiac resynchronisation therapy and their role in predicting CRT response: the COVERT-HF study (18 October, 2018)
Christopher J McAloon, Temo Barwari, Jimiao Hu, Thomas Hamborg, Alan Nevill, Samantha Hyndman, Valerie Ansell, Anntoniette Musa, Julie Jones, Julie Goodby, Prithwish Banerjee, Paul O’Hare, Manuel Mayr, Harpal Randeva, Faizel Osman
Original research article: Essential components in natriuretic peptide-guided management of heart failure: an intervention synthesis (8 October, 2018)
Jason Oke, Alison Clements, Julie McLellan, Clare Bankhead, Clare J Taylor, Graeme Spence, Amitava Banerjee, Rafael Perera
Review: Role of cardiovascular imaging for the diagnosis and prognosis of cardiac amyloidosis (26 September, 2018)
Ali M Agha, Purvi Parwani, Avirup Guha, Jean B Durand, Cezar A Iliescu, Saamir Hassan, Nicolas L Palaskas, Greg Gladish, Peter Y Kim, Juan Lopez-Mattei
Original research article: Association of peripartum troponin I levels with left ventricular relaxation in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (12 September, 2018)
Takeshi Umazume, Satoshi Yamada, Takahiro Yamada, Satoshi Ishikawa, Itsuko Furuta, Hiroyuki Iwano, Daisuke Murai, Taichi Hayashi, Kazunori Okada, Mamoru Morikawa, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Hisanori Minakami
Original research article: Decrease in exhaled hydrogen as marker of congestive heart failure (12 September, 2018)
Atsushi Shibata, Yasuo Sugano, Akito Shimouchi, Tetsuro Yokokawa, Naoya Jinno, Hideaki Kanzaki, Keiko Ohta-Ogo, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hideshi Okada, Takeshi Aiba, Kengo Kusano, Mikiyasu Shirai, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Satoshi Yasuda, Hisao Ogawa, Toshihisa Anzai
Original research article: Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan (11 September, 2018)
Toshiyuki Nagai, Varun Sundaram, Kieran Rothnie, Jennifer Kathleen Quint, Ahmad Shoaib, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Shun Kohsaka, Susan Piper, Theresa A McDonagh, Suzanna Marie C Hardman, Ayumi Goda, Atsushi Mizuno, Takashi Kohno, Alan S Rigby, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Andrew L Clark, Toshihisa Anzai, John G F Cleland
Original research article: Association and diagnostic utility of diastolic dysfunction and myocardial fibrosis in patients with Fabry disease (12 July, 2018)
Dan Liu, Daniel Oder, Tim Salinger, Kai Hu, Jonas Müntze, Frank Weidemann, Sebastian Herrmann, Georg Ertl, Christoph Wanner, Stefan Frantz, Stefan Störk, Peter Nordbeck
Original research article: Impact of early treatment with intravenous vasodilators and blood pressure reduction in acute heart failure (11 July, 2018)
Takeshi Kitai, W H Wilson Tang, Andrew Xanthopoulos, Ryosuke Murai, Takafumi Yamane, Kitae Kim, Shogo Oishi, Eiichi Akiyama, Satoshi Suzuki, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Keisuke Kida, Takahiro Okumura, Shuichiro Kaji, Yutaka Furukawa, Yuya Matsue

Meta-analysis

Original research article: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and health-related quality of life in people with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and non-randomised trials (20 December, 2018)
Neil A Smart, Nicola King, Jeffrey D Lambert, Melissa J Pearson, John L Campbell, Signe S Risom, Rod S Taylor
Original research article: Effect of ranolazine on glycaemia in adults with and without diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (20 December, 2018)
Ik Hur Teoh, Moulinath Banerjee
Original research article: Bariatric surgery among patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis (9 December, 2018)
Sebastian Berger, Pascal Meyre, Steffen Blum, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Marco Ruegg, Matthias Briel, David Conen
Original research article: Smokeless tobacco use and circulatory disease risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis (8 October, 2018)
Brian L Rostron, Joanne T Chang, Gabriella M Anic, Manju Tanwar, Cindy M Chang, Catherine G Corey
Original research article: Effect of exercise therapy on established and emerging circulating biomarkers in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis (11 July, 2018)
Melissa J Pearson, Nicola King, Neil A Smart

Interventional cardiology

Original research article: Guideline-defined futility or patient-reported outcomes to assess treatment success after TAVI: what to use? Results from a prospective cohort study with long-term follow-up (23 September, 2018)
Martijn Stefan van Mourik, Jeroen Vendrik, Mohammad Abdelghani, Floortje van Kesteren, Jose P S Henriques, Antoine H G Driessen, Joanna J Wykrzykowska, Robbert J de Winter, Jan J Piek, Jan G Tijssen, Karel T Koch, Jan Baan, M Marije Vis
Original research article: Premedication to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (23 September, 2018)
Wieneke Vlastra, Ronak Delewi, Wim J Rohling, Tineke C Wagenaar, Alexander Hirsch, Martin G Meesterman, Marije M Vis, Joanna J Wykrzykowska, Karel T Koch, Robbert J de Winter, Jan Baan Jr, Jan J Piek, Mirjam A G Sprangers, José P S Henriques
Original research article: Impact of collateralisation to a concomitant chronic total occlusion in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a subanalysis of the EXPLORE randomised controlled trial (16 July, 2018)
Ivo M van Dongen, Joëlle Elias, K Gert van Houwelingen, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Bimmer E P M Claessen, Loes P Hoebers, Dagmar M Ouweneel, Esther M Scheunhage, Ronak Delewi, Jan J Piek, Truls Råmunddal, Peep Laanmets, Erlend Eriksen, Matthijs Bax, Maarten J Suttorp, René J van der Schaaf, Jan G P Tijssen, José P S Henriques
Original research article: Differences of in-hospital outcomes within patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention at institutions with high versus low procedural volume: a report from the Japanese multicentre percutaneous coronary intervention registry (11 July, 2018)
Masaki Kodaira, Toshiki Kuno, Yohei Numasawa, Takahiro Ohki, Iwao Nakamura, Ikuko Ueda, Keiichi Fukuda, Shun Kohsaka
Original research article: Revascularisation of left main stem disease: a prospective analysis of modern practice and outcomes in a non-surgical centre (11 July, 2018)
J J Coughlan, Nial Blake, Napohn Chongprasertpon, Munir Ibrahim, Samer Arnous, Thomas John Kiernan

Pulmonary vascular disease

Original research article: Prognostic relevance of the right ventricular myo-mechanical index (RV-MMI) in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (12 September, 2018)
Sebastian Greiner, Ferdinand Goppelt, Matthias Aurich, Hugo A Katus, Derliz Mereles

Valvular heart disease

Original research article: Prevalence and prognostic implication of iron deficiency and anaemia in patients with severe aortic stenosis (16 December, 2018)
Anette Borger Kvaslerud, Amjad Iqbal Hussain, Andreas Auensen, Thor Ueland, Annika E Michelsen, Kjell Ingar Pettersen, Pål Aukrust, Lars Mørkrid, Lars Gullestad, Kaspar Broch
Original research article: Cardiac remodelling and haemodynamic characteristics in primary mitral valve regurgitation (16 December, 2018)
Rine Bakkestrøm, Ann Banke, Redi Pecini, Akhmadjon Irmukhamedov, Søren Kristian Nielsen, Mads J Andersen, Barry A Borlaug, Jacob Eifer Moller
Original research article: Patient and physician view on patient information and decision-making in congenital aortic and pulmonary valve surgery (10 November, 2018)
Jonathan R G Etnel, Willem A Helbing, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Regina The, Ad J J C Bogers, Johanna J M Takkenberg
Original research article: Multiple biomarker panel to screen for severe aortic stenosis: results from the CASABLANCA study (1 November, 2018)
Sammy Elmariah, Cian McCarthy, Nasrien Ibrahim, Deborah Furman, Renata Mukai, Craig Magaret, Rhonda Rhyne, Grady Barnes, Roland R J van Kimmenade, James L Januzzi
Original research article: Mitral valve and left ventricular features in malignant mitral valve prolapse (15 October, 2018)
Madalina Garbi, Patrizio Lancellotti, Mary N Sheppard
Original research article: Prevalence of left ventricle non-compaction criteria in adult patients with bicuspid aortic valve versus healthy control subjects (7 October, 2018)
Mylène Shen, Romain Capoulade, Lionel Tastet, Ezequiel Guzzetti, Marie-Annick Clavel, Erwan Salaun, Élisabeth Bédard, Marie Arsenault, Philippe Chetaille, Helena Tizón-Marcos, Florent Le Ven, Philippe Pibarot, Éric Larose
Original research article: Relationship between procedural characteristics and cerebrovascular events after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (7 October, 2018)
Kashish Goel, Vuyisile T Nkomo, Joshua P Slusser, Ryan Lennon, Robert D Brown, Kevin L Greason, David R Holmes Jr
Original research article: Incidental abnormal CT scan findings during transcatheter aortic valve implantation assessment: incidence and implications (27 August, 2018)
Akshay Patel, Kajan Mahendran, Michael Collins, Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Saib Khogali, Heyman Luckraz
Original research article: Risk of reoperation in bioprosthetic valve patients with indication for long-term anticoagulation. Results from the observational retrospective multicentre PLECTRUM study (27 August, 2018)
Daniela Poli, Emilia Antonucci, Vittorio Pengo, Elisa Grifoni, Niccolò Maggini, Sophie Testa, Corrado Lodigiani, Antonio Insana, Francesco Marongiu, Doris Barcellona, Carmelo Paparo, Eugenio Bucherini, Pasquale Pignatelli, Gualtiero Palareti
Original research article: Contemporary outcomes of isolated bioprothestic mitral valve replacement for mitral regurgitation (1 August, 2018)
Chalak Berzingi, Vinay Badhwar, Fahad Alqahtani, Sami Aljohani, Zakeih Chaker, Mohamad Alkhouli
Original research article: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in decompensated aortic stenosis within the same hospital admission: early clinical experience (25 July, 2018)
Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Saib Khogali, James M Cotton, Antonella Meralgia, Maciej Matuszewski, Heyman Luckraz
Original research article: Right ventricular mechanics and contractility after aortic valve replacement surgery: a randomised study comparing minimally invasive versus conventional approach (23 July, 2018)
Nashmil Hashemi, Jonas Johnson, Lars-Åke Brodin, Andreia Gomes-Bernardes, Ulrik Sartipy, Peter Svenarud, Magnus Dalén, Magnus Bäck, Mahbubul Alam, Reidar Winter
Original research article: Haemodynamic outcomes following aortic valve-in-valve procedure (9 July, 2018)
Anne-Sophie Zenses, Abdellaziz Dahou, Erwan Salaun, Marie-Annick Clavel, Josep Rodés-Cabau, Géraldine Ong, Ezéquiel Guzzetti, Mélanie Côté, Robert De Larochellière, Jean-Michel Paradis, Daniel Doyle, Siamak Mohammadi, Éric Dumont, Chekrallah Chamandi, Tania Rodriguez-Gabella, Régis Rieu, Philippe Pibarot

Viewpoint

Copper deficiency may be a leading cause of ischaemic heart disease (8 October, 2018)
James J DiNicolantonio, Dennis Mangan, James H O’Keefe
Omega-6 vegetable oils as a driver of coronary heart disease: the oxidized linoleic acid hypothesis (26 September, 2018)
James J DiNicolantonio, James H O’Keefe

Coronary artery disease

Original research article: Re-engineering the post-myocardial infarction medicines optimisation pathway: a retrospective analysis of a joint consultant pharmacist and cardiologist clinic model (10 December, 2018)
Rani Khatib, Nasrin Patel, Una Laverty, Gina Mcgawley, Jim McLenachan, Sarah Shield, Alistair S Hall
Original research article: Duration of myocardial early systolic lengthening for diagnosis of coronary artery disease (4 December, 2018)
Masatoshi Minamisawa, Jun Koyama, Ayako Kozuka, Takashi Miura, Tatsuya Saigusa, Soichiro Ebisawa, Hirohiko Motoki, Ayako Okada, Uichi Ikeda, Koichiro Kuwahara
Original research article: Postdischarge outcome after Takotsubo syndrome compared with patients post-ACS and those without prior CVD: ANZACS-QI 19 (26 November, 2018)
Jen-Li Looi, Mildred Lee, Mark W I Webster, Andrew C Y To, Andrew J Kerr
Original research article: Absence of chest pain and long-term mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (26 November, 2018)
Lena Björck, Susanne Nielsen, Tomas Jernberg, Tatiana Zverkova-Sandström, Kok Wai Giang, Annika Rosengren
Review: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: contemporary aspects of diagnosis and patient management (5 November, 2018)
Fernando Macaya, Pablo Salinas, Nieves Gonzalo, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, Carlos Macaya, Javier Escaned
Original research article: Pre-test characteristics of unstable angina patients with obstructive coronary artery disease confirmed by coronary angiography (1 November, 2018)
Kristina Fladseth, Andreas Kristensen, Jan Mannsverk, Thor Trovik, Henrik Schirmer
Original research article: High prevalence of undiagnosed COPD among patients evaluated for suspected myocardial ischaemia (25 October, 2018)
Andreas Jönsson, Artur Fedorowski, Gunnar Engström, Per Wollmer, Viktor Hamrefors
Original research article: Provocative biomarker stress test: stress-delta N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (8 October, 2018)
Alexander T Limkakeng Jr, J Clancy Leahy, S Michelle Griffin, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Elias Jaffa, Robert H Christenson, L Kristin Newby
Original research article: Serum PCSK9 is modified by interleukin-6 receptor antagonism in patients with hypercholesterolaemia following non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (18 September, 2018)
Thor Ueland, Ola Kleveland, Annika E Michelsen, Rune Wiseth, Jan Kristian Damås, Pål Aukrust, Lars Gullestad, Bente Halvorsen, Arne Yndestad
Original research article: Culprit vessel: impact on short-term and long-term prognosis in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (5 September, 2018)
Artin Entezarjou, Moman Aladdin Mohammad, Pontus Andell, Sasha Koul
Original research article: Prognostic value of routinely available data in patients with stable coronary heart disease. A 10-year follow-up of patients sampled at random times during their disease course (5 September, 2018)
Per Winkel, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Jørgen Hilden, Gorm Jensen, Erik Kjøller, Ahmad Sajadieh, Jens Kastrup, Hans Jørn Kolmos, Anders Larsson, Johan Ärnlöv, Christian Gluud
Original research article: Predictors of medium-term mortality in patients hospitalised with coronary artery disease in a resource-limited South-East Asian setting (17 July, 2018)
Andriany Qanitha, Cuno S. P. M. Uiterwaal, Jose P. S. Henriques, Idar Mappangara, Irfan Idris, Muzakkir Amir, Bastianus A. J. M. de Mol

Special populations

Original research article: Disparity in spatial distribution of pericardial calcifications in constrictive pericarditis (7 October, 2018)
Alpana Senapati, Hussain A Isma’eel, Arnav Kumar, Ayman Ayache, Chandra K Ala, Dermot Phelan, Paul Schoenhagen, Douglas Johnston, Allan L Klein

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June 2018 - Volume 5 - 2

Editorial

Protocol

Basic and translational research

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Congenital heart disease

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Cardiac surgery

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Meta-analysis

Interventional cardiology

Pulmonary vascular disease

Valvular heart disease

Viewpoint

Coronary artery disease

Special populations

Correction

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Table of contents

June 2018 - Volume 5 - 2

Editorial

Protocol

Basic and translational research

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Congenital heart disease

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Cardiac surgery

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Meta-analysis

Interventional cardiology

Pulmonary vascular disease

Valvular heart disease

Viewpoint

Coronary artery disease

Special populations

Correction