Open Heart: 8 (1)

Aortic and vascular disease

Original research: Impaired coronary flow velocity reserve is associated with cardiovascular risk factors but not with angina symptoms (18 January, 2021)
Kira Bang Bove, Marie M Michelsen, Jakob Schroder, Hannah Elena Suhrs, Daria F Bechsgaard, Naja Dam Mygind, Ahmed Aziz, Jens Kastrup, Ida Gustafsson, Eva Prescott

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Original research: Economic value of insertable cardiac monitors in unexplained syncope in the United States (23 February, 2021)
Brad S Sutton, Sarah L Bermingham, Alexander Diamantopoulos, Sarah C Rosemas, Stelios I Tsintzos, Ying Xia, Matthew R Reynolds
Original research: Discovery of predictors of sudden cardiac arrest in diabetes: rationale and outline of the RESCUED (REcognition of Sudden Cardiac arrest vUlnErability in Diabetes) project (5 February, 2021)
Laura H van Dongen, Peter P Harms, Mark Hoogendoorn, Dominic S Zimmerman, Elisabeth M Lodder, Leen M 't Hart, Ron Herings, Henk C P M van Weert, Giel Nijpels, Karin M A Swart, Amber A van der Heijden, Marieke T Blom, Petra J Elders, Hanno L Tan
Original research: Territory-wide cohort study of Brugada syndrome in Hong Kong: predictors of long-term outcomes using random survival forests and non-negative matrix factorisation (5 February, 2021)
Sharen Lee, Jiandong Zhou, Ka Hou Christien Li, Keith Sai Kit Leung, Ishan Lakhani, Tong Liu, Ian Chi Kei Wong, Ngai Shing Mok, Chloe Mak, Kamalan Jeevaratnam, Qingpeng Zhang, Gary Tse
Original research: Proposed A₂C₂S₂-VASc score for predicting atrial fibrillation development in patients with atrial flutter (29 January, 2021)
Yung-Lung Chen, Hui-Ting Wang, Huang-Chung Chen, Wen-Hao Liu, Shaur-Zheng Chong, Shu-Kai Hsueh, Chang-Ming Chung, Yu-Shen Lin
Original research: Algorithm for cavo-tricuspid isthmus flutter on surface ECGs: the ACTIONS study (27 January, 2021)
Daniel R Frisch, Eitan Frankel, Deanna Gill, Jad Al Danaf

Basic and translational research

Original research: Hospital admissions for stroke and bleeding in Hounslow following a quality improvement initiative (1 March, 2021)
Kam Ying Wong, Bethan Davies, Yewande Adeleke, Thomas Woodcock, Dionne Matthew, Sara Sekelj, Andi Orlowski, Bradley Porter, Sophia Hashmy, Ammu Mathew, Ron Grant, Agnes Kaba, Brigitte Unger-Graeber, Bruno Petrungaro, Jordan Wallace, Derek Bell, Martin R Cowie, Sadia Khan
Original research: Comparison of left ventricular rotational mechanics between term and extremely premature infants over the first week of age (27 January, 2021)
Aisling Smith, Neidin Bussmann, Phillip Levy, Orla Franklin, Naomi McCallion, Afif EL-Khuffash

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Original research: Ten-year follow-up of cardiac function and neural regulation in a group of amateur half-marathon runners (9 February, 2021)
Beatrice De Maria, Mariana de Oliveira Gois, Aparecida Maria Catai, Christian Marra, Daniela Lucini, Alberto Porta, Massimo Pagani, Laura Adelaide Dalla Vecchia
Original research: Incident hypertension in urban slums of central India: a prospective cohort study (18 January, 2021)
Abhijit P Pakhare, Anuja Lahiri, Neelesh Shrivastava, Ankur Joshi, Sagar Khadanga, Rajnish Joshi
Original research: CHARGE-AF in a national routine primary care electronic health records database in the Netherlands: validation for 5-year risk of atrial fibrillation and implications for patient selection in atrial fibrillation screening (18 January, 2021)
Jelle C L Himmelreich, Wim A M Lucassen, Ralf E Harskamp, Claire Aussems, Henk C P M van Weert, Mark M J Nielen

Cardiac surgery

Original research: Music intervention to relieve anxiety and pain in adults undergoing cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (25 January, 2021)
Ellaha Kakar, Ryan J Billar, Joost van Rosmalen, Markus Klimek, Johanna J M Takkenberg, Johannes Jeekel

Coronary artery disease

Original research: Invasive versus medically managed acute coronary syndromes with prior bypass (CABG-ACS): insights into the registry versus randomised trial populations (26 February, 2021)
Matthew M Y Lee, Mark C Petrie, Paul Rocchiccioli, Joanne Simpson, Colette E Jackson, David S Corcoran, Kenneth Mangion, Ammani Brown, Pio Cialdella, Novalia P Sidik, Margaret B McEntegart, Aadil Shaukat, Alan P Rae, Stuart H M Hood, Eileen E Peat, Iain N Findlay, Clare L Murphy, Alistair J Cormack, Nikolay B Bukov, Kanarath P Balachandran, Ian Ford, Olivia Wu, Alex McConnachie, Sarah J E Barry, Colin Berry
Original research: Downstream testing after CT coronary angiography: time for a rethink? (23 February, 2021)
Gareth Morgan-Hughes, Michelle Claire Williams, Margaret Loudon, Carl A Roobottom, Alice Veitch, Robin Van Lingen, Ben Holloway, Nicholas Bellenger, Matthias Schmitt, Russel Bull
Original research: Prognostic significance of BMI after PCI treatment in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a cohort study from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry (15 February, 2021)
Shabbar Jamaly, Bjorn Redfors, Elmir Omerovic, Lena Carlsson, Kristjan Karason
Original research: Coronary artery aneurysms: outcomes following medical, percutaneous interventional and surgical management (10 February, 2021)
Shameer Khubber, Rajdeep Chana, Chandramohan Meenakshisundaram, Kamal Dhaliwal, Mohomed Gad, Manpreet Kaur, Kinjal Banerjee, Beni Rai Verma, Shashank Shekhar, Muhummad Zia Khan, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Safi Khan, Yasser Sammour, Rayji Tsutsui, Rishi Puri, Ankur Kalra, Faisal G Bakaeen, Conrad Simpfendorfer, Stephen Ellis, Douglas Johnston, Gosta Pettersson, Samir Kapadia
Original research: Health-related quality of life 1–3 years post-myocardial infarction: its impact on prognosis (9 February, 2021)
Stuart Pocock, David B Brieger, Ruth Owen, Jiyan Chen, Mauricio G Cohen, Shaun Goodman, Christopher B Granger, José C Nicolau, Tabassome Simon, Dirk Westermann, Satoshi Yasuda, Katarina Hedman, Carl Mellström, Karolina Andersson Sundell, Richard Grieve
Original research: Estimating the extent of myocardial damage in patients with STEMI using the DETERMINE score (5 February, 2021)
Christina Tiller, Magdalena Holzknecht, Martin Reindl, Ivan Lechner, Verena Kalles, Felix Troger, Johannes Schwaiger, Agnes Mayr, Gert Klug, Christoph Brenner, Axel Bauer, Bernhard Metzler, Sebastian Johannes Reinstadler
Original research: COVID-19 pandemic is associated with mechanical complications in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (5 February, 2021)
Satoshi Kitahara, Masashi Fujino, Satoshi Honda, Yasuhide Asaumi, Yu Kataoka, Fumiyuki Otsuka, Michio Nakanishi, Yoshio Tahara, Soshiro Ogata, Daisuke Onozuka, Kunihiro Nishimura, Tomoyuki Fujita, Kenichi Tsujita, Hisao Ogawa, Teruo Noguchi
Original research: Functional assessment of myocardial ischaemia by intracoronary ECG (18 January, 2021)
Marius Reto Bigler, Michael Stoller, Fabien Praz, George C M Siontis, Raphael Grossenbacher, Christine Tschannen, Christian Seiler
Original research: 180-day readmission risk model for older adults with acute myocardial infarction: the SILVER-AMI study (15 January, 2021)
John A Dodson, Alexandra M Hajduk, Terrence E Murphy, Mary Geda, Harlan M Krumholz, Sui Tsang, Michael G Nanna, Mary E Tinetti, Gregory Ouellet, Deborah Sybrant, Thomas M Gill, Sarwat I Chaudhry
Original research: Characteristics and outcomes of young patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: retrospective analysis in a multiethnic Asian population (13 January, 2021)
Benjamin WL Tung, Zhe Yan Ng, William Kristanto, Kalyar Win Saw, Siew-Pang Chan, Winnie Sia, Koo Hui Chan, Mark Chan, William Kong, Ronald Lee, Joshua P Loh, Adrian F Low, Kian Keong Poh, Edgar Tay, Huay Cheem Tan, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Poay Huan Loh

Congenital heart disease

Original research: Case of placental insufficiency and premature delivery in a Fontan pregnancy: physiological insights and considerations on risk stratification (19 February, 2021)
Maria Victoria Ordoñez, Giovanni Biglino, Massimo Caputo, Brenda Kelly, Aarthi Mohan, Johanna Trinder, Stephanie L Curtis
Original research: Echocardiographic screening for the anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries (11 January, 2021)
Francesco Bianco, Massimo Colaneri, Valentina Bucciarelli, Francesca Chiara Surace, Federica Valentina Iezzi, Martina Primavera, Annaclara Biasi, Giuliano Giusti, Emanuela Berton, Monica Baldoni, Giulia Renda, Alessandra Baldinelli, Sabina Gallina, Marco Pozzi
Original research: Impact of pregnancy and risk factors for ventricular arrhythmias in women with tetralogy of Fallot (7 January, 2021)
Alessia Quattrone, Oyvind H Lie, Eirik Nestaas, Charlotte de Lange, Kirsti Try, Harald L Lindberg, Helge Skulstad, Gunnar Erikssen, Thor Edvardsen, Kristina Haugaa, Mette E Estensen

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Original research: Physical Activity after Cardiac EventS (PACES): a group education programme with subsequent text message support designed to increase physical activity in individuals with diagnosed coronary heart disease: a randomised controlled trial (26 February, 2021)
Louisa Y Herring, Helen Dallosso, Sally Schreder, Emily J Smith, Ghazala Waheed, Laura J Gray, Kamlesh Khunti, Thomas Yates, Patrick J Highton, Alex V Rowlands, Ian Hudson, Samuel Seidu, Melanie J Davies
Original research: Prospective multicentre cohort study of transthoracic echocardiography provision in the South West of the UK during the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (27 January, 2021)
Rebecca Lucy Crook, Howell Williams, Mary Green, Stewart Brown, Richard Morris, Hannah Fletcher, Sarah Walters, Catherine Walsh, Anna Price, Samantha King, Christopher James McAloon
Original research: Sex disparities in the presentation, management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome: insights from the ACS QUIK trial (27 January, 2021)
Haitham Khraishah, Barrak Alahmad, Abdulhamied Alfaddagh, Sun Young Jeong, Njambi Mathenge, Mohamad Bassam Kassab, Dhaval Kolte, Erin D Michos, Mazen Albaghdadi

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Original research: Sarcomere mutation negative hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is associated with ageing and obesity (26 February, 2021)
Alejandro E de Feria, Andrew E Kott, Jason R Becker
Original research: Associations between left bundle branch block with different PR intervals, QRS durations, heart rates and the risk of heart failure: a register-based cohort study using ECG data from the primary care setting (11 February, 2021)
Marc Meller Søndergaard, Johannes Riis, Karoline Willum Bodker, Steen Møller Hansen, Jesper Nielsen, Claus Graff, Adrian Holger Pietersen, Jonas Bille Nielsen, Bhupendar Tayal, Christoffer Polcwiartek, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Peter Soegaard, Kristian Hay Kragholm
Original research: Prognostic value of left ventricular mitral annular longitudinal displacement obtained by tissue Doppler imaging in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (25 January, 2021)
Morten Sengeløv, Peter Godsk Jørgensen, Niels Eske Bruun, Flemming Javier Olsen, Thomas Fritz-Hansen, Tor Biering-Sørensen
Original research: Tip of the iceberg: a tertiary care centre retrospective study of left ventricular hypertrophy aetiologies (13 January, 2021)
Maxime Beneyto, Eve Cariou, Jérémy Brunel, Alex Scripcariu, Hubert Delasnerie, Stéphanie Brun, Yoan Lavie-Badie, Delphine Dupin Deguine, Michel Galinier, Didier Carrié, Olivier Lairez
Original research: Characterisation of the patients with suspected heart failure: experience from the SHEAF registry (11 January, 2021)
Pankaj Garg, Ahmed Dakshi, Hosamadin Assadi, Andrew J Swift, Umna Naveed, Graham Fent, Nigel Lewis, Dominic Rogers, Athanasios Charalampopoulos, Abdallah Al-Mohammad

Special populations

Original research: Cardiac reserve by 6-minute walk stress echocardiography in systemic sclerosis (19 February, 2021)
Miharu Arase, Kenya Kusunose, Sae Morita, Natsumi Yamaguchi, Yukina Hirata, Susumu Nishio, Yuichiro Okushi, Takayuki Ise, Takeshi Tobiume, Koji Yamaguchi, Daiju Fukuda, Shusuke Yagi, Hirotsugu Yamada, Takeshi Soeki, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Masataka Sata

Valvular heart disease

Original research: Prognostic comparison of atrial and ventricular functional mitral regurgitation (15 February, 2021)
Chisato Okamoto, Atsushi Okada, Kunihiro Nishimura, Kenji Moriuchi, Masashi Amano, Hiroyuki Takahama, Makoto Amaki, Takuya Hasegawa, Hideaki Kanzaki, Tomoyuki Fujita, Junjiro Kobayashi, Satoshi Yasuda, Chisato Izumi
Original research: First-phase ejection fraction: association with remodelling and outcome in aortic valve stenosis (11 February, 2021)
Rasmus Carter-Storch, Nils Sofus Borg Mortensen, Nicolaj Lyhne Christensen, Mulham Ali, Kristian Bach Laursen, Patricia A Pellikka, Jacob Eifer Moller, Jordi S Dahl
Original research: Natural course of tricuspid regurgitation and prognostic implications (9 February, 2021)
Marwin Bannehr, Christoph Roland Edlinger, Ulrike Kahn, Josephin Liebchen, Maki Okamoto, Valentin Hähnel, Victoria Dworok, Fabian Schipmann, Tanja Kücken, Karin Bramlage, Peter Bramlage, Anja Haase-Fielitz, Christian Butter
Original research: Predicting clinical outcome by indexed mitral valve tenting in functional mitral valve regurgitation (24 January, 2021)
Maria von Stumm, Florian Dudde, Theresa Holst, Tatjana Sequeira-Gross, Jonas Pausch, Lisa Müller, Christoph R Sinning, Hermann Reichenspurner, E Girdauskas
Review: Minimally invasive surgery versus transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis (17 January, 2021)
Ahmed Sayed, Salma Almotawally, Karim Wilson, Malak Munir, Ahmed Bendary, Ahmed Ramzy, Sameer Hirji, Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk
Original research: Management of patients with severe aortic stenosis in the TAVI-era: how recent recommendations are translated into clinical practice (11 January, 2021)
Alexander Lauten, Tanja K Rudolph, David Messika-Zeitoun, Jeetendra Thambyrajah, Antonio Serra, Eberhard Schulz, Norbert Frey, Jiri Maly, Marco Aiello, Guy Lloyd, Alessandro Santo Bortone, Alberto Clerici, Georg Delle-Karth, Johannes Rieber, Ciro Indolfi, Massimo Mancone, Loic Belle, Martin Arnold, Berto J Bouma, Matthias Lutz, Cornelia Deutsch, Jana Kurucova, Martin Thoenes, Peter Bramlage, Richard Paul Steeds
Original research: Sex differences in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement in Asia (8 January, 2021)
Paul T L Chiam, Kentaro Hayashida, Yusuke Watanabe, Wei-Hsian Yin, Hsien-Li Kao, Michael K Y Lee, Fabio Enrique Posas, Mann Chandavimol, Wacin Buddhari, Timothy C Dy, Ngoc Quang Nguyen, Won Jang Kim, Kiyuk Chang, Mao-Shin Lin, Yat-Yin Lam, Hung Manh Pham, Shaiful Azmi Yahaya, Kay Woon Ho, Wenzhi Pan, Xian-bao Liu, Jian'an Wang, Hyo Soo Kim, Mao Chen
Original research: IMPULSE: the impact of gender on the presentation and management of aortic stenosis across Europe (8 January, 2021)
Richard Paul Steeds, David Messika-Zeitoun, Jeetendra Thambyrajah, Antonio Serra, Eberhard Schulz, Jiri Maly, Marco Aiello, Tanja K Rudolph, Guy Lloyd, Alessandro Santo Bortone, Alberto Clerici, Georg Delle-Karth, Johannes Rieber, Ciro Indolfi, Massimo Mancone, Loic Belle, Alexander Lauten, Martin Arnold, Berto J Bouma, Matthias Lutz, Cornelia Deutsch, Jana Kurucova, Martin Thoenes, Peter Bramlage, Norbert Frey

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Four pillars of heart failure: contemporary pharmacological therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (2 March, 2021)
Sam Straw, Melanie McGinlay, Klaus K Witte

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Correction: Prognostic value of left ventricular mitral annular longitudinal displacement obtained by tissue doppler imaging in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (5 February, 2021)

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January 2021 - Volume 8 - 1

Aortic and vascular disease

Arrhythmias and sudden death

Basic and translational research

Cardiac risk factors and prevention

Cardiac surgery

Coronary artery disease

Congenital heart disease

Health care delivery, economics and global health care

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Special populations

Valvular heart disease

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