Cardiology Journal Articles

• Causes and Preventability of Cardiac Arrest in the Young What are the most common causes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in persons under 50 years of age?
  Europace, January 17, 2023
• Inflammation Drives Residual Risk in Chronic Kidney Disease Which factors more into the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in statin-treated patients with chronic kidney disease: residual cholesterol risk or inflammation?
  European Heart Journal, January 17, 2023
• Therapies Targeting Stroke Recovery This paper presents a concise overview of different modalities of stroke recovery therapeutics, highlighting the need for a personalized medicine approach.
  Stroke, January 12, 2023
• Cardiac Arrest Survival: Can We Revive the Upward Trend? Have we reached a ceiling in the efficacy of current out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation?
  European Heart Journal, January 12, 2023
• Eggs and the Heart Are eggs really bad for your heart? Perhaps studies on the detriments of egg consumption have been skewed by ignoring preparation styles and accoutrements.
  European Heart Journal, January 10, 2023
• Personalized Medicine for Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Can genetic variants be linked to ACE inhibitor-associated adverse drug reactions, most commonly cough, which lead to drug discontinuation?
  European Heart Journal, January 05, 2023
• The Search for Optimal Antithrombotic Therapy in TAVI What is the optimal antithrombotic therapy in TAVI patients at high-risk for both bleeding and thromboembolic events? This review summarizes recent randomized controlled trials.
  European Heart Journal, January 03, 2023
• Clinical Applications of Heart Rhythm Monitoring Tools This review provides guidance to assist clinicians in choosing the most appropriate diagnostic tool to facilitate the management of patients with suspected arrhythmias.
  Europace, January 02, 2023
• Rate Versus Rhythm Control for AF: Has the Debate Been Settled? This commentary details the pros and cons of rate vs. rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation, summarizing recent studies. For which patients is rhythm control preferable?
  Circulation, January 02, 2023
• Process Optimization for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation This study analysed the effect of process optimization using the 'Lean Six Sigma' method on procedural parameters, safety, and acute procedural efficacy of cryoPVI ablation for atrial fibrillation.
  Europace, December 29, 2022
• What's EF Got to Do, Got to Do With It? In this commentary, the author presents his thoughts on the relationship of ejection fraction to HFpEF. Do we need to revise current terminology?
  Circulation, December 29, 2022
• The Art of Selection in Coronary Bypass Grafting This paper details the numerous decision points involved in coronary bypass grafting which facilitate survival, from patient selection to graft selection to institution and heart team selection.
  European Heart Journal, December 29, 2022
• Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase in Routine Clinical Practice This paper details the results of a hospital network's transition from alteplase to tenecteplase as the standard of care for stroke thrombolysis. How did costs and clinical outcomes compare?
  Stroke, December 29, 2022
• Effect of Exercise on BDNF in Stroke Survivors Brain-derived neurotrophic factor has been linked with better functional outcomes after stroke. How might exercise parameters such as intensity and mode influence poststroke BDNF concentration?
  Stroke, December 15, 2022
• Panvascular Medicine: Focusing on Atherosclerotic Diseases What do we mean by panvascular medicine? Learn about this emerging discipline, its scope and future prospects in this review.
  European Heart Journal, December 14, 2022
• The Last Year of Life in Adult Congenital Heart Disease A new study reports on the causes of death and patterns of healthcare utilization for adult patients with congenital heart disease in the last year of their life.
  European Heart Journal, December 07, 2022
• Incidence of Stroke in RCTs of COVID-19 Therapeutics Anecdotal reports have suggested that COVID-19 might be a risk factor for stroke. This systematic review aimed to provide an accurate estimate of stroke incidence among patients with COVID-19.
  Stroke, December 06, 2022
• Bioelectronic Medicine and Its Applications in Cardiology This paper outlines landmark developments in bioelectronics in cardiology. How might implementation of new bioelectronic devices change the face of cardiovascular care over the next few years?
  European Heart Journal, December 05, 2022
• Does Sports Participation Increase Risk in Patients With LQTS? How great is the risk of cardiac arrhythmic events in persons with long QT syndrome who participate in athletic activity?
  Europace, December 02, 2022
• Economic Value of Multimodal Cardiovascular Screening Is cardiovascular screening worth the cost? This editorial explores whether routine cardiovascular screening improves outcomes sufficiently to provide value for money spent.
  European Heart Journal, November 30, 2022