World Heart Day article collection

In honor of this important day dedicated to cardiovascular health, Elsevier is pleased to offer free access to a selection of leading articles from our cardiology journals.

All featured articles are freely available through October 31, 2026. Join us in raising awareness and advancing cardiovascular research by exploring these articles and sharing them with your colleagues.

• American Journal of Preventive Cardiology Association of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: A prospective cohort studyopens in new tab/window

• American Heart Journal Design and Rationale of Lp(a)HORIZON Trial: Assessing the Effect of Lipoprotein(a) Lowering With Pelacarsen on Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients With CVD and Elevated Lp(aopens in new tab/window

• American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice Leveraging natural language processing artificial intelligence for automated data extraction of ejection fraction and strain from cardiovascular imaging reportsopens in new tab/window

• The American Journal of Cardiology Cardiogenic Shock: A State-of-the-Art Reviewopens in new tab/window

• Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Thrombophilia testing in venous thromboembolism: When, who and why it matters. A practical reviewopens in new tab/window

• Atherosclerosis Lipid clinics worldwide: harmonization and guidance on how to optimally organize and fund. European Atherosclerosis Society consensus statement across 55 countries and more than 500 lipid clinicsopens in new tab/window

• Atherosclerosis Plus PCSK9 in vascular smooth muscle cells: biology, pathology, and inhibition to fight atherosclerosisopens in new tab/window

• Canadian Journal of Cardiology Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Failure Society 2025 Guideline Update for Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure With Nonreduced Ejection Fraction (LVEF > 40%)opens in new tab/window

• Cardiovascular Pathology Lymphocytic myocarditis: A histopathologic definition and classification from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology. I: Endomyocardial biopsyopens in new tab/window

• CASE Echoes Beyond E and A: Solving the Mystery of the Third Diastolic Waveopens in new tab/window

• CJC Open Anabolic Steroids and the Silent Risk: Fulminant Heart Failure in a Woman After Therapeutic Nandrolone Useopens in new tab/window

• CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Lipid Screening for Cardiovascular Risk in Youth: A Narrative Review of Current Guidelines and Potential Use of Nonfasting Measuresopens in new tab/window

• Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine Saline optical coherence tomography in percutaneous coronary intervention: Practical considerations and technical guidanceopens in new tab/window

• Current Problems in Cardiology Bibliometric analysis: A few suggestionsopens in new tab/window

• Heart & Lung Steroid Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysisopens in new tab/window

• Heart, Lung and Circulation Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A State-of-the-Art Reviewopens in new tab/window

• Heart Rhythm Durability of pulmonary vein isolation: Does the pulsed field ablation system matter?opens in new tab/window

• Heart Rhythm Case Reports Pulmonary vein perforation causing life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage during pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation using a J-shaped radiofrequency transseptal puncture wireopens in new tab/window

• Heart Rhythm O2 The gut–heart axis in atrial fibrillation: Pathophysiology, evidence, and therapeutic potentialopens in new tab/window

• Hellenic Journal of Cardiology Emerging links between cardiovascular disease and microplastics exposure – a narrative reviewopens in new tab/window

• International Journal of Cardiology Regulation of uric acid metabolism and excretionopens in new tab/window

• International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease Impact of smoking on cardiovascular health: Mechanisms, epidemiology and specific concerns regarding congenital heart diseaseopens in new tab/window

• International Journal of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention Long-term cardiovascular risks in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy treated with nifedipine or labetalolopens in new tab/window

• International Journal of Cardiology Innovations Heart failure: Is there any role for artificial intelligence?opens in new tab/window

• Indian Heart Journal The effect of yogic breathing (Pranayama) on heart rate and blood pressure in patients with hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysisopens in new tab/window

• IJC Heart & Vasculature Highlights recently published in the International Journal of Cardiology Heart & Vasculature on sex differences in cardiovascular disease diagnosis and managementopens in new tab/window

• JACC: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Short-Term PM2.5 Exposure and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Global Exposure-Response Analysis to Inform Alert Thresholdsopens in new tab/window

• JACC: Advances Lipoprotein(a) and Women’s Cardiovascular Health: A Reviewopens in new tab/window

• JACC: Asia Burden and Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Diseases in Asia, 1990–2021: An Analysis for GBD 2021opens in new tab/window

• JACC: Basic to Translational Science Global Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease (1990-2021), Attributable Risk Factors, and Future Projectionsopens in new tab/window

• JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging A Novel Breast Arterial Calcification Age-Based Percentile Nomogram for the Incremental Prediction of Incidental Cardiovascular Eventsopens in new tab/window

• JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions Cold Laser vs Excimer Laser in Lower Limb Atherosclerosis: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Trialopens in new tab/window

• JACC: CardioOncology Cardiovascular Adverse Events Associated With Bispecific T-Cell Engager Therapyopens in new tab/window

• JACC: Case Reports Complex Percutaneous Intervention and Intravascular Lithotripsy for Critical Cabrol Anastomotic Stenosis Jeopardizing Global Coronary Circulationopens in new tab/window

• JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology Cerebrovascular Ischemic Lesions After Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Using Variable-Loop Ablation Catheteropens in new tab/window

• JACC: Heart Failure Socioeconomic Correlates of Incident Heart Failure and Consequent Mortality: The All of Us Programopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Cardiac Failure Integrated Health Technologies in Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Association of Heart Failure Nursesopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Cardiac Failure – Intersections Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Practical Guide to Patient Selection, Timing, and Managementopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Cardiology Early diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: From primary care screening to invasive hemodynamic confirmationopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Cardiology Cases Resolution of oral anticoagulation-resistant left atrial appendage thrombus by cardiac resynchronization therapy and atrioventricular nodal ablationopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Fractional flow reserve in coronary computed tomography angiography: An expert consensus document of the society of cardiovascular computed tomography (SCCT) and the society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions (SCAI). Endorsed by the American college of cardiology (ACC)opens in new tab/window

• Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance reference values (“normal values”) in cardiovascular magnetic resonance: 2025 updateopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Clinical Lipidology Update on familial hypercholesterolemia: An expert clinical consensus from the National Lipid Associationopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Electrocardiology DeepECG.ai: An AI-enhanced ECG analysis platform to bridge the expertise gap from primary care to cardiologyopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Restoration of mitochondrial Ca2+ and redox homeostasis by enhancement of SK channels rescues Ca2+ cycling in HFpEF cardiomyocytesopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Plus Spatio-temporal targeting of cardiac cells with lipid nanoparticles after myocardial infarctionopens in new tab/window

• Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Clinical indications for positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging and myocardial blood flow quantification: An American Society of Nuclear Cardiology position statementopens in new tab/window

• Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Impact of a Noninterruptive Echocardiogram Report-Embedded Nudge on Rates of Referral to Cardiac Specialty Care and Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Multicenter Interventionopens in new tab/window

• Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions SCAI/ASE/HRS/SIR/SVS Expert Consensus Statement on Enhanced Radiation Protection: Time for Mandatory and Urgent Actionopens in new tab/window

• Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases Cultural influences on dietary choicesopens in new tab/window

• Progress in Pediatric Cardiology Chylothorax in critically ill children following cardiac surgery: a cohort studyopens in new tab/window

• Structural Heart Mitral Annular Calcification: Understanding the Disease and Treatment Optionsopens in new tab/window

• Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine Acute coronary-occlusion myocardial infarctions: performance of the STEMI criteria and evolving alternative approachesopens in new tab/window