2024 Heart Health Month article collection

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading global cause of death and it is important for us to remind everyone to take control of their heart health and continue to improve disease prevention and patients' lives through research. In honor of this special month dedicated to cardiovascular health, Elsevier is sharing some of the top articles from our cardiology journals and all articles are freely available through March 31, 2024.

American Journal of Preventive Cardiology

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  Intensive lipid lowering agents and coronary atherosclerosis: Insights from intravascular imaging(opens in new tab/window)

American Heart Journal

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  Rationale and design of the DAPA-MI trial: Dapagliflozin in patients without diabetes mellitus with acute myocardial infarction(opens in new tab/window)

American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice

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  Team principles for successful interdisciplinary research teams(opens in new tab/window)

The American Journal of Cardiology

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  Associations Between Monthly Cannabis Use and Myocardial Infarction in Middle-Aged Adults: NHANES 2009 to 2018(opens in new tab/window)

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

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  TAVI in 2022: Remaining issues and future direction(opens in new tab/window)

Atherosclerosis

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  Lipid-lowering in diabetes: An update(opens in new tab/window)

Atherosclerosis Plus

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  Lipoprotein(a), Interleukin-6 inhibitors, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Is there an association?(opens in new tab/window)

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

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  The Relationship Between Residential Mobility and Mortality Following Acute Myocardial Infarction(opens in new tab/window)

Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal

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  Data-efficient machine learning methods in the ME-TIME study: Rationale and design of a longitudinal study to detect atrial fibrillation and heart failure from wearables(opens in new tab/window)

Cardiovascular Pathology

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  Primary myocardial fibrosis — a distinct entity characterized by heterogeneous histology(opens in new tab/window)

CASE

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  Saddle Pulmonary Embolism Detected by Transthoracic Echocardiography in a Patient With Suspected Myocardial Infarction(opens in new tab/window)

CJC Open

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  The Importance of Nontraditional and Sex-Specific Risk Factors in Young Women With Vasomotor Nonobstructive vs Obstructive Coronary Syndromes(opens in new tab/window)

CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

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  Advances in Fetal Cardiac Imaging and Intervention(opens in new tab/window)

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

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  Treatment effect of medial arterial calcification in below-knee after Auryon laser atherectomy using micro-CT and histologic evaluation(opens in new tab/window)

Current Problems in Cardiology

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  The Long-Term Effect of Maternal Obesity on the Cardiovascular Health of the Offspring–Systematic Review(opens in new tab/window)

Heart & Lung

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  The use of high-flow nasal cannula in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease under exacerbation and stable phases: A systematic review and meta-analysis(opens in new tab/window)

Heart, Lung and Circulation

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  A Clinical Guide for Assessment and Prescription of Exercise and Physical Activity in Cardiac Rehabilitation. A CSANZ Position Statement(opens in new tab/window)

Heart Rhythm

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  2023 HRS/APHRS/LAHRS guideline on cardiac physiologic pacing for the avoidance and mitigation of heart failure(opens in new tab/window)

Heart Rhythm Case Reports

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  Improved symptoms, exercise capacity, and homogeneity of cardiac deformation through conduction system pacing in a patient with symptomatic left bundle branch block(opens in new tab/window)

Heart Rhythm O2

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  Racial/ethnic and sex differences in safety outcomes and atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter–related acute healthcare utilization after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation(opens in new tab/window)

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

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  Cardiomyopathies in children: An overview(opens in new tab/window)

International Journal of Cardiology

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  Proposed diagnostic criteria for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: European Task Force consensus report(opens in new tab/window)

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease

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  Coronary artery disease in adults with congenital heart disease(opens in new tab/window)

International Journal of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention

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  Evaluating LDL-C control in Indian acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients- A retrospective real-world study LDL-C control in ACS(opens in new tab/window)

Indian Heart Journal

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  Guidelines for dyslipidemia management in India: A review of the current scenario and gaps in research(opens in new tab/window)

IJC Heart & Vasculature

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  Cardioprotective effect of antiviral therapy among hepatitis C infected patients: A meta-analysis(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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  2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Advances

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  Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Asia

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  Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Concept, Assessment, and Management(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Basic to Translational Science

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  Neprilysin Inhibitors in Heart Failure: The Science, Mechanism of Action, Clinical Studies, and Unanswered Questions(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

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  Excessive Trabeculation of the Left Ventricle: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging Expert Panel Paper(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

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  Impact of Preprocedural Computed Tomography on Left Atrial Appendage Closure Success: A Swiss-Apero Trial Subanalysis(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: CardioOncology

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  Risk of Cancer After Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Case Reports

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  Wolff-Parkinson-White in a College Athlete: Why Didn’t We Pursue an EP Study?(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

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  A Focal Ablation Catheter Toggling Between Radiofrequency and Pulsed Field Energy to Treat Atrial Fibrillation(opens in new tab/window)

JACC: Heart Failure

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  How to Manage Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Practical Guidance for Clinicians(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Cardiac Failure

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  Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics: A Report of the Heart Failure Society of America(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Cardiology

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  JCS/CVIT/JCC 2023 guideline focused update on diagnosis and treatment of vasospastic angina (coronary spastic angina) and coronary microvascular dysfunction(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Cardiology Cases

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  Rapid effect of benralizumab in fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis in the setting of uncontrolled eosinophilic asthma(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

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  Standardized medical terminology for cardiac computed tomography 2023 update: An Expert Consensus Document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), American College of Radiology (ACR), North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI) and Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) with endorsement by the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASCI), the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACI), and the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR).(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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  Comparing the findings and diagnostic sensitivity of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in biopsy confirmed acute myocarditis with infarct-like vs. heart failure presentation(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

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  First clinical experiences with inclisiran in a real-world setting(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Electrocardiology

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  The CineECG in ischemia localization in ST-elevation (equivalent) acute coronary syndromes(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

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  Characterization of heterozygous and homozygous mouse models with the most common hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation MYBPC3c.2373InsG in the Netherlands(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Plus

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  Western diet triggers cardiac dysfunction in heterozygous Mybpc3-targeted knock-in mice: A two-hit model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

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  Acute cardiovascular response to exercise and its implications for exercise testing(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

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  Prognostic Significance of Elevated Left Ventricular Filling Pressures with Exercise: Insights from a Cohort of 14,338 Patients(opens in new tab/window)

Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions

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  SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on the Management of Calcified Coronary Lesions(opens in new tab/window)

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases

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  Treatment intensification following glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist treatment in type 2 diabetes: The RESTORE-G real-world study(opens in new tab/window)

Pregnancy Hypertension

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  Hypertensive pregnancy complications and maternal characteristics as predictors of cardiovascular health within ten years after delivery(opens in new tab/window)

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

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  Bempedoic acid in the management of lipid disorders and cardiovascular risk. 2023 position paper of the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)(opens in new tab/window)

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

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  Patent ductus arteriosus banding for pulmonary hypertension(opens in new tab/window)

Structural Heart

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  Sex-Related Differences in Medically Treated Moderate Aortic Stenosis(opens in new tab/window)

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

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  CardioVerse: The cardiovascular medicine in the era of Metaverse(opens in new tab/window)