October 03, 2013

Milestones in collaboration between the United States and China including the Hopkins–Nanjing Center

• Tsung O. Cheng

Clopidogrel is safer than ticagrelor in regard to bleeds: A closer look at the PLATO trial

• James J. DiNicolantonio,
• Fabrizio D'Ascenzo,
• Ales Tomek,
• Saurav Chatterjee,
• Asfandyar K. Niazi,
• Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

The adequacy of myocardial revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease

• Marco Zimarino,
• Nick Curzen,
• Vincenzo Cicchitti,
• Raffaele De Caterina

Morphology and pathophysiology of target anatomical sites for ablation procedures in patients with atrial fibrillation. Part I: Atrial structures (atrial myocardium and coronary sinus)

• Domenico Corradi,
• Sergio Callegari,
• Sandro Gelsomino,
• Roberto Lorusso,
• Emilio Macchi

Morphology and pathophysiology of target anatomical sites for ablation procedures in patients with atrial fibrillation

Part II: Pulmonary veins, caval veins, ganglionated plexi, and ligament of Marshall

• Domenico Corradi,
• Sergio Callegari,
• Sandro Gelsomino,
• Roberto Lorusso,
• Emilio Macchi

Systematic review of the effects of physical exercise training programmes in children and young adults with congenital heart disease

• N. Duppen,
• T. Takken,
• M.T.E. Hopman,
• ...
• K. Dulfer,
• E.M.W.J. Utens,
• W.A. Helbing

Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in vascular and inflammatory diseases

• Nitin Mahajan,
• Veena Dhawan

Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive and interstitial lung diseases

• Charlotte U. Andersen,
• Søren Mellemkjær,
• Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk,
• Elisabeth Bendstrup,
• Ole Hilberg,
• Ulf Simonsen

Meditation: Should a cardiologist care?

• Stephen Olex,
• Andrew Newberg,
• Vincent M. Figueredo

The extended abnormalities in lipoprotein metabolism in familial hypercholesterolemia: Developing a new framework for future therapies

• Esther M.M. Ooi,
• P. Hugh R. Barrett,
• Gerald F. Watts

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): Valve design and evolution

• Jonathon P. Fanning,
• David G. Platts,
• Darren L. Walters,
• John F. Fraser

Comparative assessment of the HAS-BLED score with other published bleeding risk scoring schemes, for intracranial haemorrhage risk in a non-atrial fibrillation population: The Chin-Shan Community Cohort Study

• Gregory Y.H. Lip,
• Hung-Ju Lin,
• Hsiu-Ching Hsu,
• ...
• Ming-Fong Chen,
• Yuan-Teh Lee,
• Kuo-Liong Chien

Circulating miR-133a and miR-423-5p fail as biomarkers for left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction

• Christophe Bauters,
• Regalla Kumarswamy,
• Angelika Holzmann,
• ...
• Stefan D. Anker,
• Florence Pinet,
• Thomas Thum

Serum β-carotene concentrations and the risk of congestive heart failure in men: A population-based study

• Jouni Karppi,
• Sudhir Kurl,
• Timo H. Mäkikallio,
• Kimmo Ronkainen,
• Jari A. Laukkanen

The effects of pregnancy on right ventricular remodeling in women with repaired tetralogy of Fallot

• Gabriele Egidy Assenza,
• Daiana Cassater,
• Michael Landzberg,
• ...
• Nancy Barker,
• Katherine Economy,
• Anne Marie Valente

The impact of triple anti-platelet therapy for endothelialization and inflammatory response at overlapping bioabsorbable polymer coated drug-eluting stents in a porcine coronary model

• Keun-Ho Park,
• Myung Ho Jeong,
• Jong Min Kim,
• ...
• Jeong Gwan Cho,
• Jong Chun Park,
• Jung Chaee Kang

Mismatch between heart failure patients in clinical trials and the real world

• David Niederseer,
• Christoph W. Thaler,
• Michaela Niederseer,
• Josef Niebauer

Subtotal nephrectomy accelerates pathological cardiac remodeling post-myocardial infarction: Implications for cardiorenal syndrome

• Shan Liu,
• Andrew R. Kompa,
• Sirinart Kumfu,
• ...
• Darren J. Kelly,
• Henry Krum,
• Bing H. Wang

Rapid bedside identification of high-risk population in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by acoustic cardiography

• Shang Wang,
• Fang Fang,
• Ming Liu,
• ...
• Jing Ping Sun,
• John E. Sanderson,
• Cheuk Man Yu

Cardiac autonomic function in adolescents operated by arterial switch surgery

• Cecilia Falkenberg,
• Ingegerd Östman-Smith,
• Thomas Gilljam,
• Gavin Lambert,
• Peter Friberg

Prognostic impact of left ventricular noncompaction in patients with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy — Prospective multicenter cohort study

• Koichi Kimura,
• Katsu Takenaka,
• Aya Ebihara,
• ...
• Yutaka Yatomi,
• Ryozo Nagai,
• Issei Komuro

Prevention of heart failure in older adults may require higher levels of physical activity than needed for other cardiovascular events

• Kanan Patel,
• Xuemei Sui,
• Yan Zhang,
• ...
• Stefan D. Anker,
• Steven N. Blair,
• Ali Ahmed

Airway obstruction in systolic heart failure – COPD or congestion?

• Susanne Brenner,
• Gülmisal Güder,
• Dominik Berliner,
• ...
• Berthold Jany,
• Christiane E. Angermann,
• Stefan Störk

Radial artery intima-media ratio predicts presence of coronary thin-cap fibroatheroma: A frequency domain-optical coherence tomography study

• L. Di Vito,
• I. Porto,
• F. Burzotta,
• ...
• G. Niccoli,
• A.M. Leone,
• F. Crea

Characterization of functional capacity of adult ventricular myocytes in long-term culture

• Shi J. Liu

Post-shock sinus node recovery time is an independent predictor of recurrence after catheter ablation of longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation

• Junbeom Park,
• Jaemin Shim,
• Jae-Sun Uhm,
• Boyoung Joung,
• Moon-Hyoung Lee,
• Hui-Nam Pak

Novel rat model reveals important roles of β-adrenoreceptors in stress-induced cardiomyopathy

• Yangzhen Shao,
• Bjorn Redfors,
• Margareta Scharin Täng,
• ...
• Holger Nef,
• Jan Borén,
• Elmir Omerovic

Time from adenosine di-phosphate receptor antagonist discontinuation to coronary bypass surgery in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Meta-analysis and meta-regression

• Nuccia Morici,
• Lorenzo Moja,
• Valentina Rosato,
• ...
• Silvio Klugmann,
• Carlo La Vecchia,
• Stefano Savonitto

T-cell co-stimulation by CD28–CD80/86 and its negative regulator CTLA-4 strongly influence accelerated atherosclerosis development

• M.M. Ewing,
• J.C. Karper,
• S. Abdul,
• ...
• R. Arens,
• J.W. Jukema,
• P.H.A. Quax

Myocardial contractile dysfunction associated with increased 3-month and 1-year mortality in hospitalized patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

• Liang Zhong,
• Kenneth K.C. Ng,
• Ling Ling Sim,
• ...
• Ghassan S. Kassab,
• Bernard W.K. Kwok,
• Ru San Tan

Differences in catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation between males and females

• Masateru Takigawa,
• Taishi Kuwahara,
• Atsushi Takahashi,
• ...
• Hiroyuki Hikita,
• Kenzo Hirao,
• Mitsuaki Isobe

Routine preprocedural transesophageal echocardiography might not be necessary for stroke prevention evaluation in AF patients on anticoagulation therapy

• Jae-Hyun Han,
• Dong-Ho Shin,
• Hye-Jeong Lee,
• ...
• Hui-Nam Pak,
• Moon-Hyoung Lee,
• Boyoung Joung

Expansion of the red cell distribution width and evolving iron deficiency as predictors of poor outcome in chronic heart failure

• Nay Aung,
• Hua Zen Ling,
• Adrian S. Cheng,
• ...
• Martin Thomas,
• Simon Woldman,
• Darlington O. Okonko

Long-term prognostic value of elevated heart rate one year after heart transplantation

• María Ángeles Castel,
• Eulàlia Roig,
• José Rios,
• ...
• Alessandro Sionis,
• Isabel Vallejos,
• Félix Pérez-Villa

Fragmented QRS complexes are not hallmarks of myocardial injury as detected by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction

• Min-Soo Ahn,
• Jin-Bae Kim,
• Byung-Su Yoo,
• ...
• Seung-Hwan Lee,
• Junghan Yoon,
• Kyung-Hoon Choe

The contribution of stem cell therapy to skeletal muscle remodeling in heart failure

• Chiara Castellani,
• Giorgio Vescovo,
• Barbara Ravara,
• ...
• Paolo De Coppi,
• Gaetano Thiene,
• Annalisa Angelini

Algisyl-LVR™ with coronary artery bypass grafting reduces left ventricular wall stress and improves function in the failing human heart

• Lik Chuan Lee,
• Samuel T. Wall,
• Doron Klepach,
• ...
• Joseph H. Gorman III,
• Robert C. Gorman,
• Julius M. Guccione

Fetal stenting of the atrial septum: Technique and initial results in cardiac lesions with left atrial hypertension

• Rajiv R. Chaturvedi,
• Greg Ryan,
• Michael Seed,
• Glen van Arsdell,
• Edgar T. Jaeggi

Usefulness of cardiopulmonary exercise testing to predict the development of arterial hypertension in adult patients with repaired isolated coarctation of the aorta

• Roselien Buys,
• Alexander Van De Bruaene,
• Jan Müller,
• ...
• Véronique Cornelissen,
• Werner Budts,
• Luc Vanhees

Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on endothelial function and circulating progenitor cells in obstructive sleep apnoea: A randomised sham-controlled study

• Philippa J.L. Simpson,
• Camilla M. Hoyos,
• David Celermajer,
• Peter Y. Liu,
• Martin K.C. Ng

CCN2/CTGF attenuates myocardial hypertrophy and cardiac dysfunction upon chronic pressure-overload

• Jørgen Gravning,
• Mohammed Shakil Ahmed,
• Thomas G. von Lueder,
• Thor Edvardsen,
• Håvard Attramadal

Associations of serum uric acid levels with arterial wave reflections and central systolic blood pressure

• Pai-Feng Hsu,
• Shao-Yuan Chuang,
• Hao-Min Cheng,
• ...
• Frank C.P. Yin,
• Pesus Chou,
• Chen-Huan Chen

Hypothermia may attenuate ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiomyocyte death by reducing autophagy

• Bor-Chih Cheng,
• Huei-Sheng Huang,
• Chien-Ming Chao,
• Chuan-Chih Hsu,
• Chia-Ying Chen,
• Ching-Ping Chang