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Journal Editorial - Orchest...

05.09.2022

With Thomas Thum, Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover - Germany and Bar Christian, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany Link to editorial Link to paper

ESC Cardio Talk episodes:

05.09.2022 Journal Editorial - Orchestration of vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity using epigenetic therapy With Thomas Thum, Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover - Germany and Bar Christian, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany Link to editorial Link to paper
05.02.2022 Journal Editorial - Left atrial strain imaging: ready for clinical implementation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction With Otto Smiseth & Espen Boe, University of Oslo, Oslo - Norway Link to paper Link to editorial
04.25.2022 Journal Editorial - Converging on the distribution profile of coronary artery disease With Luis Eduardo Juarez-Orozco, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht - Netherlands & Bram Ruijsink from Kings College Hospital, London - UK. Link to paper Link to editorial
04.11.2022 Journal Editorial - Long-term results of first-generation S-ICD systems: strong from the start and through the threats of time With Riccardo Cappato, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan - Italy & Ali Hussam, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan) - Italy. Link to paper Link to editorial
04.04.2022 Journal Editorial - Statin intolerance: how common is it and how do we work with patients to overcome it? With Christopher Paul Cannon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston - USA & Maciej Banach, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz - Poland. Link to paper Link to editorial
03.28.2022 Journal Editorial - Advancing population-scale access to high-value cardiovascular care: a roadmap for CMR and beyond With Subha Raman & Balaji Tamarappoo, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
03.21.2022 Journal Editorial - Time for a paradigm shift? Making the case for tailored selection of antiplatelet therapy With Michelle O'Donoghue & Nicholas Marston - Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
03.14.2022 Journal Editorial - Proteomics for the prediction and prevention of atherosclerotic disease With Paul Ridker, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston - USA & Nader Rifai, Boston Children’s Hospital - USA. Link to paper Link to editorial
03.07.2022 Journal Editorial - Cardiac computed tomography as a complete functional tool With Filippo Cademartiri & Alberto Clemente, Fondazione Toscana "Gabriele Monasterio", Pisa - Italy. Link to paper Link to editorial
02.28.2022 Journal Editorial - Triggers of stroke: anger, emotional upset, and heavy physical exertion. New insights from the INTERSTROKE study With Susanne Wegener, University Hospital Zurich - Switzerland & Martin Hansel, GZO Regional Health Center Wetzikon, Wetzikon, Switzerland. Link to paper Link to editorial
02.21.2022 Journal Editorial - Coronary flow reserve: a versatile tool for interrogating pathophysiology, and a reliable marker of cardiovascular outcomes and mortality With Viviany Taqueti, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
02.14.2022 Journal Editorial - Haemodynamic response to COVID-19 and its outcome implications With Jeroen Bax & Pieter Van der Bijl, Leiden University - Netherlands Link to paper Link to editorial
02.07.2022 Journal Editorial - ‘State of the Art’ PCI: bridging the implementation gap With Zaid Almarzooq, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston - USA & & Yeh Robert, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - USA. Link to paper Link to editorial
01.31.2022 Journal Editorial - Cardioprotection in breast cancer patients: one size fits all? With Geeta Gulati & Torbjørn Omland, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog - Norway Link to paper Link to editorial
01.24.2022 Journal Editorial - The untapped potential of reproductive history in cardiovascular disease With Henriette Nielsen & Sofie Bliddal Mortensen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen - Denmark Link to paper Link to editorial
01.17.2022 Journal Editorial - Atrial fibrillation and breast cancer: casual or causal relationship? With Jose Luis Merino & Teresa Lopez Fernandez, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid - Spain Link to paper Link to editorial
01.10.2022 Journal Editorial - Women and cardiac rehabilitation: Moving beyond barriers to solutions? With Christi Deaton and Faye Forsyth, University of Cambridge School - UK Link to paper Link to editorial
01.03.2022 Journal Editorial - Left ventricular performance by work and wasted energy: is strain not sufficient? With Ole Jakob Sletten & Otto Smiseth, Oslo University Hospital - Norway. Link to paper Link to editorial
12.20.2021 Journal Editorial - Aortic valve calcification score utility extended to moderate aortic stenosis With Magnus Back & Mohammed Hashem, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm - Sweden. Link to paper Link to editorial
12.13.2021 Journal Editorial - PCSK9 inhibition for acute arterial events: more than LDL lowering With Carl E Orringer & Jelani K Grant, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
12.06.2021 Journal Editorial - When tissue and outcomes are the issue. Cardiac magnetic resonance for patients with suspected cardiac tumours With Grigorios Korosoglou, Hospital Weinheim, Weinheim - Germany & Sorin Giusca, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg - Germany. Link to paper Link to editorial
11.29.2021 Journal Editorial - Immune checkpoint inhibitors and cardiovascular events among patients with cancer: a window into the critical role of the immune system in cardiovascular biology With Lavanya Kondapalli, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora - USA & Tomas Neilan, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
11.22.2021 Journal Editorial - Investigating contrasting results in REDUCE-IT and STRENGTH: partial answers but questions remain With Kevin C Maki, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington - USA & Carl E Orringer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
11.15.2021 Journal Editorial - Impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: lessons from CONCEPTION With Martha Gulati, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix - USA & Anastasia Mihailidou, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney - Australia Link to paper Link to editorial
11.08.2021 Journal Editorial - Sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: time to change the narrative With Perry Elliott, University College London - UK and Alexandros Protonotarios, UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science London - UK Link to paper Link to editorial
11.01.2021 Journal Editorial - Does early angiography pave the way for improved outcomes in patients with acute heart failure? With Mehmet Birhan YILMAZ, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir - Turkey & Ahmet Celik, Mersin University - Turkey Link to paper Link to editorial
10.25.2021 Journal Editorial - Pace and ablate better than drugs in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: lessons from the APAF-CRT mortality trial With Cecilia Linde, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm - Sweden Link to paper Link to editorial
10.18.2021 Journal Editorial - Novel actors on the stage of cardiac dysfunction induced by anti-PD1 oncological treatments With Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti & Alessandra Cuomo, Federico II University, Naples - Italy Link to paper Link to editorial
10.11.2021 Journal Editorial - Key roles of five lifestyle risk factors in the harmful transition from a healthy condition to multimorbidity in the Chinese population With Dong Zhao & Jing Liu, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing - China Link to EHJ paper Link to EHJ editorial
10.06.2021 ESC Guidelines 2021 on valvular heart disease With Friedhelm Beyersdorf, University Heart Center Freiburg, Bad Krozingen - Germany & Alec Vahanian, University Paris-Descartes, Paris - France Link to paper
10.04.2021 Journal Editorial - First, do no harm With Sharonne Hayes & Rajiv Gulati, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota - USA Link to EHJ paper Link to EHJ editorial
09.29.2021 ESC Guidelines 2021 on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy With Michael Glikson, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem & Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Aarhus University Hospital – Denmark. Link to paper
09.27.2021 Journal Editorial - Decoding the link between heart failure and incident cancer With Anju Nohria & Sanjay Divakaran, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston - USA. Link to paper Link to editorial
09.20.2021 Journal Editorial - The endothelial niche in heart failure: from development to regeneration With Stefanie Dimmeler & Julian Wagner, University of Frankfurt - Germany. Link to paper Link to editorial
09.13.2021 Journal Editorial - Initiation and management of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: history gone full circle With Christian van der Werf, Amsterdam University Medical Center - Netherlands & Pier Lambiase, University College London, London - United Kingdom. Link to paper Link to editorial
09.06.2021 Journal Editorial - Genome-wide association analysis in dilated cardiomyopathy reveals two new players in systolic heart failure on chromosomes 3p25.1 and 22q11.23 With Perry Elliott & Douglas Cannie, UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science - London Link to paper
07.19.2021 Journal Editorial - Beat-to-beat variability occurs not only in atrial fibrillation: clinical value of dynamic assessment of the mitral and tricuspid annulus With Roberto Lang & Karima Addetia, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago - USA Link to European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging paper Link to European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging editorial
07.12.2021 Journal Editorial - Optical coherence tomography and vulnerable plaque detection: how far are we willing to stray from true histology? With Hector Garcia-Garcia, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington - USA & Ronald Bass, Georgetown University, School of Medicine, Washington - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
07.05.2021 Journal Editorial - Redefining cardiovascular risk prediction: is the crystal ball clearer now? With Lale Tokgözoğlu, Hacettepe University, Ankara - Turkey & Meral Kayıkçıoğlu, Ege University, Izmir - Turkey Link to papers: SCORE2 and SCORE2-OP Link to editorial
06.28.2021 Journal Editorial - Physical exercise is cardioprotective, but detrimental for the heart in high air pollution areas With Thomas Muenzel and Omar Hahad, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz - Germany Link to paper Link to editorial
06.21.2021 Journal Editorial - Can we turn heart failure into heart success by studying myocardial remission? With Thomas Luescher, Senior Editor EHJ and Brian Halliday, National Heart and Lung Institute, London - UK Link to paper Link to editorial
06.14.2021 Journal Editorial - Decoding stroke risk scores in atrial fibrillation and CKD: still more work to do With Ben Freedman & David Brieger, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Head Vascular Biology Anzac Research Institute - Australia Link to paper Link to editorial
06.07.2021 Journal Editorial - Childhood-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy research coming of age With Juan Pablo Kaski and Gabrielle Norrish, Univ. College London - UK. Link to paper Link to editorial
05.31.2021 Journal Editorial - Low sudden cardiac death risk in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: ‘A wolf in a lamb’s skin’? With Nuno Cardim & Alexandra Toste, Hospital da Luz - Lisboa - Portugal Link to paper Link to editorial
05.24.2021 Journal Editorial - Silent brain infarcts and early cognitive outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis With Thomas Luescher, Senior Editor EHJ and Brian Halliday, National Heart and Lung Institute, London - UK Link to EHJ paper
05.17.2021 Journal Editorial - Left atrial strain: evaluating left ventricular filling pressure from an upstream vantage point With Frank Flachskampf & Tomasz Baron, Uppsala University, Uppsala -Sweden Link to paper Link to editorial
05.10.2021 Journal Editorial - Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes With Thomas Luescher and Brian Halliday, National Heart and Lung Institute, London - UK Link to EHJ paper
05.03.2021 Journal Editorial - C-reactive protein predicts outcome in COVID-19: is it also a therapeutic target? With Mark Pepys and Floriaan Schmidt, University of College London - UK Link to paper Link to editorial
04.26.2021 Journal Editorial - Heart failure, cognition, and brain damage With Ulrich Laufs and Arno Villringer, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig - Germany Link to paper Link to editorial
04.19.2021 Journal Editorial - A broken heart after child loss With Kim Smolderen & Matthew Burg, Yale University, New Haven - USA Link to paper Link to editorial

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Journal Editorial - Orchestration of vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity using epigenetic therapy

Journal Editorial - Left atrial strain imaging: ready for clinical implementation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Journal Editorial - Converging on the distribution profile of coronary artery disease

Journal Editorial - Long-term results of first-generation S-ICD systems: strong from the start and through the threats of time

Journal Editorial - Statin intolerance: how common is it and how do we work with patients to overcome it?

Journal Editorial - Advancing population-scale access to high-value cardiovascular care: a roadmap for CMR and beyond

Journal Editorial - Time for a paradigm shift? Making the case for tailored selection of antiplatelet therapy

Journal Editorial - Proteomics for the prediction and prevention of atherosclerotic disease

Journal Editorial - Cardiac computed tomography as a complete functional tool

Journal Editorial - Triggers of stroke: anger, emotional upset, and heavy physical exertion. New insights from the INTERSTROKE study

Journal Editorial - Coronary flow reserve: a versatile tool for interrogating pathophysiology, and a reliable marker of cardiovascular outcomes and mortality

Journal Editorial - Haemodynamic response to COVID-19 and its outcome implications

Journal Editorial - ‘State of the Art’ PCI: bridging the implementation gap

Journal Editorial - Cardioprotection in breast cancer patients: one size fits all?

Journal Editorial - The untapped potential of reproductive history in cardiovascular disease

Journal Editorial - Atrial fibrillation and breast cancer: casual or causal relationship?

Journal Editorial - Women and cardiac rehabilitation: Moving beyond barriers to solutions?

Journal Editorial - Left ventricular performance by work and wasted energy: is strain not sufficient?

Journal Editorial - Aortic valve calcification score utility extended to moderate aortic stenosis

Journal Editorial - PCSK9 inhibition for acute arterial events: more than LDL lowering

Journal Editorial - When tissue and outcomes are the issue. Cardiac magnetic resonance for patients with suspected cardiac tumours

Journal Editorial - Immune checkpoint inhibitors and cardiovascular events among patients with cancer: a window into the critical role of the immune system in cardiovascular biology

Journal Editorial - Investigating contrasting results in REDUCE-IT and STRENGTH: partial answers but questions remain

Journal Editorial - Impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: lessons from CONCEPTION

Journal Editorial - Sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: time to change the narrative

Journal Editorial - Does early angiography pave the way for improved outcomes in patients with acute heart failure?

Journal Editorial - Pace and ablate better than drugs in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: lessons from the APAF-CRT mortality trial

Journal Editorial - Novel actors on the stage of cardiac dysfunction induced by anti-PD1 oncological treatments

Journal Editorial - Key roles of five lifestyle risk factors in the harmful transition from a healthy condition to multimorbidity in the Chinese population

ESC Guidelines 2021 on valvular heart disease

Journal Editorial - First, do no harm

ESC Guidelines 2021 on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal Editorial - Decoding the link between heart failure and incident cancer

Journal Editorial - The endothelial niche in heart failure: from development to regeneration

Journal Editorial - Initiation and management of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: history gone full circle

Journal Editorial - Genome-wide association analysis in dilated cardiomyopathy reveals two new players in systolic heart failure on chromosomes 3p25.1 and 22q11.23

Journal Editorial - Beat-to-beat variability occurs not only in atrial fibrillation: clinical value of dynamic assessment of the mitral and tricuspid annulus

Journal Editorial - Optical coherence tomography and vulnerable plaque detection: how far are we willing to stray from true histology?

Journal Editorial - Redefining cardiovascular risk prediction: is the crystal ball clearer now?

Journal Editorial - Physical exercise is cardioprotective, but detrimental for the heart in high air pollution areas

Journal Editorial - Can we turn heart failure into heart success by studying myocardial remission?

Journal Editorial - Decoding stroke risk scores in atrial fibrillation and CKD: still more work to do

Journal Editorial - Childhood-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy research coming of age

Journal Editorial - Low sudden cardiac death risk in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: ‘A wolf in a lamb’s skin’?

Journal Editorial - Silent brain infarcts and early cognitive outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal Editorial - Left atrial strain: evaluating left ventricular filling pressure from an upstream vantage point

Journal Editorial - Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes

Journal Editorial - C-reactive protein predicts outcome in COVID-19: is it also a therapeutic target?

Journal Editorial - Heart failure, cognition, and brain damage

Journal Editorial - A broken heart after child loss