{"title":"Navigating pharmacotherapy in heart failure complicated by atrial fibrillation: A practical summary","authors":"Shan Gao , Yingying Yan , Li Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133640","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133640","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 133640"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144662766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on: “Evaluating methods to detect variation in hospital mortality and renal insufficiency” strengthening registry benchmarking with improved adjustment and statistical methods","authors":"Manal Sharif, Hassan Iqbal, Sunbal Sardar, Nouman Khan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133629","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133629","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 133629"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144662764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to comments on “impact of PCSK9 inhibitors on bleeding and adverse outcomes in post-PCI patients undergoing antiplatelet therapy: A real-world cohort study”","authors":"Jia-Yi Ren, Hao Zhang, Tong Liu, Kang-Yin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133618","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133618","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 133618"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144667587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Diego Scuppa , Marco Sciandrone , Leonarda Galiuto
{"title":"“Reply to: Critical insights on: Predicting Takotsubo syndrome subtypes: An interpretable machine learning model for differentiating emotional versus physical Aetiologies”","authors":"Diego Scuppa , Marco Sciandrone , Leonarda Galiuto","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133628","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133628","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 133628"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144667581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valentino Collini , Flavio Faletra , Francesco Venturelli , Alberto Maria Gava , Catia Mio , Giuseppe Damante , Massimo Imazio
{"title":"Prognostic role of genetic variants in recurrent pericarditis","authors":"Valentino Collini , Flavio Faletra , Francesco Venturelli , Alberto Maria Gava , Catia Mio , Giuseppe Damante , Massimo Imazio","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133621","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133621","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Recent interest in the genetic basis of pericarditis has prompted investigation into the prognostic relevance of disease-associated genetic variants (DAVs), particularly in recurrent pericarditis (RP). Autoinflammatory mechanisms have been implicated in RP, suggesting that genetic predisposition may influence disease severity, treatment response, and long-term outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of DAVs in adults with RP.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A prospective observational cohort study was conducted at a tertiary referral centre for pericardial diseases, enrolling all consecutive adult patients with at least three RP episodes between October 2017 and December 2021. Whole exome sequencing was used to identify DAVs.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 131 patients included, 30 (22.9 %) were found to carry a DAV. Compared with those without DAVs, these patients more frequently exhibited systemic inflammatory features, including elevated C-reactive protein (>10 mg/L in 93.3 % vs 77.7 %, <em>p</em> = 0.049) and fever (76.7 % vs 49.5 %, <em>p</em> = 0.008). After a median follow-up of 47 months (IQR 34–75), long-term remission was achieved in only 33.3 % of DAV carriers, compared to 67.3 % in the control group (log-rank <em>p</em> = 0.03). In multivariable Cox regression analysis, the presence of a DAV remained independently associated with a reduced likelihood of achieving sustained remission (HR 0.468, 95 % CI 0.240–0.984; <em>p</em> = 0.045).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This is the first study to assess outcomes in RP patients with DAVs. Approximately one in four patients showed a genetic predisposition, which was linked to a larger inflammatory burden and a significantly lower probability of long-term remission, highlighting the prognostic value of genetic testing in RP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 133621"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144659142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon Wernhart , Caterina Fiorentini , Simon Glowka , Bernadine Madl , Sabine Grill , Marion Kiechle , Stephan Mueller , Veronika Schmid , Stephen Foulkes , Mark J. Haykowsky , Martin Halle
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Evaluating cardiovascular risk factors in breast cancer survivors: The role of echocardiography and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the Munich Cardio-Oncology-Exercise retrospective Registry” [International Journal of Cardiology, Volume 436, 133421 October 01, 2025]","authors":"Simon Wernhart , Caterina Fiorentini , Simon Glowka , Bernadine Madl , Sabine Grill , Marion Kiechle , Stephan Mueller , Veronika Schmid , Stephen Foulkes , Mark J. Haykowsky , Martin Halle","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133472","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133472","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133472"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144649383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to “Reframing the CHADS-P2A2RC score in chronic coronary syndrome: From ischemic risk stratification to a signal for caution”","authors":"Takenobu Shimada , Daiju Fukuda , Tetsuya Matoba , Ryozo Nagai","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133615","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133615","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 133615"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144649385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on “Impact of light-dark cycle on the expression of circadian clock genes, electrocardiography, and myocardial function in mice”: Bridging animal models to human chronobiology","authors":"Parth Aphale, Himanshu Shekhar, Shashank Dokania","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133616","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133616","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 133616"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144649382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}