{"title":"Comment on “impact of PCSK9 inhibitors on bleeding and adverse outcomes in post-PCI patients undergoing antiplatelet therapy: A real-world cohort study”","authors":"Leilei Qi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133587","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133587","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133587"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144559962","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: Genotype-negative hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Exploring the role of cardiovascular risk factors in disease expression","authors":"Saba Mushtaq","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133581","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133581","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133581"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556864","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}
Sabrina Abou Kamar , Anne-Mar van Ommen , Elisa Dal Canto , Bas M. van Dalen , Hester M. den Ruijter , Isabella Kardys
{"title":"Reply to ‘unveiling the link between plasma proteome and cardiac function: A leap forward in heart failure research’","authors":"Sabrina Abou Kamar , Anne-Mar van Ommen , Elisa Dal Canto , Bas M. van Dalen , Hester M. den Ruijter , Isabella Kardys","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133576","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133576","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133576"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556866","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":"Letter to the editor: Efficacy of beta-blocker therapy in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Insights from a systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Daanyal Siddiqui, Hassan Tariq","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133588","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133588","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133588"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556865","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}
Jared W. Magnani , Keri Plevniak , Danielle Ferry , Deborah Martin , Maria M. Brooks , Everlyne Kimani , Stefán Ólafsson , Bruce L. Rollman , Michael K. Paasche-Orlow , Samar R. El Khoudary , Timothy Bickmore
{"title":"The mobile health intervention for rural patients with atrial fibrillation a randomized controlled trial","authors":"Jared W. Magnani , Keri Plevniak , Danielle Ferry , Deborah Martin , Maria M. Brooks , Everlyne Kimani , Stefán Ólafsson , Bruce L. Rollman , Michael K. Paasche-Orlow , Samar R. El Khoudary , Timothy Bickmore","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133575","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133575","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Rural individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF) experience challenges to anticoagulation adherence and self-management of the condition. We tested an intervention to improve anticoagulation adherence, quality of life, and health care utilization in rural individuals with AF.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We randomized rural patients with AF receiving anticoagulation to receive a smartphone-based relational agent (for disease education and adherence guidance) and a heart rate and rhythm monitor for 4 months or a smartphone-based health education app. Adherence was determined with 12-month proportion of days covered (PDC), and secondary outcomes of quality of life and health care utilization from interviews and health records.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The trial randomized 270 individuals 1:1 (median [IQR] age 73.1 [67.5–78.6]; 163 [60.4 %] female sex). Over the 4-month intervention, intervention participants used the relational agent a median of 101 (IQR: 72, 110) days. In an intention-to-treat analysis there was no significant difference in 12-month PDC between the intervention and control groups (median [IQR]: intervention 0.97 [0.89–1.00] versus control 0.97 [0.92–1.00]) or in PDC ≥0.80. Intervention participants were more likely to self-report anticoagulation adherence than control at 4 and 8 months (95.7 % vs 88.4 % and 93.0 % vs 78.8 %, respectively) but not at 12 months. There were no significant differences by assigned intervention for the other secondary outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Randomization to the relational agent intervention was not associated with improved PDC at 12-months but with greater interim self-reported adherence compared to a control. This study demonstrates the successful use of a smartphone-based agent to address adherence among rural individuals with AF.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133575"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144548379","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 “letter to the editor” regarding “An updated review on therapeutic strategies in coronary microvascular dysfunction”","authors":"Chinmay Khandkar","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133578","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133578","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133578"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144559964","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}
Nimrah Bhatti , Noor un nisa Irshad , F.N.U. Naintara , F.N.U. Neelam , F.N.U. Neha , Ali Karim
{"title":"Clarifying confounders in genotype-negative HCM: A call for nuanced research approaches","authors":"Nimrah Bhatti , Noor un nisa Irshad , F.N.U. Naintara , F.N.U. Neelam , F.N.U. Neha , Ali Karim","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133582","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133582","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133582"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556626","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":"Critical appraisal and recommendations for the study on pediatric stroke after cardiovascular surgery","authors":"Jiping Chen, Haojie Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133583","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133583","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13710,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology","volume":"438 ","pages":"Article 133583"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556627","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}