{"title":"The Uphill Battle to improve diet in cardiovascular health.","authors":"Joshua Schulman-Marcus","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016685","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}
Raul D Mitrani, Alex H Velasquez, Jeffrey J Goldberger
{"title":"Underdosed and overlooked: Antiarrhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation.","authors":"Raul D Mitrani, Alex H Velasquez, Jeffrey J Goldberger","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977790","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":"Rare but impactful: Primary cardiac masses through the lens of CMR.","authors":"Alexander Schulz, Warren J Manning","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977782","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":"Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and the path to durable coronary revascularization.","authors":"Pape-Mamadou Sene, Melissa McDonald, Marc Ruel","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977830","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":"The continued vigilance to protect women's hearts.","authors":"Annabelle Santos Volgman","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977796","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":"Bridging the evidence gap in POTS: From small studies to precision medicine.","authors":"Blair P Grubb","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977747","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":"The role of nutrition in cardiovascular protection - personalized versus universal dietary strategies.","authors":"Joanna Popiolek-Kalisz","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide, and dietary strategies play a key role in its prevention and management. While universal dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean and DASH diets are supported by evidence in numerous populations, including healthy individuals, personalized nutrition offers the potential to optimize outcomes in patients with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, or after acute coronary syndrome. This review explores the balance between evidence-based universal recommendations and the feasibility and added value of personalized interventions across the CVD risk continuum. The integration of both approaches universal as a foundation and personalization where clinically indicated, gradually with increased CVD risk, may potentially provide the most effective, scalable model for nutritional cardiovascular protection.</p>","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977837","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":"Inflammatory cardiomyopathy framing the invisible in precision medicine.","authors":"Carsten Tschöpe","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977808","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":"Calcium/Vitamin D supplements and the heart.","authors":"Ian R Reid","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144859905","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}
Nawar Alhourani, Christian Ellermann, Julian Wolfes, Christian Meyer, Lars Eckardt
{"title":"First-line catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation - lower than recommended doses of antiarrhythmic drugs may have contributed to their inferiority: Analysis of randomized controlled studies comparing ablation with antiarrhythmic drugs.","authors":"Nawar Alhourani, Christian Ellermann, Julian Wolfes, Christian Meyer, Lars Eckardt","doi":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Catheter ablation plays a pivotal role in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF). Recent randomized controlled studies have shown that catheter ablation is superior to conventional antiarrhythmic medical treatment as first-line therapy in reducing symptoms, AF recurrences, and preventing progression of AF. If the examined antiarrhythmic medical regimens were given in therapeutic and adequate doses remains an open question. We performed a PubMed and Medline search for randomized trials comparing first-line antiarrhythmic drug therapy with catheter ablation of AF. Among the 442 patients randomized to the drug arm, 20% to 43% received flecainide, propafenone, and sotalol at lower than recommended doses. Additionally, between 2.5 % and 10.4 % of these patients either have not received or discontinued the designated therapy with Class I/III drugs early. Notably, up to 10% of the patients in the ablation arm were adjunctively treated with antiarrhythmic drugs. This may have contributed to the reported superiority of catheter ablation compared to antiarrhythmic drug therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":51199,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144849573","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}