{"title":"Coronary Artery Spasm: A Special Focus Issue","authors":"Juan Carlos Kaski, Hiroaki Shimokawa","doi":"10.15420/ecr.2023.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2023.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93994,"journal":{"name":"European cardiology","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135048756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European cardiologyPub Date : 2022-06-20eCollection Date: 2022-02-01DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2021.59
Jack Wei Chieh Tan, Leong Chai Leow, Serene Wong, See Meng Khoo, Takatoshi Kasai, Pipin Kojodjojo, Duong-Quy Sy, Chuen Peng Lee, Naricha Chirakalwasan, Hsueh-Yu Li, Natalie Koh, Adeline Tan, Thun How Ong, Aye Thandar Aung, Song Tar Toh, Chi-Hang Lee
{"title":"Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology Consensus Statements on the Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.","authors":"Jack Wei Chieh Tan, Leong Chai Leow, Serene Wong, See Meng Khoo, Takatoshi Kasai, Pipin Kojodjojo, Duong-Quy Sy, Chuen Peng Lee, Naricha Chirakalwasan, Hsueh-Yu Li, Natalie Koh, Adeline Tan, Thun How Ong, Aye Thandar Aung, Song Tar Toh, Chi-Hang Lee","doi":"10.15420/ecr.2021.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.59","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, evidence supporting this association in the Asian population is scarce. Given the differences in the epidemiology of CVD and cardiovascular risk factors, as well as differences in the availability of healthcare resources between Asian and Western countries, an Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology (APSC) working group developed consensus recommendations on the management of OSA in patients with CVD in the Asia-Pacific region. The APSC expert panel reviewed and appraised the available evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system. Consensus recommendations were developed and put to an online vote. Consensus was reached when 80% of votes for a given recommendation were in support of 'agree' or 'neutral.' The resulting statements provide guidance on the assessment and treatment of OSA in patients with CVD in the Asia-Pacific region. The APSC hopes for these recommendations to pave the way for screening, early diagnosis and treatment of OSA in the Asia-Pacific region.</p>","PeriodicalId":93994,"journal":{"name":"European cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"e16"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/da/92/ecr-17-e16.PMC9247989.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40487808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European cardiologyPub Date : 2022-03-07eCollection Date: 2022-02-01DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2021.60
Jack C Barton, Juan Carlos Kaski
{"title":"Ethnic and Regional Differences in the Management of Angina: The Way Forward.","authors":"Jack C Barton, Juan Carlos Kaski","doi":"10.15420/ecr.2021.60","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.60","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For decades, there has been great interest in ethnic differences in the management of angina and stable cardiovascular disease. Clinical decisionmaking is known to be both consciously and unconsciously influenced by a patient's demographics, and this is due to in part to differences in clinical guidance and opinion. However, the evidence supporting such decision-making is sparse. Nonetheless, there is overwhelming evidence that international, national, regional, institutional, departmental and individual bias disproportionately affect subgroups of the population, resulting in adverse patient outcomes. While without doubt there will be rapid advancements in individualised therapies over the coming years and decades, the most beneficial immediate action clinicians can take is to reduce disparities in both the evidence base and care provision. Doing so will require great collaborative effort.</p>","PeriodicalId":93994,"journal":{"name":"European cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"e07"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/5a/9b/ecr-17-e07.PMC8924955.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40316589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Circulating MicroRNAs as Novel Biomarkers in Risk Assessment and Prognosis of Coronary Artery Disease.","authors":"Chiara Vavassori, Eleonora Cipriani, Gualtiero Ivanoe Colombo","doi":"10.15420/ecr.2021.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.47","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coronary artery disease is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Nevertheless, available cardiovascular risk prediction algorithms still miss a significant portion of individuals at-risk. Thus, the search for novel non-invasive biomarkers to refine cardiovascular risk assessment is both an urgent need and an attractive topic, which may lead to a more accurate risk stratification and/or prognostic score definition for coronary artery disease. A new class of such non-invasive biomarkers is represented by extracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) circulating in the blood. MiRNAs are non-coding RNA of 22-25 nucleotides in length that play a significant role in both cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology. Given their high stability and conservation, resistance to degradative enzymes, and detectability in body fluids, circulating miRNAs are promising emerging biomarkers, and specific expression patterns have already been associated with a wide range of cardiovascular conditions. In this review, an overview of the role of blood miRNAs in risk assessment and prognosis of coronary artery disease is given.</p>","PeriodicalId":93994,"journal":{"name":"European cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"e06"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/2c/fd/ecr-17-e06.PMC8924954.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40316588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European cardiologyPub Date : 2022-03-07eCollection Date: 2022-02-01DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2021.52
Zaki Akhtar, Lisa Wm Leung, Christos Kontogiannis, Isaac Chung, Khalid Bin Waleed, Mark M Gallagher
{"title":"Arrhythmias in Chronic Kidney Disease.","authors":"Zaki Akhtar, Lisa Wm Leung, Christos Kontogiannis, Isaac Chung, Khalid Bin Waleed, Mark M Gallagher","doi":"10.15420/ecr.2021.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.52","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Arrhythmias cause disability and an increased risk of premature death in the general population but far more so in patients with renal failure. The association between the cardiac and renal systems is complex and derives in part from common causality of renal and myocardial injury from conditions including hypertension and diabetes. In many cases, there is a causal relationship, with renal dysfunction promoting arrhythmias and arrhythmias exacerbating renal dysfunction. In this review, the authors expand on the challenges faced by cardiologists in treating common and uncommon arrhythmias in patients with renal failure using pharmacological interventions, ablation and cardiac implantable device therapies. They explore the most important interactions between heart rhythm disorders and renal dysfunction while evaluating the ways in which the coexistence of renal dysfunction and cardiac arrhythmia influences the management of both.</p>","PeriodicalId":93994,"journal":{"name":"European cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"e05"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/31/64/ecr-17-e05.PMC8924956.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40316590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European cardiologyPub Date : 2022-01-31eCollection Date: 2022-02-01DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2021.25
Konstantina Kipourou, Jamie M O'Driscoll, Rajan Sharma
{"title":"Valvular Heart Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.","authors":"Konstantina Kipourou, Jamie M O'Driscoll, Rajan Sharma","doi":"10.15420/ecr.2021.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Valvular heart disease (VHD) is highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from the early stages to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Aortic and mitral valves are the most frequently affected, leading to aortic valve and/or mitral annular calcification, which, in turn, causes either valve stenosis or regurgitation at an accelerated rate compared with the general population. Tricuspid regurgitation is also prevalent in CKD and ESRD, and haemodialysis patients are at an increasingly high risk of infective endocarditis. As for pathophysiology, several mechanisms causing VHD in CKD have been proposed, highlighting the complexity of the process. Echocardiography constitutes the gold standard for the assessment of VHD in CKD/ESRD patients, despite the progress of other imaging modalities. With regard to treatment, the existing 2017 European Society of Cardiology/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery guidelines on the management of VHD addressing patients with normal kidney function are also applied to patients with CKD/ESRD.</p>","PeriodicalId":93994,"journal":{"name":"European cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"e02"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/57/71/ecr-17-e02.PMC8819604.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39914407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European cardiologyPub Date : 2021-12-14eCollection Date: 2021-02-01DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2021.16.PO4
Shinjo Sonoda
{"title":"Oral Presentation Award Winner: Clinical Efficacy of Intracoronary Papaverine After Nicorandil Administration for Safe and Optimal Fractional Flow Reserve Measurement.","authors":"Shinjo Sonoda","doi":"10.15420/ecr.2021.16.PO4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.16.PO4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93994,"journal":{"name":"European cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"e60"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/72/94/ecr-16-e60.PMC8785100.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39879122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}