Cardiovascular medicine

Comparison of a single high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T measurement with the HEART score for rapid rule-out of acute myocardial infarction in a primary care emergency setting: a cohort study

Tonje R Johannessen, Dan Atar, Odd Martin Vallersnes, Anne Cecilie K Larstorp, Ibrahimu Mdala, Sigrun Halvorsen

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046024

February 24, 2021

Association between splenectomy and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Liyan Zhang, Peijing Yan, Kehu Yang, Shanlian Wu, Yuping Bai, Xinyu Zhu, Xiaojie Chen, Li Li, Yunshan Cao, Min Zhang

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038385

February 23, 2021

Demographics, practice patterns and long-term outcomes of patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome in the past two decades: the CREDO-Kyoto Cohort-2 and Cohort-3

Yasuaki Takeji, Hiroki Shiomi, Takeshi Morimoto, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Ryoji Taniguchi, Yukiko Mutsumura-Nakano, Ko Yamamoto, Kyohei Yamaji, Junichi Tazaki, Satoru Suwa, Moriaki Inoko, Teruki Takeda, Manabu Shirotani, Natsuhiko Ehara, Katsuhisa Ishii, Tsukasa Inada, Tomoya Onodera, Eiji Shinoda, Takashi Yamamoto, Takashi Tamura, Kenji Nakatsuma, Hiroki Sakamoto, Kenji Ando, Yoshiharu Soga, Yutaka Furukawa, Yukihito Sato, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Kazushige Kadota, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Kenji Minatoya, Takeshi Kimura

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044329

February 22, 2021

Impairment in activities of daily living and readmission in older patients with heart failure: a cohort study

Tan Van Nguyen, Huyen Thanh Dang, Mason Jenner Burns, Hiep HH Dao, Tu Ngoc Nguyen

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044416

February 22, 2021

Prognostic value of reduction in left atrial size during a follow-up of heart failure: an observational study

Masayuki Shiba, Takao Kato, Takeshi Morimoto, Hidenori Yaku, Yasutaka Inuzuka, Yodo Tamaki, Neiko Ozasa, Yuta Seko, Erika Yamamoto, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Takeshi Kitai, Yugo Yamashita, Moritake Iguchi, Kazuya Nagao, Yuichi Kawase, Takashi Morinaga, Mamoru Toyofuku, Yutaka Furukawa, Kenji Ando, Kazushige Kadota, Yukihito Sato, Koichiro Kuwahara, Takeshi Kimura

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044409

February 19, 2021

Population impact of different hypertension management guidelines based on the prospective population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall study

Janine Gronewold, Rene Kropp, Nils Lehmann, Andreas Stang, Amir Mahabadi, Christian Weimar, Martin Dichgans, Susanne Moebus, Knut Kröger, Barbara Hoffmann, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Raimund Erbel, Dirk Hermann

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039597

February 17, 2021

Prospective meta-analysis protocol on randomised trials of renin–angiotensin system inhibitors in patients with COVID-19: an initiative of the International Society of Hypertension

Sonali Rukshana Gnanenthiran, Claudio Borghi, Dylan Burger, Fadi Charchar, Neil R Poulter, Markus P Schlaich, Ulrike Muscha Steckelings, George Stergiou, Maciej Tomaszewski, Thomas Unger, Richard D Wainford, Bryan Williams, Anthony Rodgers, Aletta E Schutte

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043625

February 16, 2021

Prehospital triage of patients with acute cardiac complaints: study protocol of HART-c, a multicentre prospective study

Enrico de Koning, Tom E Biersteker, Saskia Beeres, Jan Bosch, Barbra E Backus, Charles JHJ Kirchhof, Reza Alizadeh Dehnavi, Helen AM Silvius, Martin Schalij, Mark J Boogers

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041553

February 12, 2021

Gut microbiota composition and arterial stiffness measured by pulse wave velocity: case–control study protocol (MIVAS study)

Rita Salvado, Sandra Santos-Minguez, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Cristina Lugones-Sanchez, Angela Cabo-Laso, Jesus Mª Hernandez-Sanchez, Rocio Benito, Emiliano Rodriguez-Sanchez, Manuel A Gomez-Marcos, Jesus M Hernandez-Rivas, Pedro Guimarães Cunha, Luis Garcia-Ortiz, MIVAS Investigators

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038933

February 11, 2021

Absolute cardiovascular disease risk score and pharmacotherapy at the time of admission in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome due to coronary artery disease in a single Australian tertiary centre: a cross-sectional study

Amy Bailey, Rosemary Korda, Jason Agostino, Tony Stanton, Gabriela Kelly, Tuppence Richman, K Greaves

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038868

February 8, 2021