Cardiovascular medicine

Let’s talk numbers: a qualitative study of community-dwelling US adults to understand the role of numeracy in the management of heart failure

Madeline R Sterling, Ariel F Silva, Laura Robbins, Savira K Dargar, Marilyn M Schapira, Monika M Safford

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023073

September 19, 2018

Low-dose interleukin-2 in patients with stable ischaemic heart disease and acute coronary syndromes (LILACS): protocol and study rationale for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase I/II clinical trial

Tian Xiao Zhao, Michalis Kostapanos, Charmaine Griffiths, Emma L Arbon, Annette Hubsch, Fotini Kaloyirou, Joanna Helmy, Stephen P Hoole, James H F Rudd, Graham Wood, Keith Burling, Simon Bond, Joseph Cheriyan, Ziad Mallat

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022452

September 17, 2018

Atrial fibrillation detection using single lead portable electrocardiographic monitoring: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Satish Ramkumar, Nitesh Nerlekar, Daniel D’Souza, Derek J Pol, Jonathan M Kalman, Thomas H Marwick

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024178

September 17, 2018

Enhancing self-care adherence in patients with heart failure: a study protocol for developing a theory-based behaviour change intervention using the COM-B behaviour model (ACHIEVE study)

Oliver Rudolf Herber, Louise Atkins, Stefan Störk, Stefan Wilm

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025907

September 11, 2018

Identification of new-onset atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery in Vietnam. A feasibility study of a novel screening strategy in a limited-resource setting: study protocol

Thi Hai Linh Ngo, Van Ba Vu, Cong Huu Nguyen, Tien Dung Le, Trung Kien Hoang, Ben Freedman, Nicole Lowres

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020800

September 4, 2018

Effect of vitamin D on ventricular remodelling in heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Jin-Dong Zhao, Jing-Jing Jia, Ping-Shuan Dong, Di Zhao, Xu-Ming yang, Dao-Lin Li, Hui-Feng Zhang

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020545

August 30, 2018

Perioperative urinary thromboxane metabolites and outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting: a nested case-control study

Hanning Liu, Zhengxi Xu, Cheng Sun, Qianlong Chen, Ning Bao, Wen Chen, Zhou Zhou, Xiaoqi Wang, Zhe Zheng

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021219

August 30, 2018

Outcomes of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and acute myocardial infarction: a propensity score-matched, 15-year nationwide population-based study in Asia

Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Tien-Hsing Chen, Michael Wu, Shao-Wei Chen, Chih-Hsiang Chang, Chun-Wei Chang, Ching-Chang Chen, Katie Pei-Hsuan Wu, Ming-Jer Hsieh, Chao-Yung Wang, Shang-Hung Chang, Fen-Chiung Lin, I-Chang Hsieh, Pao-Hsien Chu, Ming-Shien Wen

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019741

August 23, 2018

Relation of serum uric acid to asymptomatic proximal extracranial artery stenosis in a middle-aged Chinese population: a community-based cross-sectional study

Xiaolei Yang, Haichen Lv, Tesfaldet Habtemariam Hidru, Jing Wu, Henghui Liu, Youxin Wang, Kejia Liu, Yunlong Xia, Yong Zhou, Yinong Jiang

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020681

August 23, 2018

Links between blood pressure and medication intake, well-being, stress, physical activity and symptoms reported via a mobile phone-based self-management support system: a cohort study in primary care

Charles Taft, Inger Hallberg, Ulrika Bengtsson, Karin Manhem, Karin Kjellgren

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020849

August 23, 2018