Efficacy of a centralized, blended electronic, and human intervention to improve direct oral anticoagulant adherence: Smartphones to improve rivaroxaban ADHEREnce in atrial fibrillation (SmartADHERE) a randomized clinical trial
Publication date: July 2021Source: American Heart Journal, Volume 237Author(s): Mintu Turakhia, Vandana Sundaram, Shea N. Smith, Victoria Ding, P. Michael Ho, Peter R. Kowey, Jonathan P. Piccini, JoAnne Foody, Mary C. Birmingham, Juliana Ianus, Amol Rajmane, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, the smartADHERE Investigators (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - April 21, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Neighborhood education status drives racial disparities in clinical outcomes in PPCM
Publication date: Available online 19 April 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Kelly D Getz, Jennifer Lewey, Vicky Tam, Olga Corazon Irizarry, Lisa D. Levine, Richard Aplenc, Zolt Arany (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - April 19, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

To Adjust or Not to Adjust: The Role of Different Covariates in Cardiovascular Observational Studies
Publication date: July 2021Source: American Heart Journal, Volume 237Author(s): Mahyar Etminan, James M. Brophy, Gary Collins, Maryam Nazemipour, Mohammad Ali Mansournia (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - April 17, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Rationale and Design of a Large Population Study to Validate Software for the Assessment of Atrial Fibrillation from Data Acquired by a Consumer Tracker or Smartwatch: The Fitbit Heart Study
Publication date: Available online 15 April 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Steven A. Lubitz, Anthony Z. Faranesh, Steven J. Atlas, David D. McManus, Daniel E. Singer, Sherry Pagoto, Alexandros Pantelopoulos, Andrea S. Foulkes (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Renin-Angiotensin system inhibitors effect before and during hospitalization in COVID-19 outcomes: final analysis of the international HOPE COVID-19 (Health Outcome Predictive Evaluation for COVID-19) Registry.
Publication date: Available online 15 April 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Iván J. Núñez-Gil, Iván Olier, Gisela Feltes, María C Viana-Llamas, Charbel Maroun-Eid, Rodolfo Romero, Inmaculada Fernández-Rozas, Aitor Uribarri, Victor M Becerra-Muñoz, Emilio Alfonso-Rodriguez, Marcos García-Aguado, Javier Elola, Alex Castro-Mejía, Martino Pepe, Juan Fortunato Garcia-Prieto, Adelina Gonzalez, Fabrizio Ugo, Enrico Cerrato, Elvira Bondia, Sergio Raposeiras (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

A randomized prospective multicenter trial for stroke prevention by prophylactic surgical closure of the left atrial appendage in patients undergoing bioprosthetic aortic valve surgery – LAA-CLOSURE trial protocol
Publication date: Available online 30 March 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Tuomas Kiviniemi, Juan Bustamante-Munguira, Christian Olsson, Anders Jeppsson, Frank R. Halfwerk, Juha Hartikainen, Piotr Suwalski, Igor Zindovic, Guillermo Reyes Copa, F.R.N. van Schaagen, Thorsten Hanke, Sergei Cebotari, Markus Malmberg, Mireia Fernandez-Gutierrez, Markus Bjurbom, Henrik Schersten, Ron Speekenbrink, Teemu Riekkinen, Danyal Ek, Tuija Vasankari (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 31, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Comparison of one-month versus twelve-month dual antiplatelet therapy after implantation of drug-eluting stents guided by either intravascular ultrasound or angiography in patients with acute coronary syndrome: rationale and design of prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled IVUS-ACS and ULTIMATE-DAPT trial
Publication date: June 2021Source: American Heart Journal, Volume 236Author(s): Zhen Ge, Xiao-Fei Gao, Jing Kan, Xiang-Quan Kong, Guang-Feng Zuo, Fei Ye, Nai-Liang Tian, Song Lin, Zhi-Zhong Liu, Yi-Bing Shao, Yu-Quan He, Shang-Yu Wen, Qing Yang, Yong Xia, Zheng-Zhong Wang, Ping-Xi Xiao, Feng Li, He-Song Zeng, Song Yang, Yan Wang (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 28, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Design and Rationale of The Randomized Trial of Comprehensive LifEstyle ModificatioN, Optimal Pharmacological Treatment and Utilizing PET Imaging for Quantifying and Managing Stable CoronaRy ArterY Disease (The CENTURY Study)
Publication date: Available online 21 March 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Danai Kitkungvan, Nils P. Johnson, Richard Kirkeeide, Mary Haynie, Catharine Carter, Monica B. Patel, Linh Bui, Mohammad Madjid, Patricia Mendoza, Amanda E. Roby, Susan Hood, Hongjian Zhu, Dejian Lai, Stefano Sdringola, K. Lance Gould (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 22, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Validity of different dose reduction criteria for apixaban
Publication date: Available online 21 March 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Nathaniel M. Hawkins, Lee Er, Roopinder K. Sandhu, Padma Kaul, Finlay A. McAlister, Adeera Levin, Jason G. Andrade (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 22, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Rationale and Design of the Women's IschemiA TRial to Reduce Events In Non-ObstRuctive CAD (WARRIOR) Trial
Publication date: Available online 18 March 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Eileen M. Handberg, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Rhonda Cooper-Dehoff, Janet Wei, Michael Conlon, Margaret C. Lo, William Boden, Susan M. Frayne, Todd Villines, John A. Spertus, William Weintraub, Patrick O'Malley, Bernard Chaitman, Leslee J. Shaw, Matthew Budoff, Andre Rogatko, Carl J. Pepine (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Venous Thromboembolism Among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 at Veterans Health Administration Hospitals
Publication date: Available online 18 March 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): J. Antonio Gutierrez, Marc D. Samsky, Ryan D. Schulteis, Lin Gu, Rajesh V. Swaminathan, Aaron W. Aday, Sunil V. Rao (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Sex Disparities in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
Publication date: Available online 17 March 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Angela Lowenstern, Paige Sheridan, Tracy Y. Wang, Isabel Boero, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Vinod H. Thourani, Martin B. Leon, Eric D. Peterson, J. Matthew Brennan (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 18, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Curriculum in Cardiology To Adjust or Not to Adjust: The Role of Different Covariates in Cardiovascular Observational Studies
Publication date: Available online 17 March 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Mahyar Etminan, James M. Brophy, Gary Collins, Maryam Nazemipour, Mohammad Ali Mansournia (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 18, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Potent P2Y12 Inhibitors versus Clopidogrel in Elderly Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: P2Y12 inhibitors and elderly patients with ACS
Publication date: Available online 15 March 2021Source: American Heart JournalAuthor(s): Tomohiro Fujisaki, Toshiki Kuno, Tomo Ando, Alexandros Briasoulis, Hisato Takagi, Sripal Bangalore (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stents vs durable polymer everolimus-eluting stents in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A meta-analysis of individual patient data from 5 randomized trials
Publication date: May 2021Source: American Heart Journal, Volume 235Author(s): Thomas Pilgrim, Martina Rothenbühler, George CM Siontis, David E. Kandzari, Juan F. Iglesias, Masahiko Asami, Thierry Lefèvre, Raffaele Piccolo, Jacques Koolen, Shigeru Saito, Ton Slagboom, Olivier Muller, Ron Waksman, Stephan Windecker (Source: American Heart Journal)
Source: American Heart Journal - March 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research