Cardiology

Standardized Mortality Ratio and Long-Term Stroke Incidence After PFO Closure: A Register Study

Angerbjörn, Maria; Johansson, Bengt; Hahlin, Elisabeth; Rinnström, Daniel et al.

Part of JACC: Advances, 2026

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Predictors of depressed left-ventricular ejection fraction after acute myocardial infarction

Eggers, Kai M.; Hamilton, E.; Jernberg, T.; Lindahl, Bertil

Part of International Journal of Cardiology, 2026

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Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and subclinical atherosclerosis: a population-based cohort study of 29 921 individuals

Gottsäter, Anders; Dakhel, Ardwan; Acosta, Stefan; Andell, Pontus et al.

Part of Journal of Hypertension, p. 346-353, 2026

• DOI for Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and subclinical atherosclerosis: a population-based cohort study of 29 921 individuals
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Change in cardiac troponin T to differentiate acute from chronic myocardial injury in the Emergency Department.

Lindahl, Bertil; Thurston, Alexander Jf; Tew, Yong Yong; McDermott, Michael et al.

Part of Clinical Biochemistry, 2026

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Person-centred care in congenital heart disease: Intercountry variation in patient-reported experiences across 32 countries.

Lykkeberg, Birgitte; Christensen, Anne Vinggaard; Berg, Selina Kikkenborg; Larsen, Signe Holm et al.

Part of International Journal of Cardiology, 2026

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Different eGFR markers and prediction of cardiovascular risk.

Tydén, Maria; Batra, Gorav; Fellström, Bengt; Held, Claes et al.

Part of Journal of Internal Medicine, p. 143-157, 2026

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Percutaneous and surgical management of aortic stenosis in the SWEDEHEART registry (2013-2023): a nationwide observational study.

Tödt, Johannes; Koul, Sasha; Yndigegn, Troels; Angerås, Oskar et al.

Part of The Lancet Regional Health, 2026

• DOI for Percutaneous and surgical management of aortic stenosis in the SWEDEHEART registry (2013-2023): a nationwide observational study.
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Long-acting nitrate use before and after revascularization to evaluate angina in chronic coronary syndrome: a case-crossover study from SCAAR

Von Koch, Sacharias; Sharma, Tania; Khamis, Ramzi; Jernberg, Tomas et al.

Part of The Lancet Regional Health, 2026

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Involving people with lived experiences in the study of a behavioral stress-recovery e-intervention for myocardial infarction patients younger than 55 with cardiac distress: a study protocol.

Almén, Niclas; Elofsson, Ulf O E; Lissåker, Claudia T; Held, Claes et al.

Part of Research Involvement and Engagement, 2025

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Correction to: C-X-C Ligand 16 Is an Independent Predictor of Cardiovascular Death and Morbidity in Acute Coronary Syndromes.

Andersen, Thomas; Ueland, Thor; Ghukasyan Lakic, Tatevik; Åkerblom, Axel et al.

Part of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2025

• DOI for Correction to: C-X-C Ligand 16 Is an Independent Predictor of Cardiovascular Death and Morbidity in Acute Coronary Syndromes.

Quality of Life in Adults With Transposition of the Great Arteries With a Systemic Right or Left Ventricle.

Ansari Ramandi, Mohammad Mostafa; Van Bulck, Liesbet; Ceelen, Daan C H; Voors, Adriaan A et al.

Part of Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2025

• DOI for Quality of Life in Adults With Transposition of the Great Arteries With a Systemic Right or Left Ventricle.

Association Between Physiological Significance and Vulnerable Plaque Characteristics in Patients With Myocardial Infarction: A Prospect II Substudy

Arslani, Ketina; Engstrom, Thomas; Maeng, Michael; Kjoller-Hansen, Lars et al.

Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 696-706, 2025

• DOI for Association Between Physiological Significance and Vulnerable Plaque Characteristics in Patients With Myocardial Infarction: A Prospect II Substudy

Anticoagulation and antiplatelet strategies used in Sweden in patients with myocardial infarction and concomitant atrial fibrillation: nationwide cohort study

Aulin, Julia; Modica, Angelo; Lindhagen, Lars; Alfredsson, Joakim et al.

Part of Open heart, 2025

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Neuroglial Biomarkers for Risk Assessment of Ischemic Stroke and Other Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Not Receiving Oral Anticoagulation

Aulin, Julia; Sjölin, Karl; Lindbäck, Johan; Benz, Alexander P. et al.

Part of Journal of the American Heart Association, 2025

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Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Prediction of First Coronary Events.

Bergström, Göran; Engström, Gunnar; Björnson, Elias; Adiels, Martin et al.

Part of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2025

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Outcome measures for randomised clinical trials and multicentre observational studies of cardiovascular diseases published in major clinical journals: systematic review and evidence mapping.

Bhatty, Asad; Wilkinson, Chris; Aktaa, Suleman; Batra, Gorav et al.

Part of Heart, p. 1124-1134, 2025

• DOI for Outcome measures for randomised clinical trials and multicentre observational studies of cardiovascular diseases published in major clinical journals: systematic review and evidence mapping.

Standardized and hierarchically classified heart failure and complementary disease monitoring outcome measures: European Unified Registries for Heart Care Evaluation and Randomised Trials (EuroHeart).

Bhatty, Asad; Wilkinson, Chris; Batra, Gorav; Aktaa, Suleman et al.

Part of European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, p. 900-909, 2025

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Derivation and Validation of ESC-0/1-h Algorithm for High-Sensitivity Troponin T and I in Cancer Patients.

Bima, Paolo; Lopez-Ayala, Pedro; Koechlin, Luca; Morello, Fulvio et al.

Part of JACC. Advances, p. 101821, 2025

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Implications of a new clinical classification of acute myocardial infarction

Boeddinghaus, Jasper; Bularga, Anda; Taggart, Caelan; Wereski, Ryan et al.

Part of European Heart Journal, p. 131-141, 2025

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Large simple randomized controlled trials – from drugs to medical devices: lessons from recent experience

Buccheri, Sergio; James, Stefan; Mafham, Marion; Landray, Martin et al.

Part of Trials, 2025

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Correction: Large simple randomized controlled trials-from drugs to medical devices

Buccheri, Sergio; James, Stefan; Mafham, Marion; Landray, Martin et al.

Part of Trials, p. 80, 2025

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2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease: developed under the auspices of the ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee Developed by the task force on mental health and cardiovascular disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Endorsed by the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations AISBL (EFPA), the European Psychiatric Association (EPA), and the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM)

Bueno, Hector; Deaton, Christi; Farrero, Marta; Forsyth, Faye et al.

Part of European Heart Journal, 2025

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Great debate: default duration of dual antiplatelet treatment after percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndrome should be 12 months

Byrne, Robert A.; Valgimigli, Marco; Bhatt, Deepak L.; Coughlan, J. J. et al.

Part of European Heart Journal, p. 1965-1978, 2025

• DOI for Great debate: default duration of dual antiplatelet treatment after percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndrome should be 12 months

Intervention, improved prevention, imaging, inflammation, and innovation: the five I's cardiovascular highlights in EHJ Open 2024

Bäck, Magnus; Banach, Maciej; Braunschweig, Frieder; De Rosa, Salvatore et al.

Part of European Heart Journal Open, 2025

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Intra-Annular Self-Expanding or Balloon-Expandable Valves: The Multicenter International NAVULTRA Registry.

Cannata, Stefano; Sultan, Ibrahim; Van Mieghem, Nicolas; Giordano, Arturo et al.

Part of JACC, p. 1557-1568, 2025

• DOI for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Intra-Annular Self-Expanding or Balloon-Expandable Valves: The Multicenter International NAVULTRA Registry.

Prediction of adverse events after acute myocardial infarction: derivation and external validation of an extended CHA₂DS₂-VASc score model.

Carlsson, Lina; Leppert, Jerzy; Selmeryd, Jonas; Christersson, Christina et al.

Part of BMJ Open, 2025

• DOI for Prediction of adverse events after acute myocardial infarction: derivation and external validation of an extended CHA₂DS₂-VASc score model.

Genome-wide association study of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination

Cavalli, Marco; Eriksson, Niclas; Baron, Tomasz; Yalcinkaya, Ahmet et al.

Part of npj Vaccines, 2025

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High-sensitivity point-of-care measurement of cardiac troponin.

Cullen, Louise; Mair, Johannes; Hammarsten, Ola; Stengaard, Carsten et al.

Part of European Heart Journal, 2025

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Disrupting the Status Quo: Reimagining How We Use Troponin for Diagnosing Myocardial Infarction

Daniels, Lori B.; Peacock, W. Frank; Lindahl, Bertil; de Lemos, James A.

Part of Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2025

• DOI for Disrupting the Status Quo: Reimagining How We Use Troponin for Diagnosing Myocardial Infarction

Cardiac Troponin I and T Ratio and Risk of Cardiovascular or Non-Cardiovascular Events in a General Population

de Bakker, Marie; Welsh, Paul; Sattar, Naveed; Lindahl, Bertil et al.

Part of Clinical Chemistry, p. 599-608, 2025

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Uppsala University Hospital 2009-2023: outcomes and temporal trends

de Wilde, Elisa; Olivetti, Leonardo; James, Stefan; Christersson, Christina et al.

Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2025

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Collaboration on the optimal timing of anticoagulation after ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and prospective individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (CATALYST)

Dehbi, Hakim-Moulay; Fischer, Urs; Åsberg, Signild; Milling, Truman J. et al.

Part of The Lancet, p. 43-51, 2025

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Dellgren, Göran; Braun, Oscar; Björklund, Erik; Najjar, Emil et al.

Part of Läkartidningen, 2025

Risk Stratification in Acute Myocardial Infarction: From Triage Decision to Outcome Prediction.

Dharmakumar, Rohan; Boeddinghaus, Jasper; Daniels, Lori B; Mair, Johannes et al.

Part of European Heart Journal, 2025

• DOI for Risk Stratification in Acute Myocardial Infarction: From Triage Decision to Outcome Prediction.

GWAS and Replication Analysis of Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension.

Ebinger, Joseph E; Kauko, Anni; Vaura, Felix; Hage, Paul et al.

Part of Hypertension, 2025

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Associations between physical activity and CVD-related metabolomic and proteomic biomarkers

Ekblom, Örjan; Björkbacka, Harry; Börjesson, Mats; Ekblom-Bak, Elin et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2025

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Cangrelor During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock or Cardiac Arrest

Emilsson, Oskar Love; Mohammad, Moman A.; Grimfjärd, Per; Persson, Jonas et al.

Part of JACC, p. 853-862, 2025

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SGLT2 inhibitor or metformin as standard treatment in early-stage type 2 diabetes? Baseline data in SMARTEST, a novel, decentralised, register-based randomised trial on prevention of diabetic complications.

Eriksson, Jan W; Fanni, Giovanni; Lundqvist, Martin H; Jansson, Stefan et al.

Part of Diabetes, obesity and metabolism, 2025

• DOI for SGLT2 inhibitor or metformin as standard treatment in early-stage type 2 diabetes? Baseline data in SMARTEST, a novel, decentralised, register-based randomised trial on prevention of diabetic complications.

Cardiometabolic outcomes with dapagliflozin after myocardial infarction by baseline ejection fraction: DAPA-MI

Erlinge, David; James, Stefan; Deanfield, John; Eriksson, Niclas et al.

Part of ESC Heart Failure, 2025

• DOI for Cardiometabolic outcomes with dapagliflozin after myocardial infarction by baseline ejection fraction: DAPA-MI
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Lipoprotein(a), Cholesterol, Triglyceride Levels, and Vulnerable Coronary Plaques A PROSPECT II Substudy

Erlinge, David; Tsimikas, Sotirios; Maeng, Michael; Maehara, Akiko et al.

Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 2011-2024, 2025

• DOI for Lipoprotein(a), Cholesterol, Triglyceride Levels, and Vulnerable Coronary Plaques A PROSPECT II Substudy

Paclitaxel-coated versus uncoated devices for infrainguinal endovascular revascularisation in chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (SWEDEPAD 1): a multicentre, participant-masked, registry-based, randomised controlled trial.

Falkenberg, Mårten; James, Stefan; Andersson, Manne; Andersson, Mattias et al.

Part of The Lancet, p. 1103-1114, 2025

• DOI for Paclitaxel-coated versus uncoated devices for infrainguinal endovascular revascularisation in chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (SWEDEPAD 1): a multicentre, participant-masked, registry-based, randomised controlled trial.

Antiarrhythmic drug use in atrial fibrillation among different European countries - as determined by a physician survey

Fengsrud, Espen; Blomström-Lundqvist, Carina; Camm, A. John; Goette, Andreas et al.

Part of IJC Heart & Vasculature, 2025

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PASCAL Edge-to-Edge Repair in Atrial and Ventricular Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

Flachskampf, Frank

Part of JACC, p. 2033-2035, 2025

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Atrial functional mitral regurgitation: definition, features, and unknowns.

Flachskampf, Frank; Beyer, Ruxandra; Fehske, Wolfgang

Part of Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2025

• DOI for Atrial functional mitral regurgitation: definition, features, and unknowns.

Is This the Last Word of the Diastology Epic?

Flachskampf, Frank; Marwick, Thomas H

Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, 2025

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Recommended methodologies for clinical investigations of high-risk medical devices-Conclusions from the European Union CORE-MD Project

Fraser, Alan G.; Buccheri, Sergio; Byrne, Robert A.; Kjaersgaard-Andersen, Per et al.

Part of The Lancet Regional Health, 2025

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Relationships of hsCRP to High-Risk Vulnerable Plaque After NSTEMI Insights From the PROSPECT II Trial

Frobert, Ole; Stone, Gregg W.; Larsen, Alf Inge; Zhou, Zhipeng et al.

Part of JACC, p. 1217-1228, 2025

• DOI for Relationships of hsCRP to High-Risk Vulnerable Plaque After NSTEMI Insights From the PROSPECT II Trial

Autopsy results and factors associated with sudden cardiac death in young individuals with congenital heart disease - a nationwide study

Galos, Emma; Christersson, Christina; Baron, Tomasz; Svennblad, Bodil et al.

Part of Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, 2025

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AI-quantified epicardial adipose tissue and prediction of future myocardial infarction in patients with cardiometabolic disease: a post-hoc analysis from the SCOT-HEART trial.

Geers, Jolien; Manral, Nipun; Park, Caroline; Tomasino, Guadalupe Flores et al.

Part of Cardiovascular Diabetology, p. 403, 2025

• DOI for AI-quantified epicardial adipose tissue and prediction of future myocardial infarction in patients with cardiometabolic disease: a post-hoc analysis from the SCOT-HEART trial.

Passive leg raise echocardiography improves non-invasive diagnosis of HFpEF: A prospective validation against invasive hemodynamics

Gerovasileiou, Spyridon; Björklund, Erik; Wikström, Gerhard; Flachskampf, Frank

Part of European Heart Journal, Supplement, 2025

• DOI for Passive leg raise echocardiography improves non-invasive diagnosis of HFpEF: A prospective validation against invasive hemodynamics