Cardiologists' attitudes on communication about prognosis with heart failure patients by Martje H.L. van derWal, Lisa Hjelmfors, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma

“…The patient's own cardiologist, another cardiologist, the HF nurse, or the general practitioner could discuss this with the patient. …”
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Contemporary Management of Patent Foramen Ovale: A Multinational Survey on Cardiologists’ Perspective by Maciej Dębski, Amr Abdelrahman, Halia Alshehri, Marloe Prince, Andrew Wiper, Shajil Chalil, Dariusz Dudek, Christopher J. White, David Hildick-Smith, David H. Roberts

“…The purpose of our survey is to analyze the clinical approach used by interventional and imaging cardiologists to diagnose, treat, and follow-up patients with PFO-related left circulation thromboembolism in different parts of the world with particular emphasis on adherence to current guidelines. …”
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Esophageal Electrical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation: When Esophagus Gives a Help to Cardiologists by Luca Santini, Giovanni B. Forleo, Francesco Romeo

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Contemporary Management of Patients With Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Bolivia by Evan Czulada, BS, Sascha Bercovitch, BA, Yazan Alshawkani, MD, Natalia Noya Weise, MD, Adriana E. Hernani Rodrigo, BS, Ronald Gustavo Durán Saucedo, MD, Marcelo Buhezo Chamón, MD, Robert H. Gilman, MD, David T. Martin, MD

“…Methods: Cardiologists were recruited through the national cardiologist directory. …”
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Coronary artery abnormalities in pediatric patients: classification. by José Jesús García Mendiola

“…Due to the importance of this topic for cardiologists and specifically to pediatric cardiologists, this bibliographical revision about abnormalities classification is carried out. …”
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Intermittent Short Atrioventricular Delay in a Dual Chamber Pacemaker During Acute Pulmonary Edema by Ravi Vazirani, Miriam García Cocera, David Calvo

“…The behavior was consistent with the programmed Window of Atrial Rate Acceleration Detection (WARAD) and did not require further parameter modifications. As most cardiologists and emergency department physicians are not familiar with brand‐specific algorithms, we believe that this case report will make these noncompetitive atrial pacing algorithms more accessible to non‐cardiologists.…”
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Incidence, Characteristics, and Management of Patients with Recurrent Myocardial Infarctions: Insights from the EYESHOT POST-MI by Leonardo De Luca, Furio Colivicchi, Domenico Gabrielli, Donata Lucci, Gabriele Grippo, Francesco Piemonte, Bruno Villari, Andrea Di Lenarda, Fabrizio Oliva, Michele Massimo Gulizia

“…The EYESHOT post-MI was a prospective, observational, nationwide study aimed to evaluate the management of patients presenting to cardiologists 1 to 3 years from the last MI event. In 3 months of enrolment, 165 Italian cardiology centers included 1633 consecutive post-MI patients. …”
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A Deep Learning Approach to Classify Fabry Cardiomyopathy from Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Cine Imaging on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance by Wei-Wen Chen, Ling Kuo, Yi-Xun Lin, Wen-Chung Yu, Chien-Chao Tseng, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Ching-Chun Huang, Shih-Lin Chang, Jacky Chung-Hao Wu, Chun-Ku Chen, Ching-Yao Weng, Siwa Chan, Wei-Wen Lin, Yu-Cheng Hsieh, Ming-Chih Lin, Yun-Ching Fu, Tsung Chen, Shih-Ann Chen, Henry Horng-Shing Lu

“…The reliance on imaging techniques often requires the expertise of multiple specialists, including cardiologists, radiologists, and geneticists. This variability in the interpretation and classification of LVH leads to inconsistent diagnoses. …”
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Perceptions of Cardiovascular Healthcare Professionals Regarding Clinical Trials: A Survey-Based Study from the Middle East by Zainab Atiyah Dakhil, Hasan Ali Farhan, Mohammed Dheyaa Marsool, Mohammed Saad Qasim, Michele Peters, Jose Leal

“…There is a lack of data on insights of cardiologists in these countries regarding conducting and participating in clinical trials. …”
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Early detection of myocarditis caused by immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy with nivolumab and ipilimumab for advanced recurrent renal cell carcinoma by Maki Todo, Yodo Gatate, Shintaro Nakano, Go Kaneko, Masayuki Hagiwara, Takayuki Takahashi, Yuta Umezawa, Genji Ueda, Shiho Ishikawa, Yoshinori Makino, Masafumi Oyama, Suguru Shirotake

“…Patients suspected of having myocarditis consulted with cardiologists. Myocarditis due to this therapy was detected in 5 of the 86 patients (5.8%) assessed using the European Society of Cardiology 2022 guidelines. …”
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Takayasu arteritis by N.V. Bortnyak, O.A. Yepanchintseva, A.V. Khokhlov, B.M. Todurov

“…Despite its low prevalence, Takayasu arteritis deserves close attention for therapists, cardiologists, rheumatologists and angiosurgeons. This article presents classifications, features of the clinical course of the disease, possibilities of the visualization diagnosis of the lesions of arteries, assessment of the disease activity. …”
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Point-of-Care Cardiac Ultrasound Training Programme: Experience from the University Hospital Hradec Králové by Petr Grenar, Jiří Nový, Karel Mědílek, Martin Jakl

“…In cooperation with cardiologists specialised in cardiac ultrasound (ECHO), an extended acute echo protocol dedicated to emergency department physicians was developed and validated in daily practice. …”
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Severe Hyponatremia-Induced Stress Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Irushna Perera, Sanjeewa Rajapakse, Shamila T. De Silva

“…The list of potential triggers continues to grow as the disorder is increasingly detected by clinicians and cardiologists, with better clinical insight and improved availability of cardiac investigations. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Fetal and Pediatric Echocardiography by Alan Wang, Tam T. Doan, Charitha Reddy, Pei-Ni Jone

“…However, operator variability, complex image interpretation, and lack of experienced sonographers and cardiologists in certain regions are the main limitations existing in fetal and pediatric echocardiography. …”
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Undocumented immigrants and advanced heart failure therapies by Matthew Kogan, Sarah L. Kimball, Katherine Purrington, Jennifer Cedor, Omar K. Siddiqi, MD

“…The survey conducted among cardiologists at Massachusetts teaching hospitals revealed that while most providers (82.5%) refer patients with undocumented status for advanced therapies, a significant percentage (87.5%) that still perceive immigration status as a barrier to transplantation. …”
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An Extremely Rare Presentation of Four Coronary Anomaly Patterns Originating from the Right Coronary Sinus by Nabil Braiteh, Wajeeh Rehman, Wajiha Ali, Owais Ahmed

“…When CAAs are diagnosed, it is of utmost importance for cardiologists to do further imaging and workup that might include a stress test to be able to offer patients the best management options.…”
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Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes by Takashi Kubo, Yasushi Ino, Takashi Tanimoto, Hironori Kitabata, Atsushi Tanaka, Takashi Akasaka

“…With its ability to view atherosclerotic lesions in vivo with such high resolution, OCT provides cardiologists with the tool they need to better understand the thrombosis-prone vulnerable plaques and acute coronary syndromes. …”
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Patient-Specific Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Segments of ECG Signals using Deep Neural Networks by Jeyson A. Castillo, Yenny C. Granados, Carlos Augusto Fajardo Ariza

“…Due to its paroxysmal nature, the detection of AF requires the evaluation, by a cardiologist, of long-term ECG signals. In Colombia, it is difficult to have access to an early diagnosis of AF because of the associated costs to the detection and the geographical distribution of cardiologists. …”
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Vascular cytoprotection, autoimmune disease, and premature atherosclerosis by Justin C Mason

“…Similarly, close liaison between rheumatologists and cardiologists is essential to minimize the cardiovascular impact on patients and to ensure that patients with rheumatic disease and coexistent coronary heart disease receive appropriate therapy. …”
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Management of Non-A Non-B Aortic Dissection: A Narrative Review by Joseph Kletzer, Stoyan Kondov, Aleksandar Dimov, Victoria Werdecker, Martin Czerny, Maximilian Kreibich, Tim Berger

“…Non-A non-B aortic dissection remains a complex and controversial topic in cardiovascular management, eliciting varied approaches among cardiologists and surgeons. Due to the limited evidence surrounding this condition, existing guidelines are limited in the complexity of their recommendations. …”
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