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Cardiovascular disease in women: insights from magnetic resonance imaging

Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Ellen Ostenfeld, Lauren A Baldassarre, Vanessa M Ferreira, Luba Frank, Kimberly Kallianos , Subha V Raman , Monvadi B Srichai , Elisa McAlindon, Sophie Mavrogeni, Ntobeko A B Ntusi , Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Anne Marie Valente , Karen G Ordovas
Lay Summary – Discusses the use of MRI scanning in women’s heart disease.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32981527/

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International Expert Consensus Document on Takotsubo Syndrome (Part I): Clinical Characteristics, Diagnostic Criteria, and Pathophysiology

Jelena-Rima Ghadri, Ilan Shor Wittstein, Abhiram Prasad, Scott Sharkey, Keigo Dote, Yoshihiro John Akashi, Victoria Lucia Cammann, Filippo Crea, Leonarda Galiuto, Walter Desmet, Tetsuro Yoshida, Roberto Manfredini, Ingo Eitel, Masami Koguge, Holger M Nef, Abhishek Deshmukh, Amir Lerman, Eduardo Bossone, Rodolfo Citro, Takashi Ueyama, Domenico Corrado, Satoshi Kurisu, Frank Ruschitzka, David Winchester, Alexander R Lyon, Elmir Omerovic, Jereon J Bax, Patrick Meimoun, Giusessp Tarantini, Charanjit Rihal, Shams Y- Hassan, Federico Migliore, John D Horowitz, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Thomas Felix Lüscher and Christian Templin.
Lay Summary – Discusses diagnostic workup, outcome, and management in Takotsubo and makes recommendations for optimal care.
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/39/22/2047/5025411

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Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Jacqueline E Tamis- Holland, Hani Jneid, Harmony R Reynolds, Stefan Agewall, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Todd M Brown, Amir Lerman, Mary Cushman, Dharam J Kumbhani, Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren, Ann F Bolger, John F Beltrame and on behalf of the American Hert Association Interventional Cardiovascular Cre Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascualr and StrokeNursing; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research.
Lay Summary – How to diagnose and treat patients who have had a heart attack but who do not have blocked up arteries.
http://Www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000670

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2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes: The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology

Juhani Knuuti, William Wijns, Antti Saraste, Davide Capodanno, Emanuele Barbato, Christian Funck-Brentano, Eva Prescott, Robert F Storey, Christi Deaton, Thomas Cuisset, Stefan Agewall, Kenneth Dickstein, Thor Edvardsen, Javier Escaned, Bernard J Gersh, Pavel Svitil, Martine Gilard, David Hasdai, Robert Hatala, Felix Mahfoud, Josep Masip, Caludio Muneretto,Marco Valgimigli, Stephen Achenbach, Jeroen J Bax, ESC Scientific Document Group
Lay Summary – Updating the guidance on how to diagnose and treat various forms of Heart Disease
http://www.academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/41/3/407/5556137#