Cardiovascular issues in women: expanding diversity in medicine
Thomas F Lüscher
Lay Summary – Discusses gender bias in Cardiac research, testing and management
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/40/47/3807/5675348
Ubiquitous yet unseen: microvascular endothelial dysfunction beyond the heart
Michael T Corban, Lilach O Lerman, Amir Lerman
Lay Summary – Discusses if Endothelial Dysfunction could be in other parts of the body.
http://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/39/46/4098/5079860
Diagnosis of patients with angina and non-obstructive coronary disease in the catheter laboratory
Haseeb Rahman, David Corcoran, Muhammad Aetesam-ur-Rahman, Stephen P Hoole, Colin Berry, Divaka Perera.
Lay Summary – Defining the specific type of CMVD in patients can improve management
https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/20/1536
Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA): Developing Evidence-based Therapies and Research Agenda for the Next Decade
C. Noel Bairey Merz, Carl J Pepine, Mary Norine Walsh, Jerome L Fleg
Lay Summary – Discusses the current understanding of INOCA (2017) and the need for future trials and effective therapies
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385930
International standardization of diagnostic criteria for microvascular angina
Peter Ong, Paolo G. Camici, John F Beltrame, Filippo Crea, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Udo Sechtem, Juan-Carlos Kaski, C. Noel Bairey Merz
Lay Summary – Defines standard criteria to investigate & diagnose microvascular angina
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319612722_International_standardization_of_diagnostic_criteria_for_microvascular_angina
The expanding spectrum of acute coronary syndromes: from STEMI to coronary dissection and Takotsubo syndrome
Professor Thomas F Lüscher
Lay Summary – What the term Acute Coronary Syndrome should now include.
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/40/15/1169/5450090
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
The Who, What, Why, When, How and Where of Vasospastic Angina
John F. Beltrame, Filippo Crea, Juan Carlos Kaski, Hisao Ogawa, Peter Ong, Udo Sechtem, Hiroaki Shimokawa, C. Noel Bairey Merz
Lay Summary – Detailed information on Coronary Artery Spasm
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/80/2/80_CJ-15-1202/_html