Prognostic association of plasma NT-proBNP levels in patients with microvascular angina – A report from the international cohort study by COVADIS

Akira Suda Jun Takahashi Maike Schwidder Peter Ong Daniel Ang Colin Berry Paolo G. Camici Filippo Crea Juan-Carlos Kaski Carl Pepine Ornella Rimoldi Udo Sechtem Satoshi Yasuda John F. Beltrame C.Noel Bairey Merz Hiroaki Shimokawa on behalf of the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study COVADIS Group

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906722001889

Coronary Functional Abnormalities in Patients With Angina and Non obstructive Coronary Artery Disease

Authors: Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Kiyotaka Hao, Yoku Kikuchi, Tomohiko Shindo, Shohei Ikeda, Koichi Sato, Jun Sugisawa, Yasuharu, Matsumoto, Satoshi Miyata, Yasuhiko Sakata, Hiroaki Shimokawa. 

Lay summary: Various types of coronary microvascular dysfunctions (CMD), such as epicardial coronary artery spasm, reduced coronary flow reserve, and increased coronary microcirculatory resistance, are frequently overlapped even in the same patient with poor long-term prognosis.

https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.1056

Ref.: J Am CollCardiol. 2019;74(19):2350-2360.

Prognostic Links Between OCT-Delineated Coronary Morphologies and Coronary Functional Abnormalities in Patients With INOCA

Authors: Kensuke Nishimiya, Akira Suda, Kento Fukui, Kiyotaka Hao, Jun Takahashi, Yasuharu Matsumoto, Kiyoto Mitsuishi, Tasuku Watanabe, Kazuma Ohyama, Jun Sugisawa, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Koichi Satoh, Tomohiko Shindo Shigeo Godo, Yoku Kikuchi, Takashi Shiroto, Satoshi Yasuda, Hiroaki Shimokawa. 

Lay summary: OCT studies demonstrate that there are close links between coronary functional dysfunction and  coronary morphological changes.   

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936879820325012?via%3Dihub

Insights to advance our management of myocardial ischemia: From obstructive epicardial disease to functional coronary alterations

C. Noel Bairey Merz, John F. Beltrame, Colin Berry, William E. Boden, Paolo G. Camici, Filippo Crea, Judith S. Hochman, Juan Carlos Kaski, Patrick T. O’Gara, Peter Ong, Carl J. Pepine, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Udo Sechtem, Gregg W. Stone

Lay Summary – Improvement in the management of myocardial ischaemia

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahjo.2021.100060

Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with microvascular angina: an international and prospective cohort study by the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study (COVADIS) Group

Hiroaki Shimokawa, Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Colin Berry, Paolo G Camici, Filippo Crea, Javier Escaned, Tom Ford, Eric Yii, Juan Carlos Kaski, Takahiko Kiyooka, Puja K Mehta, Peter Ong, Yukio Ozaki, Carl Pepine, Ornella Rimoldi, Basmah Safdar, Udo Sechtem, Kenichi Tsujita, Satoshi Yasuda, John F Beltrame, C Noel Bairey Merz

Lay Summary – An in depth study by COVADIS on clinical characteristics and outcomes for patients with microvascular angina

https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab282

The Parallel Tales of Microvascular Angina and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Paradigm Shift

Filippo Crea, C Noel Bairey Merz, John F Beltrame, Juan-Carlos Kaski, Hisao Ogawa, Peter Ong, Udo Sechtem, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Paolo G Camici, Coronary Vasomotion Disorders International Study Group (COVADIS)
Lay Summary – Shows similarities in the lack of understanding in these two conditions
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/7/473/2422085

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

Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with microvascular angina: an international and prospective cohort study by the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study (COVADIS) Group

Hiroaki Shimokawa, Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Colin Berry, Paolo G Camici, Filippo Crea, Javier Escaned, Tom Ford, Eric Yii, Juan-Carlos Kaski, Takahiko Kiyooka, Puja K Mehta, Peter Ong, Yukio Ozaki, Carl Pepine, Ornella Rimoldi, Basmah Safdar, Udo Sechtem, Kenichi Tsujita, Satoshi Yasuda, John F Beltrame, C Noel Bairey Merz
Lay Summary – 2021 update on Microvascular Angina
European Heart Journal –
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab282