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

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

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