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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many CDT authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

New Impact Factor for Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy : 2.1

We are pleased to announce that Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (CDT) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 2.1.

We strive to follow the best practices in publishing. The announcement of the journal’s latest impact factor is not only a significant achievement for the journal but also strengthens our commitment to further advance our journal. We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our Editorial Team Members, Guest Editors, authors, reviewers and readers for their significant contributions.

Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.9

We are pleased to announce that the Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (CDT) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.9, ranking 124 out of 387 journals in the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, CDT reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

2023 Annual Report of CDT

Greetings from Prof. Paul Schoenhagen and Editorial Office of CDT!

We are glad to present the 2023 Annual Report of CDT here. In 2023, CDT has made great progress under the join-efforts of experts worldwide. In 2023, the impact factor of CDT is 2.4. The yearly citations of CDT is 1873 in the past 2023. More information is shown in the Annual Report.

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Ultra-fast-track cardiac anesthesia in minimally invasive cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study

Tian Jiang, Li-Xin Wang, Hao-Kang Teng, Lin-Ting Xu, Xiao-Kan Lou, Yu Wang, Han-Wei Wei, Mei-Juan Yan

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Prevalence and predictors of right ventricular dysfunction among adults living with HIV in northwest Nigeria

Shehu A. Kana, Rukayya S. Alkassim, Aishatu L. Adamu, Ibrahim Y. Ibrahim, Bryan E. Shepherd, Mahmoud U. Sani, C. William Wester, Muktar H. Aliyu

PDF Pages: 753-770 Full Text (165) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Associations between daytime napping, sleep duration, and depression and 15 cardiovascular diseases: a Mendelian randomization study

Yilin Li, Parveen K. Garg, Jing Wu

PDF Pages: 771-787 Full Text (296) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Artificial intelligence machine learning based evaluation of elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure: a Cleveland Clinic cohort study

Bo Xu, Michelle Z. Fang, Yadi Zhou, Krishna Sanaka, Lars G. Svensson, Richard A. Grimm, Brian P. Griffin, Zoran B. Popovic, Feixiong Cheng

PDF Pages: 788-797 Full Text (288) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Role of STK38L in atrial fibrillation-associated myocardial fibrosis: findings from RNA-seq analysis

Yu Zhang, Ru Zhang, Xiaochen Wang, Sihua Fang, Bangning Wang

PDF Pages: 798-809 Full Text (170) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of educational intervention and pedometer-based self-monitoring on physical activity levels in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Maria Wieteska-Miłek, Piotr Zieliński, Michał Florczyk, Sebastian Szmit, Bogna Rajewska, Marcin Kurzyna

PDF Pages: 810-820 Full Text (319) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Mediating effect of health literacy on social support and self-care ability in older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary stent implantation

Li Yao, Fuhong Wu, Hua Mu, Xinli Wang, Juan Liu, Hongyan Lu

PDF Pages: 821-831 Full Text (136) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The transcription factor PPARA mediates SIRT1 regulation of NCOR1 to protect damaged heart cells

Min Wang, Fang Zhou, Yuntao Luo, Xu Deng, Xinyu Chen, Qin Yi

PDF Pages: 832-847 Full Text (227) Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

L-shaped association between gamma-glutamyl transferase-to-albumin ratio and dabigatran-related bleeding in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients: a multicenter cohort study

Chao Yu, Tao Wang, Lingjuan Zhu, Wei Zhou, Huihui Bao, Xiaoshu Cheng

PDF Pages: 848-858 Full Text (163) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The efficacy, safety, and related factors of bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis with subgroup analysis

Yinghui Tao, Jiaying Li, Ruisi Su, Minhui Zhou, Haonan Zhu, Zhichao Sun

PDF Pages: 859-877 Full Text (232) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of leadless ventricular pacemaker: a single-center retrospective observational study

Lin Yan, Lin Ling, Yumeng Song, Tingbo Jiang

PDF Pages: 878-889 Full Text (196) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The effect of aortic morphology on perioperative rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm—a retrospective cohort study

Zhang Cheng, Liying Ma, Xinghan Zhao, Ruihai Wang

PDF Pages: 890-898 Full Text (118) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography for the long-term outcomes in kidney transplant candidates

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PDF Pages: 899-910 Full Text (111) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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Review Article

Pulmonary hypertension in adults with congenital heart defects (ACHDs) in light of the 2022 ESC PAH guidelines—part II: supportive therapy, special situations (pregnancy, contraception, non-cardiac surgery), targeted pharmacotherapy, organ transplantation, special management (shunt lesion, left ventricular disease, univentricular hearts), interventions, intensive care, ACHD follow-up, future perspective

Harald Kaemmerer, Gerhard Paul Diller, Ingo Dähnert, Stephan Achenbach, Christina A. Eichstaedt, Andreas Eicken, Annika Freiberger, Sebastian Freilinger, Ralf Geiger, Matthias Gorenflo, Ekkehard Grünig, Alfred Hager, Michael Huntgeburth, Ann-Sophie Kaemmerer-Suleiman, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Astrid E. Lammers, Nicole Nagdyman, Sebastian Michel, Kai Helge Schmidt, Mathieu Suleiman, Anselm Uebing, Fabian von Scheidt, Ulrike Herberg, Christian Apitz

PDF Pages: 921-934 Full Text (279) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pulmonary hypertension in adults with congenital heart defects (ACHDs)—in light of the 2022 ESC PAH guidelines—part I: definition, epidemiology, classification, diagnostics, genetics, risk stratification and follow-up, gender aspects

PDF Pages: 935-948 Full Text (240) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Three-dimensional optical coherence tomography for guidance of percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary bifurcation disease: a review of current clinical applications

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PDF Pages: 949-957 Full Text (155) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Secondary mitral regurgitation surgical management: a narrative review

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PDF Pages: 958-973 Full Text (127) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report

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PDF Pages: 974-981 Full Text (Video) (207) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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Review Article

Cardiac rehabilitation past, present and future: an overview

Warner M. Mampuya

Published online: 22 March 2012

PDF Pages: 38-49 Full Text (96279) Chinese (4419) Open Access

Review Article

Pulmonary vascular anatomy & anatomical variants

Asha Kandathil, Murthy Chamarthy

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PDF Pages: 201-207 Full Text (92478) Open Access

Review Article on Heart Failure in the Young and Old: Insights into Various Therapies

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Robert H. G. Schwinger

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PDF Pages: 263-276 Full Text (86664) COI Form Open Access

Editorial

Grading aortic stenosis severity when the flow modifies the gradientvalve area correlation

Patrizio Lancellotti

Published online: 22 March 2012

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Review Article

Deep vein thrombosis: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and medical management

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Published online: 21 December 2017

PDF Pages: S276-S284 Full Text (73402) Open Access

Review Article

Low gradient "severe" aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular ojection fraction

Alper Ozkan

Published online: 22 March 2012

PDF Pages: 19-27 Full Text (66867) Chinese (4244) Open Access

Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging

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George Youssef, Matthew J. Budoff

Published online: 27 June 2012

PDF Pages: 94-105 Full Text (65202) Chinese (4653) Open Access

Review Article

The coronary slow flow phenomenon: characteristics, mechanisms and implications

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Published online: 09 December 2011

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Original Article

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Published online: 30 October 2014

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Review Article

Echocardiographic Guidance for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Percutaneous Procedures

Cam Tu Nguyen, Eunice Lee, Huai Luo, Robert J Siegel

Published online: 09 December 2011

PDF Pages: 11-36 Full Text (44432) Chinese (4532) Open Access

Review Article

Imaging of acute pulmonary embolism: an update

Alastair J. E. Moore, Jason Wachsmann, Murthy R. Chamarthy, Lloyd Panjikaran, Yuki Tanabe, Prabhakar Rajiah

Published online: 27 June 2018

PDF Pages: 225-243 Full Text (44017) Open Access

Review Article

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Published online: 23 April 2014

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Cardiac biomarkers: New tools for heart failure management

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Published online: 27 June 2012

PDF Pages: 147-164 Full Text (35234) Chinese (3634) Open Access

Review Article

Computed tomography in the evaluation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

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Published online: 09 December 2011

PDF Pages: 44-56 Full Text (Video) (34457) Chinese (4409) Open Access

Original Article

Type 2 versus type 1 myocardial infarction: a comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes with a meta-analysis of observational studies

Sonu Gupta, Satyanarayana R. Vaidya, Sameer Arora, Amol Bahekar, Santhosh R. Devarapally

Published online: 29 August 2017

PDF Pages: 348-358 Full Text (29823) Open Access

Review Article on Impact of Cardiac CT in Clinical Practice

Cardiac CT angiography: normal and pathological anatomical features—a narrative review

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Published online: 17 December 2020

PDF Pages: 1918-1945 Full Text (29374) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Coronary CT angiography with prospective ECG-triggering: an effective alternative to invasive coronary angiography

Zhonghua Sun

Published online: 22 March 2012

PDF Pages: 28-37 Full Text (29198) Chinese (4109) Open Access

Review Article

Congenital anomalies of the aortic arch

Sarv Priya, Richard Thomas, Prashant Nagpal, Arun Sharma, Michael Steigner

Published online: 13 April 2018

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Original Article

Risk factors of prolonged mechanical ventilation following open heart surgery: what has changed over the last decade?

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Published online: 05 September 2012

PDF Pages: 192-199 Full Text (28576) Chinese (2815) Open Access

Review Articles

Aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: mechanisms and implications

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Published online: 05 March 2013

PDF Pages: 15-22 Full Text (28415) Chinese (3380) Open Access

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Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (CDT) is an open access, peer-reviewed, international English-language journal indexed by PubMed/PubMed Central and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). The journal publishes manuscripts that describe novel findings in the diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular diseases including contributions related to clinical cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, public heath, nursing, sociology, human genetics, basic sciences, education, and the environment.