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• iCARDIO Alliance Global Implementation Guidelines for the Management of Obesity 2025 - Focus on prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic disease

  Stefan D. Anker, Linong Ji, Tammy Kindel, Andrew J.S. Coats, Dike Ojji, Adriana Puente Barragán, Peter Rossing, Shelley Zieroth, Shaaf Ahmad, Shariq Usman, Geeta Appannah, Alison L. Bailey, Ahmed Bennis, Andrea Brandao, Javed Butler, Melanie J. Davies, Lubomira Fabryova, Yuanlin Guo, Hidetaka Itoh, Uday M. Jadhav, Carel W. Le Roux, Fausto J. Pinto, Julio Rosenstock, Banshi Saboo, Hani Sabbour, Mangesh Tiwaskar, Karol E. Watson, Kwang Wei Tham, Fernando Stuardo Wyss Quintana, Walter P. Abhayaratna, William T. Abraham, Wael Al Mahmeed , Alessia Argirò, John J. Atherton, Danielle Belardo, Raquel Campuzano Ruiz, Nandini Chatterjee, Vijay Chopra, Marc-André Cornier, Sarah Davies, Clemencia de Rueda Panadero, Anastase Dzudie, Ty J. Gluckman, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Kamlesh Khunti, Yuri Lopatin, Zhiyi Ma, Okechukwu S. Ogah, Abraham Oomman, Emilio S. Peralta Lopez, Ping Li, Paul Poirier, Julie Redfern, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Donna Ryan, Amit Saraf, Sameh Shaheen, Subodh Verma, Stephan von Haehling, Yuhui Zhang, Martha Gulati, Naveed Sattar, José Luis Zamorano

  2025-09-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.86

  4782

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  Supplementary: 490

  Appendix: 415

• Obesity and left atrial function: state of the art

  Ahmed Mustafa Rashid, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Fawaz Alenezi, Stefan D. Anker, Fabian Knebel

  2026-03-31

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.96

  1132

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• Applicability of obesity clinical practice guidelines in low- and middle-income countries

  Shelley Zieroth, Fausto Pinto, Stefan D. Anker, William T. Abraham, John J. Atherton, Javed Butler, Vijay Chopra, Andrew J.S. Coats, Martha Gulati, Tammy L. Kindel, José Luis Zamorano, Yuhui Zhang, Linong Ji, Yann Colardelle, Richard B. Weiskopf

  2025-06-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.77

  1891

  PDF: 935

  Appendix: 342

  HTML: 64

• Is the obesity paradox present in left ventricular assist device recipients? A BMI-based analysis

  Saad Ahmed Waqas, Hibah Siddiqui, Faouzi Kallel, Shahzad Hassan

  2025-09-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.84

  488

  PDF: 511

  Supplementary: 257

  HTML: 68

• Treatment pathways in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity: perspectives from cardiology specialists and patients

  Javed Butler, Sanjiv J. Shah, Melissa Magwire, Carlos Campos, Muhammad Shariq Usman, Anthony Hoovler, Anup Sabharwal, Barry A. Borlaug

  2024-06-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.38

  2621

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  SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 411

  GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: 341

  HTML: 226

• Biological plausibility and implications of obesity associated valvular heart diseases

  Francesco Fioretti, Brian R. Lindman, Javed Butler

  2024-11-05

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.49

  3183

  PDF: 1030

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• Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and muscle: interpreting lean mass changes in clinical care

  Muhammad Sameer Arshad, Maaz Ali, Asad Ali Ahmed Cheema, Stefan D. Anker, Andrew J.S. Coats

  2026-03-31

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.101

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• Detection of early heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in metabolic syndrome patients detected as part of a national screening program in middle aged subjects

  Jelena Čelutkienė, Agnė Monika Jakštaitė, Jolita Badarienė, Svetlana Solovjova, Ieva Slivovskaja, Rokas Navickas, Edita Kazėnaitė, Egidija Rinkūnienė, Alma Čypienė, Jonas Misiūra, Ligita Ryliškytė, Aleksandras Laucevičius, Andrew J.S. Coats

  2023-12-29

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2023.3

  1914

  pdf: 480

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• Neck-to-height ratio in Bosnian university students according to the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines on hypertension classification

  Asija Začiragić, Marija Mikić, Amela Dervišević, Orhan Lepara, Nesina Avdagić, Nermina Babić, Almir Fajkić, Amina Valjevac

  2024-03-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.27

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• 2026 iCARDIO Alliance Global Implementation Guidelines on Heart Failure

  Vijay Chopra, William T. Abraham, Offer Amir, Stefan D. Anker, John J. Atherton, Fernando Bacal, Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben , Dulce Brito, Lucrecia Maria Burgos, Javed Butler, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Albertino Damasceno, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Ishaque Hameed, Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan, Anuradha Lala, Ileana L. Piña, Clara Saldarriaga, David Sim, John R. Teerlink, Nqoba Tsabedze, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Jing Yu, Yuhui Zhang, Mohammad Zubaid, Nikhil Balankhe, John G.F. Cleland, Gemma Figtree, Gerasimos Filippatos, Marat Fudim, Habib Gamra, Juan Esteban Gomez-Mesa, Martha Gulati, James L. Januzzi, Marvin A. Konstam, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Robert J. Mentz, Rhonda Monroe, Elijah Ogola, Fausto J. Pinto, Girish C. Rajadhyaksha, Carlos E. Ramos, Giuseppe Rosano, Victor Rossel, Naoki Sato, P. Christian Schulze, Andrew Sindone, Kadhim Sulaiman, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Harriette G.C. Van Spall, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Stephan von Haehling, Tzung-Dau Wang, Pepe Zamorano, Michael Böhm, Andrew J.S. Coats, Shelley Zieroth

  2026-08-24

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.117

  2739

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  APPENDIX: 134

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• Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and cardiovascular disease: a state-of-the-art review

  Aimen Shafiq, Ahmed Mustafa Rashid, Syed Raza Shah, Nicholas W.S. Chew, Wilhelm Haverkamp

  2026-04-10

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.94

  4656

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• What is new and what has changed in the 2026 Global Heart Failure Implementation Guidelines and why

  Vijay Chopra, William T. Abraham, Offer Amir, Stefan D. Anker, John J. Atherton, Fernando Bacal, Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, Dulce Brito, Lucrecia Maria Burgos, Javed Butler, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Albertino Damasceno, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Ishaque Hameed, Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan, Anuradha Lala, Ileana L. Piña, Clara Saldarriaga, David Sim , John R. Teerlink, Nqoba Tsabedze, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Jing Yu, Yuhui Zhang, Mohammad Zubaid, Nikhil Balankhe, John G.F. Cleland, Gemma Figtree, Gerasimos Filippatos, Marat Fudim, Habib Gamra, Juan Esteban Gomez-Mesa, Martha Gulati, James L. Januzzi, Marvin A. Konstam, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Robert J. Mentz, Rhonda Monroe, Elijah Ogola, Fausto J. Pinto, Girish C. Rajadhyaksha, Carlos E. Ramos, Giuseppe Rosano, Victor Rossel, Naoki Sato, P. Christian Schulze, Andrew Sindone, Kadhim Sulaiman, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Harriette G.C. Van Spall, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Stephan von Haehling, Tzung-Dau Wang, Pepe Zamorano, Michael Böhm, Andrew J.S. Coats, Shelley Zieroth

  2026-08-24

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.118

  829

  PDF: 563

  APPENDIX: 109

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• Global Cardiology issue highlights

  Andrew J.S. Coats

  2024-06-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.41

  3726

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• Carotid artery stenosis related mortality among older adults (>65 years): a retrospective analytical study

  Abu Huraira Bin Gulzar, Ayesha Ahmed Cheema, Hina Nadeem, Syed Sarmad Javaid, Wolfram Doehner, Hafsa Azam

  2026-06-05

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.103

  670

  PDF: 217

  SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 142

  HTML: 56

• Intervention options: depression and cardiovascular disease during COVID-19

  Eirini Flouda, Athena Stefanatou, Tinia Apergi

  2023-11-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2023.5

  2172

  pdf: 508

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• Evaluating serum galectin-3 binding protein as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a comparative study

  Arif Albulushi, Lama S. Alfehaid, Mosaad Alhussein, Amr Youssef

  2024-12-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.50

  2159

  PDF: 757

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• Aldosterone synthase inhibitors in cardio-renal diseases: a state-of-the-art review

  Muhammad Hamza Dawood, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Ahmed Mustafa Rashid, Wilhelm Haverkamp

  2025-12-31

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.91

  1125

  PDF: 772

  HTML: 151

• Elevated endostatin is associated with hypertension treatment, elevated high sensitivity C-reactive protein, increased waist-hip ratio, and attenuated kidney function, but not with age, in a middle-aged population

  Anders Larsson, Bertil Wegmann, Toralph Ruge, Joakim Alfredsson, Carl Johan Östgren, Tomas Lindahl

  2025-04-16

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.64

  3047

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• The association of iron deficiency with right ventricular dysfunction in Africans with heart failure

  Adeseye A. Akintunde, Sope T. Orugun

  2024-12-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.53

  3018

  PDF: 515

  Appendix B: 564

  Appendix A: 393

  HTML: 19

• Familial hypercholesterolemia: state-of-the-art

  Ahmed Kamal Siddiqi, Kumail Mustafa Ali, Rameen Shahid, Shamna Haris, Anandita Kulkarni, Iliyan Mithani, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan

  2026-06-29

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.102

  2051

  PDF: 1087

  HTML: 94

• iCARDIO Alliance Global Implementation Guidelines on Ischemic Heart Disease 2026

  Fausto J. Pinto, Martha Gulati, Daniel Caldeira, Clara K. Chow, Luis Henrique Wolff Gowdak, Dipti Itchhaporia, Abdulla Shehab, Gurpreet Singh Wander, Beth L. Abramson, Takashi Akasaka, Giuseppe Ambrosio, Alexandra Arias-Mendoza, Otavio Berwanger, Anastase Dzudie, Evangelos Giannitsis, Rania Hammami, Neil Johnson, Vijay Kunadian, Renato D. Lopes, Athanasios Manolis, Girish Mathur, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Ana Salvati, Gregg W. Stone, Jean-Claude Tardif, Ping Xie, Jian Zhang, Mohammad Zubaid, William T. Abraham, Wael Abuzeid, Rasha AlBawardy, Thomas Alexander , Stefan D. Anker , John J. Atherton, Andrea Baer, Rakesh Bhadade, William E. Boden, Gabriela Borrayo Sanchez, Javed Butler, Edina Cenko, Edith H. Chavez , Vijay Chopra, Andrew J.S. Coats, Marcelo Di Carli, Jianzeng Dong, Jan Fedacko, Gerasimos Filippatos, Abdoul Kane, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Pablos Lamelas, Michael Lee, Haroldo Lopez, Angela H.E.M. Maas, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Pat O’Donnell, Gian Piero Perna, Miguel Quintana, Bagirath Raghuraman, Ruchit Shah, Vladimir Ullauri, Sarah Zaman, Jose Luis Zamorano, Yuhui Zhang, Sheng-hua Zhou, Shelley Zieroth, Rod Zimmermann, Habib Gamra, Maria Ines Sosa Liprandi, Juan-Carlos Kaski

  2026-08-24

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.112

  1779

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  APPENDIX: 153

  HTML: 36

• Safety of discontinuing oral anticoagulation after atrial fibrillation ablation: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

  Asad Ali Ahmed Cheema, Ayesha Ahmed Cheema, Azka Shahab, Sara Sohail, Ali Mithani, Muhammad Talha Ayub, Oliviana Geavlete, Markus S. Anker, Wilhelm Haverkamp

  2026-08-21

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.115

  265

  PDF: 128

  SUPPLEMENTARY FILES: 37

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• Screening, diagnosis and management of carotid artery stenosis: a state-of-the-art review

  Ahmed Kamal Siddiqi, Safi U. Khan, Iliyan Mithani, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan

  2026-08-21

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.113

  400

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• Epidemiology of peripartum cardiomyopathy in Africa

  Kamilu M. Karaye, Abdulrazaq G. Habib, Karen Sliwa

  2024-06-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.31

  3011

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• Clinical profiles and short-term outcomes of women with peripartum and dilated cardiomyopathies

  Babalawan Muhammad, Naser A. Ishaq, Kamilu M. Karaye

  2024-11-05

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.42

  2395

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• The muscle hypothesis of shortness of breath in patients with cachexia

  Stefan D. Anker, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Laibah Arshad Khan, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Maurizio Volterrani, Mitja Lainscak, Piotr Ponikowski, Andrew J.S. Coats

  2024-12-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.57

  3904

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• Sex differences in clinical characteristics and outcomes in heart failure with mildly reduced and preserved ejection fraction

  Christian Basile, Stefan D. Anker, Gianluigi Savarese

  2025-07-16

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.76

  1072

  PDF: 430

  Supplementary: 237

  Appendix: 259

  HTML: 78

• Using multiple primary endpoints in clinical trials with a focus on heart failure

  Stefan D. Anker, Javed Butler, Khawaja M. Talha, Tim Friede

  2024-06-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.33

  6649

  PDF: 1029

  HTML: 461

• Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in heart failure with preserved (and mildly reduced) ejection fraction: a comparative review of spironolactone and finerenone

  Hafsa Azam, Syed Sarmad Javaid, Mahir Karakas

  2026-07-06

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2026.110

  389

  PDF: 220

  HTML: 33

• Sex-based differences in characteristics, management, and outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

  Christian Basile, Stefan D. Anker, Gianluigi Savarese

  2025-06-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.73

  1203

  PDF: 471

  Supplementary: 274

  Appendix: 207

  HTML: 159

• Aortic valve replacement in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. A focused review

  Aimen Shafiq, Rohan Dev Trehan, Mitja Lainscak, Sanjeev Trehan

  2025-12-31

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.93

  624

  PDF: 315

  HTML: 68

• Iron deficiency in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: rationale and design of the FAIR-HFpEF trial

  Stephan von Haehling, Wolfram Doehner, Ruben Evertz, Tania Garfias-Veitl, Monika Diek, Mahir Karakas, Ralf Birkemeyer, Gerasimos Fillippatos, Piotr Ponikowski, Michael Böhm, Tim Friede, Stefan D. Anker

  2023-12-27

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2023.15

  3069

  pdf: 945

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• The impact of frailty on in-hospital outcomes in patients with HFrEF

  Saad Ahmed Waqas, Taimor Mohammed Khan, Ahmed Kamal Siddiqi, Shahzad Hassan, Stefan D. Anker

  2025-12-17

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.88

  764

  PDF: 354

  Supplementary: 138

  HTML: 36

• Bibliometric analysis of cardiovascular disease research activity in the Arab world

  Hussein H. Khachfe, Marwan M. Refaat

  2024-06-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.34

  2411

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• Rationale and design for the peripartum cardiomyopathy in Nigeria (PEACE) registry

  Kamilu M. Karaye, Idris Y. Mohammed, Okechukwu S. Ogah, Basil N. Okeahialam

  2023-11-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2023.4

  1300

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  The effect of sauna on cardiac and skeletal muscle function in patients with HFpEF (SAUNA-HFpEF): rationale and design

  Tarek Bekfani, Kris G. Vargas, Flor Gomez, Alexander Schmeisser, Ruediger C. Braun-Dullaeus

  2025-06-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.67

  3276

  PDF: 718

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• The Global Implementation Guidelines Initiative: how to optimize cardio-renal-metabolic care worldwide

  Fausto J. Pinto, Stefan D. Anker, William T. Abraham, John J. Atherton, Javed Butler, Vijay Chopra, Andrew J.S. Coats, Yann Colardelle, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Veronica Dean, Gerasimos Filippatos, Martha Gulati, Julio Rosenstock, John Teerlink, Subodh Verma, Jose Luis Zamorano, Yuhui Zhang, Shelley Zieroth

  2025-04-16

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.68

  5011

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  Appendix: 562

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• The impact of diurnal fasting during Ramadan on patients with established cardiac disease: a systematic review

  Marwan M. Refaat, Nadim El Jamal, Hebah M. El-Rayess, Anthony Gebran, Amar M. Salam

  2024-06-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.32

  3594

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• Demographic and regional trends of heart failure and cachexia-related mortality among older adults in the United States, from 1999 to 2020

  Ishaque Hameed, Muhammad Nashit, Zahra Quettawala Mufaddal, Syed Sarmad Javaid, Muhammad Hanif

  2025-09-19

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.83

  722

  PDF: 537

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• Depression, health-related quality of life and life satisfaction in patients with heart failure

  Natasa Sedlar Kobe, Daniel Omersa, Mitja Lainscak, Jerneja Farkas

  2024-11-05

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2024.47

  3342

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• Cardiac wasting in patients with advanced cancer: state of the art review

  Laibah Arshad Khan, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Rania Usman Latif, Markus S. Anker

  2025-04-16

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.65

  3118

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• Advancements in transcatheter tricuspid valve repair and replacement: a state-of-the-art review with echocardiographic outcomes

  Asad Gul Rao, Syed Sarmad Javaid, Ahmed Mustafa Rashid, Fawaz Alenezi

  2025-09-15

  https://doi.org/10.4081/cardio.2025.81

  1638

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