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Original research

• Electrophysiological properties of the South Asian heart (28 November, 2018) Free

  James O´Neill, Muzahir Hassan Tayebjee
• Optimal duration and predictors of diagnostic utility of patient-activated ambulatory ECG monitoring (24 November, 2018) Free

  Eugene S J Tan, Swee-Chong Seow, Pipin Kojodjojo, Devinder Singh, Wee Tiong Yeo, Toon Wei Lim
• Cancer antigen-125 and outcomes in acute heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis (26 October, 2018) Free

  Ka Hou Christien Li, Mengqi Gong, Guangping Li, Adrian Baranchuk, Tong Liu, Martin C S Wong, Aaron Jesuthasan, Rachel W C Lai, Jenny Chi Ling Lai, Alex Pui Wai Lee, Antoni Bayés-Genis, Rafael de la Espriella, Juan Sanchis, William K K Wu, Gary Tse, Julio Nuñez, On behalf of International Health Informatics Study (IHIS) Network
• Association between apparent temperature and acute coronary syndrome admission in Rasht, Iran (22 October, 2018) Free

  Mohammad Taghi Moghadamnia, Ali Ardalan, Alireza Mesdaghinia, Kazem Naddafi, Mir Saeed Yekaninejad
• Economic burden of hospitalisation for congestive heart failure among adults in the Philippines (10 October, 2018) Free

  Bernadette A Tumanan-Mendoza, Victor L Mendoza, April Ann A Bermudez-Delos Santos, Felix Eduardo R Punzalan, Noemi S Pestano, Rudy Boy Natividad, Louie Alfred Shiu, Renelene Macabeo, Hilton Y Lam
• Epidemiology of in-hospital cardiac arrest in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2013–2015 (17 September, 2018)

  Faisal Aziz, Marilia Silva Paulo, Emad H Dababneh, Tom Loney
• Barriers and facilitators to treatment among patients with newly diagnosed hypertension in Nepal (31 August, 2018) Free

  Sachita Shrestha, Archana Shrestha, Rajendra P Koju, James P LoGerfo, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Nona Sotoodehnia, Annette L Fitzpatrick
• Audit of defibrillators at an urban public sector hospital (17 August, 2018) Free

  S’fisosikayise Madi, Feroza Motara, Callistus Enyuma, Abdullah Ebrahim Laher
• Incidence and predictors of 30-day mortality in patients with ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction (12 August, 2018) Free

  Akshyaya Pradhan, Nirdesh Jain, Salvatore Cassese, Pravesh Vishwakarma, Rishi Sethi, Sharad Chandra, Gaurav Chaudhary, Sudhanshu Kumar Dwivedi, Varun Shankar Narain
• Clinical implication of LAVI over A′ ratio in patients with acute coronary syndrome (28 June, 2018) Free

  Hideaki Matsuura, Akira Yamada, Kunihiko Sugimoto, Keiko Sugimoto, Masatsugu Iwase, Takashi Ishikawa, Junichi Ishii, Yukio Ozaki
• Inverse association of ApoB and HSP60 antibodies with coronary artery disease in Indian population (26 June, 2018) Free

  Thiruvelselvan Ponnusamy, Srikanth K Venkatachala, Manjunatha Ramanjappa, Vijay V Kakkar, Lakshmi A Mundkur
• Influence of comorbidities and clinical prediction model on neurological prognostication post out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (15 June, 2018) Free

  Weiting Huang, Gary Kuan Wee Teo, Jack Wei-Chieh Tan, Nur Shahidah Ahmad, Hwee Hong Koh, Marcus Eng Hock Ong
• Extended trans-septal versus left atrial approach in mitral valve surgery: 1017 patients’ experience

  (12 June, 2018) Free

  Syed Saleem Mujtaba, Stephen C Clark
• Impact of socioeconomic status on adverse cardiac events after coronary angioplasty: a cohort study (1 June, 2018) Free

  Hashir Kareem, Prasad Narayana Shetty, Tom Devasia, Yeshwanth Rao Karkala, Ganesh Paramasivam, Vasudev Guddattu, Ajit Singh, Sheetal Chauhan
• Validation of the American College of Surgeons Risk Calculator for preoperative risk stratification (17 May, 2018) Free

  Ma. Krizia Camille Yap, Kevin Francis Ang, Lea Arceli Gonzales-Porciuncula, Evelyn Esposo
• Cardiac events occurred commonly among apparently healthy Filipinos with the Brugada ECG pattern in the LIFECARE cohort (17 May, 2018) Free

  Giselle G Gervacio, Jaime Alfonso Manalo Aherrera, Rody G Sy, Lauro L Abrahan IV, Michael Joseph Agbayani, Felix Eduardo Punzalan, Elmer Jasper B Llanes, Paul Ferdinand M Reganit, Olivia T Sison, E Shyong Tai, Felicidad V Velandria, Allan Gumatay, Nina T Castillo-Carandang
• The development or worsening of hypertension after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) improves short-term and long-term patient outcomes (7 May, 2018) Free

  Brent J Klinkhammer, Cornelius M Dyke, Thomas A Haldis