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Original research

• Statin adherence and persistence on secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Taiwan (2 September, 2019)

  Wen-Yi Shau, Chao-Lun Lai, Shih-Ting Huang, Shu-Ting Chen, Jim Z Li, Selwyn Fung, Vicki C Tse, Mei-Shu Lai
• Association of school hours with outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in schoolchildren (19 August, 2019)

  Akira Yamashita, Hisanori Kurosaki, Kohei Takada, Yoshio Tanaka, Yoshitaka Hamada, Tetsuya Ishita, Minoru Kubo, Hideo Inaba
• Anaesthesia use in catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies (14 August, 2019) Free

  Ka Hou Christien Li, Tian Sang, Cheng Chan, Mengqi Gong, Yingzhi Liu, Aaron Jesuthasan, Guangping Li, Tong Liu, Michael H S Lam, William KK Wu, Matthew T V Chan, Fang-zhou Liu, Cheng Chen, Jeffery Ho, Yunlong Xia, Gary Tse
• Transmitral inflow wave and progression from paroxysmal to permanent atrial fibrillation in Asian people (26 June, 2019)

  Takashi Nakagawa, Hisao Hara, Masaya Yamamoto, Yumi Matsushita, Yukio Hiroi
• Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability and agreement of echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease using the World Heart Federation evidence-based criteria (24 June, 2019)

  Bo Remenyi, Jonathan Carapetis, John W Stirling, Beatrice Ferreira, Krishnan Kumar, John Lawrenson, Eloi Marijon, Mariana Mirabel, A O Mocumbi, Cleonice Mota, John Paar, Anita Saxena, Janet Scheel, Satu Viali, I B Vijayalakshmi, Gavin R Wheaton, Liesl Zuhlke, Karishma Sidhu, Eliazar Dimalapang, Thomas L Gentles, Nigel J Wilson
• The influence of frailty under direct oral anticoagulant use in patients with atrial fibrillation (21 June, 2019)

  Takashi Yamamoto, Kentaro Yamashita, Kiichi Miyamae, Yuichiro Koyama, Masataka Izumimoto, Yoshihiro Kamimura, Satoko Hayakawa, Kazutaka Mori, Takaaki Yamada, Yasushi Tomita, Toyoaki Murohara
• Severe adverse events following benzathine penicillin G injection for rheumatic heart disease prophylaxis: cardiac compromise more likely than anaphylaxis (20 June, 2019)

  Shannon Marantelli, Robert Hand, Jonathan Carapetis, Andrea Beaton, Rosemary Wyber
• Effects of heat stroke on surface ECG: a study on clinical outcomes (19 June, 2019)

  Amal Paul, Reginald Alex, John Roshan Jacob, Bijesh Yadav
• Cardiovascular outcomes of early versus delayed coronary intervention in low to intermediate-risk patients with STEMI in Thailand: a randomised trial (12 June, 2019)

  Yotsawee Chotechuang, Arintaya Phrommintikul, Srun Kuanprasert, Roungtiva Muenpa, Jayanton Patumanond, Tuanchai Chaichuen, Apichard Sukonthasarn
• Safety of performing transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with oesophageal varices (12 June, 2019)

  Dania Hudhud, Haytham Allaham, Mohammad Eniezat, Tariq Enezate