Open Heart

is an open access journal by BMJ and BCS, publishing original research in cardiovascular medicine.

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Open Heart is dedicated to publishing high quality, peer reviewed medical research in all disciplines and therapeutic areas of cardiovascular medicine. Research is published across all study phases and designs, from protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or specialist studies. Opinionated discussions on controversial topics are welcomed.

Open Heart is the open access companion to Heart and is an official journal of the British Cardiovascular Society.

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Editor-in-Chief: Professor Ganesan Karthikeyan, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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Open Heart considers submissions of a variety of article types, including original research articles, study protocols and occasional review articles. Responses to published work are also welcomed.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

This is an open access journal that levies an Article Publishing Charge (APC). Discounts and waivers are available; details are provided in the Author Information section.

All manuscripts should be submitted online.

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Latest Articles

Editorial:

Timing of oral anticoagulation in acute ischaemic stroke and non-valvular atrial fibrillation: early, ‘timely’ or late?

27 December 2024

Coronary artery disease:

Changes in systolic blood pressure during hospitalisation and bleeding events after percutaneous coronary intervention

23 December 2024

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies:

Detection of cardiac amyloidosis using machine learning on routine echocardiographic measurements

18 December 2024

Arrhythmias and sudden death:

Pulsed-field ablation of atrial fibrillation with a pentaspline catheter across National Health Service England centres

18 December 2024

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies:

Prevalence and prognostic significance of pulmonary hypertension in adults with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

3 December 2024

Altmetrics

Association between espresso coffee and serum total cholesterol: the Tromsø Study 2015–2016
10 May 2022

Relationships between hyperinsulinaemia, magnesium, vitamin D, thrombosis and COVID-19: rationale for clinical management
16 September 2020

Hiding unhealthy heart outcomes in a low-fat diet trial: the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial finds that postmenopausal women with established coronary heart disease were at increased risk of an adverse outcome if they consumed a low-fat ‘heart-healthy’ diet
21 July 2021

Anti-inflammatory activity of ivermectin in late-stage COVID-19 may reflect activation of systemic glycine receptors
19 April 2021

Melatonin may decrease risk for and aid treatment of COVID-19 and other RNA viral infections
19 March 2021

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