Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025

Issue @ A Glance

Key topics: sex-related differences in vascular surgery; atrial fibrillation and cognitive performance; and gene therapy of ventricular arrhythmias

Filippo Crea

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1689–1692, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf255

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CardioPulse

Appraisal of the 2024 revision of the level of evidence grading system in European Society of Cardiology Guidelines

Stephan Windecker

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1693–1695, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf102

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EuroEcho-Imaging 2024: a global forum for echocardiography

Denisa Muraru and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1696–1698, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf101

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In memoriam: Ioanna Andreadou (1965–2025)

Gemma Vilahur and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1699–1701, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf066

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Focus Issue on Cardiac and Vascular Surgery and Arrhythmias

Viewpoint

The Year in Cardiovascular Medicine 2024: the top 10 papers in valvular heart disease

Helmut Baumgartner and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1702–1704, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf071

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Clinical Research

Sex-specific differences in alive hospital discharge following infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Anna Louise Pouncey and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1705–1716, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae675

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Editorial

The gender gap following infrarenal abdominal aneurysm repair: how to close the gap?

Chiara Lomazzi and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1717–1719, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae874

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Clinical Research

No-touch vein grafts in coronary artery bypass surgery: a registry-based randomized clinical trial

Stefan Thelin and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1720–1729, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf018

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Editorial

The SWEDEGRAFT trial: when absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

Mario Gaudino and Sigrid Sandner

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1730–1732, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf043

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Clinical Research

Editor's Choice

Atrial fibrillation catheter ablation, brain glymphatic function, and cognitive performance

Jiahuan Guo and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1733–1743, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf036

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Editorial

Taking out the trash: the role of glymphatic function in cognitive function in patients with atrial fibrillation

T Jared Bunch

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1744–1746, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf040

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Translational Science

SCN10A-short gene therapy to restore conduction and protect against malignant cardiac arrhythmias

Jianan Wang and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1747–1762, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf053

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Editorial

Gene therapy targeting I_Na to treat life-threatening arrhythmias: beyond proof-of-concept?

Patrick Lugenbiel

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1763–1765, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae930

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Rapid Communications

Epicardial adipose tissue and malignant ventricular arrhythmias in phospholamban p.(Arg14del) variant carriers

Belend Mahmoud and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1766–1768, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf118

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Discussion Forum

Double counting in meta-analyses: a statistical complication in cardiovascular medicine trials

Shivani Mehta and Ernesto Calderon Martinez

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Page 1769, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf086

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Systematic review and meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcome trials: importance of post hoc studies

Alireza Oraii and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1770–1771, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf089

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Cardiovascular Flashlights

Micropathological visualization of left coronary artery intramural course in complete transposition of the great arteries: a pathological perspective with surgical implications

Lisheng Lin and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Page 1772, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf092

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A novel percutaneous technique for closing anomalous left coronary artery origin from the pulmonary artery using the Fustar™ Steerable Introducer

Shubo Song and others

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Page 1773, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf090

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CardioPulse

Weekly Journal Scan

Weekly Journal Scan: transcatheter vs. surgical treatment of combined severe aortic valve stenosis and obstructive coronary artery disease

Rocco Vergallo and Daniela Pedicino

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Pages 1774–1776, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf023

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Correction

Correction to: Carotid artery atherosclerosis: mechanisms of instability and clinical implications

European Heart Journal, Volume 46, Issue 18, 7 May 2025, Page 1716, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf085

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