Journal Aims and Scope

The scope of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journal includes coronary artery and valve diseases, interventional and pediatric cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure, arrhythmias and stimulation, cardiovascular imaging, vascular medicine and hypertension, epidemiology and risk factors.

 

It also covers the topics such as Acute Coronary Syndromes, Anticoagulation, Atherosclerosis, Atherothrombosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Biomarkers, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiomyopathy, Clinical Research, Congenital Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Diagnostic Testing, Genetics/Genomics, Heart Failure, Acute Heart Failure, Advanced Heart Failure/LVAD/Transplantation, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Heart Failure Epidemiology, Heart Failure Disease Management, Chronic Heart Failure, Heart Rhythm Disorders, Hypertension, Images in Cardiology, Images in Intervention, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Contrast Echocardiography, CT Coronary Angiography, Echocardiography - 3D, TEE, Nuclear Cardiology/PET, Stress Echocardiography, Imaging Vignette, Carotid Interventions, Coronary Pathophysiology, Endovascular Imaging, Peripheral Vascular Interventions, STEMI Interventions and Systems, Structural Heart Disease Interventions, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Lipidology, Myocardial Infarction, Pericardial Disease, Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), Pharmacology, Pre-Clinical Research/Basic Science, Prevention/Cardiovascular Risk, Pulmonary Hypertension, Valvular Heart Disease, Vascular Medicine.

 

All published work with Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is permanently available in online without any restriction to the reader. Articles published in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine will be Open Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0.

 

Major topics or classification keywords

 

ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor

Abdominal aorta

Ablation

Acetylcholine

Acquired heart disease

Acute myocardial infarction

Alveoli

Amiodarone

Aneurysm

Angina or angina pectoris

Angiography

Angioplasty

Angiotensin II receptor blocker

Annulus

Antiarrhythmics

Anticoagulant

Antihypertensive

Antiplatelet therapy

Aorta

Aortic valve

Aphasia

Arrhythmia (or dysrhythmia)

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD)

Arteriography

Arterioles

Arteriosclerosis

Arteritis

Artery

Artificial heart

Ascending aorta

Aspirin

Atherectomy

Atherosclerosis

Atrial flutter

Atrial septal defect

Atrial tachycardia

Atrioventricular (AV) node

Atrioventricular block

Atrium

Atrium (right and left)

Autologous

Autoregulation

Bacteria

Bacterial endocarditis

Balloon catheter

Balloon valvuloplasty

Beta

Biopsy

Blalock

Blood clot

Blood pressure

Blue babies

Body mass index (BMI)

Bradycardia

Bridge to transplant

Bruit

Bundle branch block

Bypass

Calcium channel blocker (or calcium blocker)

Capillaries

Cardiac

Cardiac amyloidosis

Cardiac arrest

Cardiac cachexia

Cardiac catheterization

Cardiac enzymes

Cardiac output

Cardiologist

Cardiology

Cardiomegaly

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Cardiovascular (CV)

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

Cardioversion

Carotid artery

Cerebral embolism

Cerebral hemorrhage

Cerebral thrombosis

Cerebrovascular

Cerebrovascular accident ??

Cerebrovascular occlusion

Cholesterol

Cineangiography

Circulatory system

Claudication

Collateral circulation

Commissurotomy?

Computed tomography (CT or CAT scan)

Conduction system

Congenital

Congenital heart defects

Congestive heart failure

Coronary arteries

Coronary artery anomaly?(CAA)

Coronary artery bypass (CAB)

Coronary artery disease (CAD)

Coronary heart disease

Coronary occlusion

Coronary thrombosis

Cryoablation

Cyanosis

Cyanotic heart disease

Death rate (age adjusted)

Deep vein thrombosis

Defibrillator

Diabetes (diabetes mellitus)

Diastolic blood pressure

Digitalis

Dissecting aneurysm

Diuretic

Doppler ultrasound

Dysarthria

Dyspnea

Echocardiography

Edema

Ejection fraction

Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Electrophysiological study (EPS)

Embolus

Endarterectomy

Endocarditis

Endocardium

Endothelium

Enlarged heart

Enzyme

Epicardium

Estrogen

Estrogen (or hormone) replacement therapy (ERT or

Exercise stress test

Familial hypercholesterolemia

Fatty acids (fats)

Fibrillation

First

Flutter

Fusiform aneurysm

Gated blood pool scan

Genetic testing

Guidewire

Heart

Heart assist device

Heart attack

Heart block

Heart failure

Heart murmur?

Hematocrit

Hemochromatosis

Heredity

High blood pressure

High density lipoprotein (HDL)

Holter monitor

Homocysteine

Hormones

Hypertension

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

Hypertrophy

Hyperventilation

Hypoglycemia

Hypokinesia

Hypotension

Hypoxia

Idiopathic

Immunosuppressants

Impedance plethysmography

Incompetent valve

Infarct

Infective endocarditis

Inferior vena cava

Inotropes

Internal mammary artery

Intravascular echocardiography

Introducer sheath

Ischemia

Ischemic heart disease

Ischemic stroke

Jugular veins

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)

Lesion

Lipid

Lipoprotein

Low density lipoprotein (LDL)

Lumen

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Maze surgery

Mitral stenosis

Mitral valve

Mitral valve prolapse

Mitral valve regurgitation

mm Hg

Monounsaturated fats

Mortality

Murmur

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial ischemia

Myocarditis

Myocardium

Myxomatous degeneration

Necrosis

Nitroglycerin

Noninvasive procedures

NSTEMI

Obesity

Occluded artery

Open heart surgery

Pacemaker

Palpitation

Pancreas

Pancreatitis

Paralysis?

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)

Patent ductus arteriosus

Patent foramen ovale

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PT

Pericardiocentesis

Pericarditis

Pericardium

Plaque

Platelets

Polyunsaturated fat

Positron emission tomography (PET)

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

Premature ventricular contraction (PVC)

Prevalence

Pulmonary

Pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary valve

Pulmonary vein

Radial artery access

Radionuclide imaging

Radionuclide studies

Radionuclide ventriculography

Regurgitation

Renal

Restenosis? The re

Revascularization

Rheumatic fever

Rheumatic heart disease

Right ventricular assist device (RVAD)

Risk factor

Rubella

Saccular aneurysm

Sarcoidosis

Saturated fat

Second

Septal defect

Septum

Sheath

Shock

Shunt

Sick sinus syndrome

Silent ischemia

Sinus (SA) node

Sodium

Sphygmomanometer

Stem cells

STEMI

Stenosis

Stent

Sternum

Stethoscope

Stokes

Streptococcal infection (?strep? infection)

Streptokinase

Stress

Stroke

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Subclavian arteries

Sudden death

Superior vena cava

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)

Syncope

Systolic blood pressure

Tachycardia

Tachypnea

Tamponade

Thallium

Third

Thrombolysis

Thrombolytic therapy

Thrombosis

Thrombus

Thyroid

Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)

Trans fat

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Transcatheter intervention

Transesophageal echocardiography

Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Transplantation

Tricuspid valve

Triglyceride

Ultrasound

Valve replacement

Valvuloplasty

Varicose vein

Vascular

Vasodilators

Vasopressors

Vein

Ventricle (right and left)

Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)

Ventricular fibrillation

Ventricular tachycardia

Vertigo

Wolff Parkinson White syndrome