Heart

is an international journal from BMJ and BCS publishing important research and reviews in cardiovascular disease.

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Heart is an international peer reviewed journal that keeps cardiologists up to date with important research advances in cardiovascular disease. New scientific developments are highlighted in editorials and put in context with concise review articles. There is one free Editor’s Choice article in each issue, with open access options available to authors for all articles. Education in Heart articles provide a comprehensive, continuously updated, cardiology curriculum.

Heart promotes active interchange among researchers and readers to come together as a community to advance science and improve patient care via regular free audio podcasts, letters to the Editor, and news via Twitter and Facebook.

Listen to the Heart Podcast, which is published twice a month, and subscribe in all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

Heart is an official journal of the British Cardiovascular Society.

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Catherine Otto, University of Washington, USA
Editorial team

Heart is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.

Current Issue

British Cardiovascular Society Content

Editorial: British Societies’ recommendations for Heart Team multidisciplinary meetings- TEST MOD

Comments on the relevance of the BCS guidelines in other countries- TEST MOD

8 April 2022

BCS 2022 Annual Conference

Manchester, UK

6-8 June 2022

Summary graphic of Joint British Societies’ guideline on management of cardiac arrest

BCS Guidelines: Joint British Societies’ guideline on management of cardiac arrest in the cardiac catheter laboratory

Protocols developed between nine professional and patient societies

25 April 2022

A team of doctors performing an operation

Editorial: Management of cardiac arrest in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory: guidelines

Comments on the adaptation of existing guidelines for this specific setting

25 April 2022

Authors

Heart considers unsolicited submissions of a variety of article types, including original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and image challenge questions. Review articles are usually commissioned but unsolicited reviews may be considered for topics of interest to the journal's readers.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

All manuscripts should be submitted online.

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The BCS Celebrates 100 Years

2022 is the British Cardiovascular Society's Centenary year! Celebrating 100 years and being the longest established professional cardiac society in the world, there is an exciting programme of events to look out for this year including:

Centenary special issue of Heart and accompanying podcast
100 years of cardiology programme at the BCS Annual Conference 2022
The BCS Digital Museum: a new online resource of the Museum Archives and Historical Collection located at BCS Headquarters
100 Voices: a series of recorded oral histories to be made available as podcasts and soundbites
Centenary lectures: keynote lectures aimed at highlighting the heritage and history of the BCS and significant developments of cardiovascular care as well as looking ahead to the future

Read the President's centenary message celebrating this historic occasion.

Latest Articles

Heart failure and cardiomyopathies:

Association of innate versus specific immunity with heart failure incidence: a prospective study

1 November 2024

Healthcare delivery, economics and global health:

Automated oxygen administration versus manual control in acute cardiovascular care: a randomised controlled trial

1 November 2024

Arrhythmias and sudden death:

Prevalence and relevance of H558R in the efficacy and toxicity of flecainide in patients with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study

1 November 2024

Coronary artery disease:

Evolving use and clinical outcomes of coronary intravascular lithotripsy: insights from an international, multicentre registry

29 October 2024

Pulmonary vascular disease:

Right ventricular remodelling and long-term survival after pulmonary endarterectomy versus balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

28 October 2024

ESC Curriculum Topics

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Open Access Content

Healthcare delivery, economics and global health:

Automated oxygen administration versus manual control in acute cardiovascular care: a randomised controlled trial

1 November 2024

Coronary artery disease:

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for stem cell mobilisation in acute myocardial infarction: a randomised controlled trial

14 October 2024

Coronary artery disease:

Percutaneous coronary intervention plus medical therapy versus medical therapy alone in chronic coronary syndrome: a propensity score-matched analysis from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry

30 August 2024

Congenital heart disease:

The impact of COVID-19 vaccination on patients with congenital heart disease in England: a case-control study

11 October 2024

Aortic and vascular disease:

Inequalities in access to and outcomes of cardiac surgery in England: retrospective analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics (2010–2019)

3 September 2024

Altmetrics

The role of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing post-COVID-19 thromboembolic and cardiovascular complications
12 March 2024

Cardiovascular disease and mortality sequelae of COVID-19 in the UK Biobank
24 October 2022

Association of physical activity trajectories with major cardiovascular diseases in elderly people
14 February 2022

Wide complex tachycardia: differentiating ventricular tachycardia from supraventricular tachycardia
25 May 2021

Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor therapy: mechanisms of action in heart failure
26 February 2021

Advancing the access to cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment among women with cardiovascular disease: a joint British Cardiovascular Societies’ consensus document
24 September 2024

The BCS Celebrates 100 Years

Centenary special issue of Heart and accompanying podcast
100 years of cardiology programme at the BCS Annual Conference 2022
The BCS Digital Museum: a new online resource of the Museum Archives and Historical Collection located at BCS Headquarters
100 Voices: a series of recorded oral histories to be made available as podcasts and soundbites
Centenary lectures: keynote lectures aimed at highlighting the heritage and history of the BCS and significant developments of cardiovascular care as well as looking ahead to the future

Read the President's centenary message celebrating this historic occasion.