Editor’s Page January, 2025
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Dear Colleague, As January starts, it is obvious that the winter will be harsh. As this journal has remarked consistently, climate change is a reality, and every citizen should pay heed to it. The first article “Elucidating the clinical outcomes of every young (<30 years) Asian Indians presenting with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction-The ETUDES study” from Gujarat authored by Dr. Rujuta Parikh is a well-defined prospective, observational study on young patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Patients aged <30 years had a higher prevalence of tobacco consumption, frequent eating out, and snoring. I would enjoin upon the lead author to continue this study with more centers and collect further quantitative data. The second original research article is from the United States of America titled “Association between insurance status and hypertension control among US adults and Affordable Care Act implementation” from East Carolina University, Greenville. This article underscores a very important aspect of hypertension control in the nonelderly population of the United States in that the authors state that “Providing greater access does not inherently relate to greater utilization, rather, self-efficacy, and innate barriers across the social determinants of health may more directly influence the management and control of hypertension across the US nonelderly adult population.” This is definitely food for thought. The third original article “Echocardiographic and morphological correlation of winking coronary sign on coronary angiography” from Dr. Gunjan Shah and group is a must-read article as the sign they describe occurs in ventricular septal rupture patients. We know ventricular septal rupture is a life-threatening condition. The fourth article is from Medanta Heart Institute “Clinical profile of Indian patients undergoing percutaneous or surgical coronary revascularization in the modern era” with lead authorship of Dr. Manish Bansal. This is an important contribution as it defines the clinical profile of patients currently undergoing coronary revascularization in North India. The fifth contribution is a review article “Heat therapy: Planned heat exposure as a nonpharmacological strategy against ischemic heart events” from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and authored by Dr. Ronaldo and colleagues. This review article needs a deep dive but clearly has a lot to offer in terms of a nonpharmacological strategy for various cardiac conditions. The last contribution is from Dr. Mukesh Dhillon et al. titled “Chest pain after blunt trauma: not always noncardiac.” This is an interesting read as the name suggests. The authors have highlighted a rare but a life-threatening complication after blunt trauma to the chest, causing acute ST-elevation myocardial infraction. So, dear reader, the start of 2025 and the first issue of the Journal has fuel for avant-garde science. Do let me know your thoughts.
Author: Ravi R Kasliwal
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410760928