In cardiovascular physiology, stroke volume (SV) is the volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per beat. Stroke volume is calculated using measurements of ventricle volumes from an echocardiogram and subtracting the volume of the blood in the ventricle at the end of a beat from the volume of blood just prior to the beat. The term stroke volume can apply to each of the two ventricles of the heart, although it usually refers to the left ventricle. The stroke volumes for each ventricle are generally equal, both being approximately 70 mL in a healthy 70-kg man.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. CVD includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction. Other CVDs include stroke, heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, abnormal heart rhythms, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease, thromboembolic disease, and venous thrombosis.
In cardiovascular physiology, end-diastolic volume (EDV) is the volume of blood in the right and/or left ventricle at end load or filling in (diastole) or the amount of blood in the ventricles just before systole. Because greater EDVs cause greater distention of the ventricle, EDV is often used synonymously with preload, which refers to the length of the sarcomeres in cardiac muscle prior to contraction (systole). An increase in EDV increases the preload on the heart and, through the Frank-Starling mechanism of the heart, increases the amount of blood ejected from the ventricle during systole.
Heart is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all areas of cardiovascular medicine and surgery. It is the official journal of the British Cardiovascular Society. It was established in 1939 as the British Heart Journal and is published by the BMJ Group. The name was changed from British Heart Journal to Heart in 1996 with the start of volume 75.
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is a non-profit knowledge-based professional association that facilitates the improvement and harmonisation of standards of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The ESC produces, organises and supports many scientific and educational activities and products aimed at cardiology professionals wishing to increase their knowledge and update their skills.
The American Journal of Cardiology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of cardiology and general cardiovascular disease. The editor-in-chief is William C. Roberts. It supersedes the Transactions of the American College of Cardiology which was published from 1951 to 1957 and the Bulletin of the American College of Cardiology, but it should not be confused with the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The European Heart Journal is a peer-reviewed medical journal of cardiology published by Oxford University Press on a weekly basis, on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. The first issue was published in February 1980.
The Journal of the American College of Cardiology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of cardiovascular disease, including original clinical studies, translational investigations with clear clinical relevance, state-of-the-art papers, review articles, and editorials interpreting and commenting on the research presented, published by the American College of Cardiology.
Cardiology: International Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Pharmacology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Karger. The editor is Dan Atar. It was established in 1937 as Cardiologia by Bruno Kisch and Wilhelm Löffler. From 1971, the journal was published under the name Cardiology and in 2005 it incorporated the medical journal Heart Drug and obtained its current name.
Circulation Research is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It is the official journal of the American Heart Association and its Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences. The journal covers research on all aspects of the cardiovascular system.
Experimental & Clinical Cardiology is an open access medical journal covering cardiology and heart health-related topics, including hypertension, myocardial ischemia, diabetes, and other cardiovascular diseases. It is published by Cardiology Academic Press, which is on Jeffrey Beall's list of predatory publishers. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 0.758.
The World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the field of cardiovascular surgery in pediatrics. The editor-in-chief is Marshall Jacobs. The journal was established in 2010 and is published by SAGE Publications and is an official journal of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society, and the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association.
Cardiovascular Diabetology is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering the intersection of cardiology and diabetology, meaning the connection between diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. It is published by BioMed Central and was established in 2002, with Enrique Fisman and Alexander Tenenbaum as founding editors-in-chief. Articles are published online upon acceptance, rather than in issues. A printed version is periodically distributed in India by Panacea Biotec Ltd.
Health Policy and Technology is a quarterly peer-reviewed healthcare journal that was established in 2012 and published by Elsevier on behalf of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine. It is one of two official journals, the other being the Postgraduate Medical Journal. It covers health policy and development, assessment of clinical and cost-effectiveness, and implementation of all types of medical technology, including drugs, devices, diagnostics, and eHealth platforms. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Social Science Citation Index, and Embase. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 1.225.
The American Heart Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of cardiology. It is published by Elsevier and the editor-in-chief is Daniel B. Mark. The journal was established in 1925 and published bimonthly until 1977, when it switched to a monthly schedule.
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal and an official journal of the American Heart Association. Since 2015, it is also published with John Wiley & Sons. It was established in 2012 and the editor-in-chief is Barry London.
The European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Oxford University Press, on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. The first issue was published in March 2000 with the former name of European Journal of Echocardiography. The journal adopted the current name European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging in 2012.
Kowsar is an STM publishing company which was founded in 2002 by S.M. Miri and Seyed-Moayed Alavian. Kowsar journals have been peer reviewed and are published open access under a Creative Commons Attribution License Non Commercial 4.0. The company is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier for the American College of Cardiology since 2008. It currently has the highest impact factor among journals with a focus on cardiovascular imaging and it publishes original articles ranging from clinical studies to translational and basic research on novel imaging modalities with potential for future clinical usage. It is indexed by Medline and on pubmed.
JACC: Cardiovascular Intervention is a peer-reviewed sub-specialty medical journal published by Elsevier for the American College of Cardiology since 2008. The journal focus on articles on interventional cardiology, encompassing cardiac coronary and non-coronary interventions, including peripheral arteries and cerebrovasculature. The majority of articles report results from clinical trials illustrating evidence to inform and alter practice guidelines and experimental studies describing improved technologies and understanding of cardiac disease. The journal has a 5-Year Impact Factor of 9.605 (2018), is part of the American College of Cardiology journal family, and is ranked among the top 10 cardiology journals.
