JMIR Cardio

Cardiovascular medicine with focus on electronic, mobile, and digital health approaches in cardiology and for cardiovascular health

Editor-in-Chief:

Andrew J. Coristine, PhD, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), McGill University (Canada); Scientific Editor, JMIR Publications (Canada)


Impact Factor 2025 CiteScore 3.5

JMIR Cardio focuses on cardiovascular medicine with a special emphasis on health services research and electronic / digital health approaches in cardiology and for cardiovascular health, which includes ehealth and mhealth approaches for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. JMIR Cardio is an open access journal.

JMIR Cardio is indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Sherpa Romeo, DOAJ, MEDLINE, and Scopus. With a CiteScore of 3.5, JMIR Cardio is a Q2 journal in the field of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, according to Scopus data. JMIR Cardio has met the editorial criteria for inclusion in the Web of Science Core Collection journals.

 

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Innovations in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Emergency medical services attend out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) all across Australia. Resuscitation by emergency medical services is attempted in nearly half of all cases. However, resuscitation skills can degrade over time without adequate exposure, which negatively impacts patient survival. In locations where paramedic exposure to OHCA is low, other avenues for ensuring resuscitation skills are maintained should be put in place. Simulation-based training via resuscitation manikins offers a potential solution for maintaining paramedic clinical practice skills.

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Viewpoints and Proposals

Health care is under pressure due to an aging population with an increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease. Smoking and physical inactivity are 2 key preventable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Yet, as with most health behaviors, they are difficult to change. In the interdisciplinary Perfect Fit project, scientists from different fields join forces to develop an evidence-based virtual coach (VC) that supports smokers in quitting smoking and increasing their physical activity. In this Viewpoint paper, intervention content, design, and implementation, as well as lessons learned, are presented to support other research groups working on similar projects. A total of 6 different approaches were used and combined to support the development of the Perfect Fit VC. The approaches used are (1) literature reviews, (2) empirical studies, (3) collaboration with end users, (4) content and technical development sprints, (5) interdisciplinary collaboration, and (6) iterative proof-of-concept implementation. The Perfect Fit intervention integrates evidence-based behavior change techniques with new techniques focused on identity change, big data science, sensor technology, and personalized real-time coaching. Intervention content of the virtual coaching matches the individual needs of the end users. Lessons learned include ways to optimally implement and tailor interactions with the VC (eg, clearly explain why the user is asked for input and tailor the timing and frequency of the intervention components). Concerning the development process, lessons learned include strategies for effective interdisciplinary collaboration and technical development (eg, finding a good balance between end users’ wishes and legal possibilities). The Perfect Fit development process was collaborative, iterative, and challenging at times. Our experiences and lessons learned can inspire and benefit others. Advanced, evidence-based digital interventions, such as Perfect Fit, can contribute to a healthy society while alleviating health care burden.

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Patient Education in Cardiology

Online health communities (OHCs) enable patients to create social ties with people with similar health conditions outside their existing social networks. Harnessing mechanisms of information diffusion in OHCs has attracted attention for its ability to improve illness self-management without the use of healthcare resources.

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Cardiac Arrhythmia, Atrial Fibrillation

Beta-2 agonists play an important role in the management of asthma. Inhaled long-acting beta-2 agonists (LABAs) and short-acting beta-2 agonists (SABAs) cause bronchodilation by stimulating adrenoceptors. These receptors are also present in cardiac cells and, as a side effect, could also be stimulated by inhaled beta-2 agonists.

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Heart Failure Self-Management

Background: Digital interventions are promising additions to usual care but also in the realm of rehabilitation. Evidence and studies for the latter, however, are still rare.

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Heart Failure Self-Management

Despite the exponential growth in telemedicine visits in clinical practice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it remains unknown if telemedicine visits achieved similar adherence to prescribed medications as in-person office visits for patients with heart failure

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Hypertension Prevention and Treatment

To prevent the development of cardiovascular diseases, it is a growing priority worldwide to detect a wide range of patients with untreated hypertension and practice adequate blood pressure control with drug therapy. However, few effective tools have been identified that facilitate the initiation of antihypertensive medications in patients with untreated hypertension.

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Heart Failure Self-Management

Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome associated with high morbidity and mortality and increased healthcare utilisation. Patient education is key to improving health outcomes, achieved by promoting self-management to optimise medical management. Newer digital tools like text messaging and smartphone applications provide novel patient education approaches.

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Heart Valve Disease Research

Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality that poses a substantial health care and economic burden on health care systems. Administrative diagnostic codes for ascertaining VHD diagnosis are incomplete.

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Research Letter

The majority of Black women with hypertension in the United States have smartphones or tablets and use social media, and many use wearable activity trackers and health or wellness apps, digital tools that can be used to support lifestyle changes and medication adherence.

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e-Cardiology and Telemonitoring in Cardiology

For a decade, despite results from many studies, telemedicine systems have suffered from a lack of recommendations for chronic heart failure (CHF) care because of variable study results. Another limitation is the hospital-based architecture of most telemedicine systems. Some systems use an algorithm based on daily weight, transcutaneous oxygen measurement, and heart rate to detect and treat acute heart failure (AHF) in patients with CHF as early on as possible.

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