Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease | Editor’s Choice Articles Published in Q1 of 2026
Editor’s Choice Articles are selected based on suggestions from the academic editors of Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (JCDD, ISSN: 2308-3425). Our academic editors select a small number of recently published articles they consider especially relevant or significant to their fields. We invite you to read the 2026 Q1 Editor’s Choice Articles from JCDD.
The full list of Editor’s Choice Articles can be viewed on the following website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcdd/editors_choice.
A list of selected papers is provided below:
1. “Metformin Beyond Glycemic Control: Cardiovascular Protection and Diabetes Prevention”
by Georgios E. Zakynthinos, Georgios I. Tsironikos, Evangelos Oikonomou, Konstantinos Kalogeras, Gerasimos Siasos and Vasiliki Tsolaki
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(1), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13010038
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/1/33
2. “Short-Term Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support in Acute Coronary Syndrome with Cardiogenic Shock: Which Device to Choose?”
by Nardi Tetaj, Annunziata Nusca, Francesco Piccirillo, Geza Halasz, Domenico Gabrielli, Gian Paolo Ussia and Francesco Grigioni
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(2), 99; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13020099
Full text available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/2/99
3. “Cardiac CT Angiography in Diagnosing Patent Foramen Ovale: A Study on Patients with Suspected Patent Foramen Ovale-Associated Stroke”
by Lijie Sun, Chong Zheng, Zhenxing Fan, Jing Gao, Zhi Liu, Jin Si, Keling Xiao, Ming Yi, Haoyu Zhang, Jinghao Sun et al.
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(2), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13020075
Full text available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/2/75
4. “Reproducibility of Echocardiographic Measurements of Right Ventricular Function: Comparison Between TAPSE and TDI S′”
by Gianluca Pagnoni, Dilia Giuggioli, Susan Darroudi, Marco de Pinto, Arianna Maini, Amelia Spinella, Gilda Sandri, Marcello Pinti, Daniela Aschieri, Alessio Baccarani et al.
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(3), 104; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13030104
Full text available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/3/104
5. “Prevalence and Importance of Tricuspid Valve Prolapse in Patients with Primary Mitral Regurgitation”
by Aniek L. van Wijngaarden, Anton Tomsic, Nadeem Elmasry, Hoi W. Wu, Meindert Palmen, Jeroen J. Bax and Nina Ajmone Marsan
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(3), 106; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13030106
Full text available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/3/106
6. “Intraoperative Quantification of Severe Mitral Regurgitation: A Comparative Assessment of Two-Dimensional Flow Convergence, Three-Dimensional Volumetric, and Doppler-Based Methods”
by Hany R. Elgamal, Volodymyr Protsyk, Massimiliano Meineri, Joerg Ender and Waseem Zakhary
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(2), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13020098
Full text available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/2/98
7. “Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction: Do We Need an Updated Definition?”
by Marcello Casuso Alvarez, Leonardo Luca Bavuso, Michele Di Leo, Marco Basile, Nicolò Vasumini, Tommaso Manaresi, Angelo Maida, Marco Moretti, Daniele Cavallo, Lisa Canton et al.
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(3), 112; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13030112
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/3/112
8. “The Present and Future of Zone 0 Endovascular Arch Reconstruction”
by Ming Hao Guo, Robert-James Doonan and Mark Rockley
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(2), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13020093
Full text available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/2/93
9. “Genome-Wide Association Studies of Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Literature Review”
by Isabelle P. Thierry, Reza Jabbari, Thomas Engstrøm, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen and Charlotte Glinge
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(3), 127; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13030127
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/3/127
10. “Intravascular Imaging for Facilitated Coronary Interventions in DES Era”
by Gönül Zeren, Eren Ozan Bakır, Vincenzo Tufaro, Ayşe Nur Özkaya, Tingquan Zhou, Sotiris Kyriakou, Jae-Geun Lee, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys and Christos V. Bourantas
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2026, 13(1), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13010038
Full text available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/13/1/38