Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (JCDD, ISSN: 2308-3425) is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on cardiovascular medicine published monthly online by MDPI, which provides free and unlimited access to the full texts of published articles.

JCDD publishes research articles, review papers, and communications on cardiovascular development, as well as congenital and acquired heart diseases. In 2022, we announced two new Sections: the “Cardiovascular Clinical Research” Section and the “Cardiac Surgery” Section. You may access all the Sections via https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcdd/sections. We invite you to read our highly cited papers published in 2022:

1. “Mechanisms and Clinical Implications of Endothelial Dysfunction in Arterial Hypertension”
by Pasquale Ambrosino, Tiziana Bachetti, Silvestro Ennio D’Anna, Brurya Galloway, Andrea Bianco, Vito D’Agnano, Antimo Papa, Andrea Motta, Fabio Perrotta and Mauro Maniscalco
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(5), 136; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9050136
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/5/136

2. “Return to Play after SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Competitive Athletes of Distinct Sport Disciplines in Italy: A FMSI (Italian Federation of Sports Medicine) Study”
by Maurizio Casasco, Ferdinando Iellamo, Marco Scorcu, Attilio Parisi, Irena Tavcar, Erica Brugin, Barbara Martini, Chiara Fossati and Fabio Pigozzi
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(2), 59; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9020059
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/2/59

3. “Vitamin D Inhibits IL-6 Pro-Atherothrombotic Effects in Human Endothelial Cells: A Potential Mechanism for Protection against COVID-19 Infection?”
by Giovanni Cimmino, Stefano Conte, Mariarosaria Morello, Grazia Pellegrino, Laura Marra, Andrea Morello, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Gennaro De Rosa, Paolo Golino and Plinio Cirillo
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(1), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9010027
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/1/27

4. “Prognostic Value of Machine Learning in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction”
by Changhu Xiao, Yuan Guo, Kaixuan Zhao, Sha Liu, Nongyue He, Yi He, Shuhong Guo and Zhu Chen
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(2), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9020056
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/2/56

5. “Blood Pressure Increase following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Overview and Meta-Analysis”
by Fabio Angeli, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Monica Trapasso, Gabriella Santilli, Martina Zappa and Paolo Verdecchia
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(5), 150; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9050150
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/5/150

6. “Cardiotoxicity of Non-Anthracycline Cancer Chemotherapy Agents”
by Alexandros Briasoulis, Angeliki Chasouraki, Alexandros Sianis, Nikolaos Panagiotou, Christos Kourek, Argyrios Ntalianis and Ioannis Paraskevaidis
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(3), 66; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9030066
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/3/66

7. “Advances in the Treatment Strategies in Hypertension: Present and Future”
by Paolo Verdecchia, Claudio Cavallini and Fabio Angeli
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(3), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9030072
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/3/72

8. “Transfer Learning Models for Detecting Six Categories of Phonocardiogram Recordings”
by Miao Wang, Binbin Guo, Yating Hu, Zehang Zhao, Chengyu Liu and Hong Tang
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(3), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9030086
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/3/86

9. “Effects of COVID-19 on Arrhythmia”
by Yujia Zhan, Honghua Yue, Weitao Liang and Zhong Wu
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(9), 292; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9090292
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/9/292

10. “Biventricular versus Conduction System Pacing after Atrioventricular Node Ablation in Heart Failure Patients with Atrial Fibrillation”
by Maja Ivanovski, Miha Mrak, Anja Zupan Mežnar and David Žižek
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(7), 209; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9070209
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/7/209

11. “Electroporation Parameters for Human Cardiomyocyte Ablation In Vitro”
by Jara M. Baena-Montes, Tony O’Halloran, Cormac Clarke, Kevin Donaghey, Eoghan Dunne, Martin O’Halloran and Leo R. Quinlan
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(8), 240; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9080240
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/8/240

12. “Cardioprotective Strategies from Cardiotoxicity in Cancer Patients: A Comprehensive Review”
by Christos Kourek, Maria Touloupaki, Athanasios Rempakos, Konstantinos Loritis, Elias Tsougkos, Ioannis Paraskevaidis and Alexandros Briasoulis
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2022, 9(8), 259; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9080259
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/8/259