April 2022 Discover Circ Res

This month on Episode 35 of <em>Discover CircRes</em>, host Cynthia St. Hilaire highlights two original research articles featured in the April 1 issue of <em>Circulation Research</em>, as well as highlights from the Stroke and Neurocognitive Impairment Compendium in the April 15^th issue.  This episode also features a conversation with Dr Shubing Chen and Dr Yuling Han from Weill Cornell Medical College to discuss their study, SARS-CoV-2 Infection Induces Ferroptosis of Sinoatrial Node Pacemaker Cells. <p> </p> <p><strong>Article highlights:</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Pabel, et al. <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.319718">Effects of Atrial Fibrillation on the Ventricle</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Pattarabanjird, et al. <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.320436">P62-Mediated B1b Cell Atheroprotection</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Iadecola, et al. <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321073">Introduction to the Compendium on Stroke and Neurocognitive Impairment</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Cindy St. Hilaire:       </strong> Hi and welcome to <em>Discover CircRes</em>, the podcast of the American Heart Association's Journal, <em>Circulation Research</em>. I'm your host, Dr Cindy St. Hilaire, from the Vascular Medicine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. And today I'm going to be highlighting articles from our April issues of <em>Circulation Research</em>.</p> <p>                                     I'll also speak with Dr Shubing Chen and Dr Yuling Han from Weill Cornell Medical College, and they're with me to discuss their study, SARS-CoV-2 infection induces ferroptosis of Sinoatrial node pacemaker cells.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Cindy St. Hilaire:</strong>        The first article I want to share is titled, Effects of Atrial Fibrillation on the Human Ventricle. The first author is Steffen Pabel and the corresponding author is Samuel Sossalla and they're from Regensburg University. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common