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Welcome
Please join us in welcoming Marianna to our team. She is joining in the new role of Assistant Managing Editor.
Marianna previously worked as an Assistant Editor for SAGE Publishing, specialising in peer review management, as well as an Assistant Editor for a new interdisciplinary journal at The British Ecological Society. Here she helped in the launch of the journal, worked on the editorial processes, established the social media networks and managed the blog. She works part time, with her usual working days being Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Easter closure
Our office will be closed for Easter between 9 and 14 April.
Temporary Unrestricted Access to the Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Libraryis now temporarily unrestricted for everyone in every country of the world, providing them access to high-quality, independent evidence to inform health decision-making in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vacant titles
Interested in writing a Cochrane review and an expert in cardiology? - Consider these vacant titles:
Proposals closing on 31 May 2020:
Prophylactic corticosteroids for cardiopulmonary bypass in adults (update)
Percutaneous vs surgical repair of mitral valve disease (new title)
Treatment of hyperkalemia in heart failure (new title)
Antiplatelets for the prevention of graft occlussion following CABG (new title)
Continuous infusion versus bolus injection of loop diuretics in congestive heart failure (new title, supersedes exisiting review to incorporate latest methods)
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation - (new title, supersedes two exisiting reviews to broaden the scope)
De-escalation of dual antiplatelet therapy for patients with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention (new title)