Cardiomyopathy News

• Heart Transplant Mortality Worse for Younger Black Adults The starkest disparities in heart transplant survival between Black patients and their non-Black counterparts in the U.S. may occur among younger adults, and within the first year posttransplant, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 05, 2021
• Did Unrecognized Cardiac Amyloidosis Hinder Recent HFpEF Trials? Routinely screening for cardiac amyloid and excluding those patients might increase the chances of finding efficacious treatments for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, researchers suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2021
• STICH: Ischemia Not Linked to 10-Year Mortality, CABG Benefit The findings define another patient population in whom ischemia fails to identify those who derive a mortality benefit from revascularization.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2021
• Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Outcomes for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Black pregnant and postpartum women have higher rates of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than their white or Hispanic counterparts, a US study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 07, 2021
• New Gains in COVID-19 Science 1 Year Into the Pandemic This time last year, hospitals in Wuhan, China, identified the first cases of the novel coronavirus that would kill more than 1.7 million people around the world and change the practice of medicine.
  Medscape Medical News, December 24, 2020
• Growth Hormone Recipients Face Small Increase in Heart Risks Children who receive growth hormone face a slightly elevated risk of cardiovascular events when they reach adulthood, according to a large study from Sweden.
  Reuters Health Information, December 21, 2020
• COVID-19 Case Fatality Doubled in Heart Transplant Patients Heart recipients are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection and should be referred for specialist care, according to transplant experts from Northern Italy.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2020
• Joint Guidelines Favor Antibody Testing for Lyme Disease New clinical practice guidelines on Lyme disease place a strong emphasis on antibody testing to assess for rheumatologic and neurologic syndromes.
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2020
• New HCM Guidelines Make Shared Decision-making Top Priority An updated guideline for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) 'puts the patient front and center in the shared decision-making process,' according to a member of the writing committee.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2020
• AHA 2020 COVID-19 Outcomes Tied to Hospital, Not Just Race Although Black and Hispanic patients bore a greater burden of mortality and morbidity, race was not independently associated with worse outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2020
• AHA 2020 Combined OCT, Cardiac MRI Unravels Root Cause in Most MINOCA The multimodal imaging strategy has the potential to provide reassurance and clarity for women who present with an MI without a major artery blockage, who are often left without a definitive diagnosis.
  Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2020
• AHA 2020 GALACTIC-HF: New 'Myotropic' Class Has Modest HFrEF Benefit Omecamtiv mecarbil, a member of the novel myotropic drug class that improves cardiac performance, safely produced a significant but modest improvement in heart failure events or cardiovascular death in a pivotal trial with HFrEF patients.
  Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2020
• Five Pediatric Heart Health Practices That May Be Unnecessary The American Academy of Pediatrics, as part the Choosing Wisely campaign, lists five commonly performed cardiac screenings or practices that lack evidence and waste resources.
  Medscape Medical News, November 05, 2020
• New Return-to-Play Recommendations for Athletes With COVID-19 The American College of Cardiology's Sports and Exercise Cardiology Section has updated its May 2020 recommendations on safe return to play among athletes affected by COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, November 02, 2020
• Mostly Positive Outcomes After 2018 Adult Heart Transplant Allocation Changes Adult heart transplant policy allocation changes enacted in the US in 2018 have led to mostly positive outcomes, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 28, 2020
• AAP 2020 When Should Students Resume Sports After a COVID-19 Diagnosis? "The thing that you need to keep in mind is that this is not just a respiratory illness."
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• COVID-19: Thromboembolic Events High Despite Prophylaxis However, new US data show the rates of thromboembolism are not as high as reported in earlier studies from Asia and appear similar to what would be expected in other very sick patients in ICU.
  Medscape Medical News, October 26, 2020
• Fellowship Training and COVID: Obstacles and Opportunities The pandemic is an opportunity to assess clinical competency vs metrics, with the pivot from hands-on training to virtual solutions. But most agree that there is no replacement for human connection.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2020
• CDER Chief Reflects on Advances in Rare Diseases In this interview, she reflects on the CDER's accomplishments in the field of rare diseases and what it's like to be overseeing the therapeutics component of Operation Warp Speed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, October 09, 2020
• HFSA 2020 Cell Therapy for Anthracycline Cardiomyopathy Safe, Feasible In a small phase 1 study, administration of allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells was safe and feasible in patients with anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, October 02, 2020