Aficamten: a breakthrough therapy for symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

SA Sebastian, I Padda, EJ Lehr, G Johal - American Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Aficamten is a novel cardiac myosin inhibitor that has demonstrated its ability to safely lower
left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradients and improve heart failure symptoms in patients …

Electro-metabolic coupling in multi-chambered vascularized human cardiac organoids

M Ghosheh, A Ehrlich, K Ioannidis, M Ayyash… - Nature biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
The study of cardiac physiology is hindered by physiological differences between humans
and small-animal models. Here we report the generation of multi-chambered self-paced …

Small molecule drugs to improve sarcomere function in those with acquired and inherited myopathies

WJ Claassen, RJ Baelde, RA Galli… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Muscle weakness is a hallmark of inherited or acquired myopathies. It is a major cause of
functional impairment and can advance to life-threatening respiratory insufficiency. During …

Sex differences in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the GALACTIC-HF trial

M Pabon, J Cunningham, B Claggett, GM Felker… - Heart Failure, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Women with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) receive less
guideline-recommended therapy and experience worse quality of life than men. Objectives …

Efficacy of omecamtiv mecarbil in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction according to N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide level: insights from the GALACTIC …

KF Docherty, JJV McMurray, BL Claggett… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) is predictive of both outcomes
and response to treatment in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction …

[HTML][HTML] Titin-truncating variants in hiPSC cardiomyocytes induce pathogenic proteinopathy and sarcomere defects with preserved core contractile machinery

G Huang, A Bisaria, DL Wakefield, TM Yamawaki… - Stem cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Titin-truncating variants (TTNtv) are the single largest genetic cause of dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM). In this study we modeled disease phenotypes of A-band TTNtv …

[HTML][HTML] Novelties in the pharmacological approaches for chronic heart failure: new drugs and cardiovascular targets

M Correale, L Tricarico, F Croella, S Alfieri… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite recent advances in chronic heart failure (HF) management, the prognosis of HF
patients is poor. This highlights the need for researching new drugs targeting, beyond …

Omecamtiv mecarbil augments cardiomyocyte contractile activity both at resting and systolic Ca2+ levels

AP Ráduly, A Tóth, F Sárkány, B Horváth… - ESC Heart …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a disease with high mortality and
morbidity. Recent positive inotropic drug developments focused on cardiac myofilaments …

[HTML][HTML] Omecamtiv mecarbil in precision-cut living heart failure slices: A story of a double-edged sword

JH Amesz, SJJ Langmuur, MFA Bierhuizen… - Journal of Molecular and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heart failure (HF) is a rapidly growing pandemic while medical treatment options remain
limited. Omecamtiv mecarbil (OM) is a novel HF drug that directly targets the myosin heads …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiating Cardiac Troponin Levels During Cardiac Myosin Inhibition or Cardiac Myosin Activation Treatments: Drug Effect or the Canary in the Coal Mine …

MMY Lee, A Masri - Current heart failure reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiac myosin inhibitors (CMIs) and activators are emerging
therapies for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and heart failure with reduced ejection …