2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) …

IC Van Gelder, M Rienstra, KV Bunting… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Global epidemiology of heart failure

MS Khan, I Shahid, A Bennis, A Rakisheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Heart failure (HF) is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome marked by substantial morbidity and
mortality. The natural history of HF is well established; however, epidemiological data are …

Aficamten for symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

MS Maron, A Masri, ME Nassif… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background One of the major determinants of exercise intolerance and limiting symptoms
among patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an elevated …

[HTML][HTML] Proposed diagnostic criteria for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: European Task Force consensus report

D Corrado, A Anastasakis, C Basso, B Bauce… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a heart muscle disease characterized by
prominent “non-ischemic” myocardial scarring predisposing to ventricular electrical …

Genome-wide association analysis provides insights into the molecular etiology of dilated cardiomyopathy

SL Zheng, A Henry, D Cannie, M Lee, D Miller… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of heart failure and cardiac
transplantation. We report a genome-wide association study and multi-trait analysis of DCM …

Atrial fibrillation burden: a new outcome predictor and therapeutic target

N Becher, A Metzner, T Toennis, P Kirchhof… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, is not a dichotomous
disease trait. Technological innovations enable long-term rhythm monitoring in many …

2024 HRS expert consensus statement on arrhythmias in the athlete: evaluation, treatment, and return to play

R Lampert, EH Chung, MJ Ackerman, AR Arroyo… - Heart Rhythm, 2024 - Elsevier
Youth and adult participation in sports continues to increase, and athletes may be
diagnosed with potentially arrhythmogenic cardiac conditions. This international …

[HTML][HTML] Gene therapy in cardiology: is a cure for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on the horizon?

ED Paratz, J Mundisugih, SJ Rowe, E Kizana… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiomyopathy
worldwide, affecting approximately 1 in 500 individuals. Current therapeutic interventions …

A novel tool for arrhythmic risk stratification in desmoplakin gene variant carriers

RT Carrick, A Gasperetti, A Protonotarios… - European heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Pathogenic desmoplakin (DSP) gene variants are
associated with the development of a distinct form of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy known …

Effect of aficamten on cardiac structure and function in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: SEQUOIA-HCM CMR substudy

A Masri, RN Cardoso, TP Abraham, BL Claggett… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - jacc.org
Background Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) is characterized by left
ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, LV outflow tract obstruction, and left atrial dilation, which can be …