2021
Effect of Mavacamten on Echocardiographic Features in Symptomatic Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hegde SM, Lester SJ, Solomon SD, Michels M, Elliott PM, Nagueh SF, Choudhury L, Zemanek D, Zwas DR, Jacoby D, Wang A, Ho CY, Li W, Sehnert AJ, Olivotto I, Abraham TP. Effect of Mavacamten on Echocardiographic Features in Symptomatic Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 78: 2518-2532. PMID: 34915982, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.09.1381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathySystolic anterior motionAnterior motionDiastolic functionHypertrophic cardiomyopathyN-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptideMitral valve systolic anterior motionPro-B-type natriuretic peptidePeak exercise oxygen consumptionLeft ventricular diastolic functionVentricular outflow tract obstructionKey echocardiographic parametersAtrial volume indexOutflow tract obstructionVentricular diastolic functionExercise oxygen consumptionEffect of mavacamtenMyocardial wall stressEXPLORER-HCMLVOT gradientEchocardiographic featuresEchocardiographic parametersLVOT obstructionTract obstructionExercise capacity
2019
Patient mutations linked to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy enhance calpain-mediated desmoplakin degradation
Ng R, Manring H, Papoutsidakis N, Albertelli T, Tsai N, See CJ, Li X, Park J, Stevens TL, Bobbili PJ, Riaz M, Ren Y, Stoddard CE, Janssen PM, Bunch TJ, Hall SP, Lo YC, Jacoby DL, Qyang Y, Wright N, Ackermann MA, Campbell SG. Patient mutations linked to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy enhance calpain-mediated desmoplakin degradation. JCI Insight 2019, 5 PMID: 31194698, PMCID: PMC6675562, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.128643.Peer-Reviewed Original Research