Cardiac myosin inhibition in heart failure with normal and supranormal ejection fraction

JAMA Cardiology

2024-09-30

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In an open-label trial in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with left ventricular ejection fraction of 60% or greater, mavacamten, a cardiac myosin inhibitor, was associated with improvements in biomarkers of cardiac wall stress and injury, with no sustained reductions in left ventricular ejection fraction observed.

Corresponding Authors: To contact the corresponding authors, email Sanjiv J. Shah, MD, (sanjiv.shah@northwestern.edu) and Scott D. Solomon, MD, (ssolomon@bwh.harvard.edu).

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(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3810)

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