Left Ventricular Function

Mavacamten improved a range of cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters beyond peak oxygen uptake in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the EXPLORER-HCM randomized trial, researchers reported.

In adults with intermediate, high or extreme operative risk who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, left ventricular stroke volume index 30 days after TAVR was an early predictor of 1‐year mortality, data show.

Among patients undergoing high-risk PCI with mechanical circulatory support who survived to 90 days without further major cardiac complications, many had improved left ventricular ejection fraction, according to data from RESTORE EF.

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicted death and respiratory failure in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, researchers reported in the American Journal of Cardiology.

New data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found no sex-related differences in all-cause mortality after acute HF hospitalization.

Early surgery or watchful waiting in patients with severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis.

In the AVATAR trial, patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and normal left ventricular function assigned early surgical aortic valvular replacement, compared with watchful waiting, had a lower incidence of death and CV outcomes.

Compared with white patients, Black patients who received a left ventricular assist device experienced a higher morbidity burden and smaller gains in functional capacity and quality of life, according to new MOMENTUM 3 trial data.

Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, in-hospital mortality risk was more substantial among those with HF history, according to new data published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

Daily coffee consumption may improve cardiac function and up to three cups per day was associated with lower risk for CV and all-cause death and stroke, according to data presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.