Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2026 Jul 14;10(7):ytag505. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytag505. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Iatrogenic arteriovenous (AV) fistula is a rare but treatable cause of high-output heart failure that can mimic restrictive cardiomyopathy and may lead to inappropriate listing for h
Yonsei Med J. 2026 Aug;67(8):577-585. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2025.0268.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: There are few national studies of waiting-list mortality for heart transplantation (HT) in Korea. Our multicenter study examined mortality on the HT waiting list and its associated risk factors.MATERIALS AND METHODS: W
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2026 Jul 3;13:1835652. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1835652. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an infiltrative restrictive cardiomyopathy characterized by the deposition of β-fold amyloid, often presenting as left ventricular hypertrophy. Early nonspeci
JACC Case Rep. 2026 Jul 17:109237. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.109237. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Val142Ile hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) is an underrecognized cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in older individuals of African ancestry.CASE S
JACC Adv. 2026 Jul 17;5(8):103006. doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.103006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Myocarditis progressing to a dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) phenotype carries a high risk of end-stage heart failure in early childhood.OBJECTIVES: Given the age-dependent regenerative capac
Cureus. 2026 Jul 12;18(7):e112551. doi: 10.7759/cureus.112551. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTCardiac immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis classically presents with biventricular heart failure and increased wall thickness. Recurrent unilateral pleural effusion as the inaugural manifestation is
Clin Case Rep. 2026 Jul 9;14(7):e73115. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.73115. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTSystemic amyloidosis, which may involve the heart as an infiltrative cardiomyopathy, is frequently underdiagnosed, particularly in low-resource settings where access to advanced imaging and laboratory inves
Vet J. 2026 Jul 9;318:106773. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2026.106773. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite many decades of research into the underlying pathophysiology of thromboembolic disease in cats with cardiomyopathy, findings across the literature are still limited with inconsistencies across study
Int J Cardiol. 2026 Oct 15;461:134666. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2026.134666. Epub 2026 Jul 9.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Loeffler's endomyocarditis, the cardiac manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome, is characterized by eosinophilic myocardial infiltration and thrombus formation leading to restrictive ca
Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2026 Jul 4;10(7):ytag472. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytag472. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Loeffler endocarditis (LE) is a rare but potentially life-threatening cardiac manifestation of hyper-eosinophilic syndrome (HES). The disease is often complicated by intracardiac thro
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Jul;42(7):831-843. doi: 10.1007/s12055-026-02195-8. Epub 2026 Feb 28.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: Body weight is still the most common metric used for donor-recipient matching in Pediatric Heart Transplantation (PHTX) and its impact on long-term outcomes remains unclear
Res Sq [Preprint]. 2026 Jun 10:rs.3.rs-9636540. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9636540/v1.ABSTRACTTransthyretin (TTR) amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a restrictive cardiac disease caused by the deposition of TTR in the heart. TTR is synthesized by hepatocytes and circulates as a homotetramer carrying com
Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2026 Jun 3;10(6):ytag411. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytag411. eCollection 2026 Jun.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Sinus node dysfunction (SND) is a well-recognized complication after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), particularly in recipients of biatrial anastomosis. In this setting, conve
J Card Fail. 2026 Jun 18:S1071-9164(26)00302-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2026.05.016. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDuring the initial workup of a patient with chronic heart failure, increased left ventricular filling pressures at rest or during exercise, and a left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%
Epigenetics Chromatin. 2026 Jun 10. doi: 10.1186/s13072-026-00681-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCardiomyopathies constitute a heterogeneous group of myocardial disorders representing leading causes of heart failure and cardiovascular mortality worldwide. While genetic mutations have been extensiv
No abstractJ Card Fail. 2026 Jun 10:S1071-9164(26)00306-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2026.05.024. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42269810 | DOI:10.1016/j.cardfail.2026.05.024
J Vet Cardiol. 2026 May 20;66:89-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jvc.2026.05.005. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES: Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), the second most common cardiomyopathy in cats, is known to induce primary diastolic dysfunction. Little is known about systolic function in c
J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Jun 16;15(12):e048943. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.125.048943. Epub 2026 Jun 9.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a rare, life-threatening form of restrictive cardiomyopathy. Access to cardiology providers and specialized amyloid centers may impact ATT
Int J Cardiol. 2026 Oct 1;460:134582. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2026.134582. Epub 2026 May 27.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Sex-related differences in cardiomyopathy (CMP) may influence clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, access to advanced therapies and outcomes. Despite this, women remain substantiall
Med Sci (Basel). 2026 Apr 29;14(2):223. doi: 10.3390/medsci14020223.ABSTRACTBackground: Iron overload cardiomyopathy (IOC) is a major determinant of outcomes in hemochromatosis, and conventional echocardiography may miss early myocardial toxicity. Comparative data on primary (PH) versus secondary he
J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2026 Aug;217:29-39. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2026.05.008. Epub 2026 May 22.ABSTRACTTroponin T (TnT), the tropomyosin (Tm)-binding subunit of troponin, plays a central role in regulating striated muscle contractility. The recently identified Tm-binding site 3 in the highly conserved C
Health Sci Rep. 2026 May 18;9(5):e72398. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.72398. eCollection 2026 May.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiomyopathies encompass a spectrum of myocardial disorders often attributed to underlying genetic mutations. However, genotype-phenotype discordance where the genetic profile does not align
Front Med (Lausanne). 2026 Apr 29;13:1805706. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1805706. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTRestrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a rare cause of cardiomyopathy, the etiology of which remains poorly understood and may result from inherited or acquired predispositions to disease, or a combin
Int J Mol Sci. 2026 May 1;27(9):4074. doi: 10.3390/ijms27094074.ABSTRACTMulibrey nanism is a rare autosomal recessive multisystem disorder caused by biallelic loss of function variants in TRIM37 encoding a peroxisomal E3 ubiquitin ligase. Initially described in Finland, where it remains most prevale
