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
Health Sci Rep. 2026 May 18;9: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 wit
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
Cureus. 2026 Apr 9;18(4):e106747. doi: 10.7759/cureus.106747. eCollection 2026 Apr.ABSTRACTConstrictive pericarditis (CP) is an uncommon but potentially reversible cause of heart failure, characterized by pericardial thickening, fibrosis, and loss of elasticity. Early recognition is essential becaus
Int J Heart Fail. 2026 Apr 22;8(2):137-146. doi: 10.36628/ijhf.2026.0041. eCollection 2026 Apr.ABSTRACTRight heart catheterization (RHC) remains the gold standard for the invasive assessment of cardiovascular hemodynamics, enabling direct measurement of right atrial, right ventricular, pulmonary art
Eur Heart J Suppl. 2026 Mar 13;28(Suppl 5):v159-v163. doi: 10.1093/eurheartjsupp/suag041. eCollection 2026 May.ABSTRACTCardiomyopathy classification remains challenging due to their extraordinary clinical, morphological, and genetic heterogeneity. As diagnostic technologies evolve, so too must the f
JTCVS Open. 2026 Mar 5;30:101713. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101713. eCollection 2026 Apr.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Advances in medical management have markedly improved early and late outcomes after pediatric heart transplantation. Although survival data are well established in Western countries, evidence f
Animals (Basel). 2026 Apr 10;16(8):1169. doi: 10.3390/ani16081169.ABSTRACTMyocardial calcification is an uncommon complication associated with end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) in feline patients. This report describes the clinical and multimodal imaging features of metastatic calcification in
Open Heart. 2026 Apr 24;13(1):e004143. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2026-004143.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is underdiagnosed due to non-specific clinical and echocardiographic features. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of the left ventricular relat
Circulation. 2026 May 26;153(21):e1344-e1358. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001431. Epub 2026 Apr 23.ABSTRACTPhysical activity (PA) is essential for the cardiovascular, emotional, and social health of all children and adolescents. However, for pediatric patients with cardiomyopathy, decades of risk-ave
No abstractCJC Open. 2025 Dec 12;8(4):392-395. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.12.003. eCollection 2026 Apr.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42007187 | PMC:PMC13084237 | DOI:10.1016/j.cjco.2025.12.003
Eur Heart J Imaging Methods Pract. 2026 Apr 3;4(1):qyag058. doi: 10.1093/ehjimp/qyag058. eCollection 2026 Jan.ABSTRACTAIMS: Current diagnostic criteria for transthyretin amyloid (ATTR) cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) emphasize increased left ventricular (LV) wall thickness, potentially delaying recognition
Ann Afr Med. 2026 Apr 17. doi: 10.4103/aam.aam_740_25. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Patient education is essential in the management of cardiomyopathies, including dilated, restrictive, and hypertrophic subtypes, which often involve complex diagnostic and treatment pathways. Tradition
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2026 Mar 26;13:1752135. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1752135. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTHypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and cardiac amyloidosis (CA) are major causes of myocardial thickening, yet they arise from distinct genetic, structural, and pathophysiological mechanisms. Differ
J Mol Med (Berl). 2026 Apr 7;104(1):62. doi: 10.1007/s00109-026-02667-9.ABSTRACTGlypican-4 (GPC-4), an endothelial cell surface protein, is released into the circulation in the context of ischemia, inflammation, neurohumoral activity, and shear stress. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic
HGG Adv. 2026 Mar 30;7(3):100598. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2026.100598. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) results from systolic dysfunction, while restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is due to diastolic dysfunction. The diverse pathophysiology of primary DCM and RCM suggests distinc
Cardiol Cardiovasc Med. 2026;10(2):22-33. doi: 10.26502/fccm.92920481. Epub 2026 Mar 3.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Mulibrey nanism is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the tripartite motif protein 37 (TRIM37 gene), which codes for a RING f
Card Fail Rev. 2026 Mar 2;12:e05. doi: 10.15420/cfr.2025.25. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTEnd-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ES-HCM) presents on a spectrum between the classic left ventricular systolic dysfunction and a less-recognised, restrictive phenotype with small-to-normal-sized left ventricul
Diagnostics (Basel). 2026 Feb 27;16(5):707. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16050707.ABSTRACTConstrictive pericarditis (CP) results from persistent or insufficiently controlled pericardial inflammation arising from diverse etiologies. It remains a challenging clinical condition, typically presenting with no
Front Genet. 2026 Feb 26;16:1659218. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2025.1659218. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTRestrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is the most severe type of cardiomyopathy in children with a very poor prognosis. RCM is often diagnosed between 6 and 10 years old and is predominantly of genetic origin.
Stem Cell Res. 2026 Jun;93:103961. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2026.103961. Epub 2026 Mar 4.ABSTRACTPediatric restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a rare, life-threatening heart disorder characterized by myocardial stiffness and impaired ventricular relaxation. It is often linked to pathogenic TNNI3 variants,
Neuromuscul Disord. 2026 May;62:106390. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2026.106390. Epub 2026 Mar 2.ABSTRACTThe recently described skeletal myopathy from dual inheritance of TTN and SRPK3 genetic variants has demonstrated digenic inheritance constitutes an under-recognised burden amongst inherited neuromuscular
Indian J Pharmacol. 2026 Mar 1;58(2):150-152. doi: 10.4103/ijp.ijp_764_25. Epub 2026 Mar 2.ABSTRACTPaclitaxel, a widely used taxane in the treatment of breast and other solid tumors, rarely causes cardiovascular complications such as restrictive cardiomyopathy and often underrecognized. A 78-year-ol
