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Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of Chagas cardiomyopathy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Background Chagas cardiomyopathy (CHCM) is the most important clinical manifestation of Chagas disease. The analysis of cardiac miRNAs may contribute to predicting the progression to CHCM in Chagas indeterminate phase and/or to the differential diagnosis for cardiomyopathy.

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Inching Toward a Blood Test for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- A small panel of circulating biomarkers may reliably distinguish hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) from similar conditions that cause left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), researchers found. From proteomic profiling of nearly.

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Computational Modeling of Effects of PKP2 Gene Therapy on Ventricular Conduction Properties in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. Evidence from experimental systems and patients indicates that ventricular myocytes inPKP2arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy have greatly reduced electrical coupling at gap junctions and reduced Na+current density.

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Ago2 Protects Against Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Activating Mitochondrial Gene Translation

Circulation

Circulation, Ahead of Print. microRNAs translocate into subcellular organelles to modify genes involved in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Malonylation, a posttranslational modification of Ago2, reduced the importing of Ago2 into mitochondria in diabetic cardiomyopathy.

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2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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Comprehensive Proteomics Profiling Identifies Circulating Biomarkers to Distinguish Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy from Other Cardiomyopathies with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Circulation: Heart Failure

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. Background:Distinguishing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) from other cardiomyopathies with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), such as hypertensive LVH, transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), and aortic stenosis (AS), is sometimes challenging.

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Nonsense Variant PRDM16-Q187X Causes Impaired Myocardial Development and TGF-? Signaling Resulting in Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy in Humans and Mice

Circulation: Heart Failure

Circulation: Heart Failure, Volume 16, Issue 12 , Page e010351, December 1, 2023. Recent evidence suggests that loss of PRDM16 expression is associated with cardiomyopathy development in mice, although its role in human cardiomyopathy development is unclear.