Published in Circulation (Impact Factor: 19). This consensus statement from the American Heart Association led by Drs. Konstam and Kiernan provides penetrating insight into the problem of right heart failure, which is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality for millions of individuals worldwide.
Published in Circulation (Impact Factor: 19). This original research report from led by Dr. Morine, an interventional cardiology fellow at Tufts Medical Center, introduces a new protein that regulates heart failure and may be a novel target of therapy for drug development. This work represents the culmination of Dr. Morine's research as a recipient of an award from the National Institutes of Health T-32 Post-doctoral Fellowship Program in Dr. Kapur’s Lab. The report was also highlighted in Nature Cardiovascular Medicine as pioneering work.
Published in Circulation (Impact Factor: 19). This original research report identified that African American patients with HCM may be under-recognized and under-referred for effective therapies such as surgical myectomy or implantable cardioverter defibrillators because of potential racial disparities in access to specialty HCM care.