MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute

Neurologic Stability During Tafamidis Treatment in Transthyretin Amyloidosis with a Mixed Phenotype: A Multicenter Real-World Study

Real-world evidence on the effect of tafamidis in mixed-phenotype transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis) is limited. This study assessed changes in neurologic and other measures in patients with mixed-phenotype ATTR amyloidosis treated with tafamidis free acid 61 mg f...

The gut microbiome and allograft outcomes: implications for heart transplantation

Heart transplantation remains the gold standard therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure. However, post-transplant complications are considerable. Emerging evidence implicates the gut microbiome as a modifiable determinant of post-heart transplant outcomes through its in...