August 2025 Journal Watch

Published 25 August 2025

• Cardiology
• Early Career
• Journal Watch

The August 2025 Journal Watch explores topics in cardiology. Issue editor Hussam Ghalib, MD, gathers topics including:

• The safety and efficacy of IV istaroxime in pre-cardiogenic shock
• Does the routine early use of IABP in cardiogenic shock patience eligible for LVAD improve outcomes?
• Extended effects of mavacamten in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• The efficacy of daratumumab on desensitization in highly sensitized patients

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Issue Junior Editor: 

Contributors:

Sumita Barua, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

St Vincent’s Hospital
Sydney, Australia

 

Max Berrill, MBBS, MSc

Barts Health NHS Trust
London, UK

 

Bhanu Ramachandran, MBBS

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, NY USA

 

Hasan K. Siddiqi, MD, MSCR

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN USA

 

Journal Watch Senior Editor

Ross Thomson, BA, BMBCh, MRCP

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