Mavacamten (Camzyos) for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
June 13, 2022 (Issue: 1652)
The FDA has approved mavacamten (Camzyos –
MyoKardia/BMS), a modulator of cardiac myosin, to
improve functional capacity and symptoms in adults
with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or
III obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy...more
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- MY Desai. Mavacamten as an alternative to surgical septal myectomy or alcohol ablation in patients with severely symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. American College of Cardiology 71st Annual Scientific Session (ACC 2022), Washington DC, April 2-4, 2022.
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