Wittek Research Foundation for HCM

The Wittek Research Foundation is a non-profit supporting research to transform the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

Happy to announce that our inaugural Scientific Advisory Board for the Wittek Research Foundation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy was held on 12/22 2021. Many thanks to Drs. Carolyn Ho, @jct_ucb, @sday_hcm, Christine Seidman and Beth McNally for their contributions #HCM (1/2).

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

This amazing anti-ICE song by @lynzylab on IG needs to go viral.

Super talented.

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

Right Now, Not just Americans but whole world can see it, what Carl Sagan saw back in 1995.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Flashback to 2020:

CA official: "If we ignore the science and put our head in the sand... we're not going to succeed together protecting Californians."

Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."

"I wish science agreed with you."

Trump: "I don’t think science knows, actually."

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

Fascinating study, with clues towards hope for those at high risk for Alzheimer’s, and possible Alzheimer’s in general, as we learn more about the interactions of the different APOe genes https://t.co/yGebwG4JhR via @statnews

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

If you’d like the original paper with the 2024 AHA/ACC Guidelines for HCM MANAGEMENT, see link below.

[Circulation @CircAHA]

2024 AHA/ACC/AMSSM/HRS/PACES/SCMR Guideline for the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy #AHAJournals
https://t.co/RYTAVGougL

[Ahmad Masri @MasriAhmadMD]

Here are the primary results of #aficamten in @NEJM

https://t.co/l25f6RiUaS

#HeartFailure2024 #CardioTwitter

[NEJM @NEJM]

Presented at #HeartFailure2024:

Among patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, treatment with aficamten led to a greater increase in peak oxygen consumption than placebo at 6 months. Full SEQUOIA-HCM phase 3 trial results: https://t.co/8M0wEtJ96d

[Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, MBA @sadayappanlab]

The 2024 #Myofilament Meeting in Madison, WI, has commenced with the Early Career Investigator Symposium, featuring extraordinary presentations. Over 200 participants worldwide have gathered to discuss and share the latest discoveries in #myofilament research.

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

The American Heart Association guidelines for HCM treatment have just been updated for 2024. Cynthia Burstein Waldman @Cynaburst does a great job of breaking down the changes for you in this article from her blog HCMbeat: https://t.co/sEk7PpL7zk

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

The American Heart Association guidelines for HCM treatment have just been updated for 2024. Cynthia Burstein Waldman @Cynaburst does a great job of breaking down the changes for you in this article from her blog HCMbeat: https://t.co/sEk7PpL7zk

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Can the media please stop saying that “people don’t want Biden?” He literally won New Hampshire by 30+ points yesterday & got more votes than any presidential candidate in history in 2020. We do want President Biden & to suggest otherwise is deeply insulting & a lie.

[Sharon Plon @splon]

Reading this article should be required for all clinical geneticists and genetic counselors. So many insights from the perspective of a large family dealing w/ devastating autosomal dominant Frontotemporal dementia https://t.co/aD6dGRxFCh

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

Important early data from @MasriAhmadMD and @Cytokinetcs about #aficamten in non-obstructive HCM at #ACC

[Ahmad Masri @MasriAhmadMD]

Here are the results of the #REDWOOD #HCM Cohort 4 trial. Follow along.
We enrolled 41 patients with non-obstructive HCM (nHCM) in an open label multi-center international phase II study
#CardioTwitter #ACC23

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

Exciting news from the LIVE-#HCM study at #ACC23. Kudos to @sday_hcm, Dr. Lampert@Yale and Michael J. Ackerman MD,PhD for bringing hope for a more normal and vigorous life to HCM patients !

[Michael J. Ackerman MD,PhD @MJAckermanMDPhD]

From its conception by ⁦@sday_hcm⁩, Dr. Lampert ⁦@Yale⁩, & me 10 yrs ago, the first results of LIVE-#HCM have been just released #ACC23. There was NO signal of increased risk among the 699 patients doing vigorous #exercise compared to the 961 who were less active!

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

@Victorshi2020 The new Power Brokers (or not so new) are the media moguls

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

via @NYTimes A fine tribute to Dr. Audrey Evans, whom I had the privilege of meeting once. At the age of 75, she still preferred to take the stairs rather than the elevator and I struggled to keep up with her! https://t.co/mLa7RVozLs

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

@ajaykirtane @giveon What talented kids!!

[Wittek Research Foundation for HCM @WittekHCM]

This important new study found a 10.9 percent gain in HCM genetic diagnoses that would have been missed in patients with suspected genetic cardiomyopathy or arrhythmia https://t.co/7rfOFov5gp https://t.co/dlBSt9qoCb

[Tom Wilks @tom_wilks]

Bohemian rhapsody for postdocs:

Is this a real job?
Or more like a PhD?
Caught in short contracts
No chance of stability

Open your eyes
Look up to PIs and see
I'm just a postdoc
I get no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Stress is high
Pay is low