Episode 76: Evolocumab's Impact on Coronary Physiology and Microstructure in De Novo Heart Transplant Recipients

JHLT: The Podcast returns with an episode discussing the paper, "Impact of evolocumab on coronary physiology and microstructure in de-novo heart transplant recipients," from the January issue of JHLT.

Featured on this episode is early career guest host Bin Yang, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital. Mentored by Digital Media Editor Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD, Dr. Yang shares hosting duties this episode and brings great questions to the discussion.

Drs. Yang and Ton are joined by the first author, Salma Karim, and senior author, Hans Eiskjaer, both from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark.

The discussion explores:

• What imaging and physical markers the researchers used to determine if evolocumab was influencing the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV)
• The potential role of lipid-lowering therapies or statins in treating CAV
• The relationship between CAV and microvascular resistance (IMR)

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In case you missed it, earlier this month the JHLT Digital Media Editors recapped their favorite papers from 2025. Take a listen!

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