{"title":"Potential Ascertainment Bias and Event Adjudication in T Cell Engager-Associated Cardiovascular Event Reporting.","authors":"Syed Muhammad Ali, Valle Chiang, Mahmood Ahmad","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.04.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.04.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48499,"journal":{"name":"Jacc: Cardiooncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148820096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply: Biochemical Remission and Residual Cardiac Abnormalities in AL Amyloidosis.","authors":"Eli Muchtar, Angela Dispenzieri, Morie A Gertz","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.06.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48499,"journal":{"name":"Jacc: Cardiooncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148820038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inflammatory Cell Profiles in Early- and Late-Manifestation Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis.","authors":"Kazuaki Maruyama, Yudai Tamura, Shiro Nakamori, Kazuko Tajiri, Hirofumi Tomita, Koichiro Kinugawa, Ryota Morimoto, Hiroshi Akazawa, Toshihiro Tsuruda, Michiro Maruyama, Yuichi Miyake, Hiroaki Kawano, Michiaki Hiroe, Kaoru Dohi, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Issei Komuro, Yuichi Tamura","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.07.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) myocarditis typically develops soon after treatment initiation (<90 days) but may also occur as a delayed complication after discontinuation of ICI therapy. The clinical and histopathologic differences between early- and late-manifestation ICI myocarditis remain unclear.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study sought to compare the clinical features and myocardial histopathology of early- versus late-manifestation ICI myocarditis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective national cohort study of patients diagnosed with myocarditis after ICI initiation who underwent endomyocardial biopsy. Biopsy samples were analyzed for inflammatory cell infiltration, severity of myocardial inflammation, and collagen volume fraction.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 35 patients (mean age: 66 ± 13 years; 71.4% male), 26 (74.3%) developed early-manifestation myocarditis (<90 days), whereas 9 (25.7%) had late-manifestation myocarditis (≥90 days). Early-manifestation cases showed significantly more severe myocardial inflammation; higher levels (median [Q1-Q3]) of CD3<sup>+</sup> T cells (432 [173-1,381] vs 121 [43-400] cells/mm<sup>2</sup>; P = 0.036), CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells (289 [73-994] vs 86 [21-168] cells/mm<sup>2</sup>; P = 0.019), and CD 68<sup>+</sup> macrophages (307 [116-841] vs 57 [36-200] cells/mm<sup>2</sup>; P = 0.008); and higher CD4<sup>+</sup> T-cell levels that did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.054). There were no significant differences in regulatory T cells or collagen volume. Clinically, early-manifestation myocarditis was characterized by higher cardiac biomarker levels and older age, whereas left ventricular ejection fraction was similar between groups. Mortality due to myocarditis occurred in 2 early-manifestation cases and in no late-manifestation cases. Conversely, cancer-related mortality was more frequent in the late-manifestation group (n = 3) than in the early-manifestation group (n = 2). ICI therapy was reinitiated in only 2 patients overall.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Late-manifestation ICI myocarditis may represent a temporally distinct or partially attenuated inflammatory phase. Despite a milder inflammatory profile, higher cancer-related mortality was observed, suggesting that cautious ICI reinitiation may warrant consideration in selected patients within this subgroup.</p>","PeriodicalId":48499,"journal":{"name":"Jacc: Cardiooncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148674391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immune Pathways in Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity: A Cardio-Immunology Perspective: JACC CardioOncology State-of-the-Art Review.","authors":"Giulia Guerra, George Bianco, Alessandra Ghigo","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.06.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.06.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anthracyclines such as doxorubicin remain central to cancer therapy, but their clinical utility is constrained by dose-limiting cardiotoxicity and long-term cardiovascular sequelae. Although traditionally attributed to cardiomyocyte-intrinsic mechanisms, including mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and DNA damage, emerging evidence demonstrates that these initial injuries rapidly activate the immune system, transforming doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity (DIC) into a multicellular inflammatory process. Release of mitochondrial and nuclear danger signals triggers innate immune pathways and recruitment of neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes, whose sustained activation promotes maladaptive remodeling, fibrosis, and chronic dysfunction. Conversely, specific immune subsets exert context-dependent cardioprotective effects, underscoring the dual role of immune responses in disease progression. This review frames DIC within a cardioimmunology paradigm, highlighting the intersection of mitochondrial stress, sterile inflammation, and adaptive immunity across acute and chronic phases of injury. We discuss emerging therapeutic strategies that extend beyond cardiomyocyte protection, including immune recalibration rather than broad immunosuppression, immune-targeted interventions, and biomarker-guided monitoring, to enable mechanism-based, individualized cardioprotection without compromising anticancer efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":48499,"journal":{"name":"Jacc: Cardiooncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148674418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacc: CardiooncologyPub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-06-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.04.004
Robert Monsour MD, Kyunga Ko MS, Amanda M. Smith MS, Benedicte Lefebvre MD, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie MD, PhD, Edward Stadmauer MD, Adam Waxman MD, MS, Alison Loren MD, MSCE, Bonnie Ky MD, MSCE, Michael G. Fradley MD
{"title":"Atrial Fibrillation Risk and Cardiovascular Events After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation","authors":"Robert Monsour MD, Kyunga Ko MS, Amanda M. Smith MS, Benedicte Lefebvre MD, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie MD, PhD, Edward Stadmauer MD, Adam Waxman MD, MS, Alison Loren MD, MSCE, Bonnie Ky MD, MSCE, Michael G. Fradley MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccao.2026.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48499,"journal":{"name":"Jacc: Cardiooncology","volume":"8 3","pages":"Pages 321-323"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148266792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}