Cardiology Research Analysis
Across 2026-Q2, cardiology research converged on physiology-first diagnostics, mechanistically anchored heart failure biology, and more rigorous interventional trial methods. Prospective invasive physiology (CFR/IMR) established coronary microvascular dysfunction as a high-risk phenotype, and a June CO2-driven NIRS metric delivered a feasible noninvasive microvascular readout. In HFpEF, complementary human and translational studies tied reversible sarcomeric dysfunction in obesity to an endothel