Editorial - August 2020

Dear readers,

The Working Group on Myocardial Function was quite active during the COVID-19 times. As many others we used virtual meetings for interactions. Again the number of active members increased during the last 2 months. A number of position papers and summaries from the 2019 joint Naples meeting for the WGs Myocardial Function and Cellular Biology of the Heart were published. This were:

• Cardiac dysfunction in cancer patients: beyond direct cardiomyocyte damage of anticancer drugs. Novel cardio-oncology insights from the joint 2019 meeting of the ESC Working Groups of Myocardial Function and Cellular Biology of the Heart. By Tocchetti et al., Cardiovasc Res. 2020 Jul 19:cvaa222. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa222
• Debating new strategies for cardiac protection in the ageing heart in Naples, Italy: News from the joint meeting of the ESC Working Groups of Myocardial Function and Cell Biology of the Heart. Pesce et al. Cardiovasc Res. 2020 Jul 14:cvaa218. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa218
• Non-coding RNAs - Update on mechanisms and therapeutic targets from the ESC Working Groups of Myocardial Function and Cellular Biology of the Heart. Bär et al., . Cardiovasc Res. 2020 Jul 8:cvaa195. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa195

We wish you all a nice Summer Break and stay heathy!

Yours, Thomas Thum, MD, PhD, Chair WG Myocardial Function

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