Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19364331›Full record

ReviewClinical science (London, England : 1979)2009

Diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Omar Asghar, Ahmed Al-Sunni, Kaivan Khavandi, Ali Khavandi, Sarah Withers, Adam Greenstein, Anthony M Heagerty, Rayaz A Malik

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Review in Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  17. Cardiac calcium dysregulation in mice with chronic kidney disease.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Omar AsgharThe Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
Ahmed Al-Sunni
Kaivan Khavandi
Ali Khavandi
Sarah Withers
Adam Greenstein
Anthony M Heagerty
Rayaz A Malik

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a distinct primary disease process, independent of coronary artery disease, which leads to heart failure in diabetic patients. Epidemiological and clinical trial data have confirmed the greater incidence and prevalence of heart failure in diabetes. Novel echocardiographic and MR (magnetic resonance) techniques have enabled a more accurate means of phenotyping diabetic cardiomyopathy. Experimental models of diabetes have provided a range of novel molecular targets for this condition, but none have been substantiated in humans. Similarly, although ultrastructural pathology of the microvessels and cardiomyocytes is well described in animal models, studies in humans are small and limited to light microscopy. With regard to treatment, recent data with thiazolidinediones has generated much controversy in terms of the cardiac safety of both these and other drugs currently in use and under development. Clinical trials are urgently required to establish the efficacy of currently available agents for heart failure, as well as novel therapies in patients specifically with diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Indexed as

CardiomyopathiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic AngiopathiesBiomarkersHeart FailureHumansHyperglycemiaHypoglycemic AgentsMicrocirculationOxidative StressRisk FactorsBiomarkersHypoglycemic Agents

Identifiers

PMID19364331
PMCPMC2782307

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