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ReviewHeart failure reviews2021

Non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and cardiac fibrosis.

Bianca Olivia Cojan-Minzat, Alexandru Zlibut, Lucia Agoston-Coldea

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bianca Olivia Cojan-MinzatDepartment of Internal Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2-4 Clinicilor, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Alexandru ZlibutDepartment of Internal Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2-4 Clinicilor, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Lucia Agoston-ColdeaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2-4 Clinicilor, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. luciacoldea@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9224-9134

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac fibrosis is associated with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, increasing its morbidity and mortality. Cardiac fibroblast is the keystone of fibrogenesis, being activated by numerous cellular and humoral factors. Macrophages, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, mast cells, and endothelial cells stimulate fibrogenesis directly by activating cardiac fibroblasts and indirectly by synthetizing various profibrotic molecules. The synthesis of type 1 and type 3 collagen, fibronectin, and α-smooth muscle actin is rendered by various mechanisms like transforming growth factor-beta/small mothers against decapentaplegic pathway, renin angiotensin system, and estrogens, which in turn alter the extracellular matrix. Investigating the underlying mechanisms will allow the development of diagnostic and prognostic tools and discover novel specific therapies. Serum biomarkers aid in the diagnosis and tracking of cardiac fibrosis progression. The diagnostic gold standard is cardiac magnetic resonance with gadolinium administration that allows quantification of cardiac fibrosis either by late gadolinium enhancement assessment or by T1 mapping. Therefore, the goal is to stop and even reverse cardiac fibrosis by developing specific therapies that directly target fibrogenesis, in addition to the drugs used to treat heart failure. Cardiac resynchronization therapy had shown to revert myocardial remodeling and to reduce cardiac fibrosis. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of currently available data.

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Cardiomyopathy, DilatedContrast MediaEndothelial CellsFibrosisGadoliniumHumansMyocardiumContrast MediaGadoliniumAntifibrotic drugsCardiac fibrosisCardiac magnetic resonanceCardiac resynchronization therapyMicroRNAsNonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

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