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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications of Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Heart Failure.

Vasiliki Tsigkou, Evangelos Oikonomou, Artemis Anastasiou, Stamatios Lampsas, George E Zakynthinos, Konstantinos Kalogeras, Maria Katsioupa, Maria Kapsali, Islam Kourampi, Theodoros Pesiridis and 5 more

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Vasiliki Tsigkou3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Evangelos Oikonomou3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8079-0599
Artemis Anastasiou3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Stamatios Lampsas3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6481-0000
George E Zakynthinos3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos Kalogeras3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2036-6192
Maria Katsioupa3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5728-9365
Maria Kapsali3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Islam Kourampi3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8289-4869
Theodoros Pesiridis3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Georgios Marinos3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Michael-Andrew Vavuranakis3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1385-1811
Dimitris Tousoulis1st Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Manolis Vavuranakis3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Gerasimos Siasos3rd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Chest Disease Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure is a complex medical syndrome that is attributed to a number of risk factors; nevertheless, its clinical presentation is quite similar among the different etiologies. Heart failure displays a rapidly increasing prevalence due to the aging of the population and the success of medical treatment and devices. The pathophysiology of heart failure comprises several mechanisms, such as activation of neurohormonal systems, oxidative stress, dysfunctional calcium handling, impaired energy utilization, mitochondrial dysfunction, and inflammation, which are also implicated in the development of endothelial dysfunction. Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is usually the result of myocardial loss, which progressively ends in myocardial remodeling. On the other hand, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is common in patients with comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, obesity, and hypertension, which trigger the creation of a micro-environment of chronic, ongoing inflammation. Interestingly, endothelial dysfunction of both peripheral vessels and coronary epicardial vessels and microcirculation is a common characteristic of both categories of heart failure and has been associated with worse cardiovascular outcomes. Indeed, exercise training and several heart failure drug categories display favorable effects against endothelial dysfunction apart from their established direct myocardial benefit.

Indexed as

Heart FailureComorbidityHumansInflammationMyocardiumRisk Factorsendothelial dysfunctionheart failuremolecular mechanismspathophysiology

Identifiers

PMID36901752
PMCPMC10001590

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