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ArticleSpringerPlus2016

The effect of long-term amiodarone administration on myocardial fibrosis and evolution of left ventricular remodeling in a porcine model of ischemic cardiomyopathy.

Anastasia Zagorianou, Meletios Marougkas, Stavros G Drakos, Nikolaos Diakos, Panagiotis Konstantopoulos, Despina N Perrea, Maria Anastasiou-Nana, Konstantinos Malliaras

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Article in SpringerPlus, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Anesthesia Protocols used to Create Ischemia Reperfusion Myocardial Infarcts in Swine.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2020
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  5. A novel method of standardized myocardial infarction in aged rabbits.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anastasia Zagorianou3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, 67 Mikras Asias Street, 11 527 Athens, Greece.
Meletios Marougkas3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, 67 Mikras Asias Street, 11 527 Athens, Greece.
Stavros G Drakos3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, 67 Mikras Asias Street, 11 527 Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos Diakos3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, 67 Mikras Asias Street, 11 527 Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis KonstantopoulosLaboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research "N.S. Christeas", University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Despina N PerreaLaboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research "N.S. Christeas", University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Maria Anastasiou-Nana3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, 67 Mikras Asias Street, 11 527 Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos Malliaras3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, 67 Mikras Asias Street, 11 527 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRLaiko General Hospital of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amiodarone is effective in suppressing arrhythmias in heart failure patients. We investigated the effect of long-term amiodarone administration on myocardial fibrosis and left ventricular (LV) remodeling in a porcine model of ischemic cardiomyopathy. Eighteen infarcted farm pigs were randomized to receive long-term amiodarone administration for 3 months (n = 9) or conventional follow-up (n = 9). Evolution of LV remodeling over 3 months post-myocardial infarction was examined at tissue level (myocyte size, myocardial fibrosis and vascular density assessed by whole-field digital histopathology), organ level (LV structure and function assessed by echocardiography), and systemic level (BNP and MMP-9 levels). Long-term administration of the standard anti-arrhythmic doses of amiodarone was not associated with adverse effects on myocardial fibrosis and other features of adverse cardiac remodeling. This favorable safety profile suggests that long-term anti-arrhythmic therapy with amiodarone warrants further clinical investigation in the subpopulation of heart failure patients with significantly increased burden of arrhythmias.

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AmiodaroneCardiac remodelingHeart failureMyocardial fibrosisMyocardial infarction

Identifiers

PMID27652141
PMCPMC5023647
OpenAlexW2520053337

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