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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Mystery of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: From Early Concepts and Underlying Mechanisms to Novel Therapeutic Possibilities.

Petra Grubić Rotkvić, Zrinka Planinić, Ana-Marija Liberati Pršo, Jozica Šikić, Edvard Galić, Luka Rotkvić

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Petra Grubić RotkvićClinic of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Sveti Duh", Sveti Duh 64, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-2587-1932
Zrinka PlaninićClinic of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Sveti Duh", Sveti Duh 64, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-8664-3338
Ana-Marija Liberati PršoClinic of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Sveti Duh", Sveti Duh 64, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Jozica ŠikićClinic of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Sveti Duh", Sveti Duh 64, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Edvard GalićClinic of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Sveti Duh", Sveti Duh 64, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-5707-0961
Luka RotkvićMagdalena Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Ljudevita Gaja 2, 49217 Krapinske Toplice, Croatia.
University of Zagreb · HRKlinička bolnica "Sveti Duh" · HR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic patients are predisposed to diabetic cardiomyopathy, a specific form of cardiomyopathy which is characterized by the development of myocardial fibrosis, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, and apoptosis that develops independently of concomitant macrovascular and microvascular diabetic complications. Its pathophysiology is multifactorial and poorly understood and no specific therapeutic guideline has yet been established. Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a challenging diagnosis, made after excluding other potential entities, treated with different pharmacotherapeutic agents targeting various pathophysiological pathways that need yet to be unraveled. It has great clinical importance as diabetes is a disease with pandemic proportions. This review focuses on the potential mechanisms contributing to this entity, diagnostic options, as well as on potential therapeutic interventions taking in consideration their clinical feasibility and limitations in everyday practice. Besides conventional therapies, we discuss novel therapeutic possibilities that have not yet been translated into clinical practice.

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ApoptosisDiabetes MellitusDiabetic CardiomyopathiesFibrosisHumansMyocardiumdiabetes mellitusdiabetic cardiomyopathyheart failure

Identifiers

PMID34205870
PMCPMC8198766
OpenAlexW3166606347

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