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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Endothelial Dysfunction in Heart Failure: What Is Its Role?

Andrea Drera, Luca Rodella, Elisa Brangi, Mauro Riccardi, Enrico Vizzardi

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Longitudinal Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) trajectories and mortality risk in chronic heart failure.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026
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  10. Biomarkers of Cardiac Metabolic Flexibility in Health, HFrEF and HFpEF.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  17. Safety and Efficacy of Salt Restriction Across the Spectrum of Heart Failure.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Andrea DreraInstitute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Luca RodellaInstitute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Elisa BrangiInstitute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Mauro RiccardiInstitute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Enrico VizzardiCardiology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, Spedali Civili di Brescia, 23123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3544-6104

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endothelium is a continuous layer of cells that coats the interior walls of arteries, capillaries, and veins. It has an essential regulatory role in hemostatic function, vascular tone, inflammation, and platelet activity. Endothelial dysfunction is characterized by a shift to a proinflammatory and prothrombic state, and it could have a bidirectional relationship with heart failure (HF). Due to neurohormonal activation and shear stress, HFrEF may promote endothelial dysfunction, increase ROS synthesis, and reduce nitric oxide production. Different studies have also shown that endothelium function is damaged in HFpEF because of a systemic inflammatory state. Some clinical trials suggest that drugs that have an effect on endothelial dysfunction in patients with HF or cardiovascular disease may be a therapeutic option. The aim of this review is to highlight the pathogenetic correlation between endothelial dysfunction and heart failure and the related potential therapeutic options.

Indexed as

endothelial dysfunctionendotheliumheart failureinflammationnitric oxide

Identifiers

PMID38731063
PMCPMC11084443

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