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ArticleCureus2025

Reviving the Mitochondria: A Hopeful Horizon in Refractory Heart Failure.

Zeeshan Ahmed, Fnu Abdul Rehman, Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Zeeshan AhmedMedicine and Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, PAK.
Fnu Abdul RehmanMedicine and Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, PAK.
Syed Faqeer Hussain BokhariMedicine and Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, PAK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Refractory heart failure (HF) remains a pressing clinical challenge despite substantial progress in pharmacologic and device-based interventions. While current therapies target neurohormonal, hemodynamic, and metabolic derangements, a crucial element of cellular dysfunction often remains overlooked: mitochondrial health. Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a central role in the pathogenesis and progression of HF, contributing to bioenergetic failure, oxidative stress, and cardiomyocyte death. Recent advances in mitochondrial-targeted therapies have opened new possibilities for treating HF at its energetic roots. This editorial explores the pathophysiological role of mitochondria in HF, reviews emerging therapeutic strategies aimed at restoring mitochondrial function, and outlines key challenges that must be addressed to translate these innovations into clinical practice.

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elamipretideheart failuremitochondiramitoqperhexilinepgc-1αtrimetazidineurolithin

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PMID41058805
PMCPMC12499949

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