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ReviewVeterinary sciences2026

Reframing Heart Failure as a Multiorgan Network Disorder: Translational and Regenerative Perspectives in Veterinary Cardiology.

Mitsuhiro Isaka, Hiromu Udagawa, Yuji Hamamoto, Eunryel Nam

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Review in Veterinary sciences, 2026. 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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Mitsuhiro IsakaLaboratory of Companion Animal Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069-8501, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6001-7862
Hiromu UdagawaLaboratory of Companion Animal Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069-8501, Hokkaido, Japan.
Yuji HamamotoLaboratory of Companion Animal Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069-8501, Hokkaido, Japan.
Eunryel NamLaboratory of Companion Animal Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069-8501, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Abstract

Heart failure (HF) has traditionally been regarded as a primary myocardial disorder in veterinary medicine. However, accumulating evidence suggests that HF represents a systemic syndrome characterized by dynamic multiorgan interactions. In human cardiovascular research, cardiorenal and cardiointestinal paradigms have reshaped disease conceptualization, yet comparable integrative frameworks remain underdeveloped in veterinary cardiology. Naturally occurring canine HF-particularly myxomatous mitral valve disease and dilated cardiomyopathy-offers a clinically relevant translational platform in which systemic remodeling unfolds within an intact physiological lifespan. This review proposes a systems-based perspective that integrates spontaneous canine HF with controlled in vivo experimental models. We outline four main pathways of interaction: (1) the heart-gut axis, wherein reduced perfusion can influence inflammation and disruption of the intestinal barrier; (2) the heart-bone axis, wherein endocrine factors like osteoprotegerin and osteocrin can impact remodeling of the cardiovascular system; (3) the heart-vascular endothelium axis, wherein inflammatory signaling and dysfunction of the vascular endothelium are hallmarks; and (4) the neurocardiac axis, which reflects an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system. Emerging regenerative and organelle-based strategies-including mesenchymal stem cell therapy and mitochondrial transplantation-are discussed within this multiorgan framework. Rather than focusing solely on cardiac contractility, these approaches may function as systemic inflammatory modulators, and endothelial, metabolic, and autonomic pathways. Canine HF can be better understood as a multiorgan network condition; reframing it in this way can help researchers in the field of translational cardiology create more comprehensive diagnostic and treatment plans.

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dilated cardiomyopathyheart failuremultiorgan crosstalkmyxomatous mitral valve diseasetranslational veterinary cardiology

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PMID42188906
PMCPMC13211417

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