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This condition is caused by a number of factors including diastolic and systolic stress on diabetic hearts as a result of mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, lipotoxicity, and cardiomyocyte apoptosis (amongst others) [117]. This predisposition to cardiomyopathy in diabetic individuals may suggest ...
This effect is greatly magnified by several risk factors, such as elderly age group and a more severe stroke [26]. This poses a significant dilemma in treating cardioembolic stroke who present outside of the therapeutic window, as these patients will need indefinite anticoagulation to prevent a ...
There are multiple risk factors for heart failure, including older age (65 years or over), being male, having a family history of the condition, or having certain underlying conditions, particularly myocardial infarction (heart attack), cardiac valve insufficiency (leaking) or stenosis (narrowing),...
However, it is unclear whether there are other factors besides sex differences in the intestinal microbiota that lead to sex-dependent bacterial increases or decreases in patients with MCI; further studies are needed to elucidate this. Various substances such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS), lipoproteins,...