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 ...
Heart failure is a majorpublic healthconcern in countries worldwide. Although reliable data on the prevalence of heart failure is lacking for some parts of the world, it is estimated that globally more than 25 million people are affected by it. There are multiple risk factors for heart failure...
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,...