Gut flora — pathogenic role in chronic heart failure
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Pathogenic Gut Flora in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.
OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to measure the presence of pathogenic gut flora and intestinal permeability (IP) and their correlations with disease severity, venous blood congestion, and inflammation in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that translocation of gut flora and/or their toxins from the intestine to the bloodstream is a possible trigger o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Cardiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1759-5002,1759-5010
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2015.200