Open AccessCurrent understanding of gut microbiota alterations and related therapeutic intervention strategies in heart failure
Author(s) -
Xi Chen,
Hanyu Li,
Xiaomin Hu,
Yan Zhang,
Shuyang Zhang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.1097/cm9.0000000000000330
Subject(s) - gut flora , heart failure , probiotic , bile acid , fecal bacteriotherapy , trimethylamine n oxide , heart transplantation , biology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , bacteria , immunology , biochemistry , trimethylamine , genetics , clostridium difficile
The purpose of this review is to stress the complicated interactions between the microbiota and the development of heart failure. Moreover, the feasibility of modulating intestinal microbes and metabolites as novel therapeutic strategies is discussed.