Article
Myocardial interstitial fibrosis in the era of precision medicine. Biomarker-based phenotyping for a personalized treatment.
Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.) - 1 Mar 2020
Ravassa Susana, González Arantxa, Bayés-Genís Antoni, Lupón Josep, Díez Javier
Abstract excerpt
Myocardial interstitial fibrosis is a constant pathological finding in structural heart diseases of various etiologies that evolve with heart failure. Although fibrosis facilitates heart failure progression, until now no therapeutic strategy has been developed that ensures its reversal. A possible explanation for this may lie in the vision of myocardial interstitial fibrosis as a homogeneous lesion instead of a...
Topics
- Biomarkers
- Collagen Type I
- Disease Progression
- Fibrosis
- Heart Failure
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Myocardium
- Phenotype
- Precision Medicine
- Proof of Concept Study
