The gut-heart axis in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of gut microbiota and metabolites.
Targeting the gut microbiome through probiotics shows potential as an additional heart failure treatment strategy.
Heart failure remains a major global health challenge. The results support the potential of microbiome-targeted therapies, such as probiotics, as adjunctive strategies in heart failure management.
What the study was
- Study design
- Systematic review
- Population
- Cancer/disease patients
- Sample size
- 5825
- Category
- Prevention
- Maturity
- Potentially Practice-Changing
- Journal
- NPJ biofilms and microbiomes
Why it surfaced
Matched topic(s): Cardiovascular-metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, cardiometabolic risk. Study design: Systematic review. Score 6/10.
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