Telomere attrition in heart failure: a flow-FISH longitudinal analysis of circulating monocytes.

Iris TeubelElena ElchinovaSantiago RouraMarco A FernándezCarolina Gálvez-MontónPedro MolinerMarta de AntonioJosep LupónAntoni Bayés-Genís

Published in: Journal of translational medicine (2018)

Overall, this longitudinal study demonstrated a ~ 22% reduction of TL in monocytes from ambulatory patients with HF within 1 year. TL and ΔTL were not related to outcomes over long-term follow-up.

Keyphrases

heart failure
dendritic cells
peripheral blood
acute heart failure
blood pressure
left ventricular
cross sectional
atrial fibrillation
type diabetes
adipose tissue
insulin resistance