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Editorial
. 2019 Jan 29;139(5):660-662.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.037384.

Gut Microbiota Involvement in Ventricular Remodeling Post-Myocardial Infarction

Amy McMillan  1   2 , Stanley L Hazen  1   2   3
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Editorial

Gut Microbiota Involvement in Ventricular Remodeling Post-Myocardial Infarction

Amy McMillan et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; anti-bacterial agents; cardiovascular diseases; fatty acids, volatile; gastrointestinal microbiome; heart failure; models, animal.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures:

S.L.H. Reports grant support from the National Institutes of Health and the Office of Dietary Supplements (HL103866 and HL126827), and an award from the Leducq Foundation. S.L.H. is named as co-inventor on pending and issued patents held by the Cleveland Clinic relating to cardiovascular diagnostics or therapeutics and reports having the right to receive royalty payment for inventions or discoveries related to cardiovascular diagnostics from Cleveland Heart Lab, Inc. and Quest Diagnostics. S.L.H. also reports having been paid as a consultant for P&G and receiving research funds from Astra Zeneca, P&G, Pfizer Inc., and Roche Diagnostics.

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