Research progress on the relationship between intestinal microecology and heart failure in the elderly / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

More and more evidences have revealed that intestinal microbiota play an important role in heart failure in the elderly.This article is aimed to discuss the correlations between intestinal microecology with the development and progression of heart failure in the elderly, to explore the complexity and interaction between intestinal microecology and heart failure from the changes of intestinal microecology, to prove whether supplementing probiotics can improve symptoms of heart failure in elderly, and to analyze the potential of probiotics as a new therapeutic target for heart failure in the elderly.