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Multimodal Study of Murine Cardiovascular Remodeling: Four-Dimensional Ultrasound and Mass Spectrometry Imaging
Published on: January 10, 2025
Multiorgan, Multimodality Imaging in Cardiometabolic Disease
Vidhya Kumar1, Willa A Hsueh1, Subha V Raman2
1From the Ohio State University Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Columbus (V.K., W.A.H., S.V.R.); and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Ohio State University, Columbus (W.A.H.).
Insights
Cardiometabolic diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes pose significant health risks. This review explores organ system targets and in vivo diagnostics for early intervention and improved cardiometabolic health.
Area of Science:
- Multidisciplinary research integrating preclinical and clinical science.
Background:
- Cardiometabolic disease, encompassing obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, presents a substantial public health challenge.
- Excess cardiovascular risk is a common comorbidity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a state-of-the-art, multimodality review of organ systems involved in cardiometabolic disease.
- To highlight potential targets for early intervention and therapeutic advancements.
Main Methods:
- Review of preclinical translational science findings.
- Analysis of advancements in in vivo diagnostic techniques.
- Multimodality perspective across multiple organ systems.
Main Results:
- Identification of potential intervention targets in various organ systems.
- Emphasis on the role of in vivo diagnostics in facilitating clinical translation.
- Comprehensive overview of the current landscape of cardiometabolic disease research.
Conclusions:
- Early intervention strategies targeting multiple organ systems are crucial.
- In vivo diagnostic techniques are key to validating and translating therapeutic advancements.
- A multimodality approach is essential for improving cardiometabolic health outcomes.
Abstract:
Cardiometabolic disease, spanning conditions such as obesity to type 2 diabetes mellitus with excess cardiovascular risk, represents a major public health burden. Advances in preclinical translational science point to potential targets across multiple organ systems for early intervention to improve cardiometabolic health. Validation in clinical trials and translation to care would benefit from in vivo diagnostic techniques that facilitate therapeutic advancements. This review provides a state-of-the-art, multimodality perspective spanning the multiple organ systems that contribute to cardiometabolic disease.
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