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This editorial highlights that the impairment of adenosine-related systems, including decreased gene expression of adenosine receptors and adenosine deaminase, contributes to the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure.
Adenosine pathway impairment may contribute to heart failure progression; hypothesis-generating observation requiring prospective validation before clinical consideration.
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Ichiro Hisatome (2007) conducted an editorial in Chronic Heart Failure. Adenosine-related systems was evaluated. This editorial highlights that the impairment of adenosine-related systems, including decreased gene expression of adenosine receptors and adenosine deaminase, contributes to the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure.
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