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GUT-HEART AXIS AS NEW CONCEPT IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PATHOGENESIS

https://doi.org/10.35266/2949-3447-2026-2-7

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases represent a major cause of death worldwide, resulting in 20 million deaths each year. Substantiating only 55–65% of cardiovascular outcomes, traditional risk factors dictate the need to find new pathogenetic mechanisms and therapeutic targets in the treatment of the specified medical condition. Thus, scientists are actively developing a novel pathogenesis concept of the gut-heart axis. The article analyzes the literature on the gutheart axis determinants, such as diet, physical activity, pharmacotherapy, and probiotics. The authors underline the influence of gut microbiota metabolites, i.e. short-chain fatty acids, secondary bile acids, tryptophan indole derivatives, and trimethylamine N-oxide, on the cardiovascular system. Understanding the gut-heart axis offers new therapeutic options for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases via targeted gut microbiota exposure.

About the Authors

N. S. Kavushevskaya
Surgut State University, Surgut
Russian Federation

Candidate of Sciences (Biology), Docent



T. A. Sinyukova
Surgut State University, Surgut
Russian Federation

Candidate of Sciences (Biology), Docent



A. V. Morozkina
Surgut State University, Surgut
Russian Federation

Candidate of Sciences (Biology), Leading Researcher



L. V. Kovalenko
Surgut State University, Surgut
Russian Federation

Doctor of Sciences (Medicine), Professor



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Kavushevskaya N.S., Sinyukova T.A., Morozkina A.V., Kovalenko L.V. GUT-HEART AXIS AS NEW CONCEPT IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PATHOGENESIS. Vestnik SurGU. Meditsina. 2026;19(2):54-64. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35266/2949-3447-2026-2-7

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