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Cardiomegaly

Active therapeutic pipelineEmerging research
3
Publications
2
Clinical trials
2023
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Executive briefingUpdating summary…Momentum: Low
Key developments
  • 1 clinical trial with recent milestones.

Clinical trials

2 sponsors · 0 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +0)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
2
All trials
1
Active
0
Late-stage
0
Completed

Research activity

3 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Major themes5
  • CD47 Antigen1
  • Endothelial Cells1
  • Extracellular Vesicles1
  • Heart Failure1
  • Ventricular Remodeling1
Leading journals3
  • Cells1
  • Circulation research1
  • Journal of extracellular vesicles1
Leading researchers8
  • Ahmadian MR1
  • Amin E1
  • Bazgir F1
  • Chen L1
  • Chun Y1
  • Joung B1
  • Kang JY1
  • Kim H1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Cardiovascular Research Center1
  • Changzhou Medical Center of the Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and Department of Cardiology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University1
  • Department of Medicine and Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center1
  • GNTPharma Science and Technology Center for Health1
  • Graduate School of Medical Science1
  • Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

Enlargement of the HEART, usually indicated by a cardiothoracic ratio above 0.50. Heart enlargement may involve the right, the left, or both HEART VENTRICLES or HEART ATRIA. Cardiomegaly is a nonspecific symptom seen in patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HEART FAILURE) or several forms of CARDIOMYOPATHIES.

Identifiers
References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.