Inhibition of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in heart failure, or from CONSENSUS to PARADIGM-HF

An historical survey is presented of mortality trials on angiotensin-aldosteron system inhibition in patients with chronic heart failure. From the CONSENSUS trial up to the PARADIGM-HF trial, ACE inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor antagonists (AT1-blockers, ARBs, sartans), along with mineralocorticoid receptor blockers, have been the gold standard of treatment. Both direct renin blocker aliskiren and dual blocker enalapril + neprilysin proved ineffective; on the other hand, the new dual inhibitor valsartan + neprilysin LCZ 696 is a new and promising therapeutic agent for future treatment of chronic heart failure.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Vnitrni lekarstvi - 61(2015), 5 vom: 07. Mai, Seite 470-4

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Inhibice systému renin-angiotenzin-aldosteron u srdečního selhání aneb od obecného souhlasu (CONSENSUS) po vzorec myšlení (PARADIGM-HF)

Beteiligte Personen:

Vítovec, Jiří [VerfasserIn]
Špinar, Jindřich [VerfasserIn]
Špinarová, Lenka [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Journal Article
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.10.2015

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM249972182