Effect of sacubitril/valsartan on cardiac remodeling compared with other renin-angiotensin system inhibitors : a difference-in-difference analysis of propensity-score matched samples

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BACKGROUND: In patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), treatment with sacubitril-valsartan (S/V) may reverse left ventricular remodeling (rLVR). Whether this effect is superior to that induced by other renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors is not well known.

METHODS: HFrEF patients treated with S/V (n = 795) were compared, by propensity score matching, with a historical cohort of 831 HFrEF patients (non-S/V group) treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (RAS inhibitors). All patients were also treated with beta-blockers and shared the same protocol with repeat echocardiogram 8-12 months after starting therapy. The difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis was used to evaluate the impact of S/V on CR indices between the two groups.

RESULTS: After propensity score matching, compared to non-S/V group (n = 354), S/V group (n = 354) showed a relative greater reduction in end-diastolic and end-systolic volume index (ESVI), and greater increase in ejection fraction (DiD estimator =  + 5.42 mL/m2, P = 0.0005; + 4.68 mL/m2, P = 0.0009, and + 1.76%, P = 0.002, respectively). Reverse LVR (reduction in ESVI ≥ 15% from baseline) was more prevalent in S/V than in non-S/V group (34% vs 26%, P = 0.017), while adverse LVR (aLVR, increase in ESVI at follow-up ≥ 15%) was more frequent in non-S/V than in S/V (16% vs 7%, P < 0.001). The beneficial effect of S/V on CR over other RAS inhibitors was appreciable across a wide range of patient's age and baseline end-diastolic volume index, but it tended to attenuate in more dilated left ventricles (P for interaction = NS for both).

CONCLUSION: In HFrEF patients treated with beta-blockers, sacubitril/valsartan is associated with a relative greater benefit in LV reverse remodeling indices than other RAS inhibitors.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society - (2023) vom: 21. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carluccio, Erberto [VerfasserIn]
Dini, Frank L [VerfasserIn]
Correale, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Dattilo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Ciccarelli, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Vannuccini, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Sforna, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Pacileo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Masarone, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Scelsi, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Ghio, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Mercurio, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Brunetti, Natale Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Nodari, Savina [VerfasserIn]
Ambrosio, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Palazzuoli, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Working Group on Heart Failure of the Italian Society of Cardiology [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARNI
Cardiac remodeling
Heart failure, RAS inhibitors
Journal Article
Neprilysin inhibitors
Sacubitril/valsartan

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Date Revised 21.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1007/s00392-023-02306-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362297738