Zhao C, Guo Y, Wang Y, Wang L, Yu L, Liang Y, Zhai Z, Tang L. The efficacy and safety of Sacubitril/Valsartan on pulmonary hypertension in hemodialysis patients.
Front Med (Lausanne) 2022;
9:1055330. [PMID:
36523777 PMCID:
PMC9745023 DOI:
10.3389/fmed.2022.1055330]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of end-stage renal disease which is associated with adverse outcomes including all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events. Recent studies have demonstrated that Sacubitril/Valsartan (Sac/Val) as an enkephalinase inhibitor and angiotensin II receptor blocker could reduce pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) and improve the prognosis of patients with heart failure. However, whether Sac/Val is effective in hemodialysis (HD) patients with PH is essentially unknown. In this retrospective study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Sac/Val in the treatment of PH in HD patients.
METHODS
A total of 122 HD patients with PH were divided into Sac/Val group (n = 71) and ARBs group (n = 51) based on the treatment regimen. The PASP, other cardiac parameters measured by echocardiography, and cardiac biomarkers including N-terminal fragment of BNP (NT-proBNP) and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) were observed at baseline and 3 months after treatment.
RESULTS
There were no significant differences in the baseline characteristics between the two groups. PASP decreased significantly from 45(38, 54) to 28(21, 40) mmHg in Sac/Val group (p < 0.001). PASP reduced from 41(37, 51) to 34(27, 44) mmHg in ARBs group (p < 0.001), and the decrease was more pronounced in the Sac/Val group (p < 0.001). In addition, improvements in the right atrial diameter (RAD), left ventricular diameter (LVD), left ventricular posterior wall thickness (LVPWT), left atrial diameter (LAD), pulmonary artery diameter (PAD), left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and fractional shortening (FS) were found in Sac/Val group (ps < 0.05). After 3 months, LVD, LAD, LVEDV, LVESV, LVEF, SV, and PASP were significantly improved in Sac/Val group compared with ARBs group (ps <0.05). Significant reduction in NT-proBNP [35,000 (15,000, 70,000) pg/ml vs. 7,042 (3,126, 29,060) pg/ml, p < 0.001] and cTnI [0.056(0.031, 0.085) ng/ml vs. 0.036 (0.012, 0.056) ng/ml, p < 0.001) were observed in Sac/Val group. No significant differences were observed in adverse events between the two groups (ps > 0.05).
CONCLUSION
Sac/Val seems to be an efficacious regimen in PH with favorable safety and has huge prospects for treating PH in HD patients.
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