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ArticleCardiac failure review2016

The Mechanism of Action of LCZ696.

Juan Tamargo Menendez

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Article in Cardiac failure review, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan Tamargo MenendezDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) represents a growing financial burden on healthcare systems and despite therapeutic advances, mortality remains high. Current treatments focus on blocking neurohormonal pathways, such as the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS). Recent research has focused on the natriuretic peptide system, which confers beneficial effects in HF, whereas activation of the RAAS and of the sympathetic nervous system has detrimental effects. LCZ696 (sacubutril/valsartan), a first-in-class angiotensin II AT[1] receptor neprilysin inhibitor, has a unique mode of action that targets both pathways. Clinical studies to date indicate that LCZ696 is effective and safe in mild to moderate arterial hypertension and in HF patients with preserved ejection fraction, and has been shown to be superior to enalapril in patients with moderate to severe HF due to reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.

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Angiotensin receptorLCZ696natriuretic peptidesneprilysinneprilysin inhibitor heart failurerenin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

Identifiers

PMID28785451
PMCPMC5491035
OpenAlexW2951561227

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