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SynthesisBioscience reports2020

Effects of nebivolol versus other antihypertensive drugs on the endothelial dysfunction in patients with essential hypertension.

Bingwei Li, Qiuju Zhang, Honggang Zhang, Chunxiao Wang, Ruijuan Xiu

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Synthesis in Bioscience reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bingwei LiInstitute of Microcirculation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100005, China.
Qiuju ZhangInstitute of Microcirculation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100005, China.
Honggang ZhangInstitute of Microcirculation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100005, China.
Chunxiao WangInstitute of Microcirculation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100005, China.
Ruijuan XiuInstitute of Microcirculation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100005, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aim to determine whether nebivolol has a better effect on endothelial dysfunction compared with other β-blockers or other classes of antihypertensive drugs. Searches of the PubMed, Embase etc. were performed to analyze all the randomized controlled trials using nebivolol to treat essential hypertension. The primary end points included a measurement of peripheral endothelial function by brachial flow mediated vasodilatation (FMD) or forearm blood flow (FBF). A random-effect model was used to perform the meta-analysis when the studies showed significant heterogeneity, otherwise a descriptive analysis was conducted. Ten studies (689 patients) were included in qualitative analysis, four of which were included in quantitative synthesis. Meta-analysis showed that the changed FMD value before and after treatment with nebivolol was not statistically different from those treated with other β-blockers [mean difference = 1.12, 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.56, 2.81, P=0.19]. Descriptive analysis indicated that nebivolol did not have a better endothelium-protective effect than other classes of antihypertensive drugs including olmesartan and perindopril. Nebivolol is not a unique endothelial function-protective agent distinguished from other β-blockers or other classes of antihypertensive drugs. Reversal of endothelial dysfunction is a key point in the prevention and therapy of essential hypertension.

Indexed as

Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor AntagonistsAdultAgedAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureEndothelium, VascularEssential HypertensionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNebivololRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeAdrenergic beta-1 Receptor AntagonistsAntihypertensive AgentsNebivololendothelial dysfunctionhypertensionNebivololβ-blockers

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PMID32342981
PMCPMC7201558
OpenAlexW3019835795

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