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ReviewEuropean heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy2021

Renal protection in chronic heart failure: focus on sacubitril/valsartan.

Roberto Pontremoli, Claudio Borghi, Pasquale Perrone Filardi

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Review in European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The Impact of Hospice Care on the Prognosis, Quality of Life, and Emotional Well-being of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Roberto PontremoliDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Viale Benedetto 15, 6, 16132 Genova, Italy.
Claudio BorghiMedical and Surgical Sciences Department, University of Bologna, Via Giuseppe Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8039-8781
Pasquale Perrone FilardiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, Via Pansini, 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Clinica Mediterranea · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and increases the risk of overall and cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is), angiotensin receptor blockers, and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in decreasing mortality in patients with CHF, CKD hampers the optimization of standard pharmacologic therapy for heart failure. Therefore, other treatment options are needed to optimize treatment outcomes in CHF patients with CKD. The first-in-class angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor, sacubitril/valsartan, has a complementary activity that counteracts the potential unwanted long-term effects of over-activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Sacubitril/valsartan reduced the risk of CV mortality compared to standard therapy with an ACE-I in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in the PARADIGM-HF trial and has been shown to be safe and effective in a broad range of HFrEF patients. However, data on the efficacy and tolerability of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with more advanced CKD are limited. This review discusses the evidence for the role of sacubitril/valsartan in providing additional renal benefit in patients with HFrEF. Data from clinical trials and real-world experience in patients with HFrEF and advanced CKD support the benefits of dual angiotensin/neprilysin inhibition across the breadth of kidney disease stages, including patients with significant renal impairment that was not reported in the pivotal PARADIGM-HF trial, and suggests a central role for the cardiac benefits of sacubitril/valsartan in nephroprotection.

Indexed as

Heart FailureAminobutyratesBiphenyl CompoundsHumansStroke VolumeTetrazolesValsartanAminobutyratesBiphenyl CompoundssacubitrilTetrazolesValsartanChronic heart failureChronic kidney diseaseRenal functionRenoprotectionSacubitril/valsartan

Identifiers

PMID33822031
PMCPMC8453284
OpenAlexW3140945146

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