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ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2022

Riociguat and the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Raymond L Benza, David Langleben, Anna R Hemnes, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Stephan Rosenkranz, Thenappan Thenappan, Paul M Hassoun, Ioana R Preston, Stefano Ghio, Roberto Badagliacca and 4 more

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Review in European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Right heart reverse remodeling:International journal of cardiology. Congenital heart disease · 2025
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  7. Novel Therapies for Right Ventricular Failure.Current cardiology reports · 2025
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  9. Successful management of HeartMate 3 in a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2024
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  10. The nitric oxide-soluble guanylate cyclase-cGMP pathway in pulmonary hypertension: from PDE5 to soluble guanylate cyclase.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024
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  11. Modulating NO-GC Pathway in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 13 institutions in 6 countries.

Raymond L BenzaDept of Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA Raymond.Benza@osumc.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9627-6236
David LanglebenCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Anna R HemnesDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Anton Vonk NoordegraafVU University Medical Center, Pulmonary Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4057-758X
Stephan RosenkranzDept of Cardiology and Cologne Cardiovascular Research Center, Cologne University Heart Center, Cologne, Germany.
Thenappan ThenappanCardiovascular Division, Dept of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Paul M HassounPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ioana R PrestonPulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Stefano GhioDivision of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Roberto BadagliaccaDept of Cardiology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Carmine D VizzaDept of Cardiology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3540-4983
Irene M LangDivision of Cardiology, Dept of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria.
Christian MeierGlobal Medical Affairs, Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Ekkehard GrünigCentre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik-Heidelberg gGmbH, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sapienza University of Rome · ITAmsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLBayer (Germany) · DEHeidelberg University · DEJewish General Hospital · CAJohns Hopkins University · USMedical University of Vienna · ATPoliclinico San Matteo Fondazione · ITThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · USTufts Medical Center · USUniversity Hospital Cologne · DEUniversity of Minnesota · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) are progressive diseases that can lead to right heart failure and death. Right ventricular dysfunction, hypertrophy and maladaptive remodelling are consequences of increased right ventricular (RV) afterload in PAH and CTEPH and are indicative of long-term outcomes. Because RV failure is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in PAH and CTEPH, successful treatments should lead to improvements in RV parameters. Riociguat is a soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator approved for the treatment of PAH and inoperable or persistent/recurrent CTEPH after pulmonary endarterectomy. This review examines the current evidence showing the effect of riociguat on the right ventricle, with particular focus on remodelling, function and structural parameters in preclinical models and patients with PAH or CTEPH.

Indexed as

Hypertension, PulmonaryPulmonary Arterial HypertensionPulmonary EmbolismChronic DiseaseFamilial Primary Pulmonary HypertensionHeart VentriclesHumansPyrazolesPyrimidinesSoluble Guanylyl CyclasePyrazolesPyrimidinesriociguatSoluble Guanylyl Cyclase

Identifiers

PMID36198418
PMCPMC9724805
OpenAlexW4301585911

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