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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023

Effects of ranolazine on right ventricular function, fluid dynamics, and metabolism in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension: insights from a longitudinal, randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled, multicenter study.

Q Joyce Han, Paul Forfia, Anjali Vaidya, Gautam Ramani, Robert A deKemp, Robert H Mach, David A Mankoff, Paco E Bravo, Marcelo DiCarli, Stephen Y Chan and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Management of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis: from classical treatments to new horizons.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  5. Clinical Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Q Joyce HanCardiovascular Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Paul ForfiaPulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure, and CTEPH Program, Department of Cardiology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Anjali VaidyaPulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure, and CTEPH Program, Department of Cardiology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Gautam RamaniCardiovascular Division, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Robert A deKempCardiac PET Center, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Robert H MachDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
David A MankoffDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Paco E BravoDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Marcelo DiCarliCardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Stephen Y ChanCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Aaron B WaxmanCenter for Pulmonary Heart Disease, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Yuchi HanCardiovascular Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
University of Pennsylvania · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USTemple University Hospital · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Ottawa · CAUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center · US

Funding

Defining the Complex Biology of the miR-130/301 Family in Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL124021 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHAN, STEPHEN Y · 2014 to 2025
$4.9M
Iron-Sulfur Deficiency as a Critical Pathogenic Cause of Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL122596 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHAN, STEPHEN Y · 2015 to 2024
$4.5M
Genetic and hypoxic control of a lncRNA axis orchestrates endothelial reprogramming in pulmonary hypertensionR01HL151228 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Stephen Y Chan · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122596NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL124021NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Right ventricular (RV) function is a major determinant of outcome in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH). We studied the effect of ranolazine on RV function over 6 months using multi-modality imaging and biochemical markers in patients with precapillary PH (groups I, III, and IV) and RV dysfunction [CMR imaging ejection fraction (EF) < 45%] in a longitudinal, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter study of ranolazine treatment. Methods: Enrolled patients were assessed using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, Results: Twenty-two patients were enrolled, and 15 patients completed all follow-up studies with 9 in the ranolazine arm and 6 in the placebo arm. RVEF and RV/Left ventricle (LV) mean glucose uptake were significantly improved after 6 months of treatment in the ranolazine arm. Metabolomic changes in aromatic amino acid metabolism, redox homeostasis, and bile acid metabolism were observed after ranolazine treatment, and several changes significantly correlated with changes in PET and CMR-derived fluid dynamic measurements. Discussion: Ranolazine may improve RV function by altering RV metabolism in patients with precapillary PH. Larger studies are needed to confirm the beneficial effects of ranolazine.

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4D flow MRIcardiac magnetic resonance imagingmetabolismpositron emission tomographypulmonary hypertension

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PMID37383703
PMCPMC10293744
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