1. Comparison of the Effect of Aliskiren Versus Negative Controls on Aortic Stiffness in Patients With Marfan Syndrome Under Treatment With Atenolol.
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Hwang JW, Kim EK, Jang SY, Chung TY, Ki CS, Sung K, Kim SM, Ahn J, Carriere K, Choe YH, Chang SA, and Kim DK
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- Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists administration & dosage, Adult, Aorta, Thoracic diagnostic imaging, Aorta, Thoracic drug effects, Blood Pressure drug effects, Blood Pressure physiology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Echocardiography, Electrocardiography, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Marfan Syndrome physiopathology, Prospective Studies, Pulse Wave Analysis, Renin, Treatment Outcome, Vascular Stiffness drug effects, Amides administration & dosage, Aorta, Thoracic physiopathology, Atenolol administration & dosage, Fumarates administration & dosage, Marfan Syndrome drug therapy, Vascular Stiffness physiology, Vasodilation drug effects
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Introduction and Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of aliskiren on aortic stiffness in patients with Marfan syndrome (MS)., Methods: Twenty-eight MS patients (mean age ± standard deviation: 32.6 ± 10.6 years) were recruited from November 2009 to October 2014. All patients were receiving atenolol as standard beta-blocker therapy. A prospective randomization process was performed to assign participants to either aliskiren treatment (150-300mg orally per day) or no aliskiren treatment (negative control) in an open-label design. Central aortic distensibility and central pulsed wave velocity (PWV) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), peripheral PWV, central aortic blood pressure and augmentation index by peripheral tonometry, and aortic dilatation by echocardiography were examined initially and after 24 weeks. The primary endpoint was central aortic distensibility by MRI., Results: In analyses of differences between baseline and 24 weeks for the aliskiren treatment group vs the negative control group, central distensibility (overall; P = .26) and central PWV (0.2 ± 0.9 vs 0.03 ± 0.7 [m/s]; P = .79) by MRI were not significantly different. Central systolic aortic blood pressure tended to be lower by 14mmHg in patients in the aliskiren treatment group than in the control group (P = .09). A significant decrease in peripheral PWV (brachial-ankle PWV) in the aliskiren treatment group (-1.6 m/s) compared with the control group (+0.28 m/s) was noted (P = .005)., Conclusions: Among patients with MS, the addition of aliskiren to beta-blocker treatment did not significantly improve central aortic stiffness during a 24-week period., (Copyright © 2017 Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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