Comparison of the Effect of Aliskiren Versus Negative Controls on Aortic Stiffness in Patients With Marfan Syndrome Under Treatment With Atenolol
- Authors
- Hwang, JW[Hwang, Ji-won]; Kim, EK[Kim, Eun Kyoung]; Jang, SY[Jang, Shin Yi]; Chung, TY[Chung, Tae-Young]; Ki, CS[Ki, Chang-Seok]; Sung, K[Sung, Kiick]; Kim, SM[Kim, Sung Mok]; Ahn, J[Ahn, Joonghyun]; Carriere, K[Carriere, Keumhee]; Choe, YH[Choe, Yeon Hyeon]; Chang, SA[Chang, Sung-A.]; Kim, DK[Kim, Duk-Kyung]
- Issue Date
- Sep-2018
- Publisher
- EDICIONES DOYMA S A
- Keywords
- Marfan syndrome; Aliskiren; Aortic stiffness; Central distensibility; Pulsed wave velocity
- Citation
- REVISTA ESPANOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA, v.71, no.9, pp.743 - 749
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- REVISTA ESPANOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA
- Volume
- 71
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 743
- End Page
- 749
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/18667
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.recesp.2017.10.040
- ISSN
- 0300-8932
- Abstract
- 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 (150-300 mg 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 14 mmHg 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. (C) 2017 Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
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