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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2020

Protective Role of Enalapril in Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity: A Systematic Review.

Yili Zhang, Junjie Liu, Yuan Li, Nannan Tan, Kangjia Du, Huihui Zhao, Juan Wang, Jian Zhang, Wei Wang, Yong Wang

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yili ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Junjie LiuDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yuan LiDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Nannan TanSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Kangjia DuSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Huihui ZhaoSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Juan WangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jian ZhangSchool of Life Science, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Wei WangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yong WangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNDongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence of the preventive and therapeutic effects of enalapril on cardiotoxicity caused by chemotherapy needs to be further confirmed and updated.

methodsWe performed a systematic review of studies from electronic databases that were searched from inception to January 29, 2019, and included relevant studies analyzing enalapril as a cardioprotective agent before or during the use of anthracyclines by oncology patients. Homogeneous results from different studies were pooled using RevMan 5.3 software. The Cochrane risk-of-bias tool was used to determine the quality of the studies.

resultsWe examined and screened 626 studies according to specific criteria and ultimately included seven studies that were relevant to the indicated topic. Among them, three studies reported the incidence of death during 6- and 12-month follow-up periods. Six of the seven included studies showed possible positive results, suggesting that enalapril plays a cardioprotective role, while five of these studies showed that there was a significant difference in the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) between an enalapril group and a control group (weighted mean difference (WMD) = 7.18, 95% CI: 2.49-11.87, I

conclusionsAlthough a protective effect of enalapril on myocardial toxicity was observed in terms of the LVEF values and TnI, CK-MB and NT-proBNP levels, its use in the prevention and treatment of cardiotoxicity caused by anthracycline needs to be investigated by more scientific research.

Indexed as

anthracyclinecardioprotectionchemotherapyevidence-based medicineonco-cardiology

Identifiers

PMID32536868
PMCPMC7266978
OpenAlexW3029184485

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