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ReviewCardiac failure review2023

Pathophysiological Rationale and Clinical Evidence for Neurohormonal Modulation in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.

Vincenzo Castiglione, Francesco Gentile, Nicolò Ghionzoli, Martina Chiriacò, Giorgia Panichella, Alberto Aimo, Giuseppe Vergaro, Alberto Giannoni, Claudio Passino, Michele Emdin

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Review in Cardiac failure review, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Acute right-sided transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation improves cardio-vagal baroreflex gain in patients with chronic heart failure.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2025
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  9. One Syndrome, Many Faces: A Unified Perspective on Heart Failure Phenotypes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  18. Neurohumoral Activation in Heart Failure.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

10 authors.

Vincenzo CastiglioneInterdisciplinary Research Center Health Science, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy.
Francesco GentileCardiology Division, Pisa University Hospital Pisa, Italy.
Nicolò GhionzoliDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena Siena, Italy.
Martina ChiriacòDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa Pisa, Italy.
Giorgia PanichellaInterdisciplinary Research Center Health Science, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy.
Alberto AimoInterdisciplinary Research Center Health Science, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy.
Giuseppe VergaroInterdisciplinary Research Center Health Science, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy.
Alberto GiannoniInterdisciplinary Research Center Health Science, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy.
Claudio PassinoInterdisciplinary Research Center Health Science, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy.
Michele EmdinInterdisciplinary Research Center Health Science, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous syndrome resulting from the interaction between cardiac diseases, comorbidities and ageing. HFpEF is characterised by the activation of neurohormonal axes, namely of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the sympathetic nervous system, although to a lesser extent compared with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. This provides a rationale for neurohormonal modulation as a therapeutic approach for HFpEF. Nonetheless, randomised clinical trials have failed to demonstrate a prognostic benefit from neurohormonal modulation therapies in HFpEF, with the sole exception of patients with left ventricular ejection fraction in the lower range of normality, for whom the American guidelines suggest that such therapies may be considered. In this review, the pathophysiological rationale for neurohormonal modulation in HFpEF is summarised and the clinical evidence on pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches backing current recommendations discussed.

Indexed as

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorangiotensin receptor blockerHeart failure with preserved ejection fractionmineralocorticoid receptor antagonistneurohormonal modulationsacubitril/valsartansoluble guanylate cyclase stimulatorβ-blocker

Identifiers

PMID37427009
PMCPMC10326668

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