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ReviewJournal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA2025

Potential beneficial impacts of tadalafil on cardiovascular diseases.

Tien-Yun Lan, Chih-Hung Chiang, Jaw-Wen Chen, Ting-Ting Chang

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Review in Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tien-Yun LanDepartment and Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Chih-Hung ChiangDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery and Department of Research and Development, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.
Jaw-Wen ChenDepartment and Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Ting-Ting ChangDepartment and Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tadalafil is a selective phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor commonly used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Its mechanism of action involves the inhibition of PDE5, leading to increased levels of nitric oxide and cyclic guanosine monophosphate in the corpus cavernosum, which facilitates smooth muscle relaxation. This article reviews studies using tadalafil in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and emphasizes its potential advantages in conditions such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, diabetic ulcers, and cardiomyopathy. Although tadalafil shows potential efficacy in treating cardiovascular disease, further experimental studies are needed to clarify its pharmacological effects on cardiovascular protection beyond PDE5 inhibition.

Indexed as

CarbolinesCardiovascular DiseasesPhosphodiesterase 5 InhibitorsTadalafilHumansCarbolinesPhosphodiesterase 5 InhibitorsTadalafilCardiovascular diseaseCoronary artery diseaseTadalafil

Identifiers

PMID39789694
PMCPMC12718773

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