Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitor Use and Mortality in Pulmonary Hypertension: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking Database.
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; 159(4): 1586-1597, 2021 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) contributes to pulmonary hypertension (PH) pathogenesis. Although animal data suggest that RAAS inhibition attenuates PH, it is unknown if RAAS inhibition is beneficial in PH patients. RESEARCH QUESTION Is RAAS inhibitor use associated with lower mortality in a large cohort of patients with hemodynamically confirmed PH? STUDY DESIGN ANDMETHODS:
We used the Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking Database to study retrospectively relationships between RAAS inhibitors (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors [ACEIs], angiotensin receptor blockers [ARBs], and aldosterone antagonists [AAs]) and mortality in 24,221 patients with hemodynamically confirmed PH. We evaluated relationships in the full and in propensity-matched cohorts. Analyses were adjusted for demographics, socioeconomic status, comorbidities, disease severity, and comedication use in staged models.RESULTS:
ACEI and ARB use was associated with improved survival in unadjusted Kaplan-Meier survival analyses in the full cohort and the propensity-matched cohort. This relationship was insensitive to adjustment, independent of pulmonary artery wedge pressure, and also was observed in a cohort restricted to individuals with precapillary PH. AA use was associated with worse survival in unadjusted Kaplan-Meier survival analyses in the full cohort; however, AA use was associated less robustly with mortality in the propensity-matched cohort and was not associated with worse survival after adjustment for disease severity, indicating that AAs in real-world practice are used preferentially in sicker patients and that the unadjusted association with increased mortality may be an artifice of confounding by indication of severity.INTERPRETATION:
ACEI and ARB use is associated with lower mortality in veterans with PH. AA use is a marker of disease severity in PH. ACEIs and ARBs may represent a novel treatment strategy for diverse PH phenotypes.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Sistema Renina-Angiotensina
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Inibidores da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina
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Antagonistas de Receptores de Mineralocorticoides
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Antagonistas de Receptores de Angiotensina
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Hipertensão Pulmonar
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article