MTT - Assessing the effects of ARBs and beta-blockers in Marfan Syndrome
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MTT - Assessing the effects of ARBs and beta-
blockers in Marfan Syndrome
Presentación del ESC Congress 2022
The Lancet, August 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(22)01534-3
MTT
Meta-analysis on the assessment of the effects of
ARB & beta-blockers in Marfan syndrome
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Background Methods Results Conclusions
MTT
Presentación del ESC Congress 2022
The Lancet, August 2022
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Gráfico. Tomado de Ramón L. Sandoval
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Background Methods Results Conclusions
MTT
Presentación del ESC Congress 2022
The Lancet, August 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(22)01534-3
Elbadawi et al. Cardiol Ther
2019
Li et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2020
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Background Methods Results Conclusions
MTT
Presentación del ESC Congress 2022
The Lancet, August 2022
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Sistematical search at MEDLINE, Embase and CENTRAL (Nov, 2021)
TRIALS comparing ARB vs control / ARB vs b-blocker
Individual patient data with patients with NO prior aortic surgery
PRIMARY ENDPOINT: Annual rate of change of aortic root dimension Z
score, measured at sinuses of Valsalva, adjusted to body surface
ARB vs control TRIALS ARB vs b-blockers TRIALS
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Background Methods Results Conclusions
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Presentación del ESC Congress 2022
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Background Methods Results Conclusions
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Annual rate of change of aortic root dimension Z score
Both treatments seem to have similar
magnitude, using indirect analysis
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Background Methods Results Conclusions
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Previous treatment with b-blockers did not modify the observed results for ARB
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Background Methods Results Conclusions
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• ARBs reduce the rate of aortic growth in Marfan syndrome in this meta-analysis.
• B-blockers appear effective in indirect analyses
• There is no evidence of any interaction in the effects of ARB with any effects of b-blockers, so
dual combinations appear to be an option.
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