Marc Pfeffer presented the results of PARADISE-MI at ACC last week. As discussed previously on CVCTCardiobrief, sacubitril/valsartan did not reduce the primary outcome compared to…
ATMOSPHERE: Heart Failure Trial Poisoned By Controversy
–Aliskiren raised regulatory pandemonium as it crashed in trials When it comes to interrupting the renin-angiotensin system, the third time was definitely not the charm.…
Study Warns Against Dual Blockade of Renin-Angiotensin System In Heart Failure And Hypertension
The enormous success of ACE inhibitors in hypertension and heart failure spurred hope that adding a second drug to block the renin-angiotensin system would yield…