NYMC Faculty Publications
DOI
10.5114/aoms.2017.68813
Journal Title
Archives of Medical Science : AMS
First Page
1207
Last Page
1216
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2017
Department
Medicine
Abstract
Heart failure (HF) is one of the leading causes of morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditures in the US and worldwide. For three decades, the pillars of treatment of HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) were medications that targeted the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). Prior attempts to augment the natriuretic peptide system (NPS) for the management of HF failed either due to lack of significant clinical benefit or due to the unacceptable side effect profile. This review article will discuss the NPS, the failure of early drugs which targeted the NPS as therapies for HF, and the sequence of events which led to the development of sacubitril plus valsartan (Entresto; LCZ696; Novartis). LCZ696 has been shown to be superior to the standard of care available for treatment of HFrEF in several substantial hard endpoints including heart failure hospitalizations, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality.
Recommended Citation
Yandrapalli, S., Aronow, W., Mondal, P., & Chabbott, D. (2017). The Evolution of Natriuretic Peptide Augmentation in Management of Heart Failure and the Role of Sacubitril/valsartan. Archives of Medical Science : AMS, 13 (5), 1207-1216. https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2017.68813
Publisher's Statement
Originally published in Archives of Medical Science 2017; 13, 5: 1207–1216. The original material can be found here.