IMR Press / RCM / Volume 23 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2304141
Open Access Systematic Review
The Effect of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
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1 Internal Medicine, McLaren Health Care, Flint, MI 48532, USA
2 Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
3 Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, 21131 Alexandria, Egypt
4 Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
5 Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, 15310 Aleppo, Syria
6 Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, 62521 Beni Suef, Egypt
7 Internal Medicine, Ochsner Louisiana State University Health, Monroe, LA 71202, USA
*Correspondence: Baselelramly@gmail.com (Basel Abdelazeem)
These authors contributed equally.
Academic Editors: Zoltán Papp, Attila Kiss and Jan Slezak
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022, 23(4), 141; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2304141
Submitted: 21 January 2022 | Revised: 21 January 2022 | Accepted: 8 February 2022 | Published: 12 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cardiac Hypertrophy: from Basic Science to Clinical Application)
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) therapy has been evaluated to slow down the disease progression in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), but there is scarce evidence available to date. Therefore, our meta-analysis aimed to explore the efficacy of ARB therapy as a potential disease-modifying treatment in patients with HCM. Methods: A literature search was performed using PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane library, and Clinicaltrials.gov databases from inception to December 13th, 2021. We included only randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The quality of included studies was assessed by the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool. Primary outcomes included the reduction in left ventricular mass and improvement in other echocardiographic features of myocardial dysfunction. The secondary outcome was a net reduction in systolic blood pressure. Meta-analysis was performed using pooled standardized mean difference (SMD) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI). Results: A total of 1286 articles were screened. Seven RCTs met the inclusion criteria representing a total of 397 patients with HCM (195 patients were in the ARB group). ARB treatment was associated with significant reduction in left ventricular mass (SMD: –0.77; 95% CI: –1.40, –0.03; p = 0.04). ARB therapy was also associated with a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure (SMD: –0.33; 95% CI: –0.61, –0.05: p = 0.02). Conclusions: ARB therapy is associated with a marked reduction in left ventricular mass and systolic blood pressure in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We recommend further studies with a larger patient population size to confirm the findings of our meta-analysis. Clinical Trial Registration: OSF Registries, DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/DAS7C.

Keywords
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
angiotensin II receptor blockers
left ventricular mass
systolic blood pressure
systematic review
meta-analysis
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