Cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease: pathophysiological insights and therapeutic options

J Jankowski, J Floege, D Fliser, M Böhm, N Marx - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit an elevated cardiovascular risk
manifesting as coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac …

Steroidal and non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in cardiorenal medicine

R Agarwal, P Kolkhof, G Bakris… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This review covers the last 80 years of remarkable progress in the development of
mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonists (MRAs) from synthesis of the first …

Cardiovascular events with finerenone in kidney disease and type 2 diabetes

B Pitt, G Filippatos, R Agarwal, SD Anker… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Finerenone, a selective nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, has
favorable effects on cardiorenal outcomes in patients with predominantly stage 3 or 4 …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of finerenone on chronic kidney disease outcomes in type 2 diabetes

GL Bakris, R Agarwal, SD Anker, B Pitt… - New England journal …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Finerenone, a nonsteroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist,
reduced albuminuria in short-term trials involving patients with chronic kidney disease …

Finerenone reduces risk of incident heart failure in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes: analyses from the FIGARO-DKD trial

G Filippatos, SD Anker, R Agarwal, LM Ruilope… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes are independently associated with
heart failure (HF), a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In the FIDELIO-DKD …

The renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system and its suppression

MK Ames, CE Atkins, B Pitt - Journal of veterinary internal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic activation of the renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system (RAAS) promotes and
perpetuates the syndromes of congestive heart failure, systemic hypertension, and chronic …

Novel non‐steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in cardiorenal disease

U Kintscher, GL Bakris, P Kolkhof - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) are key agents in guideline‐oriented drug
therapy for cardiovascular diseases such as chronic heart failure with reduced ejection …

Hyperkalemia risk with finerenone: results from the FIDELIO-DKD trial

R Agarwal, A Joseph, SD Anker… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background Finerenone reduced risk of cardiorenal outcomes in patients with CKD and type
2 diabetes in the FIDELIO-DKD trial. We report incidences and risk factors for hyperkalemia …

[HTML][HTML] Finerenone in predominantly advanced CKD and type 2 diabetes with or without sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor therapy

P Rossing, G Filippatos, R Agarwal, SD Anker… - Kidney international …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction FIDELIO-DKD (FInerenone in reducing kiDnEy faiLure and dIsease prOgression
in Diabetic Kidney Disease) investigated the nonsteroidal, selective mineralocorticoid …

Effect of finerenone on albuminuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy: a randomized clinical trial

GL Bakris, R Agarwal, JC Chan, ME Cooper… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, when added to a renin-
angiotensin system blocker, further reduce proteinuria in patients with chronic kidney …