Reactivación de la guanilato ciclasa soluble oxidada como una nueva estrategia de tratamiento para retrasar la

Bin Zhang1, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano2, Hartzell V Schaff3

  • 1Departments of Surgery (B.Z., C.M.R., M.A.H., H.Z., G.C.-V., J.S., B.D., J.D.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Circulation
|February 24, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Ataciguat ralentiza de manera segura la progresión de la estenosis de la válvula aórtica fibrocalcífica mediante la restauración de la señalización de la guanylata ciclasa soluble (sGC). Este tratamiento redujo la calcificación y la disfunción en pacientes con estenosis moderada de la válvula aórtica.

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