| Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy With Rosuvastatin Stabilizes Lipid-Rich Coronary Plaques. | |
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PMID: 21821963 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Background: Clinical studies using invasive modalities have reported that statin therapy stabilizes coronary plaque vulnerability. The serial changes of lipid-rich coronary plaques (LRCPs) during rosuvastatin treatment were evaluated non-invasively in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) using dual-source computed tomography (DSCT). Methods and Results: A total of 11 consecutive ACS patients, and 13 LRCPs were serially evaluated on DSCT before and 24 weeks after rosuvastatin treatment. Compared with the baseline, there was no change in post-treatment minimal lumen diameter, lumen volume, or longitudinal length of LRCPs. By contrast, the ratio of lipid core volume to plaque volume significantly decreased from 48.0±9.9% to 43.7±10.6% (P=0.04), and plaque volume decreased from 144.5±85.5mm(3) to 119.8±78.0mm(3) (P=0.07). The remodeling index of target LRCPs significantly decreased from 1.16±0.10 to 1.06±0.12 (P=0.02). Percent reduction of plaque volume was significantly greater in patients with a lower ratio of low-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein (L/H ratio ≤1.5) at follow-up than patients with higher L/H ratio (>1.5; median -31.7% vs. -6.8%, P=0.03). Conclusions: Rosuvastatin therapy reduced the volume of lipid cores and LRCPs and increased the CT attenuation value of LRCPs. DSCT is an effective modality for the non-invasive evaluation of LRCPs in patients with ACS. |
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Tsunenari Soeda; Shiro Uemura; Satoshi Okayama; Rika Kawakami; Yu Sugawara; Hitoshi Nakagawa; Takaki Matsumoto; Ji-Hee Sung; Taku Nishida; Ayako Senoo; Satoshi Somekawa; Yukiji Takeda; Kenichi Ishigami; Hiroyuki Kawata; Manabu Horii; Yoshihiko Saito |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-8-6 |
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Title: Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society Volume: - ISSN: 1347-4820 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-8-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101137683 Medline TA: Circ J Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University. |
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