Concomitant Use of Rosuvastatin and Eicosapentaenoic Acid Significantly Prevents Native Coronary Atherosclerotic Progression in Patients With In-Stent Neoatherosclerosis
Open Access
- 25 September 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Japanese Circulation Society in Circulation Journal
- Vol. 84 (10), 1826-1836
- https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.cj-20-0199
Abstract
Background:In-stent neoatherosclerosis (NA) is a risk for future cardiovascular events through atherosclerotic progression in non-stented lesions. Using optical coherence tomography, this study assessed the efficacy of intensive therapy with 10 mg/day rosuvastatin plus 1,800 mg/day eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) vs. standard 2.5 mg/day rosuvastatin therapy on native coronary plaques in patients with NA. Methods and Results:This was a subgroup analysis of the randomized LINK-IT trial, which was designed to compare changes in the lipid index in NA between intensive and standard therapy for 12 months. In all, 42 patients with native coronary plaques and NA were assessed. Compared with standard therapy, intensive therapy resulted in greater decreases in serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and greater increases in serum 18-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid concentrations, with significantly greater decreases in the lipid index and macrophage grade in both NA (−24 vs. 217 [PConclusions:Compared with standard therapy, intensive therapy prevented atherosclerotic progression more effectively in native coronary plaques in patients with NA.Keywords
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