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Differential Effects of Lipid-lowering Drugs in Modulating Morphology of Cholesterol Particles
Published on: November 10, 2017
[Effects of rosuvastatin on arterial stiffness in hyperlipidemia patients]
Ping Wang1, Yingping Liu, Zuoyan Wang
1Department of Cardiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, China.
Objective:
To evaluate the effects of rosuvastatin on arterial stiffness in hyperlipidemia patient without hypertension.
Methods:
A total of 60 patients without hypertension received rosuvastatin (10 mg, n = 60) daily for 12 weeks while another 60 subjects used no statins. Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (ba-PWV), radial artery augmentation index of reflected wave (rAI) and metabolic index were measured before and after treatment.
Results:
There were no significant change before and after non-statin treatment. Total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels decreased dramatically after resuvastin treatment [TC: (4.0 ± 1.0) vs (5.8 ± 1.1) mmol/L; LDL-C: (2.1 ± 0.7) vs (3.8 ± 0.7) mmol/L, both P < 0.01]. In rosuvastatin group, ba-PWV and rAI decreased significantly [ba-PWV: (1 340 ± 177) vs (1 477 ± 159) cm/s; rAI: (44 ± 13) % vs (57 ± 15) %, P < 0.01 and P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Atherosclerosis may be improved by rosuvastatin treatment in hyerlipidemia patient without hypertension.
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