低用量のアスピリンと,その後の外周動脈外科手術は,Physicians' Health Study (医師の健康調査) で行われた
S Z Goldhaber1, J E Manson, M J Stampfer
1Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lancet (London, England)
|July 18, 1992
まとめ
低用量のアスピリンは,健康な男性において,外周動脈外科手術の必要性を有意に減少させた. この発見は,アスピリンがアスピリンであることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
- 予防性心臓病学 予防性心臓病学
- クリニック・トライアル 臨床試験
背景:
- 周辺動脈疾患 (PAD) は,重要な血管疾患である.
- 周辺動脈外科手術は,進行したPADの一般的な介入です.
- PADの合併症を予防する低用量のアスピリンの役割については,さらなる調査が必要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 周辺動脈外科手術の発生率に対する低用量アスピリンの効果を調査する.
- アスピリンの使用が血管外科手術の必要性を減らす可能性があるという仮説を検証する.
主な方法:
- ランダム化,ダブルブラインド,プラセボ対照試験の設計が採用されました.
- この研究では,40歳から84歳の健康な米国男性医師22,071人が参加しました.
- 参加者は,低用量アスピリン (325 mg,交替の日に) またはプラセボを投与された.
主要な成果:
- 合計56人の参加者が外周動脈外科手術を受けた (アスピリン群では20人,プラセボ群では36人).
- 周辺動脈外科手術の相対リスクは,アスピリン群 (0.54;95%CI:0.30-0.95;p = 0.03) で有意に低かった.
結論:
- 低用量のアスピリンの慢性投与は,外見的に健康な男性において,外周動脈外科手術の必要性が減少したとの関連がありました.
- これらの発見は,外周動脈疾患の主要な血管介入の軽減におけるアスピリンの潜在的な予防的役割を支持しています.
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