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喫煙,クロピドグレル,および心血管疾患が既定の患者の死亡率
Jeffrey S Berger1, Deepak L Bhatt, Steven R Steinhubl
1New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Circulation
|November 26, 2009
まとめ
クロピドグレルは,現在の喫煙者にとってより効果的であり,死亡リスクを下げる可能性があります. しかし,この利点には,このグループでは出血のリスクが増加します. さらに研究が必要である.
科学分野:
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- クリニック・トライアル 臨床試験
背景:
- 喫煙は血小板の蓄積を増加させ,クロピドグレルの抗血小板効果に影響する.
- クロピドグレルの臨床効果と安全性に対する喫煙状態の影響は十分に理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- クロピドグレルで治療された患者の喫煙状態と臨床結果の関連性を調査する.
- 喫煙が死亡率と出血リスクに対するクロピドグレルの効果を変化させるかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 確立された心血管疾患を有するCHARISMA試験の12,152人の参加者の分析.
- すべての原因,心血管疾患,がんによる死亡率,および喫煙状況 (現在,前,決して喫煙者) とクロピドグレル治療に基づく出血事件の評価.
主要な成果:
- 現在の喫煙は,決して喫煙していない人と比較して,全因,心血管,がんによる死亡率を大幅に増加させた.
- クロピドグレルは,現在の喫煙者における全因および心血管疾患による死亡率を低下させたが,元喫煙者または禁煙者では減少しなかった.
- クロピドグレルを服用している現在の喫煙者は,重度または中程度の出血のリスクが著しく高かった.
結論:
- クロピドグレル治療は,現在の喫煙者にとってより大きな死亡率の利益をもたらす可能性があります.
- クロピドグレルで治療された現在の喫煙者は,出血のリスクが潜在的に高くなっています.
- これらの発見を確認し,臨床実践を導くために,さらなる調査が必要である.
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