スタチンとエコサペンタエノ酸の併用療法による二次予防効果の評価のためのランダム化試験 (RESPECT-EPA)

Katsumi Miyauchi1, Hiroshi Iwata1, Yuji Nishizaki1

  • 1Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (K.M., H.I., Y.N., H.D.).

Circulation
|June 14, 2024
PubMed
まとめ

Icosapent ethylは,冠動脈疾患と低EPA/ AA比を有する患者の心血管疾患を減少させる傾向を示した. しかし,第2次冠動脈事件は減少したが,第1次評価結果は統計的に有意ではなかった.

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