Comparison of Arterial Remodeling and Changes in Plaque Composition Between Patients With Progression Versus Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis During Statin Therapy (from the TRUTH Study)

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• 作者：Tsuyoshi Nozue ; MD^a ; ^{nozue2493@yahoo.co.jp} ; Shingo Yamamoto ; MD^b ; Shinichi Tohyama ; MD^c ; Kazuki Fukui ; MD^d ; Shigeo Umezawa ; MD^e ; Yuko Onishi ; MD^e ; Tomoyuki Kunishima ; MD^f ; Akira Sato ; MD^g ; Toshihiro Nozato ; MD^h ; Shogo Miyake ; MDⁱ ; Youichi Takeyama ; MD^j ; Yoshihiro Morino ; MD^k ; Takao Yamauchi ; MD^l ; Toshiya Muramatsu ; MD^m ; Kiyoshi Hibi ; MDⁿ ; Mitsuyasu Terashima ; MD^o ; Ichiro Michishita ; MD^a ; TRUTH Investigators
• 刊名：The American Journal of Cardiology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：5_00029149
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：1 May, 2012
• 卷：109
• 期：9
• 页码：1247-1253
• 文件大小：354 K

摘要

Statin therapy produces regression of coronary artery plaques and reduces the incidence of coronary artery disease. However, not all patients show regression of coronary atherosclerosis after statin therapy. The purpose of the present study was to identify differences in clinical characteristics, serum lipid profiles, arterial remodeling, and plaque composition between patients with progression and those with regression of coronary atherosclerosis during statin therapy. The effects of 8-month statin therapy on coronary atherosclerosis were evaluated in the Treatment With Statin on Atheroma Regression Evaluated by Intravascular Ultrasound With Virtual Histology (TRUTH) study using intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology. One hundred nineteen patients were divided into 2 groups according to atheroma volume increase (progressors) or decrease (regressors) during an 8-month follow-up period. Fifty-one patients (43%) were categorized as progressors and the remaining 68 (57%) as regressors. External elastic membrane volume increased, although not significantly (0.8%, p = 0.34), and luminal volume decreased significantly (鈭?.3%, p = 0.0003) in progressors, while external elastic membrane volume decreased significantly (鈭?.2%, p <0.0001) and luminal volume increased (2.2%, p = 0.13) in regressors. The fibrous component increased significantly in progressors, while this component decreased in regressors. A strong positive correlation was observed between change in atheroma volume and change in fibrous volume (r = 0.812, p <0.0001). In conclusion, coronary arteries showed negative remodeling during statin-induced plaque regression. The difference in plaque composition between patients with progression and those with regression of coronary atherosclerosis during statin therapy arose from the difference in the change in fibrous component.