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KMID : 0338420100250040356
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The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
2010 Volume.25 No. 4 p.356 ~ p.363
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Usual Dose of Simvastatin Does Not Inhibit Plaque Progression and Lumen Loss at the Peri-Stent Reference Segments after Bare-Metal Stent Implantation: A Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis
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Hong Young-Joon
Jeong Myung-Ho
Choi Yun-Ha
Ma Eun-Hye
Ko Jum-Suk
Lee Min-Goo
Park Keun-Ho
Sim Doo-Sun
Yoon Nam-Sik
Youn Hyun-Ju
Kim Kye-Hun
Park Hyun-Wook
Kim Ju-Han
Ahn Young-Keun
Cho Jeong-Gwan
Park Jong-Chun
Kang Jung-Chaee
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Abstract
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Background/Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a usual dose of simvastatin (20 mg/day) on plaque regression and vascular remodeling at the peri-stent reference segments after bare-metal stent implantation.
Methods: We retrospectively investigated serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) findings in 380 peri-stent reference segments (184 proximal and 196 distal to the stent) in 196 patients (simvastatin group, n = 132 vs. non-statin group, n = 64). Quantitative volumetric IVUS analysis was performed in 5-mm vessel segments proximal and distal to the stent.
Results: IVUS follow-up was performed at a mean of 9.4 months after stenting (range, 5 to 19 months). No significant differences were observed in the changes in mean plaque plus media (P&M) area, mean lumen area, and mean external elastic membrane (EEM) area from post-stenting to follow-up at both proximal and distal edges between the simvastatin and non-statin group. Although lumen loss within the first 3 mm from each stent edge was primarily due to an increase in P&M area rather than a change in EEM area, and lumen loss beyond 3 mm from each stent edge was due to a combination of increased P&M area and decreased EEM area, no significant differences in changes were observed in P&M, EEM, and lumen area at every 1-mm subsegment between the simvastatin and non-statin group.
Conclusions: A usual dose of simvastatin does not inhibit plaque progression and lumen loss and does not affect vascular remodeling in peri-stent reference segments in patients undergoing bare-metal stent implantation.
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KEYWORD
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Atherosclerosis, Ultrasonography, interventional, Lipids, Plaque
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