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ArticleJournal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association2014

Rosuvastatin improves plaque morphology in cerebral embolism patients with normal low-density lipoprotein and severe aortic arch plaque.

Kazuyoshi Kaneko, Hiroki Saito, Tetsuya Takahashi, Nobuyuki Kiribayashi, Koki Omi, Toshiki Sasaki, Takeshi Niizeki, Shigeo Sugawara, Masahiro Akasaka, Isao Kubota

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Article in Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02593487 (Effect of Rosuvastatin Therapy on HDL2 Level and Antiatherosclerotic Reverse Cholesterol Transport Process in Chinses CAD Patients With Hyperlipidemia), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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NCT02593487 phase4unknown statusstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Rosuvastatin Therapy on HDL2 Level and Antiatherosclerotic Reverse Cholesterol Transport Process in Chinses CAD Patients With Hyperlipidemia

Ran2015Enrolled300Registered outcomes1Posted comparisons0ConditionsCoronary Heart Disease, HyperlipemiaArmsRosuvastatin 10mg/d group, Rosuvastatin 20mg/d group
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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The effect of rosuvastatin on cardiogenic cerebral infarction.American journal of translational research · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kazuyoshi KanekoDepartment of Cardiology, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan. Electronic address: kz.kaneko@hosp-kitamurayama.jp.
Hiroki SaitoDepartment of Cardiology, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Tetsuya TakahashiDepartment of Cardiology, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Nobuyuki KiribayashiDepartment of Cardiology, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Koki OmiDepartment of Cardiology, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Toshiki SasakiDepartment of Cardiology, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Takeshi NiizekiDepartment of Cardiology, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Shigeo SugawaraDepartment of Cardiology, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Masahiro AkasakaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yamagata Prefectural and Sakata Municipal Hospital Organization, Nihonkai General Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Isao KubotaDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Nihonkai General Hospital · JPYamagata University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of rosuvastatin was investigated on complicated aortic arch plaque (CAP) morphology and lipid profiles in acute cerebral embolism (CE) patients with normal low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-c) levels. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) studies were performed in 56 consecutive CE patients with LDL-c less than 140 mg/dL who were not taking lipid-lowering agents at baseline. CAP observed by TEE was defined as the presence of greater than 4-mm diameter, ulcerated, or mobile aortic plaque. Patients were divided into those with CAP versus without CAP (group A, n=24, age 69±8 years) and without CAP (group B, n=32, age 62±10 years). Of the 24 group A patients, 18 received 5 mg/d of rosuvastatin for 6 months and had follow-up TEE studies. In Group A, the baseline values of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-c) and apolipoprotein A-1 (ApoA-1) were significantly lower than in Group B (44±15 versus 55±15 mg/dL, P=.0059; 103±19 versus 137±25 mg/dL, P=.0006, respectively) and age and serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein concentration were significantly higher (69±8 vs. 62±10 years, P=.0080; 2.34±3.05 vs. 0.67±1.00 mg/dL, P=.0054, respectively). By multivariate logistic regression analysis, ApoA-1 was shown to be an independent predictor of CAP (odds ratio=.894, 95% confidence intervals .800-.996, P=.0483). In the 18 group A patients receiving rosuvastatin for 6 months, aortic arch plaque diameter and serum LDL-c were significantly decreased (5.8±2.2 to 5.1±2.1 mm, P=.0377; 110±23 to 81±23 mg/dL, P=.0008, respectively), whereas serum HDL-c and ApoA-1 concentrations were significantly increased (42±8 to 52±9 mg/dL, P=.0002; 109±22 to 135±15 mg/dL, P=.0002, respectively). Plaques were morphologically improved in 11 patients, unchanged in 6, and worsened in 1. These data suggest that rosuvastatin improves plaque morphology concomitant with improving lipid profiles in CE patients with normal LDL-c levels.

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AgedAorta, ThoracicFemaleFluorobenzenesHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsIntracranial EmbolismLipidsLipoproteins, LDLMaleMiddle AgedPlaque, AtheroscleroticPyrimidinesRosuvastatin CalciumSulfonamidesTreatment OutcomeFluorobenzenesHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLipidsLipoproteins, LDLPyrimidinesRosuvastatin CalciumSulfonamidesaortic plaqueapolipoprotein A-1ischemic strokeRosuvastatintransesophageal echocardiography

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