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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine research2019

Ezetimibe Monotherapy Reduces Serum Levels of Platelet-Activating Factor Acetylhydrolase in Patients With Dyslipidemia.

Kanako Tano, Yasunori Suematsu, Kohei Tashiro, Naoko Kumagai-Koyanagi, Yoshino Matsuo, Takashi Kuwano, Shin-Ichiro Miura, Zenith Trial Investigators

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kanako TanoDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yasunori SuematsuDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kohei TashiroDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Naoko Kumagai-KoyanagiDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoshino MatsuoDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Takashi KuwanoDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Shin-Ichiro MiuraDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Zenith Trial Investigators
Fukuoka University · JPFukuoka Hospital · JPOno Clinic · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe combination of ezetimibe with statin therapy reduced cardiovascular events compared to statin monotherapy in IMPROVEIT study, and ezetimibe monotherapy attenuated atherosclerosis in basic study. We previously showed ezetimibe monotherapy was especially effective for metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients. We investigated the effects of ezetimibe monotherapy for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-chol) function and platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) activity.

methodsForty-two patients who initially received ezetimibe (10 mg/day) without statin treatment for 16 weeks from January 2009 to August 2011 were enrolled. Patients were divided into MetS and non-MetS groups, and serum levels of lipids, PAF-AH, and HDL-chol efflux capacity (HDL-CEC) at baseline and after 16 weeks of treatment were investigated. Serum PAF-AH, HDL-associated PAF-AH (HDL-PAF-AH), and LDL-associated PAF-AH (LDL-PAF-AH) were measured.

resultsIn all patients, age, the percentages of males, and body mass index were 61.0 ± 8.8 years, 59.5% and 26.3 ± 3.4 kg/m

conclusionsEzetimibe monotherapy might prevent coronary heart disease (CHD) regardless of the presence of MetS, because PAF-AH was independent risk factor for CHD.

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Cholesterol efflux capacityMetabolic syndromePlatelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase

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PMCPMC6785278
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