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Trial reportJournal of medicine and life

Alpha-Lipoic Acid as a Means of Influence on Systemic Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Prior Myocardial Infarction.

Nataliia Valeriivna Altunina, Viktor Grigorovich Lizogub, Oleksandr Mykolayovych Bondarchuk

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Trial report in Journal of medicine and life. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nataliia Valeriivna AltuninaFourth Department of Internal Medicine, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Viktor Grigorovich LizogubFourth Department of Internal Medicine, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Oleksandr Mykolayovych BondarchukFourth Department of Internal Medicine, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Bogomolets National Medical University · UA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with combined coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus make up a growing segment of the population and require a comprehensive treatment approach. Patients with concurrent diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease have a worse projection. Under these conditions, the incidence of recurrent myocardial infarction, early disability due to complications, and the risk of coronary death are increased. Therefore, the priority task is to find ways to optimize drug treatment of this category of patients, taking into account the impact of drugs on the pathogenetic links of coronary heart disease progression and the development of cardiovascular complications. One hundred twelve people were examined in the research. The patients had type 2 diabetes with a history of non-Q-myocardial infarction receiving oral antidiabetic therapy and basic therapy, including an ACE inhibitor, a β-blocker, a statin, and an antiplatelet agent. Analysis of the investigated parameters in the leading group after receiving alpha-lipoic acid for 4 months showed a significant decrease in the concentration of C-Reactive Protein, IL-6 and TNF-α. According to the results of our research, taking alpha-lipoic acid for 4 months in patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent non-Q-myocardial infarction reduced the activity of systemic inflammation and did not significantly affect the content of anti-inflammatory IL-10 in patients. In light of the above, it is of interest to administer alpha-lipoic acid to these patients, considering the positive effects of the agent such as antioxidant properties, vasorelaxation, positive metabolic profile, as well as an anti-inflammatory potential.

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsCoronary Artery DiseaseC-Reactive ProteinCytokinesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionThioctic AcidAnti-Inflammatory AgentsC-Reactive ProteinCytokinesThioctic Acidanti-inflammatory effectcoronary heart diseasenon-Q-myocardial infarctionplacebo-controlled studiesproinflammatory cytokines

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PMID32341698
PMCPMC7175430
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