Ezetimibe in Combination With Statins Ameliorates Endothelial Dysfunction in Coronary Arteries After Stenting

作者：Susumu Takase, Tetsuya Matoba, Soichi Nakashiro, Yasushi Mukai, Shujiro Inoue, Keiji Oi, Taiki Higo, Shunsuke Katsuki, Masao Takemoto, Nobuhiro Suematsu, Kenichi Eshima, Kenji Miyata, Mitsutaka Yamamoto, Makoto Usui, Kenji Sadamatsu, Shinji J. Satoh, Toshiaki Kadokami, Kiyoshi Hironaga, Ikuyo Ichi, Koji Todaka, Junji Kishimoto, Kensuke Egashira, Kenji Sunagawa, for the QcVIC Investigators* · 发表于：Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.1161/atvbaha.116.308388 · 被引用次数：49 · 研究领域：Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health、Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics、Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism

OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate whether treatment with ezetimibe in combination with statins improves coronary endothelial function in target vessels in coronary artery disease patients after coronary stenting. APPROACH AND RESULTS: We conducted a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded-end point trial among 11 cardiovascular treatment centers. From 2011 to 2013, 260 coronary artery disease patients who underwent coronary stenting were randomly allocated to 2 arms (statin monotherapy, S versus ezetimibe [10 mg/d]+statin combinational therapy, E+S). We defined target vessel dysfunction as the primary composite outcome, which comprised target vessel failure during treatment and at the 6- to 8-month follow-up coronary angiography and coronary endothelial dysfunction determined via intracoronary acetylcholine testing performed in cases without target vessel failure at the follow-up coronary angiography. Coadministration of ezetimibe with statins further lowered low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (83±23 mg/dL in S versus 67±23 mg/dL in E+S; P<0.0001), with significant decreases in oxidized low-density lipoprotein and oxysterol levels. Among patients without target vessel failure, 46 out of 89 patients (52%) in the S arm and 34 out of 96 patients (35%) in the E+S arm were found to have coronary endothelial dysfunction (P=0.0256), and the incidence of target vessel dysfunction at follow-up was significantly decreased in the E+S arm (69/112 (62%) in S v...