Anti-inflammatory and morphologic effects of pitavastatin on carotid arteries and thoracic aorta evaluated by integrated backscatter trans-esophageal ultrasound and PET/CT: a prospective randomized comparative study with pravastatin (EPICENTRE study)

BACKGROUND: We sought to evaluate the effects of a strong lipophilic statin (pitavastatin) on plaque components and morphology assessed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), as well as plaque inflammation assessed by 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Takatomo, Kawasaki, Masanori, Tanaka, Ryuhei, Ono, Koji, Kako, Nobuo, Saeki, Maki, Onishi, Noriyuki, Nagaya, Maki, Sato, Noriaki, Miwa, Hirotaka, Arai, Masazumi, Noda, Toshiyuki, Watanabe, Sachiro, Minatoguchi, Shinya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-015-0012-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-015-0012-9

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