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Carotid Artery Temperature Reduction with Statin Therapy in Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia Syndromes
Background: Microwave radiometry (MWR) assesses non-invasive carotid artery temperatures reflecting inflammation. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the impact of hypolipidemic therapy either with simvastatin or with combination simvastatin plus ezetimibe on carotid artery temperatures of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34768528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10215008 |
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author | Benetos, Georgios Galanakos, Spyros Koutagiar, Iosif Skoumas, Ioannis Oikonomou, Georgios Drakopoulou, Maria Karmpalioti, Maria Katsi, Vasiliki Tsioufis, Costas Toutouzas, Konstantinos |
author_facet | Benetos, Georgios Galanakos, Spyros Koutagiar, Iosif Skoumas, Ioannis Oikonomou, Georgios Drakopoulou, Maria Karmpalioti, Maria Katsi, Vasiliki Tsioufis, Costas Toutouzas, Konstantinos |
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description | Background: Microwave radiometry (MWR) assesses non-invasive carotid artery temperatures reflecting inflammation. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the impact of hypolipidemic therapy either with simvastatin or with combination simvastatin plus ezetimibe on carotid artery temperatures of patients with familial hyperlipidemia syndromes (FHS). Methods: Consecutive patients with diagnosis of either familial heterozygous hypercholesterolemia (heFH) or familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH) were included in the study. Patients were assigned to either simvastatin 40 mg or simvastatin 40 mg plus ezetimibe 10 mg, according to the discretion of the physician. FHS patients who refused statin therapy were used as a control group. Common carotid intima-media thickness (ccIMT) was measured and ΔΤ (maximum-minimum) temperature measurements were performed across each carotid during MWR evaluation. RESULTS: In total, 115 patients were included in the study. Of them, 40 patients received simvastatin (19 heFH and 21 FCH), 41 simvastatin + ezetimibe (31 heFH and 10 FCH), and 34 (21 heFH and 13 FCH) no statin. Carotid artery temperatures were significantly reduced at 6 months in FH patients who received hypolipidemic treatment (0.83 ± 0.34 versus 0.63 ± 0.24 °C, p = 0.004 for simvastatin, 1.00 ± 0.38 versus 0.69 ± 0.23 °C, p < 0.001 for simvastatin + ezetimibe), but no change was recorded in controls (0.72 ± 0.26 versus 0.70 ± 0.26 °C, p = 0.86). Conclusions: Hypolipidemic therapy reduced carotid temperatures in FHS patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-85848842021-11-12 Carotid Artery Temperature Reduction with Statin Therapy in Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia Syndromes Benetos, Georgios Galanakos, Spyros Koutagiar, Iosif Skoumas, Ioannis Oikonomou, Georgios Drakopoulou, Maria Karmpalioti, Maria Katsi, Vasiliki Tsioufis, Costas Toutouzas, Konstantinos J Clin Med Article Background: Microwave radiometry (MWR) assesses non-invasive carotid artery temperatures reflecting inflammation. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the impact of hypolipidemic therapy either with simvastatin or with combination simvastatin plus ezetimibe on carotid artery temperatures of patients with familial hyperlipidemia syndromes (FHS). Methods: Consecutive patients with diagnosis of either familial heterozygous hypercholesterolemia (heFH) or familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH) were included in the study. Patients were assigned to either simvastatin 40 mg or simvastatin 40 mg plus ezetimibe 10 mg, according to the discretion of the physician. FHS patients who refused statin therapy were used as a control group. Common carotid intima-media thickness (ccIMT) was measured and ΔΤ (maximum-minimum) temperature measurements were performed across each carotid during MWR evaluation. RESULTS: In total, 115 patients were included in the study. Of them, 40 patients received simvastatin (19 heFH and 21 FCH), 41 simvastatin + ezetimibe (31 heFH and 10 FCH), and 34 (21 heFH and 13 FCH) no statin. Carotid artery temperatures were significantly reduced at 6 months in FH patients who received hypolipidemic treatment (0.83 ± 0.34 versus 0.63 ± 0.24 °C, p = 0.004 for simvastatin, 1.00 ± 0.38 versus 0.69 ± 0.23 °C, p < 0.001 for simvastatin + ezetimibe), but no change was recorded in controls (0.72 ± 0.26 versus 0.70 ± 0.26 °C, p = 0.86). Conclusions: Hypolipidemic therapy reduced carotid temperatures in FHS patients. MDPI 2021-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8584884/ /pubmed/34768528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10215008 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Benetos, Georgios Galanakos, Spyros Koutagiar, Iosif Skoumas, Ioannis Oikonomou, Georgios Drakopoulou, Maria Karmpalioti, Maria Katsi, Vasiliki Tsioufis, Costas Toutouzas, Konstantinos Carotid Artery Temperature Reduction with Statin Therapy in Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia Syndromes |
title | Carotid Artery Temperature Reduction with Statin Therapy in Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia Syndromes |
title_full | Carotid Artery Temperature Reduction with Statin Therapy in Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia Syndromes |
title_fullStr | Carotid Artery Temperature Reduction with Statin Therapy in Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia Syndromes |
title_full_unstemmed | Carotid Artery Temperature Reduction with Statin Therapy in Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia Syndromes |
title_short | Carotid Artery Temperature Reduction with Statin Therapy in Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia Syndromes |
title_sort | carotid artery temperature reduction with statin therapy in patients with familial hyperlipidemia syndromes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34768528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10215008 |
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