Preliminary Pilot Study of Combined Effects of Physical Activity and Achievement of LDL-Cholesterol Target on Coronary Plaque Volume Changes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

BACKGROUND: We investigated the combined effects of physical activity (PA) and aggressive low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction on the changes in coronary plaque volume (PV) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) using volumetric intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) analysis.

METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed data from two different prospective clinical trials that involved 101 ACS patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and assessed the non-culprit sites of PCI lesions using IVUS at baseline and at the follow-up. After PCI, all the patients participated in early phase II comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation. Patients were divided into four groups based on whether the average daily step count, measured using a pedometer, was 7000 steps of more and whether the follow-up LDL-C level was <70 mg/dL. At the time of follow-up, we examined the correlation of changes in the PV with LDL-C and PA.

RESULTS: The baseline characteristics of the four study groups were comparable. At the follow-up, plaque regression in both the achievement group (PA and LDL-C reduction) was higher than that in the other three groups. In addition, plaque reduction independently correlated with increased PA and reduction in LDL-C level.

CONCLUSIONS: Combined therapy of intensive PA and achievement of LDL-C target retarded coronary PV in patients with ACS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical medicine - 9(2020), 5 vom: 22. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nishitani-Yokoyama, Miho [VerfasserIn]
Miyauchi, Katsumi [VerfasserIn]
Shimada, Kazunori [VerfasserIn]
Yokoyama, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Ouchi, Shohei [VerfasserIn]
Aikawa, Tatsuro [VerfasserIn]
Kunimoto, Mitsuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Miki [VerfasserIn]
Honzawa, Akio [VerfasserIn]
Okazaki, Shinya [VerfasserIn]
Tsujita, Hiroaki [VerfasserIn]
Koba, Shinji [VerfasserIn]
Daida, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Achievement of LDL-C target
Acute coronary syndrome
Cardiac rehabilitation
Coronary plaque regression
Integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound
Journal Article
Physical activity

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jcm9051578

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310379598