Efthymios Ziogos, Tarek Harb, Ines Valenta, Michael A Vavuranakis, Palmer L Foran, Marlene S Williams, Michael J Blaha, Allison G Hays, Steven R Jones, Thomas H Schindler, Steven P Schulman, Gary Gerstenblith, Thorsten M Leucker
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Abstract
In a randomized trial with 55 participants from the Evolocumab in Acute Coronary Syndrome trials, patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) or ST-segment elevation MI received a single dose of evolocumab or placebo, with myocardial inflammation assessed via 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans at baseline and at 30 days. Evolocumab significantly reduced inflammation (SUVmean) compared with placebo. PCSK9 levels at 30 days correlated with SUVmean, and higher SUVmean was linked to increased end-systolic volume at 6 months. These findings suggest that early PCSK9 inhibition reduces post-MI myocardial inflammation and may influence cardiac remodeling in the months following the acute event.
期刊介绍:
JACC: Basic to Translational Science is an open access journal that is part of the renowned Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). It focuses on advancing the field of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine and aims to accelerate the translation of new scientific discoveries into therapies that improve outcomes for patients with or at risk for Cardiovascular Disease. The journal covers thematic areas such as pre-clinical research, clinical trials, personalized medicine, novel drugs, devices, and biologics, proteomics, genomics, and metabolomics, as well as early phase clinical trial methodology.