{"title":"The Importance of the Harmonization and Standardization of Lipoprotein(a) Measurements.","authors":"Kazuhiko Kotani","doi":"10.5551/jat.ED279","DOIUrl":"10.5551/jat.ED279","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":"563-564"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12055508/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transformational Insights on Dairy Foods beyond Saturated Fatty Acids might be Needed for Cardiovascular Health.","authors":"Hiroshi Yoshida","doi":"10.5551/jat.ED280","DOIUrl":"10.5551/jat.ED280","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":"565-566"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12055509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143567260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caiying Tang, Guoxia Shi, Ruyi Jia, Xueying Pei, Chao Wang, Zhuo Du, Song Li, Pingping Wan, Sibo Sun, Cong Peng, Shuang Li, Ping Sun, Bo Yu, Jiannan Dai
{"title":"Chronic Disturbed Flow Induces Superficial Erosion-Prone Lesion via Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in a DNA Methyltransferase-Dependent Manner.","authors":"Caiying Tang, Guoxia Shi, Ruyi Jia, Xueying Pei, Chao Wang, Zhuo Du, Song Li, Pingping Wan, Sibo Sun, Cong Peng, Shuang Li, Ping Sun, Bo Yu, Jiannan Dai","doi":"10.5551/jat.64990","DOIUrl":"10.5551/jat.64990","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Superficial erosion accounts for approximately one-third of all cases of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Previously, we found that a nearby bifurcation is independently associated with superficial erosion; however, the effect of long-term oscillatory flow on superficial erosion remains unexplored. Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a dynamic process in which endothelial cells acquire mesenchymal properties and, in turn, give rise to smooth muscle cell (SMC)-like cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation, similar to the autopsy pathology of superficial erosion. This finding prompted us to suspect that EndMT plays a role in the effect of chronic oscillatory flow on superficial erosion.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We established oscillatory flow in mouse carotid arteries and analyzed neointimal hyperplasia, endothelial continuity, ECM content, and EndMT markers 4 weeks later. Furthermore, bioinformatic data analyses and in vitro studies were performed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Carotid arteries exposed to long-term oscillatory flow exhibited hyperplastic neointima, reduced endothelial continuity, and increased SMC-like cells and ECM, indicating superficial erosion-prone lesions. In addition, oscillatory flow significantly induced EndMT, whereas inhibition of EndMT ameliorated the formation of superficial erosion-prone lesions. Bioinformatic data analyses and in vitro studies showed a remarkable reduction in anti-EndMT KLF2 and KLF4 in a DNA methyltransferase (DNMT)-dependent manner, and the suppression of DNMTs attenuated oscillatory flow-induced EndMT and superficial erosion-prone lesions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Chronic oscillatory flow causes superficial erosion-prone lesions by activating EndMT in a DNMT-dependent manner. Our findings highlight a promising therapeutic strategy for the prevention of superficial erosions.</p>","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":"608-629"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12055510/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Takashi Miida, Satoshi Hirayama, Yoshifumi Fukushima, Atsushi Hori, Satomi Ito, Masanobu Hinata, Mitsuru Wakita, Hiroki Tabata, Yoshifumi Tamura, Hirotaka Watada, Ryuzo Kawamori, Hubert W Vesper, Christa M Cobbaert
{"title":"Harmonization of Lipoprotein(a) Immunoassays Using A Serum Panel Value Assigned with The IFCC-Endorsed Mass Spectrometry-Based Reference Measurement Procedure as A First Step Towards Apolipoprotein Standardization.","authors":"Takashi Miida, Satoshi Hirayama, Yoshifumi Fukushima, Atsushi Hori, Satomi Ito, Masanobu Hinata, Mitsuru Wakita, Hiroki Tabata, Yoshifumi Tamura, Hirotaka Watada, Ryuzo Kawamori, Hubert W Vesper, Christa M Cobbaert","doi":"10.5551/jat.65238","DOIUrl":"10.5551/jat.65238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease independent of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C). The Lp(a) concentrations were inconsistent between the immunoassays. This study aimed to investigate whether harmonization of Lp(a) measurements can be achieved using a serum panel value assigned with the IFCC-endorsed mass spectrometry-based reference measurement procedure (IFCC-MS-RMP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We measured the Lp(a) concentrations using five Lp(a) immunoassays in 40 panel sera provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 500 Japanese subjects enrolled in the Bunkyo Health Study. Of the five immunoassays, only the Roche Lp(a) assay was traceable to the WHO-IFCC reference material SRM2B. Lp(a) concentrations in CDC samples were also determined by IFCC-MS-RMP, provisionally calibrated to SRM2B. Lp(a) concentrations were expressed in mass units (mg/dL) for most reagents, but in SI units (nmol/L) for Roche's reagent and IFCC-MS-RMP.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the CDC panel sera, all immunoassays, including Roche's reagent, showed good correlations with IFCC-MS-RMP. In the Bunkyo Health Study samples, all immunoassays showed good correlations with Roche's reagent (r<sub>s</sub>, 0.986-0.998) although the slopes of the regression lines ranged from 0.292 to 0.579. After recalibration with the CDC's panel sera, Lp(a) results of Bunkyo Health Study samples were converted to the equivalent values determined by the IFCC-MS-RMP, thus resulting in a marked reduction in the intermethod CV among the assays.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We achieved harmonization of Lp(a) measurements with five immunoassays using a serum panel value assigned with the IFCC-MS-RMP.</p>","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":"580-595"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12055511/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Rare Case of Autoimmune-Mediated Lecithin:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Insufficiency Manifesting as the Acute Onset of Extremely Hypo-High-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterolemia and Spontaneous Improvement: A Case Report with a Review of the Literature.","authors":"Atsuko Tamaki, Masayuki Kuroda, Ken Yonaha, Yohei Ishiki, Moriyuki Uehara, Yoshiro Nakayama, Ken-Ichiro Honma, Rei Chinen, Tsugumi Uema, Shiki Okamoto, Junko Miyoshi, Mika Kirinashizawa, Kazuki Sato, Tsutomu Aohara, Misato Yamamoto, Yoshiro Maezawa, Koutaro Yokote, Hiroaki Masuzaki","doi":"10.5551/jat.65298","DOIUrl":"10.5551/jat.65298","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 59-year-old Japanese woman was referred for an extremely low level of circulating high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). The serum HDL-C level had long been within the normal range but suddenly decreased asymptomatically to 7 mg/dL. She had no typical symptoms associated with familial lecithin, cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency (FLD), including proteinuria, anemia, and corneal opacity. The circulating level of ApoA-1 was also markedly decreased at 48 mg/dL, and the proportion of esterified cholesterol to free cholesterol was irregularly low at 26%. Whole-genome sequencing revealed no apparent pathological mutations in the LCAT gene. Notably, anti-LCAT antibodies were detected in the serum at 146±1.7 ng/mL, resulting in her being diagnosed with acquired LCAT insufficiency (ALCATI) caused by anti-LCAT antibodies. Five years after her HDL-C levels spontaneously decreased, they increased without any identifiable cause. To our knowledge, only six cases of ALCATI caused by anti-LCAT antibodies have been reported to date. In contrast to the present case, previously reported cases of ALCATI manifested proteinuria that improved with steroid therapy. The unique clinical course in the present case highlights the heterogeneity of ALCATI, warranting further research to clarify the molecular pathophysiology of FLD and ALCATI.</p>","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":"649-659"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12055513/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dairy Intake and All-Cause, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Risk in A Large Japanese Population: A 12-Year Follow-Up of the J-MICC Study.","authors":"Naoko Miyagawa, Naoyuki Takashima, Akiko Harada, Aya Kadota, Keiko Kondo, Katsuyuki Miura, Nahomi Imaeda, Chiho Goto, Jun Otonari, Hiroaki Ikezaki, Keitaro Tanaka, Chisato Shimanoe, Mako Nagayoshi, Takashi Tamura, Yoko Kubo, Yasufumi Kato, Yuriko N Koyanagi, Hidemi Ito, Nobuaki Michihata, Yohko Nakamura, Shiroh Tanoue, Rie Ibusuki, Sadao Suzuki, Takeshi Nishiyama, Etsuko Ozaki, Isao Watanabe, Kiyonori Kuriki, Takeshi Watanabe, Masashi Ishizu, Asahi Hishida, Yoshikuni Kita, Kenji Wakai, Keitaro Matsuo","doi":"10.5551/jat.65049","DOIUrl":"10.5551/jat.65049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>We examined the association between dairy intake and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality in a cohort of the general population followed up for 12 years across Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a longitudinal cohort study of 79,715 participants from the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort study (57.2% women, mean age 54.7 years old). The amount of dairy (milk and yogurt) intake was determined using a validated short-food frequency questionnaire. The hazard ratio for mortality according to sex-specific tertile of dairy intake was calculated using Cox proportional hazards regression models with adjustment for potential confounding factors and dietary factors by sex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the follow-up period (932,738 person-years), 3,723 participants died, including 2,088 cancer and 530 cardiovascular disease deaths. The highest tertile of total dairy intake (versus the lowest tertile) was associated with a 19% lower all-cause mortality risk (hazard ratio=0.81, 95% confidence interval: 0.70-0.92; P for trend=0.001) in women. Similarly, we observed inverse associations between milk intake and all-cause and cancer mortality risk in women, yogurt intake and cardiovascular disease risk in women, and yogurt intake and all-cause mortality risk in both sexes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A higher total dairy and milk intakes in women and yogurt intake in both sexes were associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality in the general population across Japan during the 12-year follow-up period.</p>","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":"596-607"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12055505/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endovascular Therapy for Non-Acute Intracranial Atherosclerotic Occlusion: A Feasible Treatment Modality, but is it Beneficial?","authors":"Takaya Kitano, Kenichi Todo","doi":"10.5551/jat.ED284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5551/jat.ED284","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huaiyu Ruan, Shoupeng Duan, Liying He, Yijun Wang, Zhuoya Yao, Lu Pan, Wenyuan Yin, Yi Yang, Jinjun Liu, Jun Wang
{"title":"The Incremental Prognostic Value of Incorporating the Triglyceride-Glucose Index into the Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors for the Long-term Prognosis in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients with HFpEF following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Multicenter Cohort Study.","authors":"Huaiyu Ruan, Shoupeng Duan, Liying He, Yijun Wang, Zhuoya Yao, Lu Pan, Wenyuan Yin, Yi Yang, Jinjun Liu, Jun Wang","doi":"10.5551/jat.65654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5551/jat.65654","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, a biomarker commonly used to evaluate metabolic health status, can predict unfavorable outcomes. Thus, we aimed to explore evidence regarding the prognostic value of the TyG index in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We enrolled 277 consecutive participants with new-onset ischemic cardiomyopathy and HFpEF who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The primary study endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), defined as cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, graft failure, and stroke.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During a median follow-up of 43.34 months, 70 patients (25.1%) experienced MACEs. A multivariable Cox regression analysis identified the TyG index as an independent risk factor for MACEs, with a higher baseline TyG index associated with greater risk after adjusting for confounding factors. A restricted cubic spline showed that the TyG index had a linear relationship across the range. The optimal cut-off value of 9.167 for the TyG index demonstrated a sensitivity of 70% and specificity of 84.1%, with an AUC of 0.820 (p<0.001, 95% CI: 0.762-0.878), thus effectively stratifying participants into lower TyG index (TyG <9.167, n = 182) and higher TyG index groups (TyG ≥ 9.167, n = 95), while subgroup analyses confirmed a robust association with MACEs across various populations. Furthermore, the time-dependent area under the curve, calibration curve, and decision curve analyses demonstrated that incorporating the TyG index into the traditional cardiovascular risk factor model significantly enhanced the prediction of MACE risk. Additionally, significant net reclassification improvement (0.335, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.136-0.518, p<0.05) and integrated discrimination improvement (0.178, 95%CI: 0.089-0.270, p<0.001) were also observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The TyG index is a reliable prognostic indicator for MACEs after CABG in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and HFpEF and it serves as a valuable complement to traditional cardiovascular risk factors by providing metabolic-related insights.</p>","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144025957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of Obesity and Metabolic Health Status with Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease in Stroke-Free Individuals.","authors":"Akio Ishida, Rino Nakanishi, Tomo Miyagi, Hirokuni Sakima, Koshi Nakamura, Masanobu Yamazato, Yusuke Ohya, Kenya Kusunose","doi":"10.5551/jat.65649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5551/jat.65649","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>We investigated the association of obesity and metabolic health status with cerebral small-vessel disease (SVD), a predictor of stroke, in stroke-free participants during brain health checkups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An observational cross-sectional study was conducted on 6,088 stroke-free participants who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Abdominal obesity was defined as a waist circumference ≥ 90 cm for men and ≥ 80 cm for women. A metabolically healthy status was defined as having none of the three components of metabolic syndrome, except abdominal obesity. The total SVD scores were derived from four MRI markers: silent lacunar infarcts, cerebral microbleeds, moderate-to-severe white-matter hyperintensity, and enlarged perivascular spaces.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of participants was 55±12 years old. Obesity was prevalent in 50% of the patients. The prevalence of a total SVD score ≥ 2 (moderate-to-severe SVD) was 348 (6%), which was elevated in metabolically unhealthy individuals regardless of obesity status. Compared with the metabolically healthy non-obese group, the metabolically unhealthy non-obese (odds ratio [OR] 2.08, [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.33-3.27]) and metabolically unhealthy obese (OR 2.62, [95% CI, 1.70-4.04]) groups had a higher multivariable-adjusted risk for a total SVD score ≥ 2. Similar results were obtained for obesity defined as a body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m<sup>2</sup> instead of abdominal obesity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Abdominal and general obesity alone were not associated with high total SVD scores in stroke-free individuals. Metabolically unhealthy status, especially high blood pressure and hyperglycemia, are significant risk factors for moderate-to-severe SVD.</p>","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143997325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multilevel Factors Predict Medication Adherence and Efficacy within 12 Months in Patients Receiving PCSK9 Monoclonal Antibodies: The Findings from a Real-World Analysis in China.","authors":"Xiaomeng Zheng, Yiyi Jin, Miao Fan, Hanbin Cui, Suyan Zhu","doi":"10.5551/jat.65624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5551/jat.65624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To investigate the predictors associated with inadequate adherence in patients receiving proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in China and to assess the mean LDL-C levels and the percentage reduction of LDL-C.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with at least one PCSK9-mAbs prescription filled between January 2021 and December 2022 were included in this study. The LDL-C levels before and after treatment initiation were assessed using medical records. Adherence to PCSK9-mAbs was assessed for up to 12 months after treatment initiation using the proportion of days covered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 415 patients were enrolled. The medication adherence to PCSK9-mAbs after 12 months was 31.8%. A multivariate analysis revealed that better education (junior or high school adjusted OR 2.7 and college or higher adjusted OR 5.2) and LDL-C <1.4 mmol/L at 3 months after starting PCSK9-mAbs (adjusted OR 3.0) were consistent predictors of adherence. At 12 months, LDL-C was 1.5mmol/L in the adherence group (mean [SD] decrease, 44.5% [26.5%]) and 1.9 mmol/L in the poor adherence group (mean [SD] decrease, 31.0% [32.7%]), with a group difference of 0.42 mmol/L (group difference in decrease, 13.48%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A better education and LDL-C <1.4 mmol/L at 3 months after starting treatment with PCSK9-mAbs were consistent predictors of adherence. In addition, the treatment effect declined more significantly in the poor adherence group over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":15128,"journal":{"name":"Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143794390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}