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Novel Approaches for Preventing or Limiting Events (Naples) II Trial

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Briguori, Carlo, Visconti, Gabriella, Focaccio, Amelia, Golia, Bruno, Chieffo, Alaide, Castelli, Alfredo, Mussardo, Marco, Montorfano, Matteo +2 more·2009·Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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Objectives Atorvastatin administered at least 7 days before the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces the rate of periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI). It is unknown whether a single, high (80 mg) loading dose of atorvastatin may reduce the rate of periprocedural MI.Background Periprocedural MI is a prognostically important complication of PCI.Methods The day before the elective PCI, 668 statin-naive patients were randomly assigned to atorvastatin 80 mg (atorvastatin group; n = 338) or no statin treatment (control group; n = 330). Creatine kinase-myocardial isoenzyme (CK-MB) (upper limit of normal [ULN] 3.5 ng/ml) and cardiac troponin I (ULN 0.10 ng/ml) were assessed before and 6 and 12 h after the intervention. Periprocedural MI was defined as a CK-MB elevation >3x ULN alone or associated with chest pain or ST-segment or T-wave abnormalities.Results The incidence of a periprocedural MI was 9.5% in the atorvastatin group and 15.8% in the control group (odds ratio: 0.56; 95% confidence interval: 0.35 to 0.89; p = 0.014). Median CK-MB peak after PCI was 2.10 ng/ml (interquartile range 1.00 to 12.50 ng/ml) in the atorvastatin group and 3.20 ng/ml (interquartile range 1.37 to 16.07 ng/ml) in the control group (p = 0.014). The incidence of cardiac troponin I elevation >3x ULN was 26.6% in the atorvastatin group and 39.1% in the control group (odds ratio: 0.56; 95% confidence interval: 0.40 to 0.78; p < 0.001).Conclusions A single, high (80 mg) loading (within 24 h) dose of atorvastatin reduces the incidence of periprocedural MI in elective PCI.

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Briguori, C., Visconti, G., Focaccio, A., Golia, B., Chieffo, A., Castelli, A., Mussardo, M., Montorfano, M., Ricciardelli, B., & Colombo, A.
Affiliations
  • Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
  • Clinica Mediterranea (IT)
Corresponding author
Briguori, Carlo
Venue
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-12
Volume
54
Issue
23
Pages
2157-2163
ISSN
0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W71404102
Cited by
238
References
32
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FWCI
36.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
Keywords
atorvastatin, periprocedural myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, statin-naive patients, CK-MB, cardiac troponin I, ST segment abnormalities, T wave changes
MeSH terms
Atorvastatin, Aged, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Electrocardiography, Female, Heptanoic Acids, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction, Pyrroles, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Treatment Outcome, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

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