Abstract:
:The effect of 24 weeks of treatment with simvastatin, a new HMG coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (dosages of 20 and 40 mg day-1) on serum lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein A-I and B concentrations as well as safety parameters and subjective side effects were studied in 11 patients with familial (FH) and 10 patients with polygenic hypercholesterolaemia (P-HC). The effects on plasma lipoprotein and apolipoprotein concentrations had already been achieved after four weeks in both groups and then remained during the study. In FH, mean fasting plasma total cholesterol concentration decreased from 10.51 to 6.71 mmol l-1 (36%), and in P-HC from 6.55 to 4.54 mmol l-1 (31%) at 24 weeks (P less than 0.001). Mean plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations also decreased, in FH from 8.87 to 5.05 mmol l-1 (43%) and in P-HC from 4.97 to 3.12 mmol l-1 (37%) at 24 weeks (P less than 0.001). Furthermore, apolipoprotein B concentrations decreased significantly from 2.21 to 1.57 g l-1 (29%) (less than 0.001) in FH and from 1.53 to 1.09 g l-1 (29%) (P less than 0.01) in P-HC. Plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol increased in both FH and P-HC during treatment. Increases were seen in both the subfractions HDL2 and HDL3. Simvastatin was well tolerated. No serious clinical or laboratory adverse effects were observed. It is concluded that 24 weeks of treatment with simvastatin in doses up to 40 mg day-1 effectively reduces plasma total and LDL cholesterol concentrations without causing subjective or significant objective side effects. Thus, simvastatin may be of great interest in future studies for prevention of coronary heart disease due to hypercholesterolaemia.
journal_name
Eur Heart Jjournal_title
European heart journalauthors
Mölgaard J,von Schenck H,Olsson AGdoi
10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a062541subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1988-05-01 00:00:00pages
541-51issue
5eissn
0195-668Xissn
1522-9645journal_volume
9pub_type
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journal_title:European heart journal
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doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060884
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a015008
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-11-21 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a062318
更新日期:1987-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/s0195-668x(03)00475-5
更新日期:2003-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1984-03-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehx458
更新日期:2018-03-14 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a015263
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060841
更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.06.024
更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl381
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060217
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0195-668x(02)00426-8
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehz233
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehr039
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2019-12-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0195-668x(02)00467-0
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.1716
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a014672
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehr472
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/16.suppl_b.103
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00