Effects of Fatty Acid Therapy in Addition to Strong Statin on Coronary Plaques in Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Effects of Fatty Acid Therapy in Addition to Strong Statin on Coronary Plaques in Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study

BACKGROUND Vascular healing response associated with adjunctive n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acid therapy therapy in patients receiving strong statin therapy remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of polyunsaturated fatty acid therapy with eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docos...

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Main Authors: Yoko Kita, Makoto Watanabe, Daisuke Kamon, Tomoya Ueda, Tsunenari Soeda, Satoshi Okayama, Kenichi Ishigami, Hiroyuki Kawata, Manabu Horii, Fumitaka Inoue, Naofumi Doi, Hiroyuki Okura, Shiro Uemura, Yoshihiko Saito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
fatty acid
fibrous cap
optical coherence tomography
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.015593

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