title: Therapy with statins and aspirin enhances long-term outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: Aspirin is the standard therapy applied after coronary intervention, and statins are also prescribed to prevent secondary coronary heart disease. We assessed the ability of a combination of statins and aspirin to improve the longterm prognosis of patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We collected data from 575 consecutive patients who underwent PCI. The patients were divided into groups depending on the presence or absence of statin or aspirin therapy as follows: both statin and aspirin (Group B: n = 190; 33%); aspirin only (Group A: n = 236; 41.1%); statin only (Group S: n = 53; 9.2%S); neither drug (Group N: n = 96; 16.7%). Data were statistically assessed using the Cox proportional hazard model for multivariate analysis with adjustment of baseline convariates. Sixty-eight patients died during follow-up (11 +/- 3 years). Multivariate analysis showed that compared with group N, both groups S and A were independent predictors for survival from all causes [group S: hazards ratio (HR) 0.29, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.10-0.81, P = 0.019; group A: HR 0.31, 95% CI 0.17-0.56, P < 0.0001] and cardiovascular (CV) death (group S: HR 0.16, 95% CI 0.04-0.73, P = 0.018; group A: HR 0.12, 95% CI 0.05-0.30, P < 0.001). risk for all causes and CV death was significantly lower in Group B (HR 0.25, 95% CI 0.12-0.53, P < 0.0001 and HR 0.10, 95% CI 0.03-0.31, P < 0.0001, respectively). Therapy with statins plus aspirin improves long-term clinical outcome in patients after PCI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Naozumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Widi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Njaman
authors.forename: Kan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajimoto
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akimoto
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Yokoyama
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ken
authors.forename: Kurata
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeshi
authors.forename: Daida
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hiroyuki
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D001241:Aspirin