Medical Therapy Induced Regression of Plaque in a Female Patient with ASCVD.

Medical Therapy Induced Regression of Plaque in a Female Patient with ASCVD. Int Heart J. 2018 Nov 20;: Authors: Guan S, Zhang Y, Wang B, Li W Abstract The initiation and progression of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) has always been associated with a series of risk factors. Evidences of statin therapy from randomized clinical trials are abundant, whereas discussions regarding patients with ASCVD without evidence-based risk factors are rare. Here, we describe a case of a 58-year-old woman who was diagnosed with ASCVD with none of these evidence-based risk factors. After four years of medical interventions, including atorvastatin, the patient recovered completely from severe chest pain with significant regression of atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries. PMID: 30464115 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Heart Journal - Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Heart J Source Type: research