Rosuvastatin Reduces Blood Viscosity in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome |
Jung, Lae-Young
(Division of Cardiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School)
Lee, Sang-Rok (Division of Cardiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School) Jung, Jin-Mu (Division of Mechanical Design Engineering, Chonbuk National University) Kim, Yi-Shik (Division of Cardiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School) Lee, Sun-Hwa (Division of Cardiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School) Rhee, Kyoung-Suk (Division of Cardiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School) Chae, Jei-Keon (Division of Cardiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School) Lee, Dong-Hwan (Division of Mechanical Design Engineering, Chonbuk National University) Kim, Dal-Sik (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School) Kim, Won-Ho (Division of Cardiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School) Ko, Jae-Ki (Division of Cardiology, Chonbuk National University Hospital and Chonbuk National University Medical School) |
1 | Finn AV, Nakano M, Narula J, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R. Concept of vulnerable/unstable plaque. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2010;30:1282-92. DOI |
2 | Marton Z, Horvath B, Alexy T, et al. Follow-up of hemorheological parameters and platelet aggregation in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2003;29:81-94. |
3 | Cho YI, Kensey KR. Effects of the non-Newtonian viscosity of blood on flows in a diseased arterial vessel. Part 1: steady flows. Biorheology 1991;28:241-62. DOI |
4 | Fuchs J, Pinhas A, Davidson E, Rotenberg Z, Agmon J, Weinberger I. Plasma viscosity, fibrinogen and haematocrit in the course of unstable angina. Eur Heart J 1990;11:1029-32. DOI |
5 | Cho YI, Cho DJ. Hemorheology and microvascular disorders. Korean Circ J 2011;41:287-95. DOI |
6 | Lipowsky HH. Microvascular rheology and hemodynamics. Microcirculation 2005;12:5-15. DOI |
7 | Lee AJ, Mowbray PI, Lowe GD, Rumley A, Fowkes FG, Allan PL. Blood viscosity and elevated carotid intima-media thickness in men and women: the Edinburgh Artery Study. Circulation 1998;97:1467-73. DOI |
8 | Lee SR, Jung JM, Jung LY, et al. Elevated coronary whole blood viscosity in acute coronary syndrome patients. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2013;55:85-94. |
9 | Sezer M, Oflaz H, Goren T, et al. Intracoronary streptokinase after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. N Engl J Med 2007;356:1823-34. DOI |
10 | Moriarty PM, Gibson CA, Kensey KR, Hogenauer W. Effect of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol apheresis on blood viscosity. Am J Cardiol 2004;93:1044-6. DOI |
11 | Rosenson RS, Tangney CC. Antiatherothrombotic properties of statins: implications for cardiovascular event reduction. JAMA 1998;279:1643-50. DOI |
12 | Vaughan CJ, Murphy MB, Buckley BM. Statins do more than just lower cholesterol. Lancet 1996;348:1079-82. DOI |
13 | Beigel Y, Fuchs J, Snir M, Green P, Lurie Y, Djaldetti M. Lovastatin therapy in hypercholesterolemia: effect on fibrinogen, hemorrheologic parameters, platelet activity, and red blood cell morphology. J Clin Pharmacol 1991;31:512-7. DOI |
14 | Jay RH, Rampling MW, Betteridge DJ. Abnormalities of blood rheology in familial hypercholesterolaemia: effects of treatment. Atherosclerosis 1990;85:249-56. DOI |
15 | Law MR, Wald NJ, Rudnicka AR. Quantifying effect of statins on low density lipoprotein cholesterol, ischemic heart disease, and stroke: systemic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2003;326:1423. DOI |
16 | Kim H, Cho YI, Lee DH, et al. Analytical performance evaluation of the scanning capillary tube viscometer for measurement of whole blood viscosity. Clin Biochem 2013;46:139-42. DOI |
17 | Shin S, Hou JX, Suh JS, Singh M. Validation and application of a microfluidic ektacytometer (RheoScan-D) in measuring erythrocyte deformability. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2007;37:319-28. |
18 | Holsworth RE Jr, Cho YI, Weidman JJ, Sloop GD, St Cyr JA. Cardiovascular benefits of phlebotomy: relationship to changes in hemorheological variables. Perfusion 2014;29:102-16. DOI |
19 | Rosenson RS, Wolff D, Green D, Boss AH, Kensey KR. Aspirin . Aspirin dose not alter native blood viscosity. J Thromb Haemost 2004;2:340-1. DOI |
20 | Froom P. Blood viscosity and the risk of death from coronary heart disease. Eur Heart J 2000;21:513-4. DOI |
21 | Jung JM, Lee DH, Kim KT, et al. Reference intervals for whole blood viscosity using the analytical performance-evaluated scanning capillary tube viscometer. Clin Biochem 2014;47:489-93. DOI |
22 | Banyai S, Banyai M, Falger J, et al. Atorvastatin improves blood rheology in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) on long-term LDL apheresis treatment. Atherosclerosis 2001;159:513-9. DOI |
23 | Bo M, Bonino F, Neirotti M, et al. Hemorheologic and coagulative pattern in hypercholesterolemic subjects treated with lipid-lowering drugs. Angiology 1991;42:106-13. DOI |
24 | Ditzel J, Kampmann J. Whole-blood viscosity, hematocrit and plasma protein in normal subjects at different ages. Acta Physiol Scand 1971;81:264-8. DOI |
25 | Arbab-Zadeh A, Nakano M, Virmani R, Fuster V. Acute coronary events. Circulation 2012;125:1147-56. DOI |
26 | Kensey KR. The mechanistic relationships between hemorheological characteristics and cardiovascular disease. Curr Med Res Opin 2003;19:587-96. DOI |
27 | Virmani R, Burke AP, Farb A, Kolodgie FD. Pathology of the vulnerable plaque. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47(8 Suppl):C13-8. DOI |