What have imaging studies with evolocumab yielded?
Authors:
Tomáš Kovárník 1; Karel Kopřiva 2; Jan Pudil 1; Zhi Chen 3; Milan Šonka 3
Authors‘ workplace:
II. interní klinika kardiologie a angiologie 1. LF UK a VFN v Praze
1; Kardiologie (KAR), Nemocnice Na Homolce, Praha
2; Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Published in:
AtheroRev 2022; 7(3): 159-165
Category:
Clinical Studies
Overview
This review describes usual endpoints in trials assessing changes of atherosclerotic plaques during lipid-lowering therapy. Authors focus their attention to the trials using evolocumab as an active drug.
Keywords:
optical coherence tomography – evolocumab – atherosclerosis regression – intravascular ultrasound
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