Ticagrelor to Reduce Myocardial Injury in Patients With High -Risk Coronary Artery Plaque
Ticagrelor to Reduce Myocardial Injury in Patients With High -Risk Coronary Artery Plaque
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.05.023
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发表时间:
2020-07-01
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14
通讯作者:
Adamson, Philip D.
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Moss, Alastair J.;Dweck, Marc R.;Adamson, Philip D.
OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to determine whether ticagrelor reduces high -sensitivity troponin I concentrations in patients with established coronary artery disease and high -risk coronary plaque. BACKGROUND High -risk coronary atherosclerotic plaque is associated with higher plasma troponin concentrations suggesting ongoing myocardial injury that may be a target for dual antiplatelet therapy. METHODS In a randomized, double-blind, placebo -controlled trial, patients with multivessel coronary artery disease underwent coronary 18 F - fluoride positron emission tomography/coronary computed tomography scanning and measurement of high -sensitivity cardiac troponin I. Patients were randomized (1:1) to receive ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily or matched placebo. The primary endpoint was troponin I concentration at 30 days in patients with increased coronary 18 F - fluoride uptake. RESULTS In total, 202 patients were randomized to treatment, and 191 met the pre -speci fied criteria for inclusion in the primary analysis. In patients with increased coronary 18 F - fluoride uptake (120 of 191), there was no evidence that ticagrelor had an effect on plasma troponin concentrations at 30 days (ratio of geometric means for ticagrelor vs. placebo: 1.11; 95% con fidence interval: 0.90 to 1.36; p = 0.32). Over 1 year, ticagrelor had no effect on troponin concentrations in patients with increased coronary 18 F - fluoride uptake (ratio of geometric means: 0.86; 95% con fidence interval: 0.63 to 1.17; p = 0.33). CONCLUSIONS Dual antiplatelet therapy with ticagrelor did not reduce plasma troponin concentrations in patients with high -risk coronary plaque, suggesting that subclinical plaque thrombosis does not contribute to ongoing myocardial injury in this setting. (Dual Antiplatelet Therapy to Reduce Myocardial Injury [DIAMOND]; NCT02110303) (J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2020;13:1549 -60) (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).