Clinical effect of different doses of atorvastatin on elderly acute coronary syndrome / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effect of different doses of atorvastatin in treating elderly acute coronary syndrome.Methods Totally 78 cases with acute coronary syndrome were randomly divided into two groupslow-dose atorvastatin group and high dose atorvastatin group,39 cases for each.The triacylglycerol (TG),total cholesterol(TC),low-density lipoprotein-cholestrol (LDL-C)and high-density lipoprotein-cholestrol (HDL-C) were compared between before and after the treatment.The adverse drug reactions were observed.Results Before treatment,the levels of TG,TC,LDL-C and HDL-C were not statistic significant between the two groups.After treatment of 1 month,3 months,6 months and 12 months,TC and LDL-C of the two groups were decreased than those before treatment,and TC and LDL-C of high-dose atorvastatin group were lower than those of low-dose atorvastatin group,but HDL-C level was not changed compared with before treatment.After treatment of 3 months,6 months and 12 months,TG levels of the two groups were decreased than those before treatment,and TG of high-dose atorvastatin group were reduced than those of low-dose atorvastatin group.The incidence rate of cardiovascular events of high-dose atorvastatin group was significantly lower than those of low-dose atorvastatin group.There was no difference in the incidence rate of adverse drug reactions between the two groups.Conclusions I(s worthy to apply high-dose atorvastatin in clinical treatment for acute coronary syndrome because of its ability to decrease the levels of TG,TC,LDL C,HDL-C and cardiovascular events.