PCSK9 Antibody Alirocumab Attenuates Arterial Wall Inflammation Without Changes in Circulating Inflammatory Markers

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Dec;12(12):2571-2573. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.06.022. Epub 2019 Aug 14.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Carotid Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Arteries / drug effects*
  • Carotid Arteries / metabolism
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / blood
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Dyslipidemias / blood
  • Dyslipidemias / diagnosis
  • Dyslipidemias / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Inflammation Mediators / blood
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Netherlands
  • PCSK9 Inhibitors*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / administration & dosage
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • PCSK9 Inhibitors
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • PCSK9 protein, human
  • alirocumab

Associated data

  • NTR/NTR6650