Intensive statin therapy,used alone or in combination with ezetimibe,improves homocysteine level and lipid peroxidation to a similar degree in patients with coronary artery diseases

Background increase in the concentration of homocysteine is one of the risks of cardiovascular diseases. coronary artery disease accompanied the increase of ldl cholesterol level and hipolipemic drugs are used in such treatments. also these drugs have pleiotropic effects,which are not greatly known. the aim of that study is to compare the effect of three different hipolipemic therapies (rosuvastatin 15 mg/d; atorvastatin 40 mg/d; atorvastatin + ezetymibe 10 mg/d + 10 mg/d) depending upon the concentration of homocysteine and lipid peroxidation in plasma of cad patients with non-target ldl-cholesterol level. methods and results the study involved 30 healthy subjects as well as 30 patients with angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease who despite at least 6 months hypolipidemic treatment did not achieve ldl-c <70 mg/dl. the following parameters studied included homocysteine level,lipid peroxidation in plasma and lipidogram parameters. our study showed increase of homocysteine level,lipid peroxidation in plasma,ldl-c concentration and total cholesterol level. after six months therapy,the following changes were observed in comparison to the values before therapy: decrease of homocysteine level in plasma - r15 20%,a40 26% and a + e 28%; decrease of lipid peroxidation in plasma - r15 31%,a40 27% and a + e 32%; decrease of ldl-c cholesterol level - r15 18%; a40 17% and a + e 33% and decrease of total cholesterol level - r15 9%,a40 15% and a + e 17%. conclusion our results suggest that intensive lipid-lowering therapy has a beneficial effect on certain parameters of the blood of cad patients. © 2016 published by elsevier sp. z o.o. on behalf of institute of pharmacology,polish academy of sciences.