New heart attack treatment aims to calm dangerous inflammation

NCT ID NCT03515304

Summary

This study tested if adding a cholesterol-lowering drug called evolocumab to standard care could help patients who recently had a specific type of heart attack (NSTEMI). Researchers wanted to see if the drug could further reduce 'bad' cholesterol and, importantly, lower inflammation in the heart and blood vessels. They measured these effects using blood tests and special heart scans in 60 participants over six months.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Steven Paul Schulman

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21136, United States

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