[Effect of statin therapy on dynamics of vascular endothelial growth factor and fibroblast growth factor in patients with ischemic heart disease]

Kardiologiia. 2007;47(8):4-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The aim of our study was to assess the influence of rosuvastatin on coronary angiogenesis. 30 male patients with chronic coronary heart disease and total cholesterol level > 5.2 mmol/l were treated with rosuvastatin 10 mg daily during 3 months. The serum level of total cholesterol (TC), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides (TG) as well as C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) were measured initially and in 3 months. There was the significant decreasing of TC, LDL-C and TG concentrations. IL-6 and CRP serum levels were also decreased after rosuvastatin therapy. Three months of treatment resulted to significant decrease of VEGF with no changes of bFGF levels. The correlation was not found between CRP and VEGF levels and between IL-6 and VEGF levels. Also there was no correlation between the degree of decreasing CRP and VEGF, and IL-6 and VEGF. So we have shown significant decreasing of VEGF serum levels on rosuvastatin therapy. It could be possible mechanism of plaque stabilization in patients with coronary heart disease.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors / blood
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors / metabolism
  • Fluorobenzenes / pharmacology
  • Fluorobenzenes / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Lipids / blood
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / drug therapy*
  • Neovascularization, Physiologic / drug effects*
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Rosuvastatin Calcium
  • Sulfonamides / pharmacology
  • Sulfonamides / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / blood
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism

Substances

  • Fluorobenzenes
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Lipids
  • Pyrimidines
  • Sulfonamides
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • Rosuvastatin Calcium