Control of cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviors in patients post acute coronary syndromes eligible for protein convertase subtilisin/kexin-9 inhibitors.

Butty, Audrey; Gencer, Baris; Koskinas, Konstantinos C; Carballo, David; Räber, Lorenz; Klingenberg, Roland; Matter, Christian M; Lüscher, Thomas F; Windecker, Stephan; Muller, Olivier; Rodondi, Nicolas; Mach, François; Nanchen, David (2020). Control of cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviors in patients post acute coronary syndromes eligible for protein convertase subtilisin/kexin-9 inhibitors. International journal of cardiology, 299, pp. 289-295. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.10.012

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BACKGROUND

We aimed to examine cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviors in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) according to potential extension of eligibility criteria for protein convertase subtilisin/kexin-9 inhibitors (PCSK9i) to all patients with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) equal or above 1.8 mmol/l.

METHODS

In this prospective cross-sectional study, patients with ACS between 2009 and 2016 and with available LDL-c at one year were considered. We defined three mutually exclusive groups of patients according to eligibility for PCSK9i: "not eligible", "currently eligible", and "newly eligible". We explored the control of cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviors.

RESULTS

Out of 3025 patients who had an ACS one year ago, 1071 (35.4%) were not eligible for PCSK9i, 415 (13.7%) were currently eligible, and 1539 (50.9%) were newly eligible. The proportion of patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the not eligible group was lower than in the group currently eligible (27.6% vs 33.6%, p = 0.02), but similar to the group newly eligible (27.6% vs 28.2%, p = 0.73). The proportion of smokers in the not eligible group was lower than in the group currently eligible (21.2% vs 28.0%, p = 0.02), but similar to the group newly eligible (21.2% vs 22.5%, p = 0.51).

CONCLUSIONS

More than half of patients with ACS would be additionally eligible for PCSK9i if prescription is extended from current guidelines to all patients with LDL-c equal or above 1.8 mmol/l. Patients currently eligible for PCSK9i one year after an ACS had a worst control of cardiovascular risk factors than patients potentially newly eligible.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine > Centre of Competence for General Internal Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology

UniBE Contributor:

Koskinas, Konstantinos, Räber, Lorenz, Windecker, Stephan, Rodondi, Nicolas

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

0167-5273

Publisher:

Elsevier

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Flükiger-Flückiger

Date Deposited:

07 Nov 2019 12:24

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:32

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.10.012

PubMed ID:

31668506

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Acute coronary syndromes Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular prevention Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol Protein convertase subtilisin/kexin-9 inhibitors

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.134611

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/134611

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