Trial reportClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2008
Impact of pioglitazone on coronary endothelial function in non-diabetic patients with coronary artery disease.
Trial report in Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Efficacy and safety of thiazolidinediones in diabetes patients with renal impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2017Pooled it
- Pioglitazone Mitigates Arsenic-Induced Cardiotoxicity via Lipid Metabolism: Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Approach.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2026Article
- Effect of Atorvastatin and Pioglitazone on Plasma Levels of Adhesion Molecules in Non-Diabetic Patients With Hypertension or Stable Angina or Both.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2015Article
- PPAR-γ as a therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease: evidence and uncertainty.Journal of lipid research · 2012Review
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- Pioglitazone-induced heart failure in a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy and metabolic myopathy.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectivePioglitazone has been shown to exert multiple antiatherosclerotic actions independent from its glycemic effects. We studied the hypothesis that pioglitazone improves coronary endothelial dysfunction in non-diabetic patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.
methodsFifty non-diabetic patients with CAD were randomized to 6 months treatment with pioglitazone 30 mg daily or placebo. Coronary endothelial function was tested at baseline and after 6 months with intracoronary infusion of adenosine, acetylcholine (0.072; 0.72; 7.2, and 36 microg/min), glyceroltrinitrate, and cold pressor test (CPT). The primary endpoint was the mean effect of treatment compared with placebo on acetylcholine-induced coronary vascular response for all acetylcholine dosages, based on percent change in luminal area measured by quantitative coronary angiography.
resultsThere was no difference in baseline coronary endothelial function. The primary endpoint was significantly different between the groups with a 1.8% +/- 2.0% increase in luminal area between baseline and follow-up with pioglitazone and a 7.6% +/- 2.4% decrease in the placebo group (P < 0.008). At follow-up, there was a trend for a difference in CPT (P = 0.057). No difference was observed regarding intracoronary glyceroltrinitrate or adenosine.
conclusionsPioglitazone treatment in non-diabetic patients with CAD was associated with a significantly better coronary endothelial function compared to placebo.
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