Antiinflammatory Therapy with Canakinumab for Atherosclerotic Disease
Author(s) -
Paul M. Ridker,
Giulia Renda,
Tom Thurén,
Jean MacFadyen,
William H. Chang,
Christie M. Ballantyne,
Francisco Antônio Helfenstein Fonseca,
José Carlos Nicolau,
Wolfgang Köenig,
Stefan D. Anker,
John J.P. Kastelein,
Jan H. Cornel,
Prem Pais,
Daniel Pella,
Jacques Genest,
Renata Cífková,
Alberto J. Lorenzatti,
Tamás Forster,
Zhanna Kobalava,
L Vida-Simiti,
Marcus Flather,
Hiroaki Shimokawa,
Hisao Ogawa,
Mikael Dellborg,
Paulo R.F. Rossi,
Roland P.T. Troquay,
Peter Libby,
Robert J. Glynn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1707914
Subject(s) - canakinumab , medicine , placebo , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , clinical endpoint , c reactive protein , surgery , gastroenterology , inflammation , disease , pathology , anakinra , alternative medicine
Experimental and clinical data suggest that reducing inflammation without affecting lipid levels may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Yet, the inflammatory hypothesis of atherothrombosis has remained unproved.
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