Patients with acute coronary syndrome with ST elevation and fibrinogen receiving a dose of 400 mg every 24 hours of Bezafibrate in addition to conventional anti-ischemic treatment

Patients with acute coronary syndrome with ST elevation and hyperfibrinogenemia who received only conventional anti-ischemic treatment

Acute Myocardial Infarction

Patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEAMI) and with fibrinogen concentration >500 mg/dl at 72 h of evolution, were randomly assigned to bezafibrate 400 mg/day or just conventional therapy

Bezafibrate

Bezafibrate for Hyperfibrinogenemia in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Early Effect Of Bezafibrate On Fibrinogen Levels, Inflammatory Response And Clinical Impact, In Patients With ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction

PT-Fibrinogen HS Plus kit (Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA) to determine prothrombin time and fibrinogen and to evaluate extrinsic pathway of coagulation in citrated human plasma using an auto-analyzer ACL-800 (Cobas, Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN) where fibrinogen levels are determined through turbidimetry.

Concentration of cytokines (IL-8, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, TNF e IL-12) measured by ELISA system (Biosource)

angina, reinfarction, heart failure, death, and combined endpoints

Any side effect that comes with the intake of bezafibrate

Maria Alejandra Madrid Miller

Head of the Division of Health Research, UMAE Hospital de Cardiologia, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, México, D.F.

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Levels

oral medication Week 1-4: 500 mg per day Week 5-8: 1000 mg per day Week 9-12: 1500 mg per day Week 13-20: 2000 mg per day

Nicotinic acid (niacin)

Placebo Week 1-4: 500 mg per day Week 5-8: 1000 mg per day Week 9-12: 1500 mg per day Week 13-20: 2000 mg per day

rhabdomyolysis/تقيؤ

Bezafibrate for Hyperfibrinogenemia in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Evaluation of the Effect of NICOtinic Acid (Niacin) on Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Levels (NICOLa Study)

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