In patients with coronary heart disease who were treated with PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab for intensive lipid-lowering therapy, the changes of retinal microvessels were measured with OCTA (Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography)before and after the treatment. The specific indicators included retinal microvessel diameter, macular area,optic disc vascular density and FAZ(Foveal Avascular Zone)area, etc., to clarify the effect of evolocumab on retinal microvessels after intensive lipid-lowering therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
The experimental group was treated with evolocumab combined with statin for lipid-lowering
the control group was treated with statin only for lipid-lowering
Zibo Central Hospital
Zibo, Shandong, China
RECRUITINGthe main indicator
Video disc area (4.5 × 4.5 mm2) of the radial capillary network (RPC) around the nipple and the macular area (6 × 6 mm2), superficial retinal vascular plexus (SCP) and deep retinal vascular plexus (DCP).
Time frame: Up to 12 months
the secondary indicator
The thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) near the optic disc, the thickness of the retinal ganglion cell layer in the macular region, the area of the avascular zone (FAZ) in the fovea, the changes of blood lipids, and the changes of the diameter of the retinal branch veins near the optic disc
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Lifen Gao, Master
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