High dose statins in post-coarctectomy patients.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Atherosclerosis in post-coarctectomy patients.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
Post-coarctectomy patients.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Incapable of giving informed consent;
2. Hypersensitivity to atorvastatin or any of its help substances;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method IMT.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The quality of life;<br /><br>2. The concentration of serum lipids;<br /> <br>3. Lipid lowering and time effects on the femoral vascular conduit;<br /><br>4. Liver- and renal function;<br /><br>5. Microcirculation (FMD);<br /><br>6. Hypertension;<br /><br>7. Disproport onate systolic hypertension with exercise (cardiovascular exercise testing);<br /><br>8. Exaggerated rise in systolic pressure in response to exercise (cardiovascular exercise testing);<br /><br>9. Left ventricular hypertrophy (echocardiography);<br /><br>10. Heart failure (echocardiography);<br /><br>11. Cerebrovascular accident;<br /><br>12. Ruptured aortic aneurysm;<br /> <br>13. Aortic volume (MRI);<br /><br>14. LVEDV, LVESV, EF, CO (MRI);<br /><br>15. Pulse wave velocity through the thoracic aorta (MRI);<br /><br>16. Extent of LV fibrosis (%) (MRI);<br /><br>17. The number of deaths.