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August 18, 2025Diabetes Obesity and MetabolismOpen Access

High‐intensity statin therapy is associated with reduced coronary inflammation on CT in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

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BWBryan WuKNKoen NiemanRSRyan Sandoval

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Retrospective analysis shows reduced coronary inflammation in patients with T2DM receiving high-intensity statins, indicating cardiovascular benefits.

Key Points

  • Patients receiving high-intensity statins experienced significantly lower coronary inflammation, demonstrating effective treatment.
  • High-intensity statin therapy resulted in mean PCAT attenuation of -75.0 HU compared to -71.6 HU with no statins, a significant difference.
  • Retrospective analysis of 203 CCTAs highlights the importance of high-intensity statins in managing coronary atherosclerosis.
  • Findings support aggressive cardiovascular prevention strategies in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary atherosclerosis.

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Wu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af31efcf1dd9ea359e84bbhttps://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70032
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