Author Interviews, BMJ, Heart Disease, Pharmacology / 17.06.2014
Use of Platelet Inhibitor Cilostazol To Treat Vasospastic Angina
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Professor June-Hong Kim, Division of Cardiology
Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology,
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
Yangsan, South Korea;
MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Kim: In vasospastic angina, the cilostazol group significantly reduced relative ireduction of of weekly incidence of chest pain compared with placebo group (−66.5±88.6% vs −17.6±140.1%, respectively, p=0.009).. Other clinical parameters such as a change in the frequency of chest pain (−3.7±0.5 vs −1.9±0.6, respectively, p=0.029), a change in the chest pain severity scale (−2.8±0.4 vs −1.1±0.4, respectively, p=0.003), and the proportion of chest pain-free patients (76.0% vs 33.3%, respectively, p=0.003) also significantly favored cilostazol. (more…)