• Jiahui Liu, Bin Zhang, Ming Chen, and Bo Zheng.
• Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jun 25; 100 (25): e26278e26278.

BackgroundNumerous studies have shown that high-dose statin pretreatment may reduce the risk of periprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI) and short-term major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in western people undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, the effects in East Asian patients are still controversial. The objective was to evaluate the effects of short-term high-dose statin (all types) pretreatment compared with the control (low-dose or no statin) on the reduction of the rate of MACE and PMI in East Asian patients.MethodsPubMed/Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were systematically searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in East Asian patients up to December 2019, in which short-term high-dose statin pretreatment was compared with control for patients undergoing PCI. The primary outcome measure was the incidence of MACE at 30 days. The secondary outcome measure was the incidence of PMI. The meta-analysis was performed with the fixed-effect model or random-effects model according to the heterogeneity. The meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3 software (Cochrane Collaboration).ResultsFifteen RCTs that enrolled 4313 East Asian patients were identified. High-dose statin pretreatment was associated with a 54% relative reduction in 30-day MACE (OR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.31-0.67; P < .001) and a 50% relative reduction in PMI (OR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.34-0.76; P = .001).ConclusionsHigh-dose statin pretreatment can significantly reduce 30-day MACE and PMI for East Asian patients undergoing PCI.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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