PREVENTIVE AND/OR REMEDIAL AGENT FOR DISEASE ATTRIBUTABLE TO ARTERIOSCLEROTIC ACTIVITY

摘要

A preventive and/or therapeutic medicament for diseases attributed to arteriosclerotic activity such as ischemic heart diseases and acute coronary arterial syndromes and the like, which contains as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: CHEM ??A preventive and/or therapeutic agent for diseases based on arteriosclerotic activity which is more potent than known drugs hereinbefore and novel is provided. ??In the formula, A represents a thiazolidinedione ring and the like; -X- represents -O- or -S-; =Y- represents =N- or =CR5-; R1 R2, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represent hydrogen and the like; n is an integer of 0 to 3; and the dotted line indicates that said linkage may be a double bond.