Treatment Patterns of Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Aged Above and Below 75 Years: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study of 1500 Patients in a Tertiary Care Referral Center in Germany.

Iryna DykunDaniela WiefhoffMatthias TotzeckFadi Al-RashidR Alexander JánosiStefanie HendricksTienush RassafAmir A Mahabadi

Published in: Drugs & aging (2020)

Patients ≥ 75 years of age receive lower doses of statin therapy and reach slightly lower LDL-C levels. However, the majority of elderly patients miss current recommendations regarding LDL-C thresholds.

Keyphrases

tertiary care
cross sectional
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
primary care
low density lipoprotein
coronary artery disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
combination therapy
mesenchymal stem cells
patient reported