Profile of use and access to statins in patients with coronary arterial disease in an outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital.
Ronara Camila de Souza Groia-VelosoMaria Gabriela Martins CruzeiroBianca Menezes DiasAdriano Max Moreira ReisPublished in: Current medical research and opinion (2020)
The level of adherence to the recommendations of U.S. and Brazilian guidelines of dyslipidemia for statin use was low. Most patients used a moderate intensity statin, despite having a high cardiovascular risk. Simvastatin was the most prescribed statin.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- high intensity
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- clinical practice
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronary artery
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes