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11822972

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
After acute myocardial infarction, patients remain at high risk for recurrent cardiovascular events and mortality. Despite the compelling scientific and clinical trial evidence that lipid-lowering medications reduce mortality in patients after acute myocardial infarction, this life-saving therapy continues to be underutilized. A number of studies in a variety of clinical settings have documented that a significant proportion of patients after myocardial infarction are not receiving treatment with lipid-lowering medications when guided by conventional care. It has recently been demonstrated that implementation of a hospital-based system for initiation of statins prior to hospital discharge results in a marked increase in treatment rates, improved long-term patient compliance, more patients reaching low-density lipoprotein levels of less than 100 mg/dL, and improved clinical outcomes. Adopting in-hospital initiation of lipid-lowering medications as the standard of care for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction could dramatically improve treatment rates and thus substantially reduce the risk of future coronary events and prolong life in the large number of patients hospitalized each year.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1523-3804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-106
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Statin therapy after acute myocardial infarction: are we adequately treating high-risk patients?
pubmed:affiliation
Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Division of Cardiology, 47-123 CHS, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679, USA. gfonarow@mednet.ucla.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review