[Treatment of unstable angina pectoris. A questionnaire study].
Questionnaires about therapy in unstable angina pectoris were sent to 63 Danish medical departments and were answered by 52 departments (82.5%). Nitroglycerin is commonly used but only in half of the departments is Nitroglycerin administered intravenously. Calcium-receptor-blockers are used in more departments (65%) than beta-receptor-blockers (35%) (p less than 0.05). Five departments use thrombolytic therapy along local guidelines. All recommend aspirin as prophylaxis against thrombosis and 63% recommend the therapy to be continued for life. An exercise test is always performed during hospital stay in 1/3 of the departments while the rest of the departments often wait till after the patient has been discharged. The estimate of frequency of coronary angiography varied considerably: from less than 5% to 100%. The frequency of coronary angiography was stated to be higher in Copenhagen and Aarhus (median 50%, interval 10-100%) than in the rest of the country (median 15%, interval less than 5-75%) (p less than 0.01).
Nielsen
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Bispebjerg Hospital, København, hjertemedicinsk afdeling Y.
Stoltenberg
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Juul
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Siemsen
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Christiansen
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D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003718:Denmark; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000639:trends; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D006493:Heparin; D001241:Aspirin