title: [Secondary prevention of myocardial ischemia. From theory to clinical reality: preliminary results of the EUROASPIRE study in Italy. European Action on Secondary Prevention through Intervention to Reduce Events].
abstract: EUROASPIRE study has been carried out in 9 European countries with the aim of assessing coronary risk factors in high-risk patients admitted to hospital to undergo coronary revascularization procedures (coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting) or because of angina or myocardial infarction. The results of the initial stage of the study in Italy, investigating the data from 691 hospital medical records, showed that management of risk factors in these patients was inferior than expected. In particular, the prevalence of hyperlipidaemia (63%), hypertension (40%) and diabetes (27%) was remarkably high. These results suggest that there is still a need for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Padova, Divisione Medica I, Ospedale Civile di Venezia.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leprotti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vanuzzo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pilotto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pedrocco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perissinotto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stritoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zardini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000628:therapy