Use of lipid-lowering medication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study).
As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in 3,824 patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction in the Worcester, Massachusetts metropolitan area between 1986 and 1993. The rate of utilization of lipid-lowering medication either before (1.8%) or during hospitalization (1.9%) for acute myocardial infarction was low.
Goldberg
R J
RJ
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA.
Ockene
I S
IS
Yarzebski
J
J
Savageau
J
J
Gore
J M
JM
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016015:Logistic Models; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents