[Significant undertreatment of high cholesterol level in ischemic heart disease].
Lipid and lipoprotein analysis was performed in 127 consecutive patients with stable incapaciting angina referred by cardiologists for coronary angiography (mean waiting time, 121 days). Ninety-four per cent of the patients manifested evidence of myocardial ischaemia at exercise testing, or had had earlier myocardial infarction or earlier revascularisation with angioplasty or bypass surgery. Despite the well-known results of the large statin trials in secondary prevention (4S and CARE), only a third of the patients had LDL cholesterol levels in accordance with Swedish and European guidelines, i.e., below 3.0 mmol/L.
Berglund
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Kardiologkliniken, Universitetssjukhuset, Linköping. ulf.berglund@lio.se
Karlsson
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis
D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL