Lipid management in patients with unstable angina pectoris and non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (from CRUSADE).
We sought to characterize current patterns of care for lipid testing and management in a sample of patients in the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines Quality Improvement Initiative and to determine the most important predictors of lipid testing and management at discharge. We evaluated data from >40,000 patients who had been hospitalized in United States hospitals from March 2000 to March 2003 and had a principal discharge diagnosis of unstable angina pectoris or non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction as part of the initiative.
Foody
JoAnne M
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Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. joanne.foody@yale.edu
Roe
Matthew T
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Chen
Anita Y
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Smith
Sidney C
SC
Brindis
Ralph G
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Peterson
Eric D
ED
Gibler
W Brian
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Ohman
E Magnus
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents