title: Management of coronary artery disease in a Tertiary Care Hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study was to study the prescribing patterns of drugs used in the coronary artery disease (CAD) and to identify, which drug is mostly prescribed at that hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a prospective observational survey including case series analysis of patients with CAD who met the inclusion criteria. It was conducted in the cardiology unit of multidisciplinary Tertiary Care Hospital in Kanpur.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of patients who met the inclusion criteria was collected in specially designed case record forms. It was designed to include the patient data such as, demographics, risk factors, clinical and biochemical characteristics, procedures and investigations performed during the hospital stay, in-hospital and discharge drug therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive statistics were performed for baseline characteristics, risk factors and medication use. All the analyses were performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 16.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects of age groups 65-74 (33.34%) were found to be more susceptible to CAD. In this study, we see that Aspirin, Clopidogrel and Statins were mostly prescribed in this hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, Aspirin and Clopidogrel were mostly prescribed. According to 2009 focused updates of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction. So in this hospital prescription for CAD were according to the guideline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jodhpur National University, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Pranay
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ankita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vandana R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: L.P.S institute of Cardiology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Umeshwar
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pandey
keywords: Aspirin; Clopidogrel; coronary artery disease; prescription pattern study