Significant Facility-Level Variation in Utilization of and Adherence with Secondary Prevention Therapies Among Patients with Premature Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Insights from the VITAL (Veterans wIth premaTure AtheroscLerosis) Registry7

Autor: Mahboob Alam, Dhruv Mahtta, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Michelle T. Lee, Richard S. Schofield, Julia M. Akeroyd, Salim S. Virani, Kirk N. Garratt, Christie M. Ballantyne, Preetika Sinh, David Ramsey, Safi U. Khan, Laura A. Petersen
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 36:93-102
ISSN: 1573-7241
0920-3206
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-020-07125-3
Popis: We investigated facility-level variation in the use and adherence with antiplatelets and statins among patients with premature and extremely premature ASCVD. Using the 2014–2015 nationwide Veterans wIth premaTure AtheroscLerosis (VITAL) registry, we assessed patients with premature (age at first ASCVD event: males
Databáze: OpenAIRE