It takes more than patient education to reach low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals

[...]the recent Lescol Intervention Prevention Study (LIPS)9 demonstrated that cholesterol-lowering therapy initiated in the hospital for patients who had undergone a recent coronary intervention resulted in a significant risk reduction in subsequent fatal and non-fatal coronary events, which suppor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American heart journal 2004-03, Vol.147 (3), p.381-382
Hauptverfasser:	Kline-Rogers, Eva M., Eagle, Kim A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute coronary syndromes Cardiovascular disease Cholesterol Cholesterol, LDL - blood Coronary Disease - blood Health Services Research Heart Heart attacks Humans Intervention Low density lipoprotein Patient Education as Topic Practice Guidelines as Topic Statins
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]the recent Lescol Intervention Prevention Study (LIPS)9 demonstrated that cholesterol-lowering therapy initiated in the hospital for patients who had undergone a recent coronary intervention resulted in a significant risk reduction in subsequent fatal and non-fatal coronary events, which supports early initiation of statin therapy in patients after intervention.
ISSN:	0002-8703 1097-6744
DOI:	10.1016/j.ahj.2003.10.012