Different Perspectives of Patients and Physicians on LDL-C Target Achievement in the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia: Results on Secondary Prevention from the German PROCYON Survey

• Published in: Advances in therapy Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 460 - 473
• Main Authors: Makhmudova, Umidakhon, Wolf, Michaela, Willfeld, Kathy, Beier, Lea, Weingärtner, Oliver
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cheshire Springer Healthcare 01.02.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Cardiology; Cholesterol, LDL; Endocrinology; Humans; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Hypercholesterolemia - drug therapy; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Original Research; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Physicians; Raccoons; Rheumatology; Secondary Prevention; Surveys and Questionnaires; Low-density lipoprotein; Secondary prevention; Hypercholesterolemia; Patient management

Aims Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction in hypercholesterolemia patients at very high cardiovascular (CV) risk is essential in preventing future CV events. The objective was to assess the perception on hypercholesterolemia management in secondary prevention in Germany. Methods PRO...