Use and misuse of statins after ACS: analysis of a prescription database of a community setting of 2,042,968 subjects

• Published in: European journal of preventive cardiology Vol. 21; no. 9; p. 1109
• Main Authors: Maggioni, Aldo P, Rossi, Elisa, Cinconze, Elisa, De Rosa, Marisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Acute Coronary Syndrome - drug therapy; Acute Coronary Syndrome - epidemiology; Adult; Aged; Databases, Factual; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; Female; Hospitalization - trends; Humans; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Italy - epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Morbidity - trends; Patient Compliance; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate - trends; Italy; epidemiology; statin; Acute coronary syndromes; drug

To assess in a community setting how patients discharged alive after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are treated with statins. Specifically, the rate of prescription, the dosages, and 1-year adherence have been evaluated. From the ARNO Observatory, we carried out a record linkage analysis of discha...