Discharge prescription patterns for antiplatelet and statin therapy following carotid endarterectomy: an analysis of the vascular quality initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite guidelines endorsing statin and single antiplatelet therapy (SAPT) therapy post-carotid endarterectomy (CEA), these medications may be either under or inappropriately prescribed. We determined rates of new statin prescriptions as well as change in antiplatelet therapy (APT) regimen at discharge. We identified characteristics associated with these occurrences.

Design

We performed a retrospective Vascular Quality Initiative registry analysis of more than 125 000 patients who underwent CEA from 2013 to 2021.

Setting

The Vascular Quality Initiative is a multicentre registry database including academic and community-based hospitals throughout the USA.

Participants

Patients age≥18 years undergoing CEA with available statin and APT data (preprocedur

SUBMITTER: Eppler M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10373683 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature