Statin use in outpatients with obstructive coronary artery disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical trials have shown that statin therapy reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), even among patients with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels <100 mg/dL. We sought to determine the extent to which patients with obstructive CAD in routine outpatient care are treated with statins, nonstatins, or no lipid-lowering therapy.

Methods and results

Within the American College of Cardiology's Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence (PINNACLE) outpatient registry, we examined rates of treatment with statin and nonstatin medications in 38 775 outpatients with obstructive CAD (history of myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization) and without documented contraindications to statin therapy. Among t

SUBMITTER: Arnold SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3527107 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature