Optimal Medical Therapy Prescription in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Netherlands: A Multicenter Pilot Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unlike neighboring countries, the Netherlands does not have a national acute coronary syndrome (ACS) registry to evaluate quality of care.

Objective

We conducted a pilot registry in two hospitals to assess the prescription of guideline-recommended therapies in Dutch patients with ACS.

Methods

We included all consecutive patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI (NSTEMI) (n = 1309) admitted to two Dutch percutaneous coronary intervention centers between March 2015 and February 2016. We collected follow-up medication use and reasons for discontinuation at discharge and 1, 6, and 12 months post-discharge. We assessed the use of optimal medical therapy (OMT), defined as the combined prescription of aspirin, P2Y12 inhibitors, statins

SUBMITTER: Hoedemaker NPG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7956932 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature