Prescribing of Statins After Lower Extremity Revascularization Procedures in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The use of statins in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease remains suboptimal despite strong clinical practice guideline recommendations; however, it is unknown whether rates are associated with substantial improvements after lower extremity revascularization.

Objective

To report longitudinal trends of statin use in patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing lower extremity revascularization and to identify the clinical and procedural characteristics associated with prescriptions for new statin therapy at discharge.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study using data from the Vascular Quality Initiative registry of patients who underwent lower extremity peripheral artery disease revascularizatio

SUBMITTER: Singh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642785 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature