Abstract
We sought to characterize current patterns of care for lipid testing and management in a sample of patients in the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines Quality Improvement Initiative and to determine the most important predictors of lipid testing and management at discharge. We evaluated data from >40,000 patients who had been hospitalized in United States hospitals from March 2000 to March 2003 and had a principal discharge diagnosis of unstable angina pectoris or non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction as part of the initiative.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 483-485 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American Journal of Cardiology |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 15 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine