• Postgrad Med J · Oct 1998

    The use of HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors following acute myocardial infarction in hospital practice.

    • T K Khong, C G Missouris, M Murda'h, and G A MacGregor.
    • St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
    • Postgrad Med J. 1998 Oct 1; 74 (876): 600-1.

    AbstractTreatment with a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) following a myocardial infarction has been shown to reduce the incidence of subsequent coronary revascularisation, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death. The majority (89%) of patients admitted to the coronary care unit of our hospital received a fasting cholesterol check as part of a routine coronary care unit protocol. However, our survey shows that only 26% of patients surviving an acute myocardial infarction were on treatment with a statin at follow-up. Furthermore, those receiving statins were given smaller doses than those used in clinical trials. One way to ensure patients receive adequate treatment with statins, may be to include it as part of a coronary care unit protocol.

      Pubmed     Free full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…