Usefulness of in-hospital prescription of statin agents after angiographic diagnosis of coronary artery disease in improving continued compliance and reduced mortality

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-261

  Muhlestein, Joseph B ^a   Horne, Benjamin D ^a   Bair, Tami L ^a   Li, Qunyu ^a   Madsen, Troy E ^a   Pearson, Robert R ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035253035     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01354-0     Document Type: Article

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