Suboptimal control of atherosclerotic disease risk factors after cardiac and cerebrovascular procedures

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 929-934

  Cheng, Eric M ^a,c   Asch, Steve M ^a,b,d,f   Brook, Robert H ^d,e,f   Vassar, Stefanie D ^a,c   Jacob, Erin L ^a   Lee, Martin L ^b,e   Chang, Donald S ^a,c   Sacco, Ralph L ⁱ   Hsiao, An Fu ^g,h   Vickrey, Barbara G ^a,c,f  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac procedures; Carotid prevention; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947511784     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000257310.08310.0f     Document Type: Article

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