Investigation of blood lipid levels and statin interventions in outpatients with coronary heart disease in China - The China Cholesterol Education Program (CCEP)

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2040-2045

  Hu, Dayi ^a,b   Li, Jue ^a   Li, Xiankai ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Building #27 ^*  (China)

Author keywords

China Cholesterol Education Program (CCEP); Coronary heart disease; Lipids; Statins

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; NITRATE; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56849087354     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0417     Document Type: Article

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