Recent nationwide trends in discharge statin treatment of hospitalized patients with stroke

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1508-1513

  Ovbiagele, Bruce ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^b   Smith, Eric E ^c,d   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a   Olson, Daiwai M ^a   Pan, Wenqin ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Saver, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trials; GWTG; health services; practice patterns; prevention; statins; stroke; transient ischemic attack; utilization

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREND STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954177559     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.573618     Document Type: Article

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