Missed opportunities: Despite improvement in use of cardioprotective medications among patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease, underuse remains

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1345-1354

  Subherwal, Sumeet ^a   Patel, Manesh R ^a   Kober, Lars ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Jones, William S ^a   Gislason, Gunnar H ^c   Berger, Jeffrey ^d   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^c   Fosbol, Emil L ^a,c  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary disease; drugs; peripheral vascular disease; prevention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866251435     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.108787     Document Type: Article

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