Lipid therapy in daily routine: Guidelines compatible lipid management of patients with high cardiovascular risk in clinical practice (LIMA registry);Lipidtherapie im Alltag: Leitliniengerechtes Lipidmanagement bei Patienten mit hohem kardiovaskulärem Risiko in der klinischen Praxis (LIMA register)

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 137, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 2047-2052

  Sonntag, F ^a   Schaefer, J R ^b   Gitt, A K ^c   Weizel, A ^d   Jannowitz, C ^e   Karmann, B ^e   Pittrow, D ^f   Bestehorn, K ^f  

^a Akademische Lehrpraxis des Uniklinikums Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Vorsitzender der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fettstoffwechselstörungen   (Germany)

^e MSD Sharp and Dohme GmbH   (Germany)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholesterol absorption inhibitor; Clinical practice; Lipid disorders; Observational study; Target level attainment

Indexed keywords

LIPID; AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; EZETIMIBE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SIMVASTATIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIPID THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HEART INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AZETIDINES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 84866697625     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1327203     Document Type: Review

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