Relation of statin nonadherence and treatment intensification

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1459-1463

  Pittman, Donald G ^a   Fenton, Cynthia ^b   Chen, William ^a   Haffner, Steven ^c   Pendergrass, Merri ^a,d  

^a Express Scripts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; EZETIMIBE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INTENSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868210633     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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