Socioeconomic factors and use of secondary preventive therapies for cardiovascular diseases in South Asia: The PURE study

Conclusion
The use of secondary preventive drug therapies in patients with known CHD or stroke in South Asia is low with over 80% receiving none of the effective drug treatments. Low household wealth is the most important determinant.

Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - September 11, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gupta, R., Islam, S., Mony, P., Kutty, V. R., Mohan, V., Kumar, R., Thakur, J., Shankar, V. K., Mohan, D., Vijayakumar, K., Rahman, O., Yusuf, R., Iqbal, R., Shahid, M., Mohan, I., Rangarajan, S., Teo, K. K., Yusuf, S. Tags: Original scientific papers Source Type: research