Adherence to Blood Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Among Physicians Managing Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

The ACC/AHA blood cholesterol treatment guidelines recommend statin therapy for all patients after experiencing an acute cardiovascular event. Previous analyses have shown that physicians have been slow to adopt guidelines, and many patients remain untreated or undertreated with statins after a cardiovascular event. However, reasons for this remain unknown. This analysis used EMR and patient chart data from Reliant Medical Group (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA) to evaluate physician adherence to the 2013 ACC/AHA blood cholesterol guidelines when treating patients with evidence of acute atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and the reasons for the observed treatment decisions.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research