Contemporary use of lipid-lowering therapy for secondary prevention in Korean patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases.

Conclusions: Only 60% of LLT-naïve Korean patients newly diagnosed with ASCVD received statins. Statins were often prescribed in subjects with CAD but less commonly in those with CVD or PAD. Moderate-intensity statins were most frequently used. PMID: 31752475 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine - November 24, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Choi SY, Yang BR, Kang HJ, Park KS, Kim HS Tags: Korean J Intern Med Source Type: research