Utilisation and maintenance of high-intensity statins following acute coronary syndrome and coronary angiography: opportunities to improve care (ANZACS-QI 26).

CONCLUSIONS: Eight in 10 ACS patients were dispensed a high-intensity statin at discharge, but only 36% received the guidelines-recommended dose of 80mg of atorvastatin. By one year, one in five patients discharged on a statin were not receiving it. There are opportunities to improve longer-term LDL-C reduction and clinical outcomes through dosage optimisation and improved medication maintenance. PMID: 32161419 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research