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In-patients likely to continue lipid use.(Brief Article)
Infectious Disease Alert
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January 01, 2004 |
Elliott, William T. |
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In-patients who are started on lipid-lowering therapy following coronary intervention are 3 times more likely to continue on the drugs compared to patients who are started on the same therapy as outpatients. Using data from the EPILOG trial in which patients underwent percutaneous coronary intervention for stable or recently unstable coronary artery disease, 175 patients were discharged from the hospital on lipid-lowering therapy and 1951 were discharged on no lipid-lowering therapy, …
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