Key result
Aspirin use among US outpatients with coronary artery disease increased from 5.0% in 1980 to 26.2% in 1996, with higher use among males, younger patients, and those seeing cardiologists.
Why the study?
What are the national trends and predictors of aspirin use among outpatients with coronary artery disease?
Cross-Sectional (n=10,942)
Yes
What are the national trends and predictors of aspirin use among outpatients with coronary artery disease?
Absolute Event Rate: 26.2% vs 5%
Aspirin use among US outpatients with coronary artery disease increased from 1980 to 1996 but remained suboptimum, indicating a need for better translation of clinical recommendations into practice.
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Aspirin underuse persisted among CAD outpatients; leaves open strategies to improve guideline translation in practice.
Randall S. Stafford (2000) conducted a cross-sectional in Coronary artery disease (n=10,942). Aspirin was evaluated on Aspirin use as a new or continuing medication. Aspirin use among US outpatients with coronary artery disease increased from 5.0% in 1980 to 26.2% in 1996, with higher use among males, younger patients, and those seeing cardiologists.
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