Population
Patients discharged alive after an acute coronary syndrome from a community setting database of 2,042,968…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1-year
Authors
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Gaps in high-intensity statin dosing and adherence after ACS persist in practice; leaves open need for implementation trials before changing care.
Despite satisfactory initial statin prescription rates after ACS, there is a significant gap in guideline-directed intensive dosing and long-term adherence in routine clinical practice.
Maggioni et al. (2013) studied this question.
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