Why the study?
What is the rate of target cholesterol achievement among hypertensive patients receiving lipid-lowering therapy?
Population
830 hypertensive patients
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Low target cholesterol achievement in hypertensives with CHD despite therapy signals care gaps; leaves open optimal strategies in prospective studies.
What is the rate of target cholesterol achievement among hypertensive patients receiving lipid-lowering therapy?
Lipid management in hypertensive patients, particularly those with coronary heart disease, is often insufficient with low rates of target cholesterol achievement despite high rates of pharmacotherapy.
Matsubara et al. (2003) studied this question.
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