The Treatment Gap in Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure: Community Standards and the Post-Discharge Patient
Population
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and congestive heart failure (CHF)
Design
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Discussion
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Implication
Undertreatment persists in CAD and CHF; leaves open effective strategies to close guideline-practice gaps.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and congestive heart failure (CHF)
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Intervention
Guideline-recommended therapies for risk reduction
There is a significant treatment gap in clinical practice where patients with CAD and CHF are frequently undertreated compared to guideline recommendations.
Cite This Study
Pearson et al. (1997) studied this question.