Does consistent use of secondary preventive medications improve prognosis in patients after their first acute coronary syndrome?
Patients after the first attack of acute coronary syndrome
Consistent use of secondary preventive medications
Suboptimal or inconsistent use of secondary preventive medications
Prognosis
Evidence-based secondary prevention medications are underutilized in post-ACS patients, particularly among the elderly and diabetics, though consistent use improves prognosis.
Our study showed that the evidence-based use of medications after acute coronary syndrome was suboptimal in Finland, particularly in elderly and diabetic patients. Consistent use of these medications, however, was associated with a better prognosis.
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Veikko Salomaa
Preventive Cardiology
Rauni Pääkkönen
Social Insurance Institution
Helena Hämäläinen
General / Preventive / Lipids
European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Public Health Institute
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Salomaa et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
synapsesocial.com/papers/69c5398e62b57196b9e021b3 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjr.0000244573.10229.6e
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