Lipid management in patients with unstable angina pectoris and non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (from CRUSADE)

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Feb 15;95(4):483-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.09.060.

Abstract

We sought to characterize current patterns of care for lipid testing and management in a sample of patients in the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines Quality Improvement Initiative and to determine the most important predictors of lipid testing and management at discharge. We evaluated data from >40,000 patients who had been hospitalized in United States hospitals from March 2000 to March 2003 and had a principal discharge diagnosis of unstable angina pectoris or non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction as part of the initiative.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers / statistics & numerical data
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Angina, Unstable / epidemiology*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / statistics & numerical data
  • Cardiac Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / statistics & numerical data
  • Coronary Artery Disease / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology
  • Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Guideline Adherence*
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipidemias / diagnosis
  • Hyperlipidemias / prevention & control*
  • Hypertension / epidemiology
  • Hypolipidemic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Residence Characteristics / statistics & numerical data
  • Sex Factors
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Hypolipidemic Agents