Patterns of statin non-prescription in patients with established coronary artery disease: A report from a contemporary multicenter Japanese PCI registry.

Statin therapy is regarded as an effective medication to reduce cardiovascular events in patients at higher risk for future incidence of coronary artery disease. However, very few studies have been conducted to examine its implementation in non-Western real-world practice. In this study, we sought t...

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Main Authors: Mitsuaki Sawano, Shun Kohsaka, Takayuki Abe, Taku Inohara, Yuichiro Maekawa, Ikuko Ueda, Koichiro Sueyoshi, Masahiro Suzuki, Shigetaka Noma, Yohei Numasawa, Hiroaki Miyata, Keiichi Fukuda, Kim G Smolderen, John A Spertus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5560610?pdf=render