Patient-Reported Reasons for Not Using Primary Prevention Statin Therapy
Almost half of patients who meet American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) criteria for statin therapy are untreated. We aimed to evaluate patient-reported reasons for not using guideline-recommended statin therapy in a public healthcare system. Achieving this goal is key t...
Main Authors: | Cassandra M. DeWitt, Robert B. Ponce, Hayley Bry, Soma Wali, Erica Sedlander, Joseph A. Ladapo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/10/3337 |
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