Lipid-lowering medication for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in a German outpatient population: the gap between treatment guidelines and real life treatment patterns

Background. Few published data in particular from the United States indicate that the implementation of guidelines for prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) is far from optimal. The objective of our study was to identify the type and prevalence of lipid-lowering medications in a German outpatie...

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Hauptverfasser: Ruof, Jörg (VerfasserIn) , Klein, G. (VerfasserIn) , März, Winfried (VerfasserIn) , Wollschläger, H. (VerfasserIn) , Neiss, A. (VerfasserIn) , Wehling, Martin (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 25 June 2002
In: Preventive medicine
Year: 2002, Jahrgang: 35, Heft: 1, Pages: 48-53
ISSN:1096-0260
DOI:10.1006/pmed.2002.1050
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1006/pmed.2002.1050
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743502910509
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Verfasserangaben:J. Ruof, G. Klein, W. März, H. Wollschläger, A. Neiss, M. Wehling

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