Statin use prior to first myocardial infarction in contemporary patients: Inefficient and not gender equitable
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- 作者：Imra Kulenovica ; Martin Bø ; dtker Mortensena ; Martin.bodtker.mortensen@ki.au.dk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jette Bertelsenb ; Ole Mayc ; Karen Kaae Dodtd ; Helle Kanstrupa ; Erling Falka
- 关键词：Prevention ; Cardiovascular disease ; Myocardial infarction ; SCORE ; Gender ; Statin
- 刊名：Preventive Medicine
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：83
- 期：Complete
- 页码：63-69
- 全文大小：424 K
文摘
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Primary prevention with statins prior to a first myocardial infarction was studied.
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We found that current use of statins prevents few first myocardial infarctions.
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Preventive statin therapy was more common in low-risk women than in high-risk men.
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Use of statin therapy is apparently not risk-based as recommended by guidelines.