PMID: 11926017Apr 3, 2002Paper

Current standard of care in patients affected by coronary heart disease in Italy: the MC'95 study

Italian Heart Journal : Official Journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology
Bruno MagnaniMC'95 Investigators

Abstract

The aims of MC'95 were to verify i) whether the main risk factors for coronary heart disease had been recorded in the hospital medical records of patients admitted for coronary events; ii) how modifiable risk factors had been managed by drug therapy and lifestyle advices following hospitalization; iii) whether first-degree blood relatives of patients had been screened for coronary heart disease risk factors. The survey concerned 40 hospital units across Italy admitting patients with acute coronary events or offering interventional cardiology or cardiac surgery. Two thousand and four hospital records (50 for each unit) of consecutive patients (< or = 74 years, 21% women) discharged within 6 months before initiation of the study (November 1995) were reviewed and the patients were invited for a follow-up examination from 6 to 9 months after hospital discharge. The prevalence of patients positive for risk factors reported was: 58.5% for high total cholesterol (> or = 5.2 mmol/l), 46.9% for high blood pressure (> or = 140/90 mmHg), 35.2% for smoking, 20.2% for high blood glucose (> 7 mmol/l), and 14.2% for obesity (body mass index > or = 30 kg/m2). A number of medical records did not provide complete information on risk factors: 24....Continue Reading

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