PMID: 15375470Sep 18, 2004Paper

Variability among cardiologists in the management of patients under secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease

Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
Ricardo SteinCarisi Anne Polanczyk

Abstract

To compare the management of patients with ischemic heart disease being followed up in a general cardiology outpatient clinic with that of patients being followed up in an outpatient clinic specific for ischemic heart disease, emphasizing the lipid profile and the pharmacological treatment prescribed. Data were collected from the medical records of 52 patients consecutively treated in the outpatient clinic for ischemic heart disease (group I) and of 43 patients treated in the general cardiology outpatient clinic (group II), the anatomical diagnosis of ischemic heart disease being the basic condition for their inclusion in the study. The criteria for dyslipidemia were as follows: total cholesterol > or = 200 mg/dL or LDL-cholesterol > 100 mg/dL, or both, in patients using or not lipid-lowering drugs, and the use of lipid-lowering drugs, even when the total cholesterol or LDL-cholesterol levels were < 200 mg/dL and 100 mg/dL, respectively, or both. The Fisher exact test was used for comparing the variables, and a 2-tailed p < 0.05 was accepted as significant. Demographic characteristics, risk factors for ischemic heart disease, prevalence of previous myocardial infarction, and previous revascularization procedures showed no signi...Continue Reading

Citations

Feb 19, 2008·Coronary Artery Disease·Anderson D da SilveiraCarisi A Polanczyk
Aug 20, 2010·Revista latino-americana de enfermagem·Francisca Elisângela Teixeira LimaIres Lopes Custódio
Jun 6, 2012·Cadernos de saúde pública·Carolina Avila ViannaAlicia Matijasevich

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