Objective To document prescribing patterns of lipid-modifying therapies in
hypercholesterolemic patients, cholesterol goal attainment, and factors associated with …

Background European and US study findings show that patients in primary care and
specialty care are not adequately treated for cholesterol reduction. Objective To evaluate …

Objectives. Observational studies and surveys have shown that lipid-lowering treatment is
not optimal neither with regard to number of patients treated nor with number of patients …

Background and objective: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in Eastern
Europe. Few studies on cholesterol goal achievement have been conducted in Hungarian …

Background: Few studies have been conducted in actual clinical practice settings to
evaluate the ways in which dyslipidemia is managed using lipid-modifying therapies …

Background: To study the use and effectiveness of lipid-lowering drugs with respect to
lowering of cholesterol levels in routine daily practice. Methods: 20 392 patients for whom …

Objectives: To assess which alternative treatment strategies are optimum in terms of cost-
effectiveness (EUR/patient treated to target, EUR/PTT) in lowering cholesterol in high-risk …

Objective: The effectiveness of statin therapy in a real life setting may differ from that in
clinical trials, as physicians make non-randomised treatment decisions for patients with less …

Background: Less than half of patients in Scandinavian societies achieve target cholesterol
values established by consensus coronary prevention panels. Methods and results: Using …

Background Although statins are widely used to reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL-C), there is little information about patient profiles, treatment patterns and goal …