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 …

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

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 We assessed the extent to which the 1998 European guideline goals were
reached among patients on statin treatment. Design A cross-sectional study. Methods A total …

Background and aims Statin utilization and lipid goal achievement were estimated in a large
sample of Italian patients at high/very-high cardiovascular (CV) risk. Methods Patients …

BACKGROUND: Many adults are not at recommended lipid levels and the extent of
treatment of dyslipidemia remains poor. We investigated the burden of cardiovascular risk …

Study Objectives To compare the cholesterol level goal attainment rates in patients receiving
simvastatin doses recommended in clinical practice guidelines and simvastatin doses most …

Despite the established benefits of decreasing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in
reducing morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease, not all patients who would …

Objective: Statins are one of the most prescribed medications in our country. About 2 billions
CZK are being paid for them annually in the Czech Republic (CR). Objective information …