Temporal change in pre-hospital statin use and total cholesterol levels in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes.

Ranasinghe, I; Freedman, B; Neubeck, L; Costa, B; Devlin, G; Lefkovits, J; Juergens, C; Turnbull, F; Chew, D; Brieger, D

Abstract

We assessed if patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) were better treated with statins prior to hospitalisation and the effect on total cholesterol (TC) with time.

Citation

Ranasinghe, I., Freedman, B., Neubeck, L., Costa, B., Devlin, G., Lefkovits, J., …Brieger, D. (2011). Temporal change in pre-hospital statin use and total cholesterol levels in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 20(2), S56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2011.05.142

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Nov 1, 2011
• Publication Date: 2011-01
• Deposit Date: Nov 24, 2016
• Journal: Heart, Lung and Circulation
• Print ISSN: 1443-9506
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 2
• Pages: S56
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2011.05.142
• Keywords: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/439090