Statin use following hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries with a secondary discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

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Abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Patients with coronary heart disease are recommended to use statins following hospital discharge. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common complication of hospitalization, but the use of statins following discharge among patients who were not initially hospitalized for AMI has not been assessed adequately.

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    Pubmed Id

  • 7611300

    • Author List

  • Yun H; Safford MM; Brown TM; Farkouh ME; Kent S; Sharma P; Kilgore M; Bittner V; Rosenson RS; Delzell E

    • Volume

  • 4

    • Issue

  • 2