European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology
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Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil · Apr 2011
Prevention of coronary heart disease in primary medical care in Poland: results from the LIPIDOGRAM study.
To determine: (1) achievement of cholesterol therapy goals in patients receiving lipid-lowering drugs in Polish primary care between the years 2004 and 2006; (2) the characteristics of patients that are associated with attainment of these goals. ⋯ There was a measurable improvement in the effectiveness of hypercholesterolaemia treatment between 2004 and 2006 but the majority of patients remain inadequately treated, with goals not being achieved. There is a need to raise the standard of lipid-lowering management in Poland.