[Are treatments with statins that are considered unsuitable really unsuitable?]. / ¿Son realmente inadecuados los tratamientos con estatinas considerados como inadecuados?
Clin Investig Arterioscler
; 27(4): 175-8, 2015.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26249020
ABSTRACT
In the Catalonian Institute of health there are 2 well-established circumstances for indicating lipid-lowering drug treatment with statins in the primary prevention of ischaemic heart disease. These are, severe hypercholesterolaemia, with a low density lipoprotein cholesterol equal to or greater than 240mg/dL, or above 130mg/dL when the coronary risk is equal to or greater than 10% at 10 years. There are data that suggest that these 2 criteria are not the only ones used in routine clinical practice, as such that the majority of patients to whom it is indicated, do not meet either of these 2 conditions. This study aims to determine the characteristics of the patients when statins are indicated outside the aforementioned circumstances. It is concluded that around 40% of patients have clinical characteristics that could justify the treatment. The level of suitability could not be established in about 33% of the patients, due to not being able to determine the coronary risk.
Palavras-chave
Texto completo:
1
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Isquemia Miocárdica
/
Inibidores de Hidroximetilglutaril-CoA Redutases
/
Hipercolesterolemia
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article