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Use Of Lipid-Lowering Medication In Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study), Robert Goldberg, Ira Ockene, Jorge Yarzebski, Judith Savageau, Joel Gore
Use Of Lipid-Lowering Medication In Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study), Robert Goldberg, Ira Ockene, Jorge Yarzebski, Judith Savageau, Joel Gore
Jorge L. Yarzebski
As part of a population-based longitudinal study, we examined the use of lipid-lowering medication in 3,824 patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction in the Worcester, Massachusetts metropolitan area between 1986 and 1993. The rate of utilization of lipid-lowering medication either before (1.8%) or during hospitalization (1.9%) for acute myocardial infarction was low.
Treatment Practices And Outcomes Of Patients With Established Peripheral Arterial Disease Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction In A Community Setting, Frederick Spencer, Darleen Lessard, Chyke Doubeni, Jorge Yarzebski, Joel Gore, Robert Goldberg
Treatment Practices And Outcomes Of Patients With Established Peripheral Arterial Disease Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction In A Community Setting, Frederick Spencer, Darleen Lessard, Chyke Doubeni, Jorge Yarzebski, Joel Gore, Robert Goldberg
Jorge L. Yarzebski
BACKGROUND: There are little contemporary data available describing the hospital and long-term outcomes of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who are hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The objectives of our population-based study were to examine the hospital and long-term outcomes, as well as the use of different treatment practices, among patients with established PAD who were hospitalized with AMI. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 4480 patients hospitalized with AMI at all Worcester, Mass, medical centers in 4 alternate years between 1997 and 2003. RESULTS: Among the metropolitan Worcester residents hospitalized with AMI, 13.5% had a history of …