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Management of Hyperlipidemia in Very High and Extreme Risk Patients in Croatia: an Observational Study of Treatment Patterns and Lipid Control

Authors :
Marijana Knezović Florijan
Davor Miličić
Hrvoje Pintarić
Ian Bridges
Luka Zaputović
Robert M. Steiner
Source :
Acta Clinica Croatica, Acta clinica Croatica, Volume 59., Issue 4., Volume 59, Issue 4, Acta Clinica Croatica, Vol 59., Iss 4., Pp 641-648 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center (KBC Sestre milosrdnice), 2020.

Abstract

Our observational study evaluated current management of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL -C) in adult secondary prevention patients (all very high risk (VHR) by European guidelines) attending specialist clinics across Croatia. Data were collected retrospectively from patient records for the preceding 12 months. The subset judged to be at extreme risk (ER ; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) criteria; n=48) were compared with the remaining patients (VHR group; n=41). All patients were receiving statins (75.6% VHR/81.3% ER at high-intensity), with only a minority receiving concomitant lipid-lowering treatment (7.3% VHR/16.7% ER ). Median (Q1, Q3) LDL -C levels at the last visit were 1.9 (1.6, 2.4) mmol/L for VHR and 2.1 (1.5, 3.1) mmol/L for ER , with only 41.5% (95% CI 26.3-57.9) of VHR patients and 27.1% (15.3-41.9) of ER patients attaining their LDL -C targets (<br />Ova opservacijska studija analizirala je trenutno liječenje povišenih vrijednosti LDL kolesterola (LDL-C) u bolesnika koji su liječeni zbog hiperlipidemije u okviru sekundarne prevencije (prema europskim smjernicama svi su pripadali u skupinu bolesnika s vrlo visokim rizikom) i kontrolirali su se kod specijalista diljem Hrvatske. Podaci su prikupljeni retrospektivno tijekom 12 mjeseci iz bolesničke medicinske dokumentacije. Skupina bolesnika za koju je procijenjeno da je u ekstremno visokom riziku (ER ; AACE kriteriji; n=48) uspoređivana je sa skupinom s visokim rizikom (VHR skupina; n=41). Svi bolesnici su primali statine (75,6% bolesnika s VHR/81,3% bolesnika s ER liječeno je visokim dozama statina), dok je manjina bolesnika istodobno primala i drugu terapiju za snižavanje lipida (7,3% VHR/ER 16,7%). Kod posljednjeg posjeta medijan vrijednosti LDL -C (Q1, Q3) u skupini VHR iznosio je 1,9 (1,6, 2,4) mmol/L, dok je u skupini ER iznosio 2,1 (1,5, 3,1) mmol/L. Samo 41,5% (95% CI 26,3-57,9) bolesnika s VHR i 27,1% (15,3-41,9) bolesnika s ER imali su razine LDL -C unutar ciljne razine (

Details

ISSN :
03539466 and 13339451
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Acta Clinica Croatica
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....dff0ab047654d575395b9c2fcdb36752