Comprehensive efforts to increase adherence to statin therapy

Alexander Vonbank; Stefan Agewall; Keld Per Kjeldsen; Basil S. Lewis; Christian Torp-Pedersen; Claudio Ceconi; Christian Funck-Brentano; Juan Carlos Kaski; Alexander Niessner; Juan Tamargo; Thomas Walther; Sven Wassmann; Giuseppe Rosano; Harald Schmidt; Christoph H. Saely; Heinz Drexel

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehw628

Comprehensive efforts to increase adherence to statin therapy

Alexander Vonbank, Stefan Agewall, Keld Per Kjeldsen, Basil S. Lewis, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Claudio Ceconi, Christian Funck-Brentano, Juan Carlos Kaski, Alexander Niessner, Juan Tamargo, Thomas Walther, Sven Wassmann, Giuseppe Rosano, Harald Schmidt, Christoph H. Saely, Heinz Drexel^*

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Pharmacology and Personalised Medicine

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Abstract

There is compelling evidence that statin therapy improves cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, statin adherence is far from optimal regarding initiation, execution and persistence of treatment over time.26 Poor adherence to statin therapy is associated with a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality. Evidence-based steps to improve adherence are available and should be taken in order to improve patient outcomes. Reinforcing statin adherence appears to have at least as strong beneficial effects as introducing a new drug.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2473-2477b
Number of pages	7
Journal	European Heart Journal
Volume	38
Issue number	32
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw628
Publication status	Published - 21 Aug 2017

Keywords

DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE
PRIMARY NONADHERENCE
CLINICAL-PRACTICE
MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION
LOWERING MEDICATIONS
SECONDARY PREVENTION
PATIENT EDUCATION
DRUG-THERAPY

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Vonbank, A., Agewall, S., Kjeldsen, K. P., Lewis, B. S., Torp-Pedersen, C., Ceconi, C., Funck-Brentano, C., Kaski, J. C., Niessner, A., Tamargo, J., Walther, T., Wassmann, S., Rosano, G., Schmidt, H., Saely, C. H., & Drexel, H. (2017). Comprehensive efforts to increase adherence to statin therapy. European Heart Journal, 38(32), 2473-2477b. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw628

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