It's Not Too Late to Improve Statin Adherence: Association Between Changes in Statin Adherence from Before to After Acute Myocardial Infarction and All‐Cause Mortality

It's Not Too Late to Improve Statin Adherence: Association Between Changes in Statin Adherence from Before to After Acute Myocardial Infarction and All‐Cause Mortality

Background Many older patients have a change in statin adherence—either an increase or a decrease—from before to after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but its association with mortality is unknown. Methods and Results Using Medicare administrative claims, a cohort of patients ≥66 years old wit...

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Main Authors: Ryan P. Hickson, Jennifer G. Robinson, Izabela E. Annis, Ley A. Killeya‐Jones, Gang Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
behavior change
medication adherence
myocardial infarction
older adults
secondary prevention
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.011378

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