Patient Characteristics and General Practitioners’ Advice to Stop Statins in Oldest-Old Patients: a Survey Study Across 30 Countries

BACKGROUND: Statins are widely used to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). With advancing age, the risks of statins might outweigh the potential benefits. It is unclear which factors influence general practitioners’ (GPs) advice to stop statins in oldest-old patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the...

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Autores principales: van der Ploeg, Milly A., Streit, Sven, Achterberg, Wilco P., Beers, Erna, Bohnen, Arthur M., Burman, Robert A., Collins, Claire, Franco, Fabio G., Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, Biljana, Gintere, Sandra, Gomez Bravo, Raquel, Hoffmann, Kathryn, Iftode, Claudia, Peštić, Sanda Kreitmayer, Koskela, Tuomas H., Kurpas, Donata, Maisonneuve, Hubert, Mallen, Christan D., Merlo, Christoph, Mueller, Yolanda, Muth, Christiane, Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Rodondi, Nicolas, Rosemann, Thomas, Sattler, Martin, Schermer, Tjard, Šter, Marija Petek, Švadlenková, Zuzana, Tatsioni, Athina, Thulesius, Hans, Tkachenko, Victoria, Torzsa, Péter, Tsopra, Rosy, Tuz, Canan, Vaes, Bert, Viegas, Rita P. A., Vinker, Shlomo, Wallis, Katharine A., Zeller, Andreas, Gussekloo, Jacobijn, Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30652277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4795-x

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