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Factors predicting statin prescribing for primary prevention: a historical cohort study

BACKGROUND: Initiation of statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) should be based on CVD risk estimates, but their use is suboptimal. AIM: To investigate the factors influencing statin prescribing when clinicians code and do not code estimated CVD risk (QRISK2). DESIGN AND...

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Autores principales: Finnikin, Samuel, Willis, Brian H, Ryan, Ronan, Evans, Tim, Marshall, Tom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of General Practitioners 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7888748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33558331
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X714065