RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Statin therapy - what now?
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 17
OP 21
DO 10.1136/dtb.2001.39317
VO 39
IS 3
YR 2001
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/39/3/17.abstract
AB Relevant BNF section: 2.12In England, only 30% of patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) and raised serum lipids, and fewer than 4% of individuals eligible for primary prevention, receive lipid-lowering therapy.1 Target total cholesterol concentrations are achieved in fewer than 50% of patients who do receive such treatment.1 Here, we review the use of statin therapy in the prevention of CHD events.