Association Between Lipid Testing and Statin Adherence in the Veterans Affairs Health System
Abstract
Background Measurement with a lipid panel after statin initiation and in long-term follow-up is recommended in both 2013 and 2018 cholesterol guidelines to assess statin efficacy and adherence. We assessed whether routine laboratory evaluation with lipid panels is associated with greater statin adherence. Methods We identified patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease within the entire Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system with at...
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Title
Association Between Lipid Testing and Statin Adherence in the Veterans Affairs Health System
Published Date
Sep 1, 2019
Volume
132
Issue
9
Pages
e693 - e700
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