Underutilization of aspirin in older patients with prior myocardial infarction at the time of admission to a nursing home
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Nursing home patients with a history of heart attack may be undertreated with aspirin as prophylaxis against heart attack and stroke. A researcher examined medications used by 350 patients with a history of myocardial infarction and no contraindications to aspirin therapy upon admission to a nursing home. Only 17% of patients were taking aspirin. The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and American College of Chest Physicians recommend daily aspirin for the prevention of a second heart attack or other thrombotic events.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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Underutilization of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in older patients with Q-wave anterior myocardial infarction in an academic hospital-based geriatrics practice
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Many older patients with a history of heart attack and evidence of heart failure are not receiving ACE inhibitors. In a study of 161 men and women 65 years or older who had had a heart attack and had no contraindications to ACE inhibitors, only 35% were taking an ACE inhibitor. Of those with documented heart failure, about two-thirds were taking an ACE inhibitor. But among the 15 with asymptomatic heart failure, only four were taking an ACE inhibitor.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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Underutilization of measurement of serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and of lipid-lowering therapy in older patients with manifest atherosclerotic disease
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A study has been made on how much measurement of serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and appropriate lipid-lowering therapy is underutilized in elderly patients with evident atherosclerotic disease. In an academic hospital-based geriatrics practice an analysis of charts found that these measures were not adequately used in these older patients.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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