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Wouter de Ruijter1, Margot W M de Waal, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Willem J J Assendelft, Jeanet W Blom.
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Secondary preventive drug treatment in patients aged > or =60 years with a history of myocardial infarction was investigated for age-dependent differences in time trends. Sixteen general practices in the Netherlands participated. Preventive treatment with at least three of four drugs (antithrombotics, statins, beta-blockers, and/or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors) increased significantly over time in all three age strata of older patients. Although the greatest relative increase (2.2 times greater) took place in patients aged > or =80 years, these patients consistently had most room for improvement.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20040168 PMCID: PMC2801784 DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X482103
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Gen Pract ISSN: 0960-1643 Impact factor: 5.386