Assessment of intensive statin therapy in hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarction and its influence factors / 实用医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the status quo of intensive statin therapy in hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from 2001 to 2011 and analyze its influence factors.Methods We obtained in-formation of AMI patients in 2001,2006,and 2011 from their medical record. Intensive statin therapy was defined as statin regiments with expected LDL-C lowering of at least 40%.Results Among 767 patientswith definite dosage of statin,the use frequencyof intensive statin increased from 0%in 2001 to 60.77% in 2006,and 88.71% in 2011 (P0.05). Conclusions The use frequency of intensive stain therapy among AMI patientsincreasesyear by year and it is affected by sex,risk factors,history of disease and type of infarction.