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Using Cardiovascular Age Equivalent to Close the Treatment Gap for Dyslipidemia
Charles B. Eaton, MD, MS
Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(21):2288.
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The large gap in the quality of care received by the public1 and what we know from clinical trials to be efficacious treatment (evidence-based clinical guidelines) has prompted the study of finding more effective methods of getting evidence into practice.2-3 The CHECK-UP (Cardiovascular Health Evaluation to Improve Compliance and Knowledge Among Uninformed Patients) Study in this issue of the Archives4 is an excellent example of this newly emerging discipline of implementation research. Grover et al4 present findings from a well-designed practice-based clinical trial that tested whether providing high-risk cardiovascular patients with a cardiovascular risk profile conceptualized as an "age equivalent" along with lipid profile results improved optimal cholesterol management consistent with the 2000 Canadian Working Group on Hypercholesterolemia and Other Dyslipidemias lipid guidelines in a primary care setting. Although the intention-to-treat analysis showed a small benefit after 1 year ( = –3.3 mg/dL [to convert to . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Steven A. Grover, Ilka Lowensteyn, Lawrence Joseph, Mohammed Kaouache, Sylvie Marchand, Louis Coupal, Ghislain Boudreau, and for the Cardiovascular Health Evaluation to Improve Compliance and Knowledge Among Uninformed Patients (CHECK-UP) Study Group
Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(21):2296-2303.
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