American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 111-117.e2 , January 2009

Lipid levels in patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease: An analysis of 136,905 hospitalizations in Get With The Guidelines

  • Amit Sachdeva, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Christopher P. Cannon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Prakash C. Deedwania, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, VA Medical Center/UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
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  • Kenneth A. LaBresh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Masspro, Waltham, MA
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  • Sidney C. Smith Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • David Dai, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Adrian Hernandez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Room 47-123 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679.
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  • on behalf of the GWTG Steering Committee and Hospitals

Received 9 May 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

  • Image Result

    Distribution of admission LDL, HDL, and triglyceride levels. (A) Histogram of admission LDL levels in 10 mg/dL increments. (B) Histogram of admission HDL levels in 5 mg/dL increments. (C) Histogram of

    Distribution of admission LDL, HDL, and triglyceride levels. (A) Histogram of admission LDL levels in 10 mg/dL increments. (B) Histogram of admission HDL levels in 5 mg/dL increments. (C) Histogram of admission triglyceride levels in 20 mg/dL increments (truncated at 480 mg/dL).

  • Image Result
    Temporal trends in admission lipid levels 2000-2006. Admission levels for LDL, HDL, and triglycerides (mean) grouped by year from 2000-2006.

    Temporal trends in admission lipid levels 2000-2006. Admission levels for LDL, HDL, and triglycerides (mean) grouped by year from 2000-2006.

 The Get With The Guidelines Program is supported by the American Heart Association (Dallas, TX) in part through an unrestricted education grant from the Merck Schering Plough Partnership (North Wales, PA) who did not participate in the design, analysis, preparation, review, or approval of this article.

 Financial disclosures: Amit Sachdeva, MD (none); Christopher P. Cannon, MD (grants: Accumetrics [San Diego, CA], AstraZeneca [Wilmington, DE], Bristol-Myers Squibb [New York, NY], GlaxoSmithKline [Philadelphia, PA], Merck [Whitehouse Station, NJ], Sanofi-Aventis [Bridgewater, NJ], Schering Plough [Kenilworth, NJ]); Prakash C. Deedwania, MD (consultant of AstraZeneca and Pfizer [New York, NY]); Kenneth A. LaBresh, MD (none); Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD (none); David Dai, PhD (employee of Duke Clinical Research Institute [Durham, NC]); Adrian Hernandez, MD (none); Gregg C. Fonarow, MD (research from Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline; consultant and honorarium from Abbott, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer, and Schering Plough; and chair of the Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee).

 Dr. Todd D. Miller served as guest editor for this manuscript.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00717-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.010

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 111-117.e2 , January 2009

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