Percentage of Secondary Prevention Patients Treated to Their LDL-C Targets
Percentage of Secondary Prevention Patients Treated to Their LDL-C Targets
A cholesterol/lipid profile screening project of high risk patients with hyperlipidaemia
 (secondary prevention) who already receive cholesterol-lowering therapy. Lipid profile and
 rate of patients who are treated to target (which is <100mg/dl for patients with high risk
 and <70mg/dl for patients at very high risk) are screened (office-based specialists). The
 doctors therapy decisions after the screening and possible reasons for these decisions will
 be documented. Our aim is to evaluate dosing habits, to evaluate how many patients are
 treated to their LDL-C target and to underline the importance of treating patients to their
 cholesterol targets.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Secondary prevention patients with hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis (coronary heart
 disease, carotid stenosis, PVD, etc.) and/or diabetes who already receive
 cholesterol-lowering therapy

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients who do not receive cholesterol-lowering therapy