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1 Suboptimal use of statin therapy in elderly patients with atherosclerosis: A population- based study 
Mohammed Al-Omran, MD, MSc, Muhammad M. Mamdani, PharmD, MA, MPH, Thomas F. Lindsay, MDCM, MSc, Magda Melo, BScPharm, MSc, David N. Juurlink, MD, PhD, Subodh Verma, MD, PhD  Journal of Vascular Surgery  Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages e1 (September 2008) DOI: /j.jvs Copyright © 2008 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Distribution of patients by symptoms according to their atherosclerotic disease clinical presentation. CAD, Coronary artery disease; CVD, cerebrovascular disease; PAD, peripheral arterial disease. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , e1DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2008 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Temporal trends are shown in the percentage of statin use in all patients with atherosclerosis (All, diamonds), patients with coronary artery disease (CAD, triangles); patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD, stars), and patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD, circles). Journal of Vascular Surgery  , e1DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2008 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 A, Temporal trend in the percentage of users of statins among the low-risk subgroup of atherosclerotic patients, defined as the presence of only one atherosclerotic clinical condition, defined as coronary artery disease (CAD, diamonds), cerebrovascular disease (CVD, triangle), and peripheral arterial disease (PAD, crosses). B, Temporal trend in the percentage of users of statins among the subgroups of atherosclerotic patients with two atherosclerotic conditions, consisting of CAD and CVD (diamonds), CAD and PAD (triangles), and CVD and PAD (crosses). Journal of Vascular Surgery  , e1DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2008 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions


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