Acute Coronary Syndrome, Acute Myocardial Infarction
Conditions
Keywords
ACS, AMI
Brief summary
Thi is an observational, non interventional, cohort analysis by using administrative databases (drugs treatment, laboratory and diagnostic tests, specialist visits and hospitalizations) of Sicilia region to evaluate treatment patterns of patients after Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) event.
Detailed description
HEALTH-DB ACS
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
AstraZeneca
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Subjects discharged alive from hospitalization for ACS
Exclusion criteria
* All patients that don't have a continuative presence as beneficiaries of the region between January 1st, 2007 and December 31st 2011 will be excluded from analysis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The diagnostic path for each patient included in the analysis will be described by using all prescription for laboratory test (eg. total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol) and/or diagnostics tests (eg. electrocardiogram) during the observation period. | up to 2 years |
| The drugs treatment path will be described by using all prescriptions of antihypertensive drugs, lipid-lowering drugs and antiplatelet drugs during the observation period. | up to 2 years |
| Adherence to treatment will be calculated in the manner suggested by the literature and used in previous publications. Different methods of assessment will, however, used in order to study the variability of results. The analysis will be conducted over | up to 2 years |
| The chronological analysis of the requirements will allow the identification of potential therapeutic combinations or substitutions. | up to 2 years |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed