Comparison of in-hospital secondary prevention for different vascular diseases

Abstract

Background: Secondary prevention of coronary artery disease is highly effective and implemented on a large scale. However, studies testing adherence to recommended secondary prevention of other vascular diseases are rare. Our goal was to evaluate whether the kind of vascular disease influences prescription practice of secondary drug prophylaxis at hospital discharge and to which extent secondary prevention is actually complete. Methods: A 3-month prospective observational review of the hospital discharge information of all patients hospitalized because of a vascular disease diagnosis: coronary artery disease (i. 3) for CVD. The proportion of patients who were prescribed a complete bundle of recommended medications was globally 29.5% (24.1-35.0). Conclusions: We found similar global prescription rates of secondary prevention for the different vascular diseases. However, only one third of the studied collective gets a complete set of required prophylactic drugs.