Original Article
Audit of cardiovascular risk assessment and lipid management by Canadian primary care physicians
Author(s): Milan Gupta*, Michelle Tsigoulis, Mahesh Kajil, Subodh Verma and Narendra Singh
BACKGROUND: Assessment of cardiovascular risk is an essential component of preventive cardiology. Despite guideline recommendations, risk assessment remains highly variable. Further efforts to understand the knowledge and action gaps for risk assessment and lipid management in contemporary primary care are warranted.
METHODS: A retrospective chart audit of 105 physicians participating in an observational registry of healthy middle-age Canadians free of known cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes or treated dyslipidemia seen between 2008 and 2009 was conducted.
RESULTS: A total of 1061 patients from across Canada were reviewed. The mean age was 57 years, 61% were male, 75% were Caucasian, 39% were hypertensive and 29% had a smoking history. The Framingham risk score (FRS) was used by 61% of p.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2368-0512.1000061
