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Article: Less Than Half of Heart Attack Survivors Take Beta-Blocker Therapy Regularly in First Year After the Attack, CAQH Study Shows; Qualitative Research Reveals Patients Unaware of Beta-Blocker Benefits.
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- May 18, 2004
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WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than half of heart attack survivors continue taking beta-blockers during the first year after the attack, sacrificing the lifesaving benefits of the drug, according to a study conducted by the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH). The findings were presented last night at the American Heart Association's Second Annual Scientific Conference on Compliance in Healthcare and Research.
In one of the largest studies of long-term beta-blocker adherence to date, researchers performed a retrospective analysis of one-year survivors of myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, and measured adherence ...