Drug Therapy and Adherence in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: Results of the Russian Part of the EUROASPIRE V International Multicenter Study

Aim      To study the practice of drug treatment of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and the consistency of this practice with the established guidelines.

Material and methods  Results of the Russian part of the EUROASPIRE V study were compared with the general European population of the study. At ≥6 mos. and <2 years after the discharge from the hospital, patients were invited to visit the site for an interview. The drug therapy recommended upon discharge and taken by patients in the long-term as well as the patients’ compliance with the treatment were analyzed. In Russian centers, 699 patients were registered, and 399 of them visited the centers for the interview.

Results             Upon discharge from the hospital, patients of the Russian cohort and of the entire study population were prescribed acetylsalicylic acid or other antiplatelet drugs (99.2% and 94.1%, respectively); beta-blockers (87.2 and 81.6%, respectively); angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (69.9% and 61.1%, respectively); sartans (16.5% and 14.2 %, respectively); calcium channel blockers (19.3 and 19.4 %, respectively); nitrates (8.0% and 22.5 %, respectively); diuretics (31.1 and 32.5 %, respectively); statins (98.0% and 85.0 %, respectively); and anticoagulants (6.6 and 8.3 %, respectively). For the long-term treatment, patients of the Russian cohort and of the entire study population took antiplatelets (94.7 % and 92.5 %, respectively); beta-blockers (83.2% and 81.0 %, respectively); ACE inhibitors (60.2% and 57.3 %, respectively); sartans (19.3% and 18.4 %, respectively); calcium antagonists (21.1% and 23.0 %, respectively); nitrates (9.0% and 18.2 %, respectively); diuretics (31.8% and 33.3 %, respectively); statins (88.2% and 80.8 %, respectively); and anticoagulants (8.8% and 8.2 %, respectively). High intensity hypolipidemic therapy was prescribed to 54.0 % of patients in Russian centers and 60.3 % of patients in the entire study. Both Russian and international patients evaluated their compliance with the prescribed medication as high.

Conclusion      According to results of the EUROASPIRE V study as compared to earlier studies, the practice of drug therapy in Russian patients with IHD has significantly approached European indexes. Further optimization is possible by a more extensive use of high intense hypolipidemic treatment and antidiabetic drugs with a documented positive effect on prognosis of cardiovascular diseases.

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