Journal article
Cluster randomized controlled trial of Delayed Educational Reminders for Long-term Medication Adherence in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (DERLA-STEMI)
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Discontinuation of guideline-recommended cardiac medications post-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is common and associated with increased mortality. DERLA-STEMI tested an intervention to improve long-term adherence to cardiac medications post-STEMI.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Between September 2011 and December 2012, STEMI patients from one health region in Ontario, who underwent an angiogram during their admission and survived …
Authors
Schwalm J-D; Ivers NM; Natarajan MK; Taljaard M; Rao-Melacini P; Witteman HO; Zwarenstein M; Grimshaw JM
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 170, No. 5, pp. 903–913
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2015.08.014
ISSN
0002-8703