PREVALENCE OF INADEQUATELY TREATED LIPID PROFILE IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Background: National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines prepared by Adult Treatment Panel III provide clinicians with recommendations for the clinical management of abnormal blood cholesterol to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. While the introduction of the NCEP ATP III guidelines has the potential to improve the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, the reality of under treatment should not be forgotten. With this regard in this study an attempt has been made to find the prevalence of inadequately treated lipid profile in CHD patients.