Therapeutic Inertia in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Time to Move the Bar

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¹ Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, Richmond, Virginia; Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, Richmond, Virginia. Electronic address: dldixon@vcu.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
⁵ Rush University Medical Center, Rush College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁸ University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.
⁹ Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research & Development Center for Innovations, Houston, Texas; Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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Dave L Dixon et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019.

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. 2019 Oct 1;74(13):1728-1731.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.014.

¹ Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, Richmond, Virginia; Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, Richmond, Virginia. Electronic address: dldixon@vcu.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
⁵ Rush University Medical Center, Rush College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁸ University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.
⁹ Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research & Development Center for Innovations, Houston, Texas; Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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Keywords: guidelines; implementation science; inertia.

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