{"title":"Patient adherence: a 'risk factor' for cardiovascular disease.","authors":"R V Luepker","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adherence to cardiovascular treatment regimen is a major problem that limits the potential success of therapeutic advances. Considerable understanding of this issue has been gained in recent years, and improved approaches are available for the practitioner to improve patient adherence.</p>","PeriodicalId":77158,"journal":{"name":"Heart disease and stroke : a journal for primary care physicians","volume":"2 5","pages":"418-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Heart disease and stroke : a journal for primary care physicians","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Adherence to cardiovascular treatment regimen is a major problem that limits the potential success of therapeutic advances. Considerable understanding of this issue has been gained in recent years, and improved approaches are available for the practitioner to improve patient adherence.