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Physician knowledge of guidelines improves secondary prevention of heart disease

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 6th, 2006

Further dissemination of guidelines and educational efforts among general practitioners and internists are essential to improve secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.

Researchers working in Germany investigated "knowledge and perception of guidelines in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and the impact of guideline knowledge on treatment practices in coronary patients among primary care physicians."

J. Heidrich and colleagues at the University of Munster explained, "A representative questionnaire survey was performed in 2002-2003 among all 1,023 general practitioners and office-based internists in the region of Munster, Germany....

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