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Funding: The study was co-funded by Amgen Europe and Uppsala Region.

Disclosures:  Nina Johnston declares research projects partly financed by Amgen.

References and notes

1The abstract ‘Lipid-lowering treatment pattern in chronic coronary syndrome - lower proportion of treatment observed among women during 3 years of follow-up’ will be presented during the session ‘Lipid management in different populations’ which takes place on 25 April 2024 at 12:45 EEST on the Open stage.

2Knuuti J, Wijns W, Saraste A, et al. 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes. Eur Heart J. 2020;41:407–477.

3Hambraeus K, Tydén P, Lindahl B. Time trends and gender differences in prevention guideline adherence and outcome after myocardial infarction: Data from the SWEDEHEART registry. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016;23:340–348.

4Timmis A, Vardas P, Townsend N, et al. European Society of Cardiology: cardiovascular disease statistics 2021. Eur Heart J. 2022;43:716–799.

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