Utilization and adherence to guideline-recommended lipid-lowering therapy at an academic medical center.

Background: Clinical guidelines for managing blood cholesterol were updated in November 2013.

Objective: To evaluate the adherence to the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guideline recommendations for statin therapy in the treatment of elevated blood cholesterol in high-risk patients.

Design: A single-center, retrospective, observational study.