Management of coronary artery disease patients in Latvia compared with practice in Central-Eastern Europe and globally: analysis of the CLARIFY registry.

Background And Objective: Management of outpatients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) is important in secondary prevention. The objective was to describe differences in the characteristics of CAD patients in Latvia compared with other countries.

Materials And Methods: CLARIFY is an ongoing international, prospective, observational, longitudinal registry of outpatients with CAD.

A population-based cross-sectional study of cardiovascular risk factor in Latvia.

Background And Objective: To date, the epidemiological studies of noncommunicable diseases in Latvia were more episodic and covered only selected areas. The first national cross-sectional population-based survey of cardiovascular risk factors after regaining independence was carried out to provide reliable information on the cardiovascular risk factor profile in adults.

Material And Methods: Computerized random sampling from the Registry of Latvian population was carried out.