Implementation of guideline-directed medical treatment for ischemic heart disease management: A knowledge, attitude and practice based cross-sectional survey
Although GDMT knowledge and attitudes were generally high among Pakistani cardiologists and clinical pharmacists, reported practice remained moderate. The results underscore the need for targeted educational interventions and system-level strategies to support consistent GDMT implementation.
Authors
- Tahir Mehmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9775-8093)
- Amjad Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6006-4159)
- A Iqbal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-3656)
- Syed Sikandar Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4017-0664)
- Noshed Khan
- Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed
- Yu Fang
- Umm-e- Kalsoom
Institutions
- Quaid-i-Azam University (PK)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
- University of Science and Technology Bannu (PK)
- University College London (GB)
- Mirpur University of Science and Technology (PK)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
- Ras al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University (AE)
- National University of Sciences and Technology (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338634
- Primary Topic
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00