Making Loading-Dose Atorvastatin the Default for Patients Presenting with ACS Leads to Increased Administration

Authors

• Farhan Hiya, HCA HealthcareFollow
• Suppraja Soundarrajan, HCA HealthcareFollow
• Ali Hassan, HCA HealthcareFollow
• Zain Awan, HCA HealthcareFollow
• Ahmad Hayat, HCA HealthcareFollow
• Andrew Niclosi, HCA HealthcareFollow

Files

Division

West Florida

Hospital

HCA Florida Brandon Hospital

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2026

Keywords

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS), High-dose atorvastatin loading, Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Quality improvement (QI) intervention, Order set default optimization

Disciplines

Cardiovascular Diseases | Internal Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences

Original Publisher

HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education

Recommended Citation

Hiya, Farhan; Soundarrajan, Suppraja; Hassan, Ali; Awan, Zain; Hayat, Ahmad; and Niclosi, Andrew, "Making Loading-Dose Atorvastatin the Default for Patients Presenting with ACS Leads to Increased Administration" (2026). West Florida Division GME Research Day 2026. 40.
https://scholarlycommons.hcahealthcare.com/westflorida2026/40