The present observational study aims to determine the degree of adherence to the recommendations of clinical guidelines regarding the prevention of cardiovascular complications in patients hospitalized due to a cardiovascular event.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Admitted to the cardiology, neurology, or general surgery departments
• With any of the following admission diagnoses:

Non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (STEACS) Stable angina Unstable angina Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Atherothrombotic ischemic stroke Lacunar stroke Peripheral artery disease Chronic ischemia of lower limbs Vascular ulcer due to arterial cause

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients for whom lipid-lowering treatment is ruled out due to limited life expectancy
• Patients likely to die during hospitalization
• Patients who died during hospitalization

Patients hospitalized due to a cardiovascular event

IPD (without personal identification data) could be shared by requirement from other researchers after the end of the study, and only for research purposes and previous approval of promotor center of the study (CSAPG). Anyway, Spanish and European Union legal policy about data protection will strictly be followed (IPD will not be transferred outside European Union).

After publication of main results of the study.

IPD will be shared only for scientific research purposes and following the Spanish and European Union normative law about data protection. The requirements will be directed to the IP of the study. The IP will evaluate the request to verify and evaluate the data that is requested and the purposes for which it is requested. Next, the IP will transfer the request to the promotor center the study for the final decision.