Cross-Sectional Investigation of Secondary Prevention on Coronary Heart Disease and Generalization of Standardized Secondary Prevention in Chinese Coronary Heart Disease Patients

More than 40 hospitals of 16 provinces will enroll patients for this study. The study will include patients with diagnosed coronary heart disease. Investigators and all the physicians who will involve in daily care of CHD patients will have a brief training on guideline of secondary prevention in CHD and take a test on that. Questionnaires are used to evaluate patient's cognition of their diseases and knowledge on coronary heart disease. Patient education will be carried out during a 2 years follow up of all the patient enrolled before they are required to fill out another questionnaire. Physicians will also take a second test on secondary prevention of CHD at that time. Patients will take blood lipids and glucose test according to their physician's requirement.The effect of physician training and patient education will be evaluated by comparing the results of questionnaires and tests at the beginning of the study and in the end of the 2 years follow up.