Extent to Which Accepted Serum Lipid Goals Are Achieved in a Contemporary General Medical Population With Coronary Heart Disease Risk Equivalents

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1231-1233

  Alsheikh Ali, Alawi A ^a   Lin, Jen Liang ^a   Abourjaily, Paul ^a   Ahearn, Dineli ^a   Kuvin, Jeffrey T ^a   Karas, Richard H ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; STATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750060059     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.05.057     Document Type: Article

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