Time to End the Mixed-and Often Incorrect-Messages About Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2133-2135

  Greenland, Philip ^a   Lloyd Jones, Donald ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 36249021530     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.05.055     Document Type: Editorial

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