Statins, risk assessment, and the new American prevention guidelines

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9917, 2014, Pages 600-602

  Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a   Goff, David ^b   Stone, Neil J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84893842113     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62348-X     Document Type: Letter

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