The new cholesterol and blood pressure guidelines: Perspective on the path forward

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1403-1405

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACCURACY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84898761815     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.2634     Document Type: Editorial

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