Guidelines for cardiovascular risk assessment and cholesterol treatment

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 2235-

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

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901781616     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.4072     Document Type: Letter

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