Updated cholesterol guidelines and intensity of statin therapy

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 357-359

  Nguyen, Vincent ^a   Degoma, Emil M ^a   Hossain, Erik ^b   Jacoby, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC AHA cholesterol guidelines; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Prevention; Statin intensity

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PITAVASTATIN; PRAVASTATIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84931399762     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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