Modified Treatment Approach Using Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator for Primary Prevention

BACKGROUND: The recent guidelines for preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular events are an important advancement. For primary prevention, statins are recommended if the ten-year risk is ≥ 5% (consideration for therapy) or ≥ 7.5% (definitive treatment unless contraindication after discussion). We...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Himanshu, Schiros, Chun G., Denney, Thomas S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4131882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25119719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104478

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4131882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25119719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104478

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