Implications of the US Cholesterol Guidelines on Eligibility for Statin Therapy in the Community: Comparison of Observed and Predicted Risks in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort

BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised that the 2013 atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk estimator overpredicts risk in contemporary cohorts. Whether suboptimal calibration will lead to overtreatment with statins is unknown. We investigated the numbers of people eligible for statin tr...

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Autores principales: Andersson, Charlotte, Enserro, Danielle, Larson, Martin G., Xanthakis, Vanessa, Vasan, Ramachandran S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.001888

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.001888

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