Impact of lowering the risk threshold for statin treatment on statin prescribing: a descriptive study in English primary care

BACKGROUND: In 2014, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) changed the recommended threshold for initiating statins from a 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) of 20% to 10% (Clinical Guideline 181), making 4.5 million extra people eligible for treatment. AIM: To evalu...

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Autores principales: Pate, Alexander, Emsley, Richard, van Staa, Tjeerd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of General Practitioners 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7537995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33020170
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713057

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7537995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33020170
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713057

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