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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Royal College of General Practitioners
2020
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| 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 |