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Statins and age: is there a limit beyond which primary prevention is futile?

Hypercholesterolaemic patients at an advanced age (>75 years) with and without known cardiovascular disease are at higher cardiovascular risk than younger subjects, and the frequency of vascular events in this group of the patient increases with increasing age. However, in clinical practice, thes...

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Autor principal: Perna, Gian Piero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8503507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34650367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab103