منابع مشابه
Primary prevention of CVD: treating dyslipidaemia.
INTRODUCTION The incidence of dyslipidaemia is high: in 2000, approximately 25% of adults in the USA had total cholesterol greater than 6.2 mmol/L or were taking lipid-lowering medication. Primary prevention in this context is defined as long-term management of people at increased risk but with no clinically overt evidence of CVD - such as acute MI, angina, stroke, and PVD - and who have not un...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1299