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Highlights of the new recommendations for hypercholesterolemia
J G Robinson1, D B Hunninghake
1Heart Disease Prevention Clinic, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Contemporary Internal Medicine
|November 4, 1994
Abstract:
The patient who benefits most by aggressive efforts to reduce elevated LDL cholesterol is the one who is at greatest risk for a coronary event in the next 5 to 10 years. Thus, treatment decisions are based on risk-factor analysis and personal history.