Encouragement of Super-aggressive LDL-lowering Therapies
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Lipid-lowering therapies and achievement of LDL-cholesterol targets
In the present issue of Archives of Medical Science, Mark et al. [1] report the results of a survey conducted last year in Hungary. This consisted of 1,626 adult patients with high cardiovascular (CV) risk, due to unstable angina (23%), peripheral artery disease (17%), previous myocardial infarction (34%), stroke (30%) or transient ischemic attack (17%). The main aim of the study was to assess ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Coronary Artery Disease
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2434-2173
DOI: 10.7793/jcad.25.19-00005