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Comment on the reports of over-estimation of ASCVD risk using the 2013 AHA/ACC risk equation.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.068