The ACC/AHA 2013 guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in adults: the good the badandtheuncertain:acomparisonwithESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias
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St Georges University of London, London, UK; Department of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands; South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Gerontology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Baylor University, Houston, TX, USA; Department ofPharmacological andBiomolecular Sciences,Universityof Milan and Multimedica IRCCSMilano, Milan, Italy; Department of InternalMedicine,UniversityHospitalCentre Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and University Heart Center, Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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