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Treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in adults: synopsis of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association cholesterol guideline.

Neil J Stone, Jennifer G Robinson, Alice H Lichtenstein, David C Goff, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Sidney C Smith, Conrad Blum, J Sanford Schwartz

DESCRIPTION: In November 2013, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) released a clinical practice guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce cardiovascular risk in adults. This synopsis summarizes the major recommendations. METHODS: In 2008, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) IV to update the 2001 ATP-III cholesterol guidelines using a rigorous process to systematically review randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses of RCTs that examined cardiovascular outcomes...

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March 4, 2014: Annals of Internal Medicine

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Risk factors: Sodium intake and health outcomes.

Karina Huynh

No abstract text is available yet for this article.

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October 2014: Nature Reviews. Cardiology

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Dyslipidaemia: Niacin-laropiprant fails to reduce the risk of vascular events.

Karina Huynh

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