What are the effects of patient age and blood pressure on the cholesterol-related risk of vascular mortality?

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John Kjekshus. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Jun.

. 2008 Jun;5(6):310-1.

doi: 10.1038/ncpcardio1209. Epub 2008 Apr 29.

¹ Department of Cardiology, University of Oslo Rikshospitalet, Sognvannsveien 20, Oslo 0027, Norway. john.kjekshus@medisin.uio.no

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