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Editorial
. 2012 May 31:344:e3802.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3802.

Improving vascular health: are pills the answer?

Liam Smeeth, Harry Hemingway
Editorial

Improving vascular health: are pills the answer?

Liam Smeeth et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Lowering the statin treatment threshold raises important questions

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Both authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare: LS is supported by a senior clinical fellowship from the Wellcome Trust; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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