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Practice Guideline
. 2014 Jun 24;129(25 Suppl 2):S1-45.
doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000437738.63853.7a. Epub 2013 Nov 12.

2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Neil J Stone, Jennifer G Robinson, Alice H Lichtenstein, C Noel Bairey Merz, Conrad B Blum, Robert H Eckel, Anne C Goldberg, David Gordon, Daniel Levy, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Patrick McBride, J Sanford Schwartz, Susan T Shero, Sidney C Smith Jr, Karol Watson, Peter W F Wilson, Karen M Eddleman, Nicole M Jarrett, Ken LaBresh, Lev Nevo, Janusz Wnek, Jeffrey L Anderson, Jonathan L Halperin, Nancy M Albert, Biykem Bozkurt, Ralph G Brindis, Lesley H Curtis, David DeMets, Judith S Hochman, Richard J Kovacs, E Magnus Ohman, Susan J Pressler, Frank W Sellke, Win-Kuang Shen, Sidney C Smith Jr, Gordon F Tomaselli; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
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Practice Guideline

2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Neil J Stone et al. Circulation. .
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  • Circulation. 2014 Jun 24;129(25 Suppl 2):S46-8
  • Correction.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Circulation. 2015 Dec 22;132(25):e396. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000346. Epub 2015 Dec 14. Circulation. 2015. PMID: 26667225 No abstract available.
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Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; biomarkers, pharmacological; cardiovascular disease; cholesterol; diabetes mellitus; drug therapy; hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors/statins; hypercholesterolemia; lipids; patient compliance; primary prevention; risk assessment; risk reduction behavior; secondary prevention.

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