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Affiliations

¹ Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland2Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Portland, Oregon.

Editorial

Roger S Blumenthal et al. JAMA Cardiol. 2017.

. 2017 Apr 1;2(4):355-356.

doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.6007.

¹ Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland2Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Portland, Oregon.

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Adoption of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guideline in Cardiology Practices Nationwide.
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