Does high LDL-cholesterol cause cardiovascular disease?

Giovanni Targher¹, Stefano Bonapace², Christopher D Byrne^{3

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Affiliations

¹ a Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine , University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona , Verona , Italy.
² b Division of Cardiology , IRCCS 'Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria' Hospital , Negrar , Italy.
³ c Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine , University of Southampton , Southampton , UK.
⁴ d Southampton National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre , University Hospital Southampton, Southampton General Hospital , Southampton , UK.

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Giovanni Targher et al. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;12(2):91.

doi: 10.1080/17512433.2019.1561100. Epub 2018 Dec 26.

Giovanni Targher¹, Stefano Bonapace², Christopher D Byrne^{3

4}

¹ a Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine , University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona , Verona , Italy.
² b Division of Cardiology , IRCCS 'Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria' Hospital , Negrar , Italy.
³ c Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine , University of Southampton , Southampton , UK.
⁴ d Southampton National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre , University Hospital Southampton, Southampton General Hospital , Southampton , UK.

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