Comparison of the application of treatment Panel III and American College of Cardiology/American heart Association guidelines for blood cholesterol treatment in Saudi Arabia

Comparison of the application of treatment Panel III and American College of Cardiology/American heart Association guidelines for blood cholesterol treatment in Saudi Arabia

Background: One of the major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases is hyperlipidemia. The primary aim of this study was to estimate the proportion of individuals between 40–75 years old that would be eligible for statin therapy based on ACC/AHA guideline as compared to ATP-III guideline in a popu...

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Main Authors: Salahdein Aburuz, Abdulkareem Al-Bekairy, Abdul-Aziz Alqahtani, Khalid Harbi, Mohammed Al Nuhait, Abdullah Khoja, Adel Sadeq, Mohammed Al Rashed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Saudi Heart Association 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1016731518301118

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