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Lowering LDL Cholesterol: Beyond the Statins: An Expert Interview With Frank M. Sacks, MD
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Title Lowering LDL Cholesterol: Beyond the Statins: An Expert Interview With Frank M. Sacks, MD
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567222?src=rss
Description AHA 2007: Physicians are increasingly aware that optimal statin therapy still leaves 50% "residual risk" -- here a well-known authority discusses present and future alternative LDL-C therapies.
Medscape Cardiology
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Dec 14, 2007
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