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Questioning the Importance of LDL Cholesterol: The ENHANCE Fallout
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Title Questioning the Importance of LDL Cholesterol: The ENHANCE Fallout
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569071?src=rss
Description The debate surrounding the ENHANCE trial took a bit of a twist this past week when attention turned to the LDL-cholesterol hypothesis, with some experts arguing that lowering LDL cholesterol to prevent clinical events is an unsophisticated premise and that other factors beyond lowering LDL cholesterol are involved. Heartwire
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jan 23, 2008
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