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Low Rates of Both Lipid-Lowering Therapy Use and Achievement of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Targets in Individuals at High-Risk for Cardiovascular Disease across Europe |
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| Authors: | Julian P Halcox Florence Tubach Esther Lopez-Garcia Guy De Backer Claudio Borghi Jean Dallongeville Eliseo Guallar Jesús Medina Joep Perk Ogün Sazova Stephen Sweet Carine Roy José R Banegas Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo |
| Abstract: | AimsTo analyse the treatment and control of dyslipidaemia in patients at high and very high cardiovascular risk being treated for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe.ConclusionsThere is a considerable opportunity for improvement in rates of lipid-lowering therapy use and achievement of lipid-level targets in high-risk and very-high-risk patients being treated for primary CVD prevention in Europe. |
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