A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80%
Diana Gosálvez Prados
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The objective of this article is to determine the combination of drugs and vitamins, and their doses, for use in a single daily pill to achieve a large effect in preventing cardiovascular disease with minimal adverse effects. The strategy was to simultaneously reduce four cardiovascular risk factors (low density lipoprotein cholesterol, blood pressure, serum homocysteine, and platelet function) regardless of pretreatment levels.
Wald NJ. A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80%. BMJ. 2003; 326. Available at: http://www.bmj.com/content/326/7404/1419
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5/10/2012
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Wald NJ.
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cardiovascular system, clinical trial, drug, epidemiologic study, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, musculoskeletal and joint disease, stroke
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