Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Blood-Pressure and Cholesterol Lowering in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

2016; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 374; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa1600177

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Salim Yusuf, Eva Lonn, Prem Pais, Jackie Bosch, Patricio López‐Jaramillo, Jun Zhu, Denis Xavier, Álvaro Avezum, Lawrence A. Leiter, Leopoldo Soares Piegas, Alexander Parkhomenko, Matyàs Keltai, Katalin Keltai, Karen Sliwa, И Е Чазова, Ron J.G. Peters, Claes Held, Khalid Yusoff, Basil S. Lewis, Petr Janský, Kamlesh Khunti, William D. Toff, Christopher M. Reid, George Varigos, José Accini, Robert S. McKelvie, Janice Pogue, Hye Jung Jung, Lisheng Liu, Rafael Díaz, Antonio Dans, Gilles R. Dagenais,

Tópico(s)

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Resumo

Elevated blood pressure and elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Lowering both should reduce the risk of cardiovascular events substantially.

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