Blood-Pressure and Cholesterol Lowering in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s) -
Salim Yusuf,
Eva Lonn,
Prem Pais,
Jackie Bosch,
Patricio LópezJaramillo,
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
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1600177
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , cholesterol , disease , blood cholesterol , cardiology
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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