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What's in the CARDS?
Author(s) -
Plummer C. J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2006.01903.x
Subject(s) - newcastle upon tyne , medicine , citation , library science , art history , computer science , history
New data are emerging which require us to change the way we view risk-factor modification in diabetes. The results of the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS) [1] force us to question the traditional distinction between primary and secondary prevention in this large group of high-risk patients. This article reviews what we have learned from the lipidlowering trials in order to put CARDS into context.