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Summary of the Second Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel II)

Scott M. Grundy · JAMA · 1993 · 27.9K citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy +12

Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Using Risk Factor Categories

Peter W.F. Wilson, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Daniel Levy et al. · Circulation · 1998 · 9.6K citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiology +16

Improved Survival with an Implanted Defibrillator in Patients with Coronary Disease at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmia

Arthur J. Moss, William J. Hall, David S. Cannom et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 4.2K citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +14

An Assessment of Clinically Useful Measures of the Consequences of Treatment

Andreas Laupacis, David L. Sackett, Robin S. Roberts · New England Journal of Medicine · 1988 · 1.7K citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine +15

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

Gordon Guyatt · JAMA · 1995 · 852 citations

Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry +14