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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

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Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

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The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels

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Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +16

Prevention of Cardiovascular Events and Death with Pravastatin in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and a Broad Range of Initial Cholesterol Levels

New England Journal of Medicine · 1998 · 5.3K citations · Full text

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Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice Recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention

Second Joint Task Force of European · European Heart Journal · 1998 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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