Polypill Therapy, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Cardiovascular Events – Implications for the Use of Preventive Pharmacotherapy: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

OBJECTIVES: Examine whether the coronary artery calcium score (CAC) can be used to define the target population to treat with a polypill. BACKGROUND: Prior studies suggested a single polypill to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) at the population level. METHODS: Participants from the Multi-Ethnic...

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Main Authors: Bittencourt, Márcio Sommer, Blaha, Michael J., Blankstein, Ron, Budoff, Matthew, Vargas, Jose D., Blumenthal, Roger S., Agatston, Arthur S., Nasir, Khurram
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174413/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24161320
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1640
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