1. Aggressive statin therapy recommended for diabetics.
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Senior, Kathryn
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HEART disease risk factors , *MYOCARDIAL infarction , *DIABETES complications , *THERAPEUTICS , *ANTICHOLESTEREMIC agents , *DRUG therapy for hyperlipidemia , *PATIENTS - Abstract
Focuses on a study recommending an aggressive management of heart-disease risk factors in patients who have had heart attacks and who have underlying diabetes or glucose intolerance. The view of co-author Frank Sacks of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts on cholesterol-lowering therapy; Brief details of the study based on the Cholesterol and Recurrent Events trial; Non-diabetic patients and lipid-lowering therapy.
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- 1998
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