Optimal strategies for monitoring lipid levels in patients at risk or with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review with statistical and cost-effectiveness modelling

Background: Various lipid measurements in monitoring/screening programmes can be used, alone or in cardiovascular risk scores, to guide treatment for prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Because some changes in lipids are due to variability rather than true change, the value of lipid-monitori...

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Main Authors: Rafael Perera, Emily McFadden, Julie McLellan, Tom Lung, Philip Clarke, Teresa Pérez, Thomas Fanshawe, Andrew Dalton, Andrew Farmer, Paul Glasziou, Osamu Takahashi, John Stevens, Les Irwig, Jennifer Hirst, Sarah Stevens, Asuka Leslie, Sachiko Ohde, Gautam Deshpande, Kevin Urayama, Brian Shine, Richard Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2015-12-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta191000