Effects of Statins for Primary Prevention in the Elderly: Recent Evidence

The number of the elderly individuals is steeply increasing, and their absolute cardiovascular risk is higher than that of younger age groups. However, very few statin trials have included elderly patients alone. Recently, we published the SCOPE-75 study, which analyzed the effect of statins for pri...

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Published in:Journal of Lipid and Atherosclerosis
Main Authors: Kyu Kim, Sang-Hak Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.12997/jla.2020.9.1.1