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An individual’s estimated risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years is widely used to guide preventative medication prescriptions with statins or antihypertensive drugs in those who have not yet had such an event. To estimate that risk, doctors use equations that include different risk factors, such as age, cholesterol […]

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Publish date : 2024-12-20 14:44:15

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