The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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Cholesterol Rethink for High-Risk Patients
May 10, 2004 (Issue: 1182)
The recent "PROVE IT" trial in patients with coronary heart disease showed clinical benefits associated with reducing LDL cholesterol concentrations lower than the 100 mg/dL (2.59 mmol/L) or less that had been considered optimal.
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