International Prevalence, Recognition, and Treatment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Outpatients With Atherothrombosis

Abstract

This large, international, contemporary database shows that classic cardiovascular risk factors are consistent and common but are largely undertreated and undercontrolled in many regions of the world.

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MedicineOverweightRisk factorInternal medicineCoronary artery diseaseDiabetes mellitusObesityDiseaseEndocrinology

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 295
Issue: 2
Pages: 180-180
Citations: 1592
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                                    Deepak L. Bhatt, 
                                
                                    Philippe Gabríel Steg, 
                                
                                    E. Magnus Ohman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            International Prevalence, Recognition, and Treatment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Outpatients With Atherothrombosis. 
                            JAMA
                            , 295
                            (2)
                            , 180-180.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.295.2.180
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.2.180