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- Title
The New Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Guidelines.
- Authors
Krumholz, Harlan M.
- Abstract
The author discusses the release of updated cholesterol and blood pressure guidelines in the U.S. Topics addressed include technical and conceptual concerns, the predicament of proving the adequacy of risk equations, and tools to assess cardiovascular risks, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Also mentioned are challenges to achieving a medical consensus, a controversy over blood pressure guidelines, and ensuring patients have agency over their decisions.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH policy; BLOOD cholesterol; BLOOD pressure; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; NATIONAL Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2014, Vol 311, Issue 14, p1403
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2014.2634