ABSTRACT

No member of the primary care team can afford to be indifferent to the tremendous developments that have taken place in the areas of coronary heart disease and vascular disease prevention. This new edition of Statins in General Practice includes data from the major new clinical trials. This short book contains everything that the general practition

chapter 1|11 pages

Why do we use statins?

chapter 2|4 pages

How do we assess dyslipidaemia?

chapter 3|16 pages

What are the statins and how do they work?

chapter 5|5 pages

Who should receive statin therapy?

chapter 6|6 pages

What about statin use in the elderly?

chapter 7|15 pages

What does the future hold?