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2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

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Authors/Task Force Members (François Macha, Colin Baigentb,∗∗,2, Alberico L. Catapanoc), ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG) (Stephan Windeckeraa), ESC National Cardiac Societies (Djamaleddine Nibouchean, Parounak H. Patelcl)
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This article is published in Atherosclerosis.The article was published on 2019-09-02 and is currently open access. It has received 2972 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lipid modification & Very low-density lipoprotein.

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