Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Management of high cholesterol
Publication details
Nadeem Hasan, Saran Shantikumar, Ashok Handa
Foundation Years Journal, volume 5, issue 1, p.38 (123Doc Education, London, February 2011)
Abstract
This case based discussion focuses on the identification and management of patients with hypercholesterolaemia. The target groups for treatment are described, as are the options for conservative and pharmacological management.
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Authors
Nadeem Hasan
Foundation Doctor
General Surgery
John Radliffe Hospital
Saran Shantikumar
Academic Clinical Fellow
John Radcliffe Hospital
Ashok Handa
Consultant Vascular Surgeon,
Clinical Tutor and Reader in Surgery
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 9DU
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