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ReviewClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2008

Cardiovascular protection for all individuals at high risk: evidence-based best practice.

George Bakris, Michael Böhm, Gilles Dagenais, Hans-Christoph Diener, Toshiro Fujita, Philip Gorelick, Sverre Erik Kjeldsen, Markku Laakso, Giuseppe Mancia, Bertram Pitt and 7 more

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Review in Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Adherence of hospital-based cardiologists to lipid guidelines in patients at high risk for cardiovascular events (2L registry).Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2011
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  4. Hotline update of clinical trials and registries presented at the German Cardiac Society Meeting 2009.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2009
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

George BakrisDepartment of Medicine, Hypertensive Diseases Unit, University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Michael Böhm
Gilles Dagenais
Hans-Christoph Diener
Toshiro Fujita
Philip Gorelick
Sverre Erik Kjeldsen
Markku Laakso
Giuseppe Mancia
Bertram Pitt
Arya Sharma
Peter Sleight
Koon Teo
Thomas Unger
Michael Weber
Bryan Williams
Faiez Zannad

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with cardiovascular risk factors are largely undertreated, for many reasons. Vulnerable individuals may not be aware of the risks they are facing or an individual's risk of cardiovascular disease may be underestimated, particularly among those at high risk. Furthermore, in individuals identified as being at high total cardiovascular risk, the full spectrum of therapeutic options may not be implemented or patients may not adhere to the treatment prescribed. We address these critical issues by summarizing the existing guidelines: our ultimate goal is to encourage the optimal management of individuals at high total cardiovascular risk according to evidence-based medicine, with the expectation that this will improve outcomes.

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Evidence-Based MedicineBenchmarkingCardiotonic AgentsCardiovascular DiseasesHumansRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsCardiotonic Agents

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