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ArticleAmerican journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions2025

Polypill Strategy: A Paradigm Shift in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.

Makhzan Ali Akbar, Asia Batool, Muneeb Khawar, Abdul Manan Dero, Javed Iqbal

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Article in American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Comment on "Polypill Strategy: A Paradigm Shift in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention".American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Makhzan Ali AkbarNorth Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China.
Asia BatoolSir Syed College of Medical Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muneeb KhawarKing Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Abdul Manan DeroJinnah Post Graduate Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Javed IqbalNursing Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O BOX 3050, Doha, Qatar. jiqbal3@hamad.qa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2627-685X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

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PMID40802150

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