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The lecture covered the role of lipids in the pathogenesis and treatment of non-cardiac vascular disease. The following conditions were considered: abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), carotid artery disease and atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS).
Keywords: Abdominal aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery disease, atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, lipids, statins
Current Vascular Pharmacology
Title:Lipids and Non-Cardiac Vascular Disease: A Lecture Overview
Volume: 10 Issue: 6
Author(s): Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
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Keywords: Abdominal aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery disease, atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, lipids, statins
Abstract: The lecture covered the role of lipids in the pathogenesis and treatment of non-cardiac vascular disease. The following conditions were considered: abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), carotid artery disease and atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS).
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P. Mikhailidis Dimitri, Lipids and Non-Cardiac Vascular Disease: A Lecture Overview, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2012; 10 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016112803520693
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016112803520693 |
Print ISSN 1570-1611 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6212 |
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