2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Overview

Journal Circulation

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2019 Mar 19

PMID 30879355

Citations 1750

Authors

Donna K Arnett

Roger S Blumenthal

Michelle A Albert

Andrew B Buroker

Zachary D Goldberger

Ellen J Hahn

Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb

Amit Khera

Donald Lloyd-Jones

J William McEvoy

Erin D Michos

Michael D Miedema

Daniel Munoz

Sidney C Smith Jr

Salim S Virani

Kim A Williams Sr

Joseph Yeboah

Boback Ziaeian

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