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Methods for the prediction of coronary heart disease riskIt is indisputable that patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) should generally receive statin treatment, certainly if their serum cholesterol exceeds 5 mmol/l. 1 Patients with peripheral arterial disease or stroke are at a similar level of risk of a subsequent CHD event as are the survivors of myocardial infarction and are also increasingly recommended to receive statin treatment. 2
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