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Letters |15 December 1996

American College of Physicians Guidelines on Cholesterol Screening

Ronald A. Fronduti, MD

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TO THE EDITOR:
Opinions on a controversial subject are always appreciated, and so I read with interest the articles and guidelines on cholesterol screening in the 1 March 1996 issue [1, 2]. However, one area that seems no clearer than before is cholesterol screening and treatment in the elderly patient with established heart disease. Many older patients who have had one or more heart attacks and have high cholesterol levels are not receiving treatment, and they may not even be aware that their cholesterol levels are elevated. In my experience, this is not a rare or hypothetical situation.
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Fronduti RA. American College of Physicians Guidelines on Cholesterol Screening. Ann Intern Med. 1996;125:1007. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-12-199612150-00015

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(12):1007.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-12-199612150-00015

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