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Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease

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Atherosclerosis or better said atherothrombosis is the pathological basis for coronary heart disease (C.R.D.). Autopsy studies have shown a correlation between the prevalence of atherothrombotic complicated lesions and coronary mortality at the population level. On the other hand correlations between complicated lesions and the major coronary risk factors like hypercholesterolemia, high blood pressure or smoking have also been observed.

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  1. Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Free University of Brussels Campus Erasme - CP 590, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    M. Kornitzer

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  1. University of Palermo Medical Center, Palermo, Italy

    Angelo Raineri

  2. The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

    Jan J. Kellermann

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Kornitzer, M. (1983). Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. In: Raineri, A., Kellermann, J.J. (eds) Selected Topics in Preventive Cardiology. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3736-2_3

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