PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Santos, Raul D.
TI  - Lipids in 21st Century: Treating Hyperlipidemia to Cut Cardiovascular Mortality
DP  - 2012 Oct 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 16--20
VI  - 12
IP  - 12
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/16.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/16.full
AB  - Every year, 17.1 million lives are claimed by the global burden of heart disease and stroke, 82% of which are in the developing world [World Heart Federation. State of the Heart. Cardiovascular Disease Report 2012]. In the United States, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death, responsible for 17% of national health expenditures.