Treatment with atorvastatin to the National Cholesterol Educational Program goal versus 'usual' care in secondary coronary heart disease prevention. The GREek Atorvastatin and Coronary-heart-disease Evaluation (GREACE) study.

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Published in Curr Med Res Opin on January 01, 2002

Authors

Vasilios G Athyros1, Athanasios A Papageorgiou, Bodosakis R Mercouris, Valasia V Athyrou, Athanasios N Symeonidis, Elias O Basayannis, Dimokritos S Demitriadis, Athanasios G Kontopoulos

Author Affiliations

1: Atherosclerosis Unit, Aristotelian University, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. athyros@med.auth.gr

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