title: Selecting Patients for Statin Therapy in Primary Prevention: If We Could Only Predict the Future.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. Electronic address: vbittner@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bittner
mesh_terms: D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
keywords: atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; primary prevention; risk stratification; statin