title: Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
abstract: The US Preventive Services Task Force has recently recommended the use of statins in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults. Doubts remain as to whether this approach is really cost-effective, and additional drawbacks include the increasing burden of potential side effects and incremental costs due to laboratory monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.lippi@univr.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plebani
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors