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The cholesterol wars : the skeptics vs. the preponderance of evidence
- Title
- The cholesterol wars : the skeptics vs. the preponderance of evidence / Daniel Steinberg.
- Author
- Steinberg, Daniel, 1922-2015.
- Publication
- San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 2007.
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- Description
- xx, 227 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Today, in the era of the statins, there is no longer any doubt about the value of lowering blood cholesterol levels. The Cholesterol Wars chronicles the controversy that swirled around the 'lipid hypothesis' of atherosclerosis for years. The position of many clinicians is 'the lower the better.' Getting to this point, however, has been a long uphill battle marked by heated debate and sometimes violent disagreement. The history of this controversy is told here."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Overview -- Ch. 2. Animal models of atherosclerosis -- Ch. 3. Hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in humans : causally related? -- Ch. 4. Building the basic science foundation -- Ch. 5. In search of a pathogenesis -- Ch. 6. The search for cholesterol-lowering drugs -- Ch. 7. The 1984 coronary primary prevention trial -- Ch. 8. Inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis, the discovery of the statins, and a revolution in preventive cardiology -- Ch. 9. Summing up.
- ISBN
- 9780123739797
- 0123739799
- OCLC
- ocn174120973
- 174120973
- SCSB-5367527
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries