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Watt P, Becker DM, Salaita K, et al. Hypercholesterolemia in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery: are they aware, under treatment, and under control?. Heart Lung. 1988;17(2):205-8
Watt, P., Becker, D. M., Salaita, K., & Pearson, T. A. (1988). Hypercholesterolemia in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery: are they aware, under treatment, and under control?. Heart & lung : the journal of critical care, 17(2), 205-8.
Watt, P, et al. "Hypercholesterolemia in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery: are they aware, under treatment, and under control?." Heart & lung : the journal of critical care vol. 17,2 (1988): 205-8.
Watt P, Becker DM, Salaita K, Pearson TA. Hypercholesterolemia in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery: are they aware, under treatment, and under control?. Heart Lung. 1988 Mar;17(2):205-8. PMID: 3127357.
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Heart Lung. 1988 Mar;17(2):205-8.

Hypercholesterolemia in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery: are they aware, under treatment, and under control?.

Heart & lung : the journal of critical care

P Watt, D M Becker, K Salaita, T A Pearson

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  1. Division of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205.

PMID: 3127357

Abstract

Hypercholesterolemia is an important determinant of progressive atherosclerosis in both vein grafts and native vessels after coronary artery bypass surgery. We demonstrated that nearly half of all patients admitted for coronary bypass have elevated cholesterol levels before surgery. Of these, half are unaware of the elevations in cholesterol level, and few are undergoing any treatment. The results suggest that lipids should be measured before coronary bypass surgery to optimize postoperative risk reduction education.

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