CORONARY HEART DISEASE: REDUCING THE RISK

International Task Force for Prevention of
Coronary Heart Disease

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     Nutrition,
    Metabolism and
   Cardiovascular
Diseases

Coronary Heart Disease: Reducing the Risk
The scientific background for primary and
secondary prevention of coronary heart
disease

A worldwide view

International Task Force

prepared by
International Task Force for the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease

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in cooperation with the
International Atherosclerosis Society

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1998

Drafting Committee

G. Assmann, Münster (Chairman)
R. Carmena, Valencia
P. Cullen, Münster
J.-C. Fruchart, Lille
B. Lewis, London
M. Mancini, Naples
A. Olsson, Linköping
R. Paoletti, Milan
D. Pometta, Geneva
M. Tikkanen, Helsinki

Drafting Committee
G. Assmann, Münster (Chairman) R. Carmena, Valencia P. Cullen, Münster J.-C. Fruchart, Lille B. Lewis, London M. Mancini, Naples A. Olsson, Linköping R. Paoletti, Milan D. Pometta, Geneva M. Tikkanen, Helsinki

Section Consultants

O. Abdel-Aziz, Cairo
G. Breithardt, Münster
B. L. Chia, Singapore
J. Cleeman, Bethesda
S. Czajkowski, Bethesda
Gu Dongfeng, Beijing
S. Grundy, Dallas
M. Hanefeld, Dresden
A. Hamsten, Stockholm
B. Jacotot, Creteil F. Jossa, Naples
M. B. Katan, Wageningen
P. Kaufmann, Bethesda
U. Keil, Münster
W. Kübler, Heidelberg
C. Lenfant, Bethesda
F. Luft, Berlin
T. Lüscher, Zurich
I. Martin, Geneva
G. Di Minno, Palermo P. Nestel, Melbourne
K. Pietrzik, Bonn
A. Postiglione, Naples
P. Rajan, New Delhi
E. B. Ringelstein, Münster
A. M. Scanu, Chicago
H. Schulte, Münster
E. Schwartz, St. Petersburg
J. Seidell, Bilthoven
J. Stamler, Chicago Y. Stein, Jerusalem
P. Strazzullo, Naples
L. Tokgozoglu, Ankara
K. Völker, Münster
A. von Eckardstein, Münster
U. Wahrburg, Münster
A. Yamamoto, Osaka

Section Consultants
O. Abdel-Aziz, Cairo G. Breithardt, Münster B. L. Chia, Singapore J. Cleeman, Bethesda S. Czajkowski, Bethesda Gu Dongfeng, Beijing S. Grundy, Dallas M. Hanefeld, Dresden A. Hamsten, Stockholm B. Jacotot, Creteil	F. Jossa, Naples M. B. Katan, Wageningen P. Kaufmann, Bethesda U. Keil, Münster W. Kübler, Heidelberg C. Lenfant, Bethesda F. Luft, Berlin T. Lüscher, Zurich I. Martin, Geneva G. Di Minno, Palermo	P. Nestel, Melbourne K. Pietrzik, Bonn A. Postiglione, Naples P. Rajan, New Delhi E. B. Ringelstein, Münster A. M. Scanu, Chicago H. Schulte, Münster E. Schwartz, St. Petersburg J. Seidell, Bilthoven J. Stamler, Chicago	Y. Stein, Jerusalem P. Strazzullo, Naples L. Tokgozoglu, Ankara K. Völker, Münster A. von Eckardstein, Münster U. Wahrburg, Münster A. Yamamoto, Osaka

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Short scientific and clinical versions of this document have been published in:

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (1999;19:1819-1824)

and

Circulation (1999;100:1930-1938)

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