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From: Implementation strategies to improve statin utilization in individuals with hypercholesterolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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('hypercholesterolemia'/exp OR 'familial hypercholesterolemia'/exp OR hypercholesterolemia:ti,ab,kw OR cholesteremia:ti,ab,kw OR cholesterinemia:ti,ab,kw OR cholesterolemia:ti,ab,kw OR hypercholesteremia:ti,ab,kw OR hypercholesterinaemia:ti,ab,kw OR hypercholesterinemia:ti,ab,kw OR hypercholesterolaemia:ti,ab,kw OR (('high cholesterol' NEAR/1 level*):ti,ab,kw) OR ((elevated NEAR/1 cholesterol*):ti,ab,kw) OR 'hyperlipidemia'/exp OR 'familial hyperlipemia'/exp OR hyperlipemia*:ti,ab,kw OR hyperlipaemia:ti,ab,kw OR hyperlipemia:ti,ab,kw OR hyperlipidaemia:ti,ab,kw OR hyperlipidaemias:ti,ab,kw OR hyperlipidemias:ti,ab,kw OR hyperlipidemic:ti,ab,kw OR lipaemia:ti,ab,kw OR lipemia:ti,ab,kw OR lipidaemia:ti,ab,kw OR lipidemia:ti,ab,kw) AND ('hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitor'/exp OR 'hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitor':ti,ab,kw OR 'hydroxymethylglutaryl-coa inhibitors':ti,ab,kw OR 'hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme a inhibitors':ti,ab,kw OR 'hmg coa reductase inhibitor':ti,ab,kw OR 'hmg coenzyme a reductase inhibitor':ti,ab,kw OR 'hmg coa reductase inhibitors':ti,ab,kw OR 'hydroxymethylglutaryl coa reductase inhibitors':ti,ab,kw OR 'hydroxymethylglutaryl-coa reductase inhibitors':ti,ab,kw OR statin:ti,ab,kw OR statins:ti,ab,kw OR vastatin:ti,ab,kw)