Never too old for lipid-lowering therapy.

Arch Cardiovasc Dis

Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Hôpitaux de l'Est Parisien, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, 184, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France; Groupe de Recherché Clinique n(o) 22 (Complications cardiovasculaires au cours de l'infection par le VIH), Sorbonne Université, 75012 Paris, France; National Institute of Health and Medical Research, INSERM, UMR_S 938, Sorbonne Université, 75571 Paris, France. Electronic address:

Published: January 2022

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