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VIDEO: AHA/ACC work group cochair defends, explains risk calculator

Publish date: November 19, 2013

 

Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, co-chair of the guidelines work group, speaks about the risk calculator and why physicians should still consider incorporating the guidelines into their practice.

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