Overview of inherited metabolic disorders causing cardiovascular disease.

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Inherited metabolic disorders contribute importantly to adverse cardiovascular outcomes and affect all tissue types. This review summarizes some of the more important aspects. In the venous system, heterozygosities for the factor V Leiden and prothrombin 20210G > A mutations are common and occur in 4% and 1%, respectively, of caucasians. They confer a 2- to 3- fold increase in risk of venous, but not arterial,...

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