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Rationale and study design of the CardioGene Study: genomics of in-stent restenosis.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Oct 2004
Ganesh Santhi K, Skelding Kimberly A, Mehta Laxmi, O'Neill Kathleen, Joo Jungnam, Zheng Gang, Goldstein James, Simari Robert, Billings Eric, Geller Nancy L, Holmes David, O'Neill William W, Nabel Elizabeth G
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: in-stent restenosis is a major limitation of stent therapy for atherosclerosis coronary artery disease. The CardioGene Study is an ongoing study of restenosis in bare mental stents (BMS) for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The overall goal is to understand the genetic determinants of the responses to vascular injury that result in the development of restenosis in some patients but...
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