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Identification of excess clustering of coronary heart diseases among extended pedigrees in a genealogical population database.
American heart journal - 1 Aug 2006
Horne Benjamin D, Camp Nicola J, Muhlestein Joseph B, Cannon-Albright Lisa A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: First-degree family history of early coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarction (MI) is prognostic among disease-free individuals but may be unreliable. This study evaluated deaths caused by CAD, MI, hypertensive heart disease (HtnHD), and congestive heart failure (CHF) among close and distant relatives. METHODS: The Utah Population Database contains >2.2 million individual records with...
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