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Predictive genetic testing for coronary artery disease.
Critical reviews in clinical laboratory sciences - 1 Jan 2009
Johansen Christopher T, Hegele Robert A
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is an inflammatory-metabolic disease in which atherosclerotic plaques cause stenosis of the coronary arteries, leading to acute clinical complications such as myocardial infarction. Since CAD is a multifactorial, polygenic disease with a substantial environmental component, individual risk prediction and stratification is often difficult. Recent technological advances have resulted...
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