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Type II secretory phospholipase A2 and prognosis in patients with stable coronary heart disease: mendelian randomization study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Breitling Lutz P, Koenig Wolfgang, Fischer Marcus, Mallat Ziad, Hengstenberg Christian, Rothenbacher Dietrich, Brenner Hermann
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Serum type II secretory phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)-IIa) has been found to be predictive of adverse outcomes in patients with stable coronary heart disease. Compounds targeting sPLA(2)-IIa are already under development. This study investigated if an association of sPLA(2)-IIa with secondary cardiovascular disease (CVD) events may be of causal nature or mainly a matter of confounding by correlated...
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