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Genome-wide association study for coronary artery calcification with follow-up in myocardial infarction.
Circulation - 20 Dec 2011
O'Donnell Christopher J, Kavousi Maryam, Smith Albert V, Kardia Sharon L R, Feitosa Mary F, Hwang Shih-Jen, Sun Yan V, Province Michael A, Aspelund Thor, Dehghan Abbas, Hoffmann Udo, Bielak Lawrence F, Zhang Qunyuan, Eiriksdottir Gudny, van Duijn Cornelia M, Fox Caroline S, de Andrade Mariza, Kraja Aldi T, Sigurdsson Sigurdur, Elias-Smale Suzette E, Murabito Joanne M, Launer Lenore J, van der Lugt Aad, Kathiresan Sekar, Krestin Gabriel P, Herrington David M, Howard Timothy D, Liu Yongmei, Post Wendy, Mitchell Braxton D, O'Connell Jeffrey R, Shen Haiqing, Shuldiner Alan R, Altshuler David, Elosua Roberto, Salomaa Veikko, Schwartz Stephen M, Siscovick David S, Voight Benjamin F, Bis Joshua C, Glazer Nicole L, Psaty Bruce M, Boerwinkle Eric, Heiss Gerardo, Blankenberg Stefan, Zeller Tanja, Wild Philipp S, Schnabel Renate B, Schillert Arne, Ziegler Andreas, Münzel Thomas F, White Charles C, Rotter Jerome I, Nalls Michael, Oudkerk Matthijs, Johnson Andrew D, Newman Anne B, Uitterlinden Andre G, Massaro Joseph M, Cunningham Julie, Harris Tamara B, Hofman Albert, Peyser Patricia A, Borecki Ingrid B, Cupples L Adrienne, Gudnason Vilmundur, Witteman Jacqueline C M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcification (CAC) detected by computed tomography is a noninvasive measure of coronary atherosclerosis, which underlies most cases of myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to identify common genetic variants associated with CAC and further investigate their associati...
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