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"My parents died of myocardial infarction: is that my destiny?".
The Medical clinics of North America - 1 Jan 2012
Narula Nupoor, Rapezzi Claudio, Tavazzi Luigi, Arbustini Eloisa
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This article presents an overview of clinical and molecular genetics of myocardial infarction (MI). Discussion includes the partial overlapping of risk factors for myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis, the impact of a positive family history on the risk of MI, the "familial" nongenetic, environmental factors, the inherited risk associated with the low-dose input of many genes, and a simple approach to...
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