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A genetic risk variant for myocardial infarction on chromosome 6p24 is associated with impaired central hemodynamic indexes.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 2012
Patel Riyaz S, Morris Alanna A, Ahmed Yusuf, Kavtaradze Nino, Sher Salman, Su Shaoyong, Zafari A Maziar, Din-Dzietham Rebecca, Waddy Salina P, Vaccarino Viola, Alexander R Wayne, Gibbons Gary, Quyyumi Arshed A
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BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified novel variants associated with myocardial infarction (MI) in Caucasians. We hypothesized that those variants whose mechanism of risk is currently unknown, confer risk via pathways mediating arterial wave reflections which is an increasingly recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease. METHODS: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at eight...
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