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Influence of 23 coronary artery disease variants on recurrent myocardial infarction or cardiac death: the GRACE Genetics Study.
European heart journal - 1 Apr 2013
Wauters Els, Carruthers Kathryn F, Buysschaert Ian, Dunbar Donald R, Peuteman Gilian, Belmans Ann, Budaj Andrzej, Van de Werf Frans, Lambrechts Diether, Fox Keith A A
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AIMS: A pooled analysis of 14 genome-wide association studies revealed 23 susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease (CAD), thereby providing the most comprehensive genetic blueprint of CAD susceptibility. Here, we evaluated whether these 23 loci also predispose to recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) or cardiac death following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 2099 ACS...
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