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The impact of susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease on other vascular domains and recurrence risk.
European heart journal - 1 Oct 2013
Tragante Vinicius, Doevendans Pieter A F M, Nathoe Hendrik M, van der Graaf Yolanda, Spiering Wilko, Algra Ale, de Borst Gert Jan, de Bakker Paul I W, Asselbergs Folkert W
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many genetic loci related to coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarction (MI). However, the extent to which these loci are related to other vascular diseases is not clear. The aim of this study is to investigate the cumulative effects of risk alleles associated with CAD/MI on ischaemic stroke (IS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and...
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