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The combination of 9p21.3 genotype and biomarker profile improves a peripheral artery disease risk prediction model.
Vascular medicine (London, England) - 1 Feb 2014
Downing Kelly P, Nead Kevin T, Kojima Yoko, Assimes Themistocles, Maegdefessel Lars, Quertermous Thomas, Cooke John P, Leeper Nicholas J
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a highly morbid condition affecting more than 8 million Americans. Frequently, PAD patients are unrecognized and therefore do not receive appropriate therapies. Therefore, new methods to identify PAD have been pursued, but have thus far had only modest success. Here we describe a new approach combining genomic and metabolic information to enhance the diagnosis of PAD. We...
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