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Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomization study of NT-proBNP in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2016
Johansson Åsa, Eriksson Niclas, Lindholm Daniel, Varenhorst Christoph, James Stefan, Syvänen Ann-Christine, Axelsson Tomas, Siegbahn Agneta, Barratt Bryan J, Becker Richard C, Himmelmann Anders, Katus Hugo A, Steg Philippe Gabriel, Storey Robert F, Wallentin Lars
Abstract excerpt
N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a strong predictor of mortality in coronary artery disease and is widely employed as a prognostic biomarker. However, a causal relationship between NT-proBNP and clinical endpoints has not been established. We have performed a genome-wide association and Mendelian randomization study of NT-proBNP. We used a discovery set of 3740 patients from the PLATelet...
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