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Genetics and Genomics of Coronary Artery Disease.
Current cardiology reports - 1 Oct 2016
Pjanic Milos, Miller Clint L, Wirka Robert, Kim Juyong B, DiRenzo Daniel M, Quertermous Thomas
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Coronary artery disease (or coronary heart disease), is the leading cause of mortality in many of the developing as well as the developed countries of the world. Cholesterol-enriched plaques in the heart's blood vessels combined with inflammation lead to the lesion expansion, narrowing of blood vessels, reduced blood flow, and may subsequently cause lesion rupture and a heart attack. Even though several...
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