Genetics of coronary artery disease in the light of genome-wide association studies.

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As clinicians, we understand the development of atherosclerosis as a consequence of cholesterol deposition and inflammation in the arterial wall, both being triggered by traditional risk factors such as hypertension, hyperlipidaemia or diabetes mellitus. Another risk factor is genetic predisposition, as indicated by the predictive value of a positive family history. However, we had to wait until recently to...

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