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Genetic Risk and Coronary Artery Calcium in Personalizing Antihypertensive Treatment: A Pooled Cohort Analysis.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 Sept 2024
Shetty Naman S, Gaonkar Mokshad, Pampana Akhil, Patel Nirav, Irvin Marguerite R, Lin Henry J, Guo Xiuqing, Rich Stephen S, Rotter Jerome I, Budoff Matthew J, Li Peng, Arora Garima, Arora Pankaj
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of the systolic blood pressure polygenic risk score (SBP-PRS) in antihypertensive treatment initiation and its comparative efficacy with coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included participants with whole genome sequencing data who underwent CAC scanning between 1971 and 2008, were free of prevalent cardiovascular disease...
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