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Genetics and Genomics of Coronary Artery Disease: What We Have Learned.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 May 2026
McPherson Ruth
Abstract excerpt
Research over the past 2 decades has provided a broader understanding of the genetic architecture of coronary artery disease (CAD) and shows that it derives in large part from the cumulative effect of multiple common risk alleles that are individually of small effect size but cumulatively have large effects on CAD risk. The tools applied include genome-wide association study (GWAS), which encompasses thousands of...
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