Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Ischemic Heart Disease Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Study
BackgroundVascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has angiogenic and possibly proatherosclerotic properties. Observationally it is positively associated with cardiovascular disease, although these observations could be confounded or due to reverse causation. We assessed ischemic heart disease (IHD...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.005619 |