The impact of genome‐wide association studies on the pathophysiology and therapy of cardiovascular disease

Abstract Cardiovascular diseases are leading causes for death worldwide. Genetic disposition jointly with traditional risk factors precipitates their manifestation. Whereas the implications of a positive family history for individual risk have been known for a long time, only in the past few years h...

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Main Authors: Thorsten Kessler, Baiba Vilne, Heribert Schunkert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2016-05-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201506174