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Titel:

Genetics of coronary artery disease: Short people at risk?

Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article
Autor(en):
Trenkwalder, Teresa; Kessler, Thorsten; Schunkert, Heribert; Erdmann, Jeanette
Abstract:
Traditional cardiovascular risk factors have been in the spotlight for coronary artery disease (CAD) management over the past decades. A non-modifiable risk marker is short adult stature. However, a causal role in the etiology of CAD was always questioned, since multiple confounders may also explain the inverse association between height and CAD risk. The assumption that genetic variants affecting height do so without interference of exogenous factors allows for the testing of the association be...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther
Jahr:
2015
Band / Volume:
13
Heft / Issue:
11
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
1169-72
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1586/14779072.2015.1094377
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26414801
Print-ISSN:
1477-9072
TUM Einrichtung:
Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen im Erwachsenenalter (Prof. Schunkert)
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