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SUBMITTER: Zeller T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5611399 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zeller Tanja T Seiffert Moritz M Müller Christian C Scholz Markus M Schäffer Anna A Ojeda Francisco F Drexel Heinz H Mündlein Axel A Kleber Marcus E ME März Winfried W Sinning Christoph C Brunner Fabian J FJ Waldeyer Christoph C Keller Till T Saely Christoph H CH Sydow Karsten K Thiery Joachim J Teupser Daniel D Blankenberg Stefan S Schnabel Renate R
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 20170920
Coronary artery disease (CAD) has a complex etiology involving numerous environmental and genetic factors of disease risk. To date, the genetic 9p21 locus represents the most robust genetic finding for prevalent and incident CAD. However, limited information is available on the genetic background of the severity and distribution of CAD. CAD manifests itself as stable CAD or acute coronary syndrome. The Gensini score quantifies the extent CAD but requires coronary angiography. Here, we aimed to i ...[more]