New Genomic Markers Associated With Risk Of Heart Disease And Early Heart Attack

Researchers have for the first time identified clusters of genetic markers associated with heart attack and coronary heart disease. In the largest ever study of its kind, the Myocardial Infarction Genetics Consortium identified nine precise genes associated with an increased risk of infarction (MI), three of them newly discovered; the investigators said that these nine gene variants "identify 20% of the population at 2.25-fold increased risk for MI."

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