Parental consanguinity and family history of coronary artery disease strongly predict early stenosis

Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a multifactorial disease with acquired and inherited components. Aim We investigated the roles of family history and consanguinity on CAD risk and age at diagnosis in 4284 patients. The compounded impact of diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, smoking,...

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Main Author: Deeb, Mary E. (author)
Other Authors: Zreik, Tony G. (author), Zalloua, Pierre (author), Youhanna, Sonia (author), Platt, Daniel E. (author), Rebeiz, Abdallah (author), Lauridsen, Michael (author), Nasrallah, Antoine (author), Alam, Samir (author), Puzantian, Houry (author), Kabbani, Samer (author)
Format: article
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.07.013
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021915010005551
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