Familial aggregation of left main coronary artery disease and future risk of coronary events in asymptomatic siblings of affected patients

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 826-827

  Patel, Riyaz S ^a   Samady, Habib ^a   Zafari, Abarmard Maziar ^a   Quyyumi, Arshed A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART INFARCTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SIBLING;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 41149159086     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn035     Document Type: Letter

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