Genetic cardiovascular risk prediction: Will we get there?

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2323-2334

  Thanassoulis, George ^a   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; epidemiology; genetics; risk prediction; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650082348     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.909309     Document Type: Article

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