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A paradigm shift toward biology occurred in the 1990s and was subsequently catalyzed by
the sequencing of the human genome in 2000. The cost of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) …

The recent completion of the Human Genome Project has provided an unprecedented
opportunity for researchers to identify high-risk patients and improve human health through …

Fifty years ago, cardiovascular genetics simply did not exist. Genetics was a nascent field of
basic research, with little apparent relevance to cardiovascular science or any other medical …

It is well known that cardiovascular diseases have a substantial heritable component, but the
precise genetic variants responsible for this familial tendency have been hard to uncover. In …

The dramatic increase in our ability to carry out genotyping is creating a tremendous wealth
of information in terms of associations between genetic markers and biochemical or clinical …

The inaugural issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Ge-netics arrives at a remarkable time in
the history of genetic research and cardiovascular medicine. Despite tremendous progress …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain a major source of mortality and morbidity worldwide,
and considerable effort has been applied to identifying modifiable environmental factors …

The common forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a complex etiology, involving
multiple genetic influences and important environmental interactions. Because of this …