Genetic factors contribute importantly to the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), and in the
past decade, there has been major progress in this area. The tools applied include genome …

ContextGiven the numerous, yet inconsistent, reports of genetic variants being associated
with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), there is a need for comprehensive validation of ACS …

†European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive
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The aim of this study was to develop an artificial neural networks-based (ANNs) diagnostic
model for coronary heart disease (CHD) using a complex of traditional and genetic factors of …

Other experts who contributed to parts of the guidelines: Edmond Walma, Schoonhoven
(The Netherlands), Tony Fitzgerald, Dublin (Ireland), Marie Therese Cooney, Dublin …

Introduction: Cardiovascular (CVD) risk assessment with traditional risk factors (age, sex,
blood pressure, lipids, smoking and diabetes) has remained relatively invariant over the past …

The postgenomic shift in paradigm from reductionism to systems-wide network inference has
increased recognition that cardiovascular diseases are not simply determined by the …

Background Diabetes mellitus is accompanied by chronic and dangerous microvascular
changes affecting most body systems, especially the eye, leading to diabetic retinopathy …

Purpose: Because multiple genetic variants influence risk for coronary heart disease, we
combined multiple variants that had been associated with coronary heart disease in several …

BACKGROUND: Candidate gene analysis has been frequently used in attempts to
understand the pathological processes involved in many aspects of AAA disease …