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Abstract
Coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction are complex traits in which there has been recent research to identify the principal genes that engender susceptibility or provide protection. Although there has been exceptional progress in the technology, which now allows genotyping of hundreds of thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in each individual, there remains a pattern of inconsistency in the studies performed to date, in part owing to the difficulties in defining cases and controls. In this paper, salient issues to facilitate research in this important field are reviewed.
- CAD, coronary artery disease
- MDCT, multidetector computed tomography
- genetics
- coronary artery disease
- myocardial infarction
- atherosclerosis
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Funding: The work was supported by a specialised Center of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) NIH Grant P 50 HL077107.
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Competing interests: None declared.