Noncommunicable diseases
Cardiovascular Disease
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Early carotid atherosclerosis and family history of vascular disease: specific effects on arterial sites have implications for genetic studies.
Jerrard-Dunne P, Markus HS, Steckel DA, Buehler A, von Kegler S, Sitzer M.
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2003 Feb 1; 23(2): 302-6. -
Inherited and acquired risk factors and their combined effects in pediatric stroke
Barreirinho S, Ferro A, Santos M, Costa E, Pinto-Basto J, Sousa A, Sequeiros J, Maciel P, Barbot C, Barbot J.
Pediatric Neurology 2003 Feb; 28(2): 134-8 -
Family history is a coronary heart disease risk factor in the Second Northwick Park Heart Study.
Hawe E, Talmud PJ, Miller GJ, Humphries SE; Second Northwick Park Heart Study.
Annals of Human Genetics 2003 Mar; 67(Pt 2): 97-106 -
Fibrinogen gene promoter -455 A allele as a risk factor for lacunar stroke.
Martiskainen M, Pohjasvaara T, Mikkelsson J, Mantyla R, Kunnas T, Laippala P, Ilveskoski E, Kaste M, Karhunen PJ, Erkinjuntti T.
Stroke 2003 Apr; 34(4): 886-91 -
Evaluating the context-dependent effect of family history of stroke in a genome scan for hypertension.
Morrison AC, Brown A, Kardia SL, Turner ST, Boerwinkle E; Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study.
Stroke 2003 May; 34(5):1170-5 -
Bcl-2 overexpression protects against neuron loss within the ischemic margin following experimental stroke and inhibits cytochrome c translocation and caspase-3 activity.
Zhao H, Yenari MA, Cheng D, Sapolsky RM, Steinberg GK.
Journal of neurochemistry 2003 May; 85(4):1026-36. -
The gene encoding 5-lipoxygenase activating protein confers risk of myocardial infarction and stroke
A Helgadottir, A Manolescu, G Thorleifsson, S Gretarsdottir, H Jonsdottir, U Thorsteinsdottir, N J Samani, G Gudmundsson, S F A Grant, G Thorgeirsson, S Sveinbjornsdottir, E M Valdimarsson, S E Matthiasson, H Johannsson, O Gudmundsdottir, M E Gurney, J Sainz, M Thorhallsdottir, M Andresdottir, M L Frigge, E J Topol, A Kong, V Gudnason, H Hakonarson, J R Gulcher & K Stefansson
Nature Genetics 2004 Feb 8, Vol 36, no. 3, pp 233 - 239 -
Molecular genetics of myocardial infarction: many genes, more questions than answers
Giuseppe Vassalli and Bernhard R. Winkelmann
European Heart Journal 2004 March, Vol 25, Issue 6, 451-453 -
Genotypes and haplotypes predisposing to myocardial infarction: a multilocus case-control study
Martin D. Tobin, Peter S. Braund b, Paul R. Burton, John R. Thompson, Richard Steeds, Kevin Channer, Suzanne Cheng, Klaus Lindpaintner and Nilesh J. Samani
European Heart Journal 2004 March, Vol 25, Issue 6, 459-467 -
Parental Cardiovascular Disease as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Middle-aged Adults
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM; Byung-Ho Nam, PhD; Ralph B. D'Agostino Sr, PhD; Daniel Levy, MD; Joanne M. Murabito, MD, ScM; Thomas J. Wang, MD; Peter W. F. Wilson, MD; Christopher J. O'Donnell, MD, MPH
JAMA 2004;291:2204-2211 -
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction and cardiovascular disease prevention: the search for superior treatment
Peter H. Jones
The American Journal of Medicine 2004 March 22, Vol 116, Issue 6, Supplement 1, Pg 17-25 -
Genetic association studies in cardiology
Mark P. Donahue MD, and Andrew S. Allen PhD
American Heart Journal June 2005, Vol 149, Issue 6, Pg 964-970.