"My parents died of myocardial infarction: is that my destiny?". Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This article presents an overview of clinical and molecular genetics of myocardial infarction (MI). Discussion includes the partial overlapping of risk factors for myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis, the impact of a positive family history on the risk of MI, the "familial" nongenetic, environmental factors, the inherited risk associated with the low-dose input of many genes, and a simple approach to stratify the individual risk in genetic counseling.

publication date

  • January 1, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Multifactorial Inheritance
  • Myocardial Infarction

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84857770793

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.11.001

PubMed ID

  • 22391252

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 96

issue

  • 1