September 19th, 2011
“Doc, I Got My Whole Genome Scanned – Now What?”
David Martin, M.D.
What do you do if your patient shows you a commercially produced report of a personal whole genome scan?
October 7th, 2010
Genome Studies Pool Data to Gain Power
Larry Husten, PHD
Leaders of several genome-wide association studies have agreed to collaborate and combine their data in the hope that by dramatically raising the sample size of their studies, they will “contribute to our understanding of the role of common genetic variation on risk for CAD and MI.” In an article in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, Michael Preuss and […]
August 11th, 2010
What Do Cardiologists Need to Know About 9p21?
Jeffrey Lance Anderson, MD
CardioExchange welcomes Jeffrey Anderson to discuss his recent editorial in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology on the 9p21 locus and CHD. Dr. Anderson and co-author Benjamin Horne carefully evaluated the relationship of 9p21 to CHD and conclude that 9p21 appears to be an initiator of and may be a promoter of CHD, […]