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polygenic risk score

Presumptively genetic profiling for cardiometabolic diseases - coronary artery disease - hypercholesterolemia - type 2 diabetes - atrial fibrillation - venous thromboembolic disease & response to drug therapy [1] Disadvantages: - inferior to coronary artery calcium score [2]

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cardiac risk assessment

References

  1. O'Sullivan JW, Raghavan S, Marquez-Luna C et al Polygenic Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2022 Aug 23;146(8):e93-e118. PMID: 35862132 PMCID: PMC9847481 (available on 2023-08-23) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2805138
  2. Khan SS et al. Coronary artery calcium score and polygenic risk score for the prediction of coronary heart disease events. JAMA 2023 May 23; 329:1768. PMID: 37219552 PMCID: PMC10208141 (available on 2023-11-23) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2805138