International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 408-409 , 10 July 2009

Coronary artery disease patient's first degree relatives may be at higher risk for atherosclerosis

  • Hem Chandra Jha
    • ,
  • Aruna Mittal

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Deputy Director (Sr. Grade), Institute of Pathology-ICMR, Safdarjung Hospital Campus, Post Box no. 4909, New Delhi-110 029, India. Tel.: +91 11 26198 402 05; fax: +91 11 26198 401.

Received 20 February 2008 ,Accepted 1 March 2008.

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☆ Grants: The financial assistance provided by Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi.

PII: S0167-5273(08)00498-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.031

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 408-409 , 10 July 2009

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