The 9p21 Locus Is Associated with Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Events in the Presence (but Not in the Absence) of Coronary Calcification

Ling Gong; Jinxing Chen; Jinguo Lu; Lizi Fan; Jinghan Huang; Yu Zhang; Bin Lv; Rutai Hui; Yibo Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094823

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The 9p21 Locus Is Associated with Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Events in the Presence (but Not in the Absence) of Coronary Calcification

Ling Gong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ling Gong, Jinxing Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Jinxing Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ling Gong, Jinxing Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Jinguo Lu,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Lizi Fan,

Affiliation Departement of Medical Ultrasonic, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Jinghan Huang,

Affiliation Heart Function Testing Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Yu Zhang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Bin Lv,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Rutai Hui ,

* E-mail: huirutai@gmail.com (RH); yibowang@hotmail.com (YW)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Yibo Wang

* E-mail: huirutai@gmail.com (RH); yibowang@hotmail.com (YW)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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The 9p21 Locus Is Associated with Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Events in the Presence (but Not in the Absence) of Coronary Calcification

Ling Gong,
Jinxing Chen,
Jinguo Lu,
Lizi Fan,
Jinghan Huang,
Yu Zhang,
Bin Lv,
Rutai Hui,
Yibo Wang

Published: April 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094823

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