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Genetic test could identify an increased risk of heart attack

GRS can be measured at any age, children could be tested too

08-Oct-2019

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Test could help to explain why people with no conventional risk factors can still have a heart attack.

Genomic Risk Score (GRS) test would only cost £40.

Test looks for patterns of risky genes rather than a single inherited gene.

Test could be done with a simple mouth swab.

It could be the most cost-effective way for the future for detecting patients with heart attack risks.

Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Leicester and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia led the study.

Study was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Institute dedicated to fight against heart diseases, diabetes and related conditions.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)

Scientific Journal providing information about cardiovascular diesases

Michael Inouye

Director of Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative.

Nilesh J. Samani

Professor of Cardiology at University of Leicester.

University of Cambridge

Collegiate research university in Cambridge, United Kingdom

University of Leicester

Public research university for UK and international students

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DNA Testing, Heart Disease