Myocardial Infarction
Possible Drug-Gene Interaction Associated With Heart Attacks In Hypertensive Women
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 15th, 2001
The study, published in the February 21, 2001, edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows a possible link between the presence of a genetic variant associated with blood clotting and the risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) in hypertensive women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
The lead author of the study is Dr. Bruce M. Psaty, a professor of medicine, epidemiology and health services and co-director of the UW's...
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