Obesity and ischemic heart disease: defining the link

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¹ From the Atherogenomics Laboratory, Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. rmcpherson@ottawaheart.ca.

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Ruth McPherson. Circ Res. 2015.

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. 2015 Feb 13;116(4):570-1.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.305826.

¹ From the Atherogenomics Laboratory, Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. rmcpherson@ottawaheart.ca.

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Keywords: Editorials; Mendelian randomization analysis; cardiovascular diseases; obesity.

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Remnant cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and blood pressure as mediators from obesity to ischemic heart disease.
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