Abstract Background Polygenic risk scores (PRS) for coronary artery disease (CAD) are emerging as a potential method to improve cardiovascular prediction. Questions remain about their applicability diverse populations well correlation with histopathology. Purpose To assess whether high genetic associates histopathologic plaque morphology. Methods We assessed 122 known CAD loci in 954 Black and ...

psoriasis is an autoimmune and recurrent chronic inflammatory skin disease. about 1-3% of the world wide populations are affected. the characteristic features are hyperprolifration of keratinocytes leading to redness, thickening and scaling of epidermis followed with itching and appearance of the lesions which in most cases bother the patients medically and psychologically. psoriasis is symptom...

background: the potential role of lipoprotein (a) changes and also inflammation in coronary artery disease (cad) have rendered these processes one of the most interesting objects of study in patients affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus. the aim of the current study was to evaluate lipoprotein (a) and other lipid profiles and also c-reactive protein (crp) as the predictors of cardiovascular dis...