Mount Sinai study reveals new genetic link to heart disease

A collaboration involving the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the German Heart Center Munich, AstraZeneca, and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has demonstrated that more than 30 percent of heart disease risk stems from genetic factors, much more than was previously understood. The study findings introduce the biology of gene networks as a means to better understand the heritability and genetic underpinnings of heart disease.
Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org