Researchers are very close to know why few people are at greater risk of having the heart problems than other peoples. In a recent study, the scientists have disclosed that 6 genetic variants are found to be associated with higher risk of developing coronary artery disease.
These findings were conducted by — the scientists from the University of Leicester and UK’s Leeds University and also at the Universities of Lubeck and Regensburg in Germany. When the genes of approximately 3,000 persons who have the disease of coronary artery were compared with the genes of about 5,000 healthy persons, the scientists found 6 gene variations that would raise a person’s risk of getting the heart problems.
James Januzzi, a cardiologist at Harvard University mentioned that — these discoveries would definitely make changes in the manner by which the heart patient’s are treated in the upcoming future to a large extent. If doctors identify the patient’s genetic risk factors than it will help in taking preventive measures in the treatment, or even discover some other method of treatment which will attack to those particular genetic variations of the patient.
James Januzzi said in a prepared statement:
A good percentage of cases we see have no clear reason, or they have a reason but its family history. This study sharpens the focus on this, until now, nebulous concept of family history; the genetic foundations of these syndromes, and really gives us hope that someday we’ll be able to know well in advance who’s at risk for a cardiac event.
The scientists told that alternations on the chromosome number — 1, 2, 6, 10 and 15 are linked with the disease of coronary artery and the heart attack. The authors of this recent study told that these variations are common in the human beings. Most of these variations are likely to be present in 25% to 75% of the white peoples of the European countries. Every one of you have the chances of inheriting these variations from either your mother or your father or even from both of them, and carrying one of the copy raises the risk of developing the heart problems by 20%. And by carrying 2 copies the risk factor is raised by 40%.
