Abstract:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are worldwide threat to human health, resulting in the highest mortality among all causes of death. The effect of therapeutic medicines for CVD varies greatly among people because of their different genetic background. In order to evaluate the necessity of having genetic testing before taking medicines in CVD patients, 19 SNPs influencing the metabolism of frequently-used anti-CVD drugs were selected and detected in 237 CVD patients by PCR-LDR method. The results showed that the g… Show more
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