Plasma PCSK9 Levels Are Elevated with Acute Myocardial Infarction in Two Independent Retrospective Angiographic Studies

• Naif A. M. Almontashiri,

  Affiliations Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Center for Genetics and Inherited Diseases, Taibah University, Almadina, Saudi Arabia

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• Ragnar O. Vilmundarson,

  Affiliations Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Nima Ghasemzadeh,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Sonny Dandona,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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• Robert Roberts,

  Affiliations Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Arshed A. Quyyumi,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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• Hsiao-Huei Chen ,

  * E-mail: hchen@uottawa.ca (HHC); astewart@ottawaheart.ca (AFRS)

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Alexandre F. R. Stewart

  * E-mail: hchen@uottawa.ca (HHC); astewart@ottawaheart.ca (AFRS)

  Affiliations Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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