Discovery yields possible blood test for coronary artery disease

"Scientists have identified a handful of genes in circulating blood associated with the presence and severity of coronary artery disease. If the findings are validated in a larger trial currently under way, it could lead to a molecular diagnostic requiring a simple blood sample from the patient to diagnose CAD, the leading cause of death in the United States. The findings, appearing in the inaugural issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, stem from research at Duke University Medical Center and CardioDx, a molecular diagnostics company in California" - eMaxHealth