Specialists have also found one polymorphism related to a reduced risk of developing ischemia.

      Scientists from the Kursk State Medical University, Tomsk National Research Medical Center and Belgorod State University have found mutations in three genes associated with the risk of coronary heart disease.

      The results of the study, published in the Gene journal, will promote the treatment of the disease in the future.

      The results obtained earlier by other scientists showed that one of the possible causes of IHD is disorders in genes linked to the synthesis of epoxyicosatrienic acids (EIT), which are involved in the regulation of blood pressure.

      Scientists from Russia examined the SNP of three genes that encode the enzymes necessary for the production of these substances. Eventually they found four SNPs associated with ischemic heart disease.