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☆The authors (MJAPD, KC, EALB, SH) participate in the European Vascular Genomics Network (http://www.evgn.org), a Network of Excellence supported by the European Community's Sixth Framework Program for Research Priority 1 (Life Sciences, Genomics, and Biotechnology for Health; contract LSHM-CT-2003-503254). This study was supported by grant 2003T201 from the Netherlands Heart Foundation (EALB).