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Genetic factors play an important role in CVD development. Genetic risk can be attributed to monogenic and polygenic risk variants. Patients with rare, Mendelian monogenic CVDs have been shown to have mutations in many causative genes, including\n LRP6, MEF2A, CYP27A1,<\/jats:italic>\n and\n ST6GALNAC5.<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n A case-control study was conducted at two tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar, Pakistan, Lady Reading Hospital and Peshawar Institute of Cardiology. The study included 20 patients with familial CVDs diagnosed through clinical and laboratory investigations and 20 matched healthy controls. Whole blood and relevant clinical-demographic data were collected, with matched control samples selected by age, gender, and family background, with minimizing variability to ensure accurate comparison. A total of 5\n mL<\/jats:italic>\n of blood was drawn from each patient and transported to the Molecular and Genomic Laboratory (IPDM) at Khyber Medical University. DNA was extracted from the collected samples, and targeted PCR and Sanger sequencing were performed. The sequencing data were analyzed using bioinformatics tools such as FinchTV and BioEdit.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The analysis demonstrated the presence of mutations in 12 out of 20 patient\u2019s DNA, including\n LRP6<\/jats:italic>\n gene variants (146344T\u2009>\u2009A in two patients, 146345A\u2009>\u2009G in three, and 92497C\u2009>\u2009A and 94776T\u2009>\u2009A in one each),\n MEF2A<\/jats:italic>\n gene variants (113826A\u2009>\u2009T in one patient and 113802T\u2009>\u2009A in two), and\n CYP27A1<\/jats:italic>\n gene variants (5924G\u2009>\u2009C and 6016G\u2009>\u2009A in one patient each).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n \n This study identified genetic variants in the\n LRP6<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n MEF2A<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n CYP27A1<\/jats:italic>\n genes among young patients with familial CVD using targeted PCR and Sanger sequencing. The detection of these variants in a proportion of cases suggests a possible genetic contribution within the studied cohort. 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