ALDH2 and myocardial infarction: C12orf51 transcript on 12q24 and has been reported to be in high linkage disequilibrium with SNPs in ALDH2 and ALDH2 was reported to be associated with cardiomyocyte apoptosis post myocardial infarction induced by microRNA-34A, and H2O2-induced apoptosis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells [16,17].