APOE and myocardial infarction: Furthermore, telomerase-deficient mice TERC-/- ApoE-/- had fewer atherosclerotic lesions compared to TERC+/+ ApoE-/-[31], and Willeit et al[32] showed that TL was a risk predictor for myocardial infarction, but not for de novo stable angina and intermittent claudication.