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Linkage of left ventricular early diastolic peak filling velocity to chromosome 5 in hypertensive African Americans: the HyperGEN echocardiography study.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 2002
Tang Weihong, Arnett Donna K, Devereux Richard B, Atwood Larry D, Kitzman Dalane W, Rao Dabeeru C
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BACKGROUND: Altered diastolic filling is an important contributor to several cardiovascular disorders. Multiple lines of evidence suggest a genetic contribution to left ventricular (LV) diastolic filling; however, chromosomal locations harboring genes involved in impaired LV diastolic filling have not been reported. The aim of this study was to identify chromosomal regions contributing to variation of LV...
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