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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele is associated with left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
American heart journal - 1 Apr 2004
Bleumink Gysèle S, van Duijn Cornelia M, Kingma J Herre, Witteman Jacqueline C M, Hofman Albert, Stricker Bruno H Ch
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Apolipoprotein (APOE) epsilon4 allele has been associated with cardiac dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and beta-thalassemia. We investigated the association between APOE genotypes and left ventricular dysfunction in a population of community-dwelling elderly subjects. METHODS: This study was performed in the Rotterdam Study, a population-based prospective cohort study among elderly subjects. For...
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