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The genetic basis for cardiac remodeling.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics - 1 Jan 2005
Ahmad Ferhaan, Seidman J G, Seidman Christine E
Abstract excerpt
Cardiomyopathies are primary disorders of cardiac muscle associated with abnormalities of cardiac wall thickness, chamber size, contraction, relaxation, conduction, and rhythm. They are a major cause of morbidity and mortality at all ages and, like acquired forms of cardiovascular disease, often result in heart failure. Over the past two decades, molecular genetic studies of humans and analyses of model organisms...
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