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Genetic variations associated with echocardiographic left ventricular traits in hypertensive blacks.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 May 2007
Meyers Kristin J, Mosley Thomas H, Fox Ervin, Boerwinkle Eric, Arnett Donna K, Devereux Richard B, Kardia Sharon L R
Abstract excerpt
Echocardiographic measures of cardiac target organ damage, including left ventricular mass and relative wall thickness, are powerful predictors of heart disease morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes for hyperten...
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