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The contribution of familial and heritable risks in heart failure.
Current opinion in cardiology - 1 May 2007
Abdel-Qadir Husam M, Lee Douglas S
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent literature regarding the familial heritability of heart failure and to discuss the possible mechanisms through which this risk is mediated. RECENT FINDINGS: Data from the Framingham Heart Study recently showed that the parental occurrence of heart failure increases the risk of heart failure in offspring. Although the mechanisms mediating...
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