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EARLY ORIGINS OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY: DOES CARDIOMYOCYTE ATTRITION PROGRAMME FOR PATHOLOGICAL ‘CATCH‐UP’ GROWTH OF THE HEART?
28 Aug 2008
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1. Epidemiological and experimental evidence suggests that adult development of cardiovascular disease is influenced by events of prenatal and early postnatal life. Cardiac hypertrophy is recognized as an important predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but the developmental origins of this condition are not well understood. 2. In the heart, a switch from hyperplastic to hypertrophic cellular growth...
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