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The influence of clinical and genetic factors on left ventricular wall thickness in Ragdoll cats.
Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology - 1 Dec 2015
Borgeat Kieran, Stern Joshua, Meurs Kathryn M, Fuentes Virginia Luis, Connolly David J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of various genetic and environmental modifiers on left ventricular (LV) wall thickness in a cohort of cats genotyped for the myosin binding protein C3 mutation (MYBPC3). ANIMALS: Sixty-four Ragdoll cats. METHODS: All cats were screened for HCM with echocardiography and genotyping for the HCM-associated MYBPC3:R820W mutation. Cats were also genotyped for previously identified...
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