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Heritability of Vascular Structure and Function: A Parent-Child Study.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 2 Feb 2017
Ryder Justin R, Pankratz Nathan D, Dengel Donald R, Pankow James S, Jacobs David R, Sinaiko Alan R, Gooty Vasu, Steinberger Julia
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BACKGROUND: Understanding the heritable contribution of vascular measures, from parent to offspring, may aid in risk stratification and atherosclerosis prevention efforts. We hypothesized that measures of vascular structure and function would be heritable in this cohort of parents and their adolescent offspring. METHODS AND RESULTS: High-resolution ultrasound scans of the brachial and carotid arteries were...
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