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Clinical correlates and heritability of cardiac mechanics: The HyperGEN study.
International journal of cardiology - 1 Jan 2019
Khan Sadiya S, Kim Kwang-Youn A, Peng Jie, Aguilar Frank G, Selvaraj Senthil, Martinez Eva E, Baldridge Abigail S, Sha Jin, Irvin Marguerite R, Broeckel Ulrich, Arnett Donna K, Rasmussen-Torvik Laura J, Shah Sanjiv J
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BACKGROUND: Indices of cardiac mechanics are sensitive markers of subclinical myocardial dysfunction. Improved understanding of the clinical correlates and heritability of cardiac mechanics could result in novel insight into the acquired and genetic risk factors for myocardial dysfunction. Therefore, we sought to determine the clinical correlates and heritability of indices of cardiac mechanics in whites and...
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