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Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiomyopathy Risk: A Genetic Link in the MESA
1 Aug 2023
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BACKGROUND: Common genetic variants are associated with risk for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy and with left ventricular (LV) traits. Whether these variants are associated with myocardial fibrosis, an important pathophysiological mediator of cardiomyopathy, is unknown. METHODS: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis participants with T1-mapping cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in-whom...
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