Hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy--is genetic variance the missing link?

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1. Hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy is a major independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular events. In man the cardiac response to increased afterload is very variable, even when ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is used. Analysis of breeding experiments using normotensive and hypertensive rat strains, human twin studies and other data indicate that genetic factors play a significant role in regulating...

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