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Identification of left ventricular mass QTL in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat
2006-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is accepted as an important independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcome; the aetiology includes a number of well-recognized causes but there is considerable interest in the genetics underlying cardiac hypertrophy. Data from several twin studies indicates that left ventricular mass index (LVMI) has a significant genetic basis that is most likely polygenic. Given the he...
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- 10.5525/gla.thesis.71077
