Heritability of left ventricular and papillary muscle heart size: a twin study with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1643-1647

  Busjahn, Christoph A ^a,b   Schulz Menger, Jeanette ^a   Abdel Aty, Hassan ^a   Rudolph, Andre ^a   Jordan, Jens ^c   Luft, Friedrich C ^a   Busjahn, Andreas ^d  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Klinik fuer Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d HealthTwist GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetics; Heart; Heredity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART SIZE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650077970     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp142     Document Type: Article

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