Electrocardiographic indices of left ventricular hypertrophy and repolarization phase share the same genetic influences: A twin study

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 346-354

  Mutikainen, Sara ^a   Ortega Alonso, Alfredo ^a   Alén, Markku ^a,b,c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^d,e,f   Karjalainen, Jouko ^d   Rantanen, Taina ^a   Kujala, Urho M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Institute for Molecular Medicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Heritability; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Repolarization phase; Shared genetic influences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 71049131247     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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