Heritability of left ventricular structure and function in Caucasian families

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 326-332

  Jin, Yu ^a   Kuznetsova, Tatiana ^a   Bochud, Murielle ^b   Richart, Tom ^a,c   Thijs, Lutgarde ^a   Cusi, Daniele ^d   Fagard, Robert ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heritability; Left ventricular phenotypes; Population science

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953893890     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer019     Document Type: Article

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