Association of Estrogen Receptor β Gene Polymorphisms With Left Ventricular Mass and Wall Thickness in Women
Author(s) -
Inga Peter,
Amanda M. Shearman,
Ramachandran S. Vasan,
Deborah R. Zucker,
Christopher H. Schmid,
Serkalem Demissie,
L. Adrienne Cupples,
Jeffrey T. Kuvin,
Radosław Karaś,
M E Mendelsohn
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.05.023
Subject(s) - medicine , estrogen receptor , cardiology , estrogen , estrogen receptor alpha , breast cancer , cancer
Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Given sex-based differences in cardiac structure and remodeling, we hypothesized that variation in estrogen pathway genes might be associated with alteration of LV structure.
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