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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Philippe Rouet
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21125 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PloS one 20110624 6
<h4>Background</h4>The preclinical stage of systolic heart failure (HF), known as asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction (ALVD), is diagnosed only by echocardiography, frequent in the general population and leads to a high risk of developing severe HF. Large scale screening for ALVD is a difficult task and represents a major unmet clinical challenge that requires the determination of ALVD biomarkers.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>294 individuals were screened by echocardiography. We i ...[more]