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SUBMITTER: Boyle AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3104129 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boyle Andrew J AJ Shih Henry H Hwang Joy J Ye Jianqin J Lee Brian B Zhang Yan Y Kwon David D Jun Kristine K Zheng Daiwei D Sievers Rich R Angeli Franca F Yeghiazarians Yerem Y Lee Randall R
Experimental gerontology 20110303 7
Aging is associated with an increased incidence of heart failure, but the existence of an age-related cardiomyopathy remains controversial. Differences in strain, age and technique of measuring cardiac function differ between experiments, confounding the interpretation of these studies. Additionally, the structural and genetic profile at the onset of heart failure has not been extensively studied. We therefore performed serial echocardiography, which allows repeated assessment of left ventricula ...[more]