Tenerife, Spain - Athletes aged 25 to 40 years with two copies of the D (deletion) form of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene expressed greater levels of cardiac growth than those with one D ...
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is when the heart’s main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, becomes thicker and less able to pump blood efficiently. It usually develops because of another heart ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an underdiagnosed genetic disorder, resulting from mutations in sarcomeric proteins. It has a highly variable clinical presentation, with some individuals remaining ...