image: Genetic deficiency of the critical cardiovascular gene Klf15 causes heart failure and aortic aneurysms. This image shows a normal mouse aorta (left) and a Klf15 deficient heart that is failing (right). This image relates to an article that appeared in the April 7, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine. The study, by Dr. Saptarsi Haldar of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and colleagues was titled, "Klf15 Deficiency Is a Molecular Link Between Heart Failure and Aortic Aneurysm Formation." view more
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