Measurement of heritability of myocardial blood flow by positron emission tomography: the Twins Heart Study

Conclusions For the first time, a substantial genetic contribution to the interindividual variation in MBF and CFR measured with PET in middle-aged men has been demonstrated. The data suggest that a fruitful direction for future work would be the identification of genetic variants for early atherosclerotic stages assessed by PET imaging. (Source: Heart)...