Genetic Evaluation, Familial Screening and Exercise
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Genetic Evaluation, Familial Screening and Exercise Ricardo Stein,1,2,3,4 Juan Pablo Trujillo,5,6 Anderson Donelli da Silveira,1,4 Arsonval Lamounier Júnior,5,6 Lorenzo Monserrat Iglesias5,6 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cardiologia e Ciências Cardiovasculares da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul1; Grupo de Pesquisa em Cardiologia do Exercício do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (CardioEx);2 Serviço de Fisiatria e Reabilitação do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul;3 Vitta Centro de Bem Estar Físico,4 Porto Alegre, RS Brasil; Health in Code,5 La Coruña Spain; Grupo de Investigación Cardiovascular de La Universidad de La Coruña,6 La Coruña Spain *Ricardo Stein and Juan Pablo Trujillo contributed equally and are the first authors
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