AGT and familial dilated cardiomyopathy: Consistent with our previous findings (Gramlich et al, 2009), after 2 weeks of Ang II HET animals that were injected with saline or vPMO-mScrAON displayed a DCM-like phenotype characterized by a reduction in LV-EF, IVSd, and PWd and by an increase in LVEDD (Fig6B).