As heart failure promotes atherosclerosis progression in ApoE-KO mice,63 echocardiography was performed (n=5 (APOE-KO), n=4 (ApoE-KO; BAC/APOL1-G0 and ApoE-KO; BAC/APOL1-G1)). This evidence concerns the gene APOL1 and atherosclerosis.