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)). The gene discussed is APOE; the disease is atherosclerosis.