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Is hyperhomocysteinemia a causal factor for heart failure? The impact of the functional variants of MTHFR and PON1 on ischemic and non-ischemic etiology.
International journal of cardiology - 1 Feb 2017
Strauss Ewa, Supinski Wieslaw, Radziemski Artur, Oszkinis Grzegorz, Pawlak Andrzej Leon, Gluszek Jerzy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hyperhomocysteinemia was found to be uniformly associated with the development of heart failure (HF) and HF mortality; however, it is uncertain whether this relation is causative or not. We used Mendelian randomization to examine the associations of the methylene tetrahydrofolate gene (MTHFR) and paraoxonase 1 gene (PON1) variants as a proxy for lifelong exposure to high Hcy and Hcy-thiolactone...
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