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Diastolic Blood Pressure Alleles Improve Congenital Heart Defect Repair Outcomes.
Circulation research - 1 Apr 2022
Breeyear Joseph H, Keaton Jacob M, Torstenson Eric S, Smith Andrew H, Klarin Derek, Damrauer Scott M, Natarajan Pradeep, Van Driest Sara L, Weiner Jeffrey G, Kannankeril Prince J, Edwards Todd L
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BACKGROUND: Congenital heart defects (CHDs) affect 40 000 US births per year, half of which require surgical intervention. Individual differences in surgical outcomes including mortality and complications are not well understood but may be due to genetic variability. We hypothesized that polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for blood pressure in adults are associated with treatments and postsurgical outcomes in children...
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