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Channelopathy Genes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Biomolecules - 7 Feb 2022
Welch Carrie L, Chung Wendy K
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive vasculopathy with significant cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. The underlying pathogenetic mechanisms are heterogeneous and current therapies aim to decrease pulmonary vascular resistance but no curative treatments are available. Causal genetic variants can be identified in ~13% of adults and 43% of children with PAH. Knowledge of genetic...
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