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A multiancestry polygenic risk score improves stratification in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Nature cardiovascular research - 1 Sept 2026
Bal Harshvir S, Pampana Akhil, Nayak Amrita, Gaonkar Mokshad, Patel Sahaj, Yerabolu Krishin, Vekariya Nehal, Patel Nirav, Kalra Rajat, Li Peng, Arora Garima, Arora Pankaj
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has traditionally been considered a Mendelian disease driven by pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in sarcomere-encoding genes (SARC-HCM-P/LP). However, these variants explain only one-third of cases, and variable penetrance suggests additional polygenic contributions. Existing HCM polygenic risk scores (PRSs), largely derived from European-ancestry cohorts, have limited...
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- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
