Article
Identification of an increased lifetime risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in UK Biobank participants with scoliosis
2022-11-22
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> Structural changes caused by spinal curvature may impact the organs within the thoracic cage, including the heart. Cardiac abnormalities in idiopathic scoliosis patients are often studied post-corrective surgery or secondary to diseases. To investigate cardiac structure, function, and outcomes in participants with scoliosis, phenotype and imaging data of the UK Biobank (UKB) adult population co...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5faf10ec-8c43-5cf9-938d-c807618ec13c
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.11.21.22282578
