Outcomes and phenotypic expression of rare variants in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy genes amongst UK Biobank participants
Antonio de Marvao, Kathryn A. McGurk, Sean Lee Zheng, Marjola Thanaj, Wenjia Bai, Jinming Duan, Carlo Biffi, Francesco Mazzarotto, Ben K. Statton, Timothy J. W. Dawes, Nicoló Savioli, Brian P. Halliday, Xiao Yun Xu, Rachel J. Buchan, Arun John Baksi, , Declan P. O’Regan
This study examines the clinical impact of rare variants in HCM-associated genes in the UK Biobank, finding that pathogenic variants are linked to increased cardiovascular risk and subclinical phenotypes, while non-pathogenic variants show minimal effect.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology · Sep 1, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine