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CURRENT OPINION IN CARDIOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 222-227Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000160
Keywords
animal model; genome-wide association studies; heart failure; intermediate phenotype
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- National Institutes of Health [HL123295, HL114437]
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Purpose of review In contrast to many other human diseases, the use of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify genes for heart failure (HF) has had limited success. We will discuss the underlying challenges as well as potential new approaches to understanding the genetics of common forms of HF. Recent findings Recent research using intermediate phenotypes, more detailed and quantitative stratification of HF symptoms, founder populations and novel animal models has begun to allow researchers to make headway toward explaining the genetics underlying HF using GWAS techniques. Summary By expanding analyses of HF to improved clinical traits, additional HF classifications and innovative model systems, the intractability of human HF GWAS should be ameliorated significantly.
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