"A Genetic Mutation Is Associated With Increased Risk Of Heart Failure In Black People, Study Finds" - Lateshia Beachum
An underdiagnosed genetic mutation in people of African descent carries an increased risk for heart failure, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “The findings could lead to earlier treatment for those with the mutation,” said study co-author Girish Nadkarni, MD, assistant professor of medicine and nephrology and co-Director of the BioMe Phenomics Center in The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Researchers analyzed the connection between the genetic mutation and heart failure in 9,694 people of African and Latino ancestry. The Latino participants were mainly people from Afro-Caribbean populations said Ron Do, PhD, assistant professor of genetics and genomic sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
— Ron Do, PhD, Assistant Professor, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
— Girish Nadkarni, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Co-Director, BioMe Phenomics Center, The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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