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Dilated Cardiomyopathy Risk Loci, Polygenic Score Emerge From Heart Imaging GWAS

May 08, 2020
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NEW YORK – Starting from heart imaging measurements, a team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute has identified dozens of genetic loci linked to cardiac structure changes that lie behind the heart condition dilated cardiomyopathy.

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