Up to eight percent of Asians carry gene mutation that causes heart failure

Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

Up to 8 percent of people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other South Asian countries carry a mutated gene that causes heart failure and potentially fatal heart attacks. A new study demonstrates how this gene mutation impairs the heart’s ability to pump blood.

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