Unveiling the Causal Relationship of Cardiovascular Burden in Primary Aldosteronism by Genome-Wide Association and Mendelian Randomization: A Possible Solution?

J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Aug 6;13(15):e036496. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.036496. Epub 2024 Aug 5.

Authors

Cheng-Hsuan Tsai^{1

2}, Tai-Shuan Lai^{2

3}, Yen-Hung Lin^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine Taipei Taiwan.
² National Taiwan University Hospital Primary Aldosteronism Center Taipei Taiwan.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine Taipei Taiwan.

PMID: 39101512
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.036496

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; cardiovascular disease; genome‐wide association study; primary aldosteronism.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases* / genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genome-Wide Association Study*
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism* / genetics
Mendelian Randomization Analysis*
Risk Factors