Cardiac Risk Factors for Stroke: A Comprehensive Mendelian Randomization Study

CONCLUSIONS: Available genetic data do not support substantial effects of cardiac traits on the risk of stroke beyond known clinical risk factors. Our findings highlight the need to carefully control for confounding and other potential biases in studies examining candidate cardiac risk factors for stroke.PMID:34911345 | DOI:10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.036306

Source: Atherosclerosis - December 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Simon Frerich Rainer Malik Marios K Georgakis Moritz F Sinner Steven J Kittner Braxton D Mitchell Martin Dichgans Source Type: research