High blood pressure genes improve heart surgery survival in children - EurekAlert

Children with a genetic makeup that predicts high blood pressure as adults are more likely to survive congenital heart defect repair surgery, according to a new study published in Circulation Research.

image: Graduate student and first author Joseph Breeyear with senior author Todd Edwards, PhD, associate professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.view more  Credit: Vanderbilt U… [+4809 chars]

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