In 2015, the United Nations set important targets to reduce premature cardiovascular
disease (CVD) deaths by 33% by 2030. Africa disproportionately bears the brunt of CVD …

Significant racial and ethnicity-based disparities in clinical presentation, management, and
outcome of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are reported. Black patients with HCM are …

Mitochondrial dysfunction is considered the major contributor to skeletal muscle wasting in
different conditions. Genetically determined neuromuscular disorders occur as a result of …

Significant race-and ethnicity-based disparities among those diagnosed with dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM) exist and are deeply rooted in the history of many societies. The role …

Objectives: The PartneRships in cOngeniTal hEart disease (PROTEA) project aims to
establish a densely phenotyped and genotyped Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) cohort for …

Abstract VAN DEVENTER, Barbara S.; DU TOIT-PRINSLOO, Lorraine and VAN NIEKERK,
Chantal. Practical tips to using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue archives for …

Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a leading non-infectious cause of pediatric
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although the etiology of CHD is poorly understood …

Background/Aims: CYP17A1 is great metabolic switch for androgen overproduction which is
hallmark of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) initiation and progression. There is an urgent …

Background Coronary artery diseases (CAD) are big health problem in both developed and
developing countries. It is considered one of the main causes of death in the world …

That the fundamental aspects of heredity should have turned out to be so extraordinarily
simple supports us in the hope that nature may, after all, be entirely approachable. Her much …