Heart Failure Gene Discovered...In the Kidney - St. Louis News - Daily RFT - 0 views
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risk for heart failure
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the blood flow to the kidney decreases and the kidney secretes the hormones angiotensin and aldosterone which lead to a high risk of heart failure."
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presence of the gene drives the risk of heart failure from 20 percent to 27 percent for people with one copy and 54 percent for people with two