Advancing precision medicine in heritable cardiac diseases: genetic insights from the understudied Middle Eastern population

£5.94M GBP

Funder	Wellcome Trust
Recipient Organization	Aswan Heart Centre
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Jan 01, 2025
End Date	Dec 31, 2029
Duration	1,825 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Award Holder
Data Source	Europe PMC
Grant ID	`309669`

Grant Description

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent the leading cause of mortality worldwide with >75% of CVD deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Genetic cardiomyopathies (CMs) are important causes of CVD and represent major causes of death and heart transplantation in young individuals. The genetic architecture of CM is complex with rare disease- causing variants identified in