Finally, qRT-PCR testing demonstrated seven ceRNA regulatory pathways to be significantly associated with programmed cell death in the pathophysiological process of HF, including lncRNA GAS5/miR-345-5p/ADAMTS4, lncRNA GAS5/miR-18b-5p/AQP3, lncRNA GAS5/miR-18b-5p/SHISA3, lncRNA GAS5/miR-18b-5p/C1orf105, lncRNA GAS5/miR-18b-5p/PLIN2, lncRNA GAS5/miR-185-5p/LPCAT3, and lncRNA GAS5/miR-29b-3p/STAT3. Here, GAS5 is linked to hydrops fetalis.