In inverse variance weighted (IVW) MR, we identified at a false discovery rate (FDR) of 5% nineteen blood proteins that were significantly associated with HF (ABO, BAG3, FLT4, TDGF1, FUT3, FSTL1, ALDH3A1, GLCE, PTHLH, CDON, FCGR2A, RGMB, AMH, MIF, IL15RA, B3GAT3, CCDC126, ST3GAL6, APOA5) (Fig. 1) (Suppl. This evidence concerns the gene BAG3 and hydrops fetalis.