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 MIF and hydrops fetalis.