Presence of the His194Arg variant is associated with decreased expression of ADM (adrenomedullin) and VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor A), suggesting that rs570553380 may confer protection from pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy (59, 60), as recently demonstrated in a CRISPR mouse model (10). Here, VEGFA is linked to Right ventricular hypertrophy.