The Egyptian Collaborative Cardiac Genomics (ECCO-GEN) Project: defining a healthy volunteer cohort

摘要

Study participants (1) were recruited from the general population via announcements (brochures, flyers, and public events); (2) completed a questionnaire providing demographic data, family, and clinical history; and (3) underwent detailed cardiovascular clinical assessment and blood sampling. (4) All data were recorded and managed in a local REDCap database. Rounds of exclusion: first round of exclusion is based on the basis of demographic and general health questionnaires as described under “study protocol and data collection”. A second round of exclusion was based on detailed cardiovascular phenotyping as described under “cardiovascular phenotyping” in the “Methods” section. ECCO-GEN The Egyptian Collaborative Cardiac Genomics, EHVol Egyptian healthy volunteers. Created with BioRender.