Several common variants modulate heart rate, PR interval and QRS duration

Nature Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-122

  Holm, Hilma ^a   Gudbjartsson, Daniel F ^a   Arnar, David O ^b,c   Thorleifsson, Gudmar ^a   Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur ^b,c   Stefansdottir, Hrafnhildur ^b   Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A ^a   Jonasdottir, Aslaug ^a   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^d,e   Njølstad, Inger ^d   Nyrnes, Audhild ^d,e   Wilsgaard, Tom ^d   Hald, Erin M ^e   Hveem, Kristian ^f   Stoltenberg, Camilla ^g   Løchen, Maja Lisa ^d,e   Kong, Augustine ^a   Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur ^a,c   Stefansson, Kari ^a,c  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARHGAP24 GENE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CAV1 GENE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYH6 GENE; NORWAY; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SCN10A GENE; TBX5 GENE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC MYOSINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 75749122164     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.511     Document Type: Article

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