Genetics of atrial fibrillation implications for future research directions and personalized medicine

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-299

  Lubitz, Steven A ^a,c,d   Ozcan, Cevher ^b   Magnani, Jared W ^g   Kääb, Stefan ^e   Benjamin, Emelia J ^f,g   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a,b  

^a Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b Cardiac Arrhythmia Service   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Atrium; Electrophysiology; Epidemiology; Fibrillation; Genetics; Ion channels; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR A; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; PEDIGREE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954686208     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.942441     Document Type: Review

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