Genetic polymorphisms confer risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure: A population-based study

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-257

  Smith, J Gustav ^a,b   Melander, Olle ^a   Sjögren, Marketa ^a   Hedblad, Bo ^a   Engström, Gunnar ^a   Newton Cheh, Christopher ^b,c   Platonov, Pyotr G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Genetic association; Genetic predisposition; Heart failure; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZFHX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84874468791     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs176     Document Type: Article

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