Genetic mutations in African patients with atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the Study of Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation in an African Population (SIGNAL)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 455-464.e5

  Bloomfield, Gerald S ^a,b   Temu, Tecla M ^c   Akwanalo, Constantine O ^d,e   Chen, Peng Sheng ^f   Emonyi, Wilfred ^d,e   Heckbert, Susan R ^g   Koech, Myra M ^d   Manji, Imran ^d,e   Shen, Changyu ^h   Vatta, Matteo ^f   Velazquez, Eric J ^a,b   Wessel, Jennifer ^f   Kimaiyo, Sylvester ^d,e,i   Inui, Thomas S ^e,f,i  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^e ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRENDS;

DNA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MUTATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941742237     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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