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SUBMITTER: Body SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2801871 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Body Simon C SC Collard Charles D CD Shernan Stanton K SK Fox Amanda A AA Liu Kuang-Yu KY Ritchie Marylyn D MD Perry Tjörvi E TE Muehlschlegel Jochen D JD Aranki Sary S Donahue Brian S BS Pretorius Mias M Estrada Juan-Carlos JC Ellinor Patrick T PT Newton-Cheh Christopher C Seidman Christine E CE Seidman J G JG Herman Daniel S DS Lichtner Peter P Meitinger Thomas T Pfeufer Arne A Kääb Stefan S Brown Nancy J NJ Roden Dan M DM Darbar Dawood D
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 20090802 5
<h4>Background</h4>Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common adverse event following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. A recent study identified chromosome 4q25 variants associated with AF in ambulatory populations. However, their role in postoperative AF is unknown. We hypothesized that genetic variants in the 4q25 chromosomal region are independently associated with postoperative AF after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Two prospectively collected cohorts ...[more]