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SUBMITTER: Chung MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8421131 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov/Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chung Mina K MK Youn Wass So Jin SJ Barnard John J
Cardiology in review 20191101 6
From the bedside of patients contributing samples to large genome-wide association studies for atrial fibrillation (AF), over 100 AF risk loci have been identified. The top locus is near a gene implicated in pulmonary vein formation; the ostia of the pulmonary veins harbor initiating triggers of AF, and isolation of these areas is the cornerstone of ablation therapies for AF. Transcriptomic studies suggest that AF is associated with impaired or overwhelmed responses to cell stress. A dual risk m ...[more]