A Genome-Wide Association Study of Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy in African Americans

A Genome-Wide Association Study of Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy in African Americans

Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) is the most common form of non-ischemic chronic heart failure. Despite the higher prevalence of IDC in African Americans, the genetics of IDC have been relatively understudied in this ethnic group. We performed a genome-wide association study to identify susce...

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Main Authors: Huichun Xu, Gerald W. Dorn II, Amol Shetty, Ankita Parihar, Tushar Dave, Shawn W. Robinson, Stephen S. Gottlieb, Mark P. Donahue, Gordon F. Tomaselli, William E. Kraus, Braxton D. Mitchell, Stephen B. Liggett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Journal of Personalized Medicine
Subjects:
idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
GWAS
CACNB4
calcium channel
African American
heart failure
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/8/1/11

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