Genome-wide association studies of the PR interval in African Americans.

The PR interval on the electrocardiogram reflects atrial and atrioventricular nodal conduction time. The PR interval is heritable, provides important information about arrhythmia risk, and has been suggested to differ among human races. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified common ge...

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Main Authors: J Gustav Smith, Jared W Magnani, Cameron Palmer, Yan A Meng, Elsayed Z Soliman, Solomon K Musani, Kathleen F Kerr, Renate B Schnabel, Steven A Lubitz, Nona Sotoodehnia, Susan Redline, Arne Pfeufer, Martina Müller, Daniel S Evans, Michael A Nalls, Yongmei Liu, Anne B Newman, Alan B Zonderman, Michele K Evans, Rajat Deo, Patrick T Ellinor, Dina N Paltoo, Christopher Newton-Cheh, Emelia J Benjamin, Reena Mehra, Alvaro Alonso, Susan R Heckbert, Ervin R Fox, Candidate-gene Association Resource (CARe) Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21347284/?tool=EBI